The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-03-18
A DAY OF LARGE AUDIENCES.
Young People Turn Out in Great Num-
bers to Hear MI. Mills.

Aou"s CVpIo luIu VuI LII UIcdt NuM.
bers to Hear MI. Mills.
Evening Service Reserved for Those No,
Members of Churches-A Great Audi
ence of Such Assembled.
City hall contained a large audience yes.
terday morning, when the young people
from the north and west sides of the city
gathered to listen to Mr.. Mills. The rear
of the stage was occupied by the large eli O.
rus.
The audiences or eongregation,was CON-
posed of the young people for the most part
although the invitation was extended to all
between the ages of ten and thirty-iive. 1t
was a sight to be remembered, o look from
the stage upon that assemblage of young
people, whose bright interested faces showed
their desire to be included among the
followers of Christ. lis
Tie services began with music by the
choir, after which Mr.. Hills sang Build
ing for Eternity" very impressively. Mr..
Mills theI'aay some notices for this week s
meetings. Today City hall is engaged. and
! the meetings will be held in the different
churches. There will be q mothers meet
| ing at 3 p. III. at High street church. This
is meant for the young matTons. If the
mothers have no one to look after their
babes the little ones will be looked out for
by parties who have volnnteered.i II the
babes are brought to ID street church.
| In the evening. ats7.30 clock, there will
be "a meeting for men only, at Chestnut
street church. Tickets will reserve seats
Fx,, h; n -, a.,
will be special conservation day. At ga.
m. there will be services in all churches
interested in revival work. At 1L a. M.
Mr.. Mills will oeficiate at the Second Parish.
At2 p m. there will be women's meeting
in Reception hail. and preaching services
| in the City hall, both afternoon and eve
ming. Mr.. Mills urged upon all his hearers
to make arrangements to attend some of
| the services Tuesday.
| The chorus then sang hymn AGO, after
which Mr.. Mills look for his text Eccleslas-
tics xiii. l-"Remenber Now Thy Creator in
the Days of Thy Youth No man is u
complete man until hu learns to remember
Gud. so that God shall Lave chance 20
develop him according 10 His will. One
great time to begin Gods service is when
we are young. Chris said that in order for
one to come Unto His Kingdom he must be
as little child. The men who gather grea t
wealth find it turn to ashes: fame fails 10
delight others: whatever we attain turns
Ito disappoi ntmant andS bit ar ness. except
the seryil q Of God There is 10 slavery
ike sim. and no pleasure like the service
of God. We have in this congregation many
Echildren, some of, whom have probably fifty.
sixty even seventy years TO give to God
Let us all then get great ambitions in our
minds for les cAuseg,of Christ. lfyou dc
notg strive during yourSbos hood ana man
hood, your girlhood and woma nhood to
save souls you have thrown away more
than the wealth of the world. The preach.
ell told very amusing story of the boys
meeting; the boys who came TO him and
said they wanted to be Christians. Mr.
Mills told them 10 come again and tell him
what they had done for Christ. They re-
turned next day and said they had held q
prayer meeting-there were five OF them
| and Mr.. Mills ask ed how many were pres
emit at the prayer meeting. The boys replied
five, just the original number. Mr.. Mills
told them the prayer meeting was gond, but
that was not enough. The next day they
| reported two converts That was we'll
The day after they had several more and SO
on until they had quite a number. The
prayer meeting was in the room below Mr.
Mills's study. and he could hear how they
conducted it. First one prayed and Their
another. When Tommy's turn came hs
wouldn't pray, so they put Tommy out
Bill said be couldn't pray because he was
o wicked. He swore and stole and che wee
stobaoco, but when he admitted that hs
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found no difficulty in praying. The speak
er told of Mr.. Dufne whose little boy
brought not only him, but his mother and
twenty companions to Christ. Some have
said, ''Oh! if we could be boys again. We
cannot be boys or girls again, but we can
re noble Christian men and women. There.
fore remember your Creator in the days Of
| your youth.
| Youth is the time 10 learn how to de
things. and the way 10 lead useful life il
to surrender oneself TO God in our youth
! You never saw a sign on factory .ior ar
advertisement in a paper, for an old mai
| to Learn business. A young person is al
ways wanted. You can't tcach old dogs
new tricks. AS we glow older we get Iutl
| in our brains and all our thoughts run il
these ruts. God gives the young child the
| ability to learn its native language easil,
! but it finds the task a difficult one as II
| grows older. So with the knowledge of the
| Heavenly land. If we begin early to &C
ouire the taste for serving God none car
tell tae happiness we obtain. The enjoy
ment we take as the years roll on
| There is another reason why you should
come to Christ. Youth is the.only time yor
can be sure you can become Christian
In advanced life it is not probable that
YOU ever will. Mr.. Mills said he had made
study of the matter and he found thai
| not one in thousand became a consceratee
Christian after forty years of age. If there
fore you twenty years old and not
Christian at least two-thirds OF your op
portunities have been thrown away. II il
not the grown up people alone who die
| The young are called as well. Then lif
up your voice to G cd now before the hear
becomes petrified.
| At meeting like the one we are nov
| holding young girl was present. The tex
was almost thou rersuadest .ne 10 re &
| Christian The words of the prea chel
affected many in the vast congregation
powerfully. The young girl also seemed
much interested. Then she opened he