The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-03-21

meetings conducted Dy rev. b. ray Mills
at City Hall. Yesterday afternoon Mr..
Mills talked especially to Christian peo-
pie ON the work of the Holy Spirit, and
gave away 1000 cpies Of a book on that
subject. Prayer was offered by Rev.
Mr.. Gulick of Boston. Mr.. Hills sang
very affecting solo, "Breathe O Spirit
U'er U.s."
THE EVENING SESSION.
An immense audience listened to Mr..
Mills's sermon at the evening session.
Among the out of town people present
on the platform was Herbert L. Gale of
Boston, we'll known worker. Rev.
Rollin T. Hack offered a prayer, the
choir gave Come, Sinners Come" There
was congregational singing of Let the
Saviour In.n and Mr.. Hills sang Shall
You, Shall II" in a thrilling manner.
@Mr Mills grows better with every ser
VICE. was the remark of gentleman
who has missed but single service and
that was exclusively for ladies, and the
sermon last.evening was worthy of the
| great audience, and of the high reputa-
tion of the eloquent speaker. 1t was
| from Revelati ons ILL.,, 90: behold
stand at the door and knock"
| Mr.. Mills said this is not the assertion
Of a new conner to the door of the heart.
| This is the voice Of one who has been
long there, who is still there, and who
is still knocking for admission. He has
done more than to simply knock. 1t is
the promise of God that if the door is OPP
ened he will come in, and that he will
dwell with us. We are not only to seek
God, but we have the comforting assur-
ance that He is seeking u.s.. think..that
action of the win, God can stand at the
door and knock, and knock and knock,
but the door is bolted on the inside, and
| it must he unbarrsd. There is not sin
gle person here who is not of Christ, at
the door of whose heart God Is not
knocking. You know this.3 You know
that you all have feeling, ~ ought to
be Christian. I cannot be right with
man until I am right with God.n ---.
This knocking is not always the same.
At some doors God is knocking aby prec-
| ious and holy memories. At others, by
all we know, and are and have been. BY
all we know of our fellow men. BY all
we know of the beauty of holiness, and
the defol nifty of sin. In many ways,
and in all ways is God knocking. He
is calling by this book. His word.
believe in the precious words of Christ.
Men take seeds found in mummy cloths
and plant them, seeds thousands of years
old, and they spring up insbeauty as of
yore, and SO the words of Christ fall in
TO the earth of the heart and they spring
up in eternal beauty. We must receive
this as the word Of God. 1t is living
book, and it shines with its own light
1t is the touch of the finger of God, and
will be felt by all who are not spiritually
dead. A soldier in one of the battles of
the late war had Bible in his pocket,
and it stopped a bullet, and it rested
against the words "What shall / do to
inherit eternal life?n and he said: This
book has saved my life, will let it save
my soul.n God knocks in various ways.
AT the door of the soul of a man eager
I
"Give me light Lord, and I will follow
it," He opened the bible at home at the
words "A mans life CONSISTENT not in
the abundance of the things he possess
sith." There was light. 1t may be that
in some peculiar way God will say to
you: "Your heart is not right in the
sight of God," or "Come unto me all ye
who labor, and are heavy laden and will
give you rest"
| Then by the preaching of the gospel is
God knocking. 1t is solemn thing to
preach the gospel, and it is solemn
thing to listen to it unresponsively and
you cannot hear this simple message
without hearing him say: Behold l
| stand at the door and knock" Then be
is knockingSthrouRh the influence of the
people of God. By those who are filled
with his spirit If anyone has ever tried
to bring you to Christ, then that invita-
ton has been the voice of God. He has
been knocking, and the door has not
been opened. A young manIwas brought
to Christ by the remark: "Some of you
may have a sister who is praying for
YOU" He knew that his sister was pray
ing for him and he turned to Christ.
Sorrow is one of the ways by which
God is knocking. A man and his wife
found Christ because Of the death OF
their little child, and a father said ali
my little daughter had not been taken to
heaven / should have missed heaven my.
SELF" Friends Earth hath no sorrow
that heaven cannot heal" Ye with brok
en- and sorrowing hearts will you not lei
Jesus in?
He is knocking by the direct influence
of the Holy Spirit. You remem Der that
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