The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-01-20

ana tnat no sum In remuneration Tor
his services had been agreed upon. A
collection was then taken up. A half
hours praise service preceded the ad-
dress by Mr.. Biederwolf, and was fol-
lowed by prayer by Rev. DR.. McLane
of Plymouth church. Mr.. Biederwolf
read from III Samuel, 49, After singing
by the large choir Of about 250 male
voices Mr.. Hills sang a solo, Where
Will We Spend Eternity"
Rev. Mr.. Biederwolf took as his text.
III Samuel, IS, IA, "And he thurst three
arrows through his heart" and spoke in
substance as follows: David was at
the time mentioned in the text king Of
Israel, and Absalom was his son, but
despite this fact was conspiring against
his father and the throne. A terrible
battle had been fought in the wood of
Ebriam, in which mighty issues were at
stake. The army Of Absalom was over
whelmed and Absalom himself fleeing
was killed by one Of his fathers soldiers
by having his heart pierced with the
three darts mentioned. David did not
take part in the battle personally, but
remained in the city and had command
ed a watchman to- be placed on the walls
to watch for messengers from the bat
tlefield. He had previous to sending his
troops in the field given orders that his
sons life, if possible, should be spared.
Finally, two men We're observed by the
Watchman running toward the walls,
and they proved to be the expected
messengers. One of them brought tid-
ings Of the overthrow Of the rebels,
while the other announced the death of
Absalom. This latter news affected
David powerfully, and lifting up his
voice he cried, oh Absalon, Absalom,
my son. what would not have UNDER
gone for theev
I'm this short story is depicted the
downfall Of a fast young man. The
king wept for a wasted life. Absalom
had royal blood in his veins, was a
favorte, had grace of person and man
ner, was popular. and to him belonged
all of the wealth, knowledge, rank and
culture Of the kingdom. A bright fu-
ture was before him, but he made a
wretcfed failure. There are many here
| this afternoon who have made as great
a failure
| At 6 O'clock p. M Mr.. Biederwolf
spoke in the Howard avenue Congrega-
| tional church, and at $50 Mr.. Mills
spoke to a large meeting of students
| in Dwight hall on the campus. At 7:30
Rev. Mr.. Murray spoke in the West Ha-
ven Congregational church to a crowd
| ed house from the text Psalms 40, z, 5,
and John 10, 10, preaching a powerful
sermon.
The general meeting in the Grand
opera house at 7.3O was the largest Of
| the day. At 7:35 the house was full,
and an overflow meeting was organized
at Polls theater, and this was also fill
ed in a short time, so that both houses
were packed. Mr.. Beiderwolf spoke at
the latter place.
At the Grand the service was opened
| by prayer by Rev. DR.. Twitchell. Mr..
Hills sang a solo, Rock Of Ages
| Mr.. Mills spoke from the text Ec-
clesiastes u, /: Remember now thy
Creator in the days of thy youth" He
said: 1--WE all agree that a man can
never be righ. until he is right with
God. We know that we ought to sur
render our will to Him, but the trouble
with us is that some of us don't want
to do il now. We want to wait until
we are about to die. When you are
young is tie only appropriate time to
begin to be a Christian. What right
have you to to rob God of the early part
Of your life Some people wait until
the last minute and then expect to
creep into "a heaven of heavenly bliss.
To be Christian is to have a pleasant
! life and "a good time. 1t is not only the
way to lead "a pleasant life but also to
lead useful life and do good. If you
are not already a Christian you have
not found the internal peace of God,
| which floods the soul of those who
yield to His will. All your misery and
unrest will be gone forever when you
| begin to be Christian. Young man,
you may be a president of the United
States but unless you give your life
| to God it will be worse than wasted.
If you don't begin to serve God in your
youth there is no chance that you will
ever amount to anything. Opportuni-
ties that you have thrown away in
youth when you might have turned peo-
pie 20 God will never return. Two
thir DIS of the people who start in Christ
ian lives begin before the age of twenty
years. If you lived twenty years be-
|
thrown away two-thirds Of your prob
abilities of every becoming one. Are
you willing now to make sign that
you yield to the touch of the Spirit?"
At the close of the address hundreds
in various parts of the audience signi-
fed their desire to become better Chris
tians.
! A party of six or seven young people,
young men and young ladies, in a box
at the right of the stage, annoyed those
who wished to hear and fully appreciate
the preachers words by unbecoming g,
levitous conduct. They continually tit
tered and laughed, and even during the
final prayer created much disturbance
by laughing and talking.
| The meeting at noon to-day will be a
| good-cheer meeting, and the result of
the revival work thus far in the various
churches and Sunday schools will be
given.
Mr.. Mills will begin Tuesday noon a
series Of mine sermons on "Tle King
dom of Heaven on EARTH
The program for the meetings of this
week will be as follows:
| Monday-The first good-cheer meeting
in the Grand opera house at noon. No
afternoon meeting. Only one meeting
on Monday evening. Mr. Biederwolf
will preach at the Church of the Re-
| deemer. All invited.
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