Evening star., 1896-07-10

EvAkGELiSTIC MEETINGS
A Large Attendance ct tho Central Union
Mission This Noon.
State Delegations Participating In
the Gospel Wagons and at
Various Places.

The falling of In the number Of persons
expected to be here for the convention has
caused the committee on evangelistic meet
ings to drop few Of the meetings. but
enough have and will be carried out to fully
occupy the attention of any who wish to
engage in them. The opening one yester-
day at noon In the Central Union Mission
was followed later by a number of sunset
meetings, one being in charge of the work.
ers on the Gospel wagon. another at the
Miss on building. on Louisiana avenue.
with c. s. Mason of Los Angeles. Cal.
leader. and still another at Faith Chapel.
conducted by the Kentuckians. Maine was
in the open air. at the corner Of 32d and N
streets; Worcester, Mass. Rev. o. c..
Bailey Of that city leading. Western Pres.
New Hampshire avenue: Bay City. Mich.
Garfield Hospital: Minnesota. D. W. Cram.
leader. Orphans Home: New Jersey. Rev.
Mr.. Clark of Newark leading. at the
George Maulsby Home. on Sd street north
west; Altoona, Pa. Rev. D. +. McCauley.
on the Gospel wagon. and l.. w. Bean.
president of the Sunday School Breakfast
Association, had charge Of the Bruen Cos
pei wagon. while Scranton Rev. Stubhle-
bind. leader. went down to the arsenal and
the Philadelphia contingent out to the Sol
diers' Home
Various delegations of Endeavorers went
out on their own hook, and small parties
could be seen here and there over the city
listening to them
Favorite spots for such gatherings SEEM
ed to be In front of tie public buildings
and In the city parks. especially those
which are the most frequerted. The most
OF the meetings take place Just about 6
o'clock. but today a number were held in
the early morning and later at noon.
Central Union Mission.
Varying the program Of exercises at the
Central Union Mission has evidently an
effect on the Endeavorers for today there
was no falling off from the large attend
ance of yesterday. Yesterday music oc-
cupied the major portion of the half hour
but today speaking was in order. Music
Is a good means of conveying religious
feeling. especially in evangelistic meetings,
but both of the speakers this morning
succeeded in drawing forth plenty of
earnest ameEs when they delivered some
particularly striking thought.
The first to speak was the Rev. w. H.
Towers Of Manchester. Eng. who also act
ed as the presiding officer. Rev. MIR. Tow
ers opened the exercises with stirring
hymn and then he delivered a ten-minutes'
talk, during the course of which he put two
questions which the unconverted usually
asks, the first being. Who art Thou.
God?" and the second. Lord. what would
Thou have me do?" The first he answered
by saying that 1t was practically impossi-
BILE for anybody to draw true picture OF
Christ. but that, near as one could come.
would be to imagine father and son,
who possessed all the best qualities of man.
kind. with some additional ones. and none
of the faults The best way and the best
answer to this question is to ask the sim
ner to become true Christian. and then he
is himself an answer both to himself and to
others.
Lord. what wilt Thou have me do" is
an easier question to answer. Men are
wanted, wanted badly. Men who have been
saved, to save He said that he does not
believe. least of all, In lazy Christianity.
"If you cannot find work to do out in the
great world. you can find plenty of It in
your homes. Do not sit still. but De on
the lookout for every chance
A hymn. and then Mr.. Towers introduced
his English compatriOt, Rev. Joseph Brown
Morgan of Chester, Eng. Mr.. Morgan has
nothing of the clergyman in his personal
appearance. but he certainly knows how to
talk like one. He said that We cannot have
enough knowledge OF the great work of SAL
walton. A perfect knowledge never comes
but we receive more and more through
hearing all we can. Knowledge is wanted
in the preacher. in the teacher, in the bust
ness man. but it must all be knowledge ef
the word of God" Mr. Morgan took up
about fifteen minutes and then closed the
meeting with prayer.