The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1895-11-11
MEETINGS HELD

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who by good fortune are members of
| the aristocracy.
He mentioned the fact that an evan
gelist has been secured to preside over
| a series of meetings here this winter,
and referred to the too common belief
of the church member that when he has
engaged the evangelist he has done his
| duty and he then sits down to await
| the marvellous results which are usually
| expected to follow the meetings.
| Mr. Torrey said that if the rank and
! file of the church would live as Paul
| did, with only one main object in life,
and that the glory of God, they would
| do more good than all the evangelists
| in the world.
Money, reputation, opinion, self, are
nothing when by abandoning them we
can glorify God.
| Never in the history of the church
has there been so great a demand for
heroic men and women to devote their
energies and lives to Christian work as
at present.
| In this connection Mr.. Torrey spoke
of the desire on the part of many to do
Christian work, provided they can have
a large salary and the best social en-
vironment.
! In closing Mr.. Torrey urged the need
and the potency of prayer He spoke
of several instances which showed the
! power of prayer.
MR.. DICK INTERESTS THE BOYS.
The open air and gospel wagon meet
ings which were to have been held at
o'clock yesterday afternoon on Broad
way, near Park street, were not held,
as the wea ther was so inclement. AT
$3.50 o'clock Calvary Baptist church was
completely filled, even to the gallery,
with members of the Boys brigades of
the city and others interested in the
work of the brigade, the occasion being
the meeting for boys conducted by Rev.
John NJ Dick of Boston, well known
throughout the country as an evangel-
list. The meeting opened with the sing
ing Of Lilly Of the Valley" and other
songs by the congregation. Mr.. Dick
led in prayer and then Mr.. Willis sang
the verses of TELL it Again" as a solo.
while the congregation Joined in on the
chorus.
The feature of the meeting was Mr..
Dicks talk on 1.-THE Boy Against Satan
and Who Wins" which was presented
in a manner peculiarly adapted to make
an impression on the boys Of the audi
ence. Mr.. Dick first exhibited three
bottles, one containing q poison, one
containing water and one containing
| ~ 20. IL,
Dick said these would represent, respec-
lively, the devils boy, or in other words,
one full of sin, profane and impure, a
pretty good boy, but not a Christian,
and the work of Christ. Attention was
called to the scriptural passage I Cor,
1888, in which Paul says: BE not de-
ceived; evil communications corrupt
good manners" In this is meant moi
only evil communications, but evil
thoughts and evil words. Every boy
leaves an impress on those boys with
whom he comes in contact. Mr. Dick
then supposed case of the pretty good
boy meeting the devils boy and as an
illustration of the influence of the evil
boys influence on the other he turned
a portion of the poison into the water,
which was at first colored, but in a mo-
ment became clear again. This was
used to illustrate the fact that when a
boy first comes under the influence OF
evil he is really infected, but the fact
is not apparent from outward appear
ances. The pretty good boy in question
was supposed to have met the bad boy
several times and each time to have
become impressed with little more
evil and with every supposed meeting
little more poison was turned into the
water, until finally it became colored
blood red, which represented the good
boy after he had become entirely sinful