The herald., 1896-02-29
SECOND DAY OF THE WORKERS

cOnIeSSlOns line spirit OF the WOru spdho
by me and his word was in my mouth
Men may tell lies all through their lives.
but men do not lie, except, perhaps, in ex'
treme cases, when their time comes to die,
"It is amusing how the learned writers
sit in judgment on the Bible. They ask:
How do you account for the different styles
in writing2', 1t makes me sick; | want to
sit down. Sir Walter Scott wrote legal
papers. He wrote novels, then poetry and
finally history. There were four different
styles. And yet God could not be the
author Of the Book of Life. Now you just
get out"
One peculiarity of the speaker is an odd
in, on a particularly argumentatve subject.
that seems entirely uncalled for, and Is
very unexpected. 1t is, however, not un-
pleasing, as it occasionally relieves many
strained faces into the relaxation OF Q
smile. The slang is even sometimes funny.
in that it seems so out of place with the
speaker, who is of very proud and dignihed
carriage and looks the model of propriety..
DR.. Brookes further related instances OF
great and learned men who believed the
Bible to be the word of God. after many
years of study and research. He said
Locke, one of the deepest students OF
English literature, after an eighteen years
Bible to be the book whose author was God
and whose subject was salvation"
His concluding exhortation was: "Let
the Word be the chief ancher of your life,
no matter what tides wash around. Cling
to the old book your mother loved. be
firm, be staunch-a true advocate"
AFTERNOON SESSION
The order of exercises for the afternoon,
beginning at 80, was varied by the intro
duction of two lady speakers, Miss M. l..
Richards of Boston and Mrs. H. j. Pierson
&c t-kh % fhovr r5t0 1ofy
| to public Christian work. Miss Richards
spoke on the subject, Qualifications for
Personal Work, giving her actual expert
| ences in missionary labors.
| She stated that in her experience she
, found that the first essential of a Chris
tian's influence or power for good was in
| her possession of the Holy Splrit-that
this came before college training or any
! other education.
| One thought that found the appreciation
| of the audience was that too much of
''clinging" to the Lord was done. She OBJ
| iected to the wrestling element required
| to be in nearness to God. From her own
much happier. She believed it was better
, to stop struggling and merely trust.
| The other lady speaker of the afternoon,
| Mrs. H. j. Pierson, was very eloquent
| speaker. Her language came most f1uently
and naturally. The one mistake she
|
she was trifle didactc. When, however,
| in the course of her remarks she dropped
| to the actualities, she was very pleasing.
| Her ideas on the mistaken manner in
which Christians children are usually ed
ucated, were very we'll received. She said
that in her experience she found it nearly
the rule that Christian parents made every
after a pattern of the world-in mu-
sic, dancing, card playing, etc.-7to the
| exclusion of the higher training; that
when the children have grown up these
things of the world have taken entire pos
session of their hearts and their parents
| cry out to Christians to pray for them. sit
| is heartrending, said the speaker, in my
experiences TO hear the heart pangs of
parents who in the hour of peril, have no
influence. They pray and want to know
why their children do not care for religion.
1t is because when their children were
young, there was no family altar in the
home. Instead, they saw their parents
discouraged, heard them murmur, never
saw them with the Bible in their hands,
but instead any novel or new book of the
day. Is it any wonder children don't care
| for religion? If the Christian families
could be righted, everything would soon be
righted: We all have a definite work in
the world, but we must begin first at home.
After Mrs. Persons address Sankey
| sang, M. Now, But in the Coming Time,
which was followed by a second address of
the day. from DR.. Alexander Patterson,
the subject being Christ as a Personal
Worker. DR.. Patterson described Chrst's
manner of choosing the first five of his
disciples as an example of the manner
Christians should work today. The old
precept of the humble way to lead men to
Christ he believed to be the best.
Rev. Henry Kingman was the fourth
speaker of the afternoon and made a most
od1 T..
sion,- excellent in spirit and excellent in
presentation. 1t was an eXhortation to be
more Christ-like, to follow in his footsteps
and to work, work always like Christ to
help the poor and needy.
BY specia request Sankey gave his
Ninety and Nine, after which the pulpit
supply committee announced the names of
those visitors to the convention who would
speak in the various churches on Sunday
morning as follows: First M. E., Mr.. and
Mrs. Stebbins; First Congregational, Rev.
Henry Kingman; First Presbyterian,
Pasadena, Dr.. Alex. Patterson; Asbury
M. E., Rev. H. I. Pierson; Emmanuel Pres
byterian, DR.. j. H. Brookes and Ira D..
Sankey; Central Presbyterian, Rev. T. W.
Elsing; Second United Presbyterian, Rev.
John Mccarthy; Second Presbyterian,
East Los Angeles, Ira D. Sankey and
Henry I. Miller.
EVENING SERVICES
BY o'clock last evening the prophecies
of the morning as to the crowd were more
than verified. At that hour the Simpson
tabernacle wes filled to the topmost gal
lery and out to the doors. Men, women
and children sat or stood in the aisles ard
every space around the walls was occupied.
Those who could not enter departed in
streams to the First Congregational church
where the joint meeting was held.
At the Simpson tabernacle, the music in
the opening service beginning at o'clock
was very fine. The Y. M. G. A. orchestra
rendered as the Introductory, the overture
of Stradella. and later, There is Green
Hill Far Away, by Mendelssohn. Sankey
and Professor Cole of Pasadena, whom
Sankey had known in Pennsylvania thirty
years ago. sang duet, Speed Away, to the
delight of the great audience. There was
also fine congregational singing at the be-
ginning and end of the services. Miss NJ
Phoebe Jones of Anaheim conducted the
devotional exercises.
Dr. Brooks was again the speaker of the
evening. He addressed the audience one
whole hour on the same topic he has fol-
lowed through all his discourses of tie
convention, the Word of God; The I'm
broken Sword. 1t was wonderful to note
the engrossing, all pervading interest and
attention that held the immense gathering
that length OF time, OH deep, searching
subject, with no attempt on the part of the
speaker to strike at effect or popularity
1t seemed to be the mans unyielding
stand in his belief that controlled the audi
ence. 1t was very remarkable.
The position taken by DR.. Brooks last