The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-12-19
A Pen rlcture Of Eev. E. Fay Mills.

1t would be difficult to give an idea of this man and his work We're it not that for years now he has been going up and down and across this great country in response to Invitations, and wherever he has been he has left a decided and lasting impression, not of himself as a man, but of himself as chosen instrument of God, who seems to honor his work because he henors the Holy Spirit in all that he does.
 A leading pastor in Omaha. writing
 to the Advance, said that for years that city had not had an inter-denomi- national union as perfect as the one under whose auspices he came there to
 labor. Speaking of the man. he, says. He is a David rather than a Goliath
 There is nothing remarkable in his ap-
 pearanCe except the aGimira hle balance of the physical man, and the same can be said of his intellectual and spir- itual powers. His mode of speech is direct, simple and natural He believes that a gospel Of good cheer should
 neither whine nor snivel. It may shout, or laugh, or weep, as occasion requires,
 but it should show itself in sincere and manly ways. In leaving the art
 Of convincing and persuasive speech Jesus is the best teacher, and the gos-
 pei the best manual. In preaching Mir
 Mills talks right on with business
 like directness which makes each sen-
 tence necessary part of the discourse It is not there for padding or for pret-
 tiness, but like pillar or architrave in temple, it sustains something He never has served an apprenticeship in the "Circumlocution Office" Is he elo- quent? Yes. with that eloquence which arises directly from the power of ideas when set forth with great earnestness. Rhetorical eloquence he does not strive after. He has neither taste for it nor time to use it. His style is rational rather than verbal, II is the elemental eloquence of truth. and though it may not tickle the ear, it does convince the judgment and touch the heart. I must differ decidedly from the view | taken by some that MT. Milsl does not
 
 ment in his preaching. He does appeal to the emotions most powerfully. but he reaches the heart through the in- tellect and conscience. He believes that nothing save truth is skilful enough to touch alright that marvellous harp of joy or woe, the heart of man; and instead of striving to stir the emo- tions by lurid pictures, or lachTynlose appeals, he faithfully breaches the whole counsel of God, believing that feeling which leads to valua ble results must rest on @ basis of intelligence. As a wise winner of souls Mr. Mills works philosophically. Feeling for feeling sake he never strives after. Taught of God he says to sinful men, Come now and let us reason together" and men who are shy of envangelists who in their preaching make the emotional more prominent than the rational, lis ten gladly to him, because he reasons with them in a sober, earnest, and business like way. And as they listen truth takes hold of them with wonder full power. They are moved as men never are moved until reason and HlNl al '0HSS ueildAu tlldL tHe IF dTt shall feel. Sitting on d platform night after night while ne was preaching, l eould see in the audience many evi- | dences of emotion. The dec0rous st- lenee, the listening attitude the intent eye. the smile, the tear. the evident assent to teaching truths, and espe- cially to response during the after meeting, all bore evidence to the fact that no evangelist Of our day knows