The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-01-29
TO ADDRESS W0RKINGMEN
REV. MR. MILLS INPITED TO SPEAK TO THE CENTRAL LABOR UNION.


 Yesterdays Revival Meetings-Mr. Mills Sermon at the Armory Last Evening $500 People Attended-Mr. HiIIis Re- turned-Special Meetings To-day-Rev. Mr, Murray to Speak of Ills Experience. Rev. B, Fay Mills delivered an ex- cellent address to large audience at the Grand opera house yesterday noon on "The Family and the Kingdom of God' The audience greatly appreciat- ed his remarks and frequently inter- rupted the speaker with applause. MT, Mills spoke in substance as follows:
 'The greatest factor of the develop ment of this world is the family. The advice given to young man who is about to get married not to take that step is not that of a Christian I am in favor of putting a tax on bachelors, as has been suggested in some parts of this country. It is one of the holy things of life for young man. and also his duty to get married The question comes before us What is the loving and right thing to do?' No young man has the right to Joe married except through love. It is your duty to get married if you can. We exist for the sake of the kingdom of God, and it seems for advancement we should take the step.
 Do you know where think would be the safest place in the city to bring up your children? In the slums? The saf- est place is where they are making a sacrifice for God. The Christian church. cs in the midst of the vilest of places of a city will solve the problem of to- day l have a great ambition to be society man. Do I believe in parties? Yes. I believe that they should be for some purpose Parties of love when the poor, blind sick are welcomed are the ones we want
 "One oe the enmies of homes is the lax idea of the sacredness of marriage. In the United States there is one divorce to 20 marriages. Since 1867 divorces have multiplied three times as fast as the population. Why in this city there is 1 divorce to every marriages. Just think of it. As for sins against mar riage VOWS. I say one standard for men and women. If one corner of hell is hotter and lower than the other it should be for the destroyer of women's souls.
 Il am not going, to say that New Ha- vent is the worst place in the world have made Investigations and know facts in the case. It is not so good however, but that it could be better If the officials of the city would only make it city of God, there would not be saloon or gambling place that could live. The chief of police informed me that there was not a house of shame or a gambling house in New Haven l left him and it was only few minutes afterwards that I saw two different doors swing open into the worst Of dens. I passed on to the corner and stopped a policeman. 1 asked him if there were any houses of shame or gambling places in the city. What do you think he replied. Yes, of course, they are all over the city.
 70 that society could be constituted on the love of God. Then we could say to Him with hearts as one, Here l am!'
 THE AFTERNOON MEETING.
 MT. Mills preached at Center church yesterday afternoon from the text John 11:28. 'The Master is come and calleth for thee" to a large audience. He said: NO matter how busy a person may be, he can turn away from his business in the time of sickness, and when death comes we give up our ordinary engage ments and consider it a sufficient excuse for discontinuing our accustomed pur- suits We stop the wheels of the fac tory, close the doors of the store, draw down the curtains to the windows in our homes, and we seem to think that this is the most important event that can happen to a man. I do not mean to say our friends are more spiritually dead in the time of revival than at any other time, but I do mean to intimate that they are in more danger. Some people may be moved to God others may be hardened and farther from God on account of their resistance of the Spirit than if there had been no espe- cial awakening.
 Beloved, I have seen things in this city, in these meetings, that have made my heart leap for joy. I have seen pas tors trying to get the grave clothes off from the resurrected Lazarus. I have seen Christian people speak to those sit ting near them. I have seen people, when the people turn to those near, and with kind words help to take off the grave clothes. But I have seen things that have made my heart stop beating. I have seen people who call themselves Christians, who sat beside their hus- bands and sisters and children and friends, who have not done anything to lead them to a decision for Christ.
 T want to ask you a question this afternoon. Will you give up what God shows you to be wrong about your life? Will you take the stone away? Will you do it for the sake of your loved ones?"
 LAST EVENINGS MEETING.
 An audience of over. three thousand persons was present at the meeting at the armory last evening. There was the usual praise service of half hour preceding the sermon, the choir, con sisting of about four hundred voices, being seated on the large temporary stage erected for the purpose at the back part of the armory. On the front of the platform were seated pastors of the various city churches, among them being Rev. Dr F. A. M. Brown, Rev. T1x-ito