The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-02-10
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Despite the ram ana the slush, the body of the Second Congregational church was filled with men yesterday morning to listen to a special sermon by Rev. B, Fay Mills. The singing was by mail chorus led by MT. Hills. Prayer was offered by Rev. N. G. Che ney. MT. Mills read the thlrtieth chap ter of Deuteronomy and took for his text these words found in the nineteenth verse, q have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing; therefore choose life" He preached very touch ing and tender sermon, appealing to the manhood of those present. There were few dry eyes in the house, and in re- sponse to the invitation thirty arose and signified their desire to become Chris tians.
 At the same time Rev. MT Biederwolf was addressing a large audience of Wo- men in the East Pearl street M. E. church. The singing was by a choir Of ladies led by Mrs. Walter Downes. MT. Biederwolf preached an eloquent and forcible sermon from the words Re member Lots wife, found in Luke ll, 32
 One of the most effective and earnest meetings of the series took place in the afternoon at the Grand avenue Congre- gational church, which was crowded with people despite the storm. After a brief song service by the chorus choir led by Mir Hillis, prayer was offered by Rev. Dr. Sage. The choir then sang Coming To-day" MT. Mills read from the fourteenths chapter of Luke and took for his text the last clause of the twentieth verse, q cannot come" In the course of his remarks he said:
 There is no reason why a man should not serve God. Most of us have been expecting and expecting to be Chris tians; it is simply because they have put it off.
 "Men have built in them excuse fac- tories. Excuses are different from req son. There seems to be an unlimited faculty in men of making excuses for being unreasonable. Now, there is mo- body on earth who can't be Christian if he wants to. If you put your heart on it you can succeed.
 .'There is no devil in hell that can overtake you if you just keep your eye on the goal and in earnest go ahead. You can be. a true and noble Christian if you just put your whole heart on 1t.
 There are others who say, The hy- gpocrites are in the way Well, that de- pends upon which way you are going. Now, the hypocrites are not in the road of any one who really desires to lead a Godly life. If you will just begin to-day and do the best you can you will take bof foa licb oh bo h1y1lnnrifas and carry it out and bury it. No man ever went to heaven or hell because he didn't believe in the story of Jonah. Every intelligent infdel has said that if people would take the teachings of Jesus Christ and follow them they would be all right.
 Well, why don't you do it? I know the trouble with most of us. It is be- cause there is some corner of the heart that you do not want to surrender to them. My brother, you have the re- sponsibility of acting like a sane man. If you do that you will make a great success. There is a young lady who cares for the pleasures of the world and does not want to give them up. My sister, you never know the wonderful delight of one who is living in Jesus Christ. You have to be joyful if you are a Christian. No one can begin to tell you of the delight of walking with God.
 Some claim they have not the feelnig sufficient to be Christian. What sort a feeling does a man need to be a Christian? Just such a feeling as a man has who is about to pay a debt What God wants is obedience-the loyalty of your soul. You will get the joy if you will begin to do Gods will. Why my brother, you could get more joy before leaving this house to-day, if you chose than you ever imagined was possible in all your life. You will die if you sit still. Rise and go to work.
 'There are some who refuse to yield because they think too much of money are too proud, or there is some other poor reason. I plead with you this af- ternoon to make this your business.
 Have you accepted Gods invitation to the feast of life? O, beg of you on this last day We shall meet on earth. I plead with you not to turn away to- day"
 MT. Mills then made an appeal to the unconverted and about one hundred sig nified their desire of leading a Christian life by rising. He then offered prayer and the impressive service was brought to close.
 During the service MT Hillis sang in a touching manner "No Room in Heav- en.''
 The last, and by far the largest Mills meeting, was held in the Grand avenue Congregational church last evening By 7:15 o'clock the church was packed so that there was not standing room. An overflow meeting was held in the lec- ture room oe the church and was con- ducted by MT. BiederwoIf The attend ance at both meetings was fully 1700. The meeting opened with a service Of song led by MT. Hills and a large chorus choir. MT. Hills rendered the hymn, And Yet There is Room in a sweet and touching manner. MT. Mills read a portion of the fourteenth chapter of Luke. and took for his text part of the 22d verse, And yet there is room" He said that there is still room for every man that will thrust the old self out of his heart and allow Christ to come in Mr Mills sermon abounded in stories and touching incidents, all Illustrating the importance of turning to Christ, while yet there is room. In giving his last request for all who had desire to lead a Christian life to manifest it by rising, he was particularly persuasive,