The morning times., 1895-10-14
PREPARING FOR THE WORK
Service at Foundry Church in Ad-
vance of the Convention.
GOSPEL WORKERS TO GATHER
Addresses by Rev. o. 4. Brown, Rev.
+. ID. Bailey a nd Ma ior HiltOn-They
Hope for Religious Revival
Throughout the City-God Confcrs
Power on Condition of Service.

Garnd Gospel Workers convention, which
i'll be convened here tomorrow morning
was held last evening N Foundry Church
The attendance, " hich was large, may bc
taken as q good omen ior the interest hicl,
" i'll lie manifested in The attendance upon
lie daily sessions of the convention.
The comm. convention is to be held
under he auspices of The National Gospel
Mission Union, an organization W hose cN-
is,cnCc is Que To and hose purposes ana
work are modelled on the plan of The
local mission, which. uEccr the direction
of the Rev. T. u. Bailey, has done such 4
Wonderful worS in his city and suburbs
" thin the Iast decade
The Rev. Mr.. Bailey as present AT The
meeting last evening. The Rev. o. A.
Brown, pastor of Foundry Church, was
also in attendance un the platform. Mr..
James l.. Ew ing was present.
The principal object of the service " as
To hear addresses from the Rcv. L. ID.
Bailey and Major Hilton, one OF the
prominent lay orEcr> uf the Central Union
Mission, and president OF the national
body. Prayer was Offered by Mr.. Nailt'y,
i'll hich he mace an earnest aspiration
for bcEcficcnt results al the approaching
convention. Jesus Lover of My Soul
was then SUNG, alter which Rev. Mr.. Brown
made short address, touching on the
work that the convention was expected TO
engage in and expressed The hope That
Gods richest blessings " uuld be showcre0
upon il, and that the delegates would be
gwen grace to prosecute tncir work with
the most practical and substantial results.
He hoped that the spirit nf the convention
would produce revival not only here in
this church hut throughout the city.
MAJOR HILToN'S SERVICE
Rev. Mr.. Bailey spoke a few words OF
culogy of Major Hilton, who was to adj
dress the meeting at length. He acknowl !,
edged the great service Major Hilton had
mi iaph nv he
dress and his conversion ana subsequent
devotion 10 the work of the Lord.
He then related his owncXpcriences before
and after being connected with the mission.
the many disappointments lie had expert
enced and the failure OF all his plans. From
this he taught the lesson that the plans oil
men are To be made the secondary eonsidera-
tiOn and that there Is necessary TO inc
measure of mans work that God Al
lead and he the suggestion ia all his e.
signs.
Since his adoption of that view of the work
The mission had prospercai and had extended
its influence III ten different sections of the
city in connection with the parent OrEaniZa-
tion. He said that this was in line with the
Injunction TO the A posilcs that they should
20 into all lands and spread the gospel.
He believed that in WashinSton as in the
other great cities Of the Union, souls should
be sought Tor salvation outside or the walls
of the churches.
In Baltimore, Chicago and New York the
pastors of the prominent churches Were
spreading Ilelr influence OUTSIDE OF lilfli
cong reeatiOus i'll general WORK, which, he
said. was the most practical way III which
the word could be conveyed to the masses
and especially Ia those who never or seldom
enter the church doors.
This new spirit of Tie pastors was in
keeping with the fact that these are no
ordinary times. and that other ways had to
be sought to spread the gospel than those
long held in vogue. He closed by an
earnest hope that the objects of the c0nven-
tion would be, in a large measure, realized
and that revival of religious feeling ana
devotion among the masses might be one
of such much 30 DE desired results
Ma ior Hilton spoke in his earnest, prscti-
cal way on the subject OF the Faith that
by St Paul, from whom the quotation is
made.
POWER FOLLOWS SERVICE.
The main idea III his discourse was that
God confcrs power, but on condition of
practicalscrvicc Recommended as worthy
of imitation the men who took the palSied
patient to Christ ana Iailin. 10 get IN
at the door made way through the roof
of the house in which The Lord WAS seated.
This, he said, was practical faith that
workcth through love, vet if such 4 pro-
ceeding We're to take place in the streets
OF Wa shnGton, the men bearing the patient
would be regarded as Cranks.
They would b" followed by crowd Of
curious and impertinent people who would
want TO know what was the matter with
the man in the bed. what WIS his ailment,
and what did they intend 10 do with hifu-
Al the door Of tie Lords house they would
probably be told that the Lord was busy
and couldn't see them, and If they had
attempted to get on the roof they would
have been arrested and taken before
one of the justices of the peace.
Nowadays E II man who was in earnest
about the salvation of the soul of another
man would ring him up al . o'clock i'll
the morning and ask him il it were well
with his soul he might not receive wei
come reception. He would be told that
IL was altogether too ca rly for that business,
and that there would be plenty of time TO
talk it over after breakfast. Or he would
come to the conclusion that the visitor was
crazy and would order him away.
Major Hilton illustrated his theme by
reference To the vision of Ezekiel as tS the
valley of dry bones and the manner in which
all the dislocated parts were brought to-
gether and the subsequent clothing OF the
skeletons with living flesh, conveying the
idea Of the rebuilding or men who are lost
and their restoration to perfect union with
God. He concluded with prayer for the
convention and its expected work. After
the singing of a hymn the congregation was
dismissed with the benediction-
DIR. Brown announced that the opening
service of the convention would be held
at Foundry Church at O'Clock TO morrow
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