The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-01-20
ATTENDED BY 1880 PEOPLE
SPECIAL MEE1INGS IN THE RE-
YIYAE SERIES YESTERDAY.
Great Interest at Epworth M. II. Church.
Rev. Mr.. BiederwoIf's Powerful Sermons
Rev. Mr.. Mills Address at the Grand
Overflow Meeting at Poli's-3,O0O Con-
verts sYesterlay-Progra for the Week.


Overflow Meeting at Poli's-3,OOO Con-
verts Yesterday-Prograin for the Week.
city yesterday especially for young peo-
pie were addressed by the evangelists,
Rev. Mr.. Mills, Rev. Mr., Biederwolf and
Rev. Mr.. Murray. The audiences at
every place where these gentlemen
preached We're immense and the meet
ings addressed by them were approxi-
mately as follows: Mr.. Mills 5000, Mr..
Biederwolf 5000 and Mr.. Murray $500,
making a total of 13,500 people who
heard the various sermons. AT the
meetings addressed by Mr.. Mills alone
knowledging their desire to become
Christians and in all the meetings
about 5000 signed the cards.
FORENOON MEETINGS.
AT 10 o'clock a. m. Rev. Mr.. Mills adj
dressed large meeting of young peo-
pie at Dwight Place church, while at
the same time Rev. Mr.. Murray ad
dressed an audience Of fully 800 persons
at the East Haven Congregational
church and Rev. Mr. Biederwolf a large
audience at the Epworth M. e. church.
The meeting at the latter place was a
wonderful one, being attended by about
1000 persons.
After an inspiring song service Rev.
John G. Collins, chairman of the Inter
national Christian Workers associa-
ton, led in prayer. Rev. Mr.. Bieder-
wolf preached from the text III. Chron-
icles, S4:3, For in the eighth year Of his
reign, while, he was yet young etc" Mr..
Biederwolf said:
There are three reasons why you
ought to be a Christian. You ought to
be a Christian so as to be the highest
type Of man or woman. The best that
any young man or woman can be with
out Christ is only a caricature of what
true manhood and womanhood is No
one has ever lost any real friends by
being Christian.
you ought to be Christian because
q Christian life is the happiest kind Of
a life. No one who really serves Christ
ever says he is unhappy. There is a
story Of little boy whose parents were
melancholy and supposed themselves to
be Christians and when the little fell
low was looking at an old COW he said:
I know you are Christian because
you have a long face BY becoming a
Christian no one loses any right or le-
men who know how to handle baseball
bats and the football and young women
who know how to handle the tennis
racket, and who can be queens in the
kitchen, in the parlor and in society, but
we want them also consecrated to God
for His service, willing to live and to
die for Christ.
Live Christian lives for the sake of
your influence Young people have d
wonderful influence on their COM
panions. A young lady should object
to young gentlemen smoking in her
presence and should not speak to young
men in front of saloons. Demand total
abstinence as a prerequisite for your
company.
I'VE should be Christians out of graft
tude to Christ for His suffering for us.
Hard indeed must be the heart which
cannot respond to love like that.
Another reason for becoming a Chris
tan is that one may have hope of
everlasting life A little boy whose
mother had died was told that she
would go to heavenand when he saw her
lowered intothe cold and gloomy grave,
while all around outside was sunshine
and flowers, he asked if that dark hole
was heaven. No, this was not heaven.
Heaven is where
Angels sing on your heavenly watches
keeping.
Sing US sweet fragments of the songs
above
Till mornings Joy shall end the night
of weeping
And life's long shadows break in
cloudlesls love-
"Six years ago, my own dear sister,
three years later by brother older than
myself and who would have lain down
his life for me, was placed by her side.
do not know how I should have gone
through these moments of great grief
had I not been conscious of the one
standing by my side, who had said:
7 am the resurrection and the life; he
that believeth in Me, though he were
dead, yet shall live"
AT the close of the sermon nearly the
entire audience rose to their feet and
with much emotion signified a desire to
live better lives. Soon after the Sun
day school came in and nearly every
member of 1t signed the cards, stating
that they desired prayers and aid to
become Christians. Rev. Mr.. Griffin,
pastor OF the church, stated that he
had never seen the likes" and that it
was the nearest thing to heaven he ever
saw "Hallelujah IT'S Done was then
sung and as the verse 'I Believe on the
Som was sung all those who really felt
what they sang were requested to rise.
Nearly everyone in the congregation
rose.
At $3.50 p. m. Mr.. Mills spoke to young
people at the Grand avenue Congrega-
tional church in Fair Haven, and Mr..
Biederwolf at the same time addressed
meeting sor men only at the Grand
opera house.
The meeting for men only at the
Grand opera house was largely attend
ed, fully $500 men being present to
hear the eloquent Mr.. Biederwolf The
only seats vacant were a few in the top
gallery. The ticket system worked with
all the success it was expected of it,
and the ushers were careful to take UP
tickets erom all who came in and had
them
The meeting was presided over by
Rev. DR.. Twitchen of the Dwight Place
church. and chairman of the executive
committee in charge of the revival. DR..
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