The Portland daily press., 1895-03-25

/ say nothing about these men but what
did they have the moment they left this
world2 THE King is dead. Long live the
King" The Vice President did not take
his authority with him, and when Mr..
Vanderbilt's body was taken down from his
house a poor man said. '"l've seen him
come down there when he had millions. and
l hadn't dollar. Now I've got dollar
and he hasn't got cent" They had just
what they had done for righteousness sake.
A young man. the son and grandson of an
infidel was attracted by the heading of a
tract he saw on the floor of a railroad STA
tion, ETERNITY. Where shall spend it?'
and it gave him no rest until he found
Christ. A miner was crushed in. mine. and
as his almost lifeless and mangled form was
taken up in the bucket people sLrank back
fearing to hear his cries, but he was sing
ing, ST am coming Lord to Thee" Is there
the same hope in your hearts today? The
dying Mrs Roberts could cry even amid
her pain, "Jesus take me. Jesus Pm COM
ing to Thee" Is there confidencs in your
heart like that? bid you turn to Christ
today.
But there is still another reason. ! will
not state it for moment. will give you
time 10 think of it, and now l will give it
in the words of the scripture. Boast not
thyself of the morrow for thou knowest not
what..a day may bring FORTH"
Don't delay. What message the dying
Spurgecn semitic his London congregation
from his sea side home the day.of his death.
81 am glad 1 settled this questionflong ago
for could not do it 1t now.'' dying
, ,;,,;e &,lI
Pm in too great agony to think Friends
do not say again to the spirit. mot yet,"
for the time will come when facing mis-
spent life you will only have the flash of an
echo from the past tomorrow"
He made an appeal for those out of Christ
to rise for prayers, and one hundred and
twenty-five responded. A very Interesting
second service followed.
AFTERNOON AND EVENING MEETINGS
The meeting at p. m. was for women
only but it should not be inferred that for
this reason there was falling off in atten-
dance. ssThere we're three thousand won-
en- in the hail. said one Of the managers
to the PRESS. 1t is certain that they filed
every seat, and then that they stood as
closely as they could in the side aisles for
the whole length, ana for nearly the whole
length of the main aisles. The spectacle
OF SO large an audience composed entirely
of women struck those present as decidedly
novel. It is probable that a similar specta-
Gle has rarely, if ever been seen in the hall.
Many won.en came who could not find
even standing room.
Mr.. Mills took for Lis text that passage
from the story of Isaac and Rebecca-"WiIt
thou go with this man. He preached a
touching and effective sermon; and at the
close about fifty arose for prayers.
But unusual as was the afternoon meet
ing, the evening meeting was still more un-
usual. 1t, was 1orimen alone, and none but
men came. The doors were to be open at
O'Clock, but at quarter to seven all the
stairways were crowded and constantly
increasing throng was pouring into City
hall. Mr.. Libby, Chief Usher Neal and his
sta IF were made aware of the extraordinary
audience awaiting and took precautions to
seat them without disorder. Settees were
removed at intervals to give free passage
way, and the ushers were warned to use ex-
ira care. When at O'Clock the doors swung
open there was a grand rush on all sides
A venerable gentleman, apparently oler-
gyman, was bound for the platform, but the
food bore him into the middle of the hall
in spite of his struggles to get out. An
usher who timed the entrance of the au-
dience, said that every seat was filed in
just two minutes and half after the doors
wers opened.
The services began as usual with singing,
one of the first hymns being, Throw Out
the Life Line, Someone is Sinking" which
we ,e,f co1o hy-M Mr. VII ba
audience joining Justify in the chorus.
The prayer was made by Mr.. Garland, of
the Y. NJ. G. A.
Drifting Away from God was sung i'm
pressively by Mr.. Hills after the announce
ments for the next had been given.
The text of the sermon was from 3Oth
Deuteronomy, 10th verse. The preacher said
that some of the philosophers have defined
man as a rational animal. This is right
as fla as it goes. Man cannot be reasonable
without being righteous, and he cannot be
righteous without being righteous. The
highest act of reason is reconciliation with
God. One ought to be-eodly to be manly.
No one knows what man was intended
TO be unless ii has been found out from
God. ! am not Christian because wish
to go to Heaven or keep out of hell; but
because wish to be man.
Another reason for being Christian is
that Gods work needs you. To be saved
is to get rid of your selves and live in an
unselish state for the benefit of your fell
lowmen. Jesus Christ says to mankind,
''Come and be saviors," not, Come and be
saved.''
One business man who he had approached
said he was Eot a Christian, but threw his
influence on that side.
''How do you do .?''
.'Oh,I tell my clerks to go to the meetings
if they feel like it; and if they feel like it
to rise up for prayers. / want them TO un-
derstand that am favorable if they feel
like doing these things"
'Ob, I see. If you should hear woman
crying help from the second story of a
burning building you would say: 81 should
advise yor. madame, to come down if you
feel like it. But I cannot put a ladder up
for you because I do not belong to the Ere
department"
I would rather have the consciousness of
God in my heart tonight and have the worst
that can come upon me, han to have riches,
fame and position, all that the world can
give, without that consciousness.