The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-01-30
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into that heart which has been aching to bless the world through all the ages. You place again the thorns on that sa- cred brow.
 "The text, again, applies to those who Gesire to be saved by the sacrifice of Jesus without acknowledging Him, There is no salvation that way. Paul himself placed confession even before believing If thou wilt confess with thy lips and believe with thy heart that was it. There is no secret way of coming to Christ.
 There is one wide open gate and no climbing over fences or hedges. You will never be saved if you do not fully come out on the Lords side and be willing to acknowledge Him before men. hoW mean ito expect to participate in all the benefit and blessing of His work and then be ashamed to acknowledge the Saviour before men. If you do not confess Christ you will live a fruitless life and die a fruitless death. A mother once in rescuing her child, a little girl, from a fire was so horribly burned that her face during the remainder of her life was scared and ugly beyond de- scription. She rarely went out, but one day she and the daughter, then grown to a young woman, were on a journey. In the station the young lady met some friends, who noticing the re- pulsive features of the old lady asked ,+11 q ,I c11 answered mo- and yet base as she wa.s her act was the height of nobility com- pared with the conduct of those who are willing to accept all the benefits of the Saviour's life and death and then refuse to acknowledge Him.
 The text also applies to professed followers of the Master. There are many who are going to be saved at this great revival. Let the followers of Christ see to it that they do not stum- blue at monday There are friends to be saved. There may be those to be saved who have now a better chance to be saved than ever before, better than they will have again.
 "The text comes with special signifi- canoe ito those who are still out of the Kingdom of God. All times are not adapted for repentance. The farmer sowed his seed and then he gathered in his harvest In the kingdom of grace there are special harvest times. This is harvest time. Now is the time to become a Christian. While speaking to the Yale Divinity school some years ago I asked how many of the divinity students had beenl convert ed at. revivals and out of the 125 pres ent all but nineteen had firs't course to Christ in the time of a revival. This is where most revivals take place"
 Mr. Mills then said that there were two great periods for conversion, one in youth and one during a special season of grace and asked all those in the audience who had been converted be- tween the ages of twenty and thirty in the audience to rise and about 25O re- sponded; between thirty and forty, fifty arose; between forty and fifty, ten rose up; and between fifty and sixty, only one, while no one had been converted after reaching sixty years of age.
 Friends" said MT. Mills, this in it. self is a sermon to you. This vast con gregation itself proves the truth of my statement that two thirds of all the peo- pie converted are converted before they reach the age of twenty
 Following the sermon the usual af- ter-meeting was held and in response to the invitation large numbers through out the audience rose and expressed 8 desire ito rid themselves of the stum- bling blocks between them and Christ. The front seats were occupied by busi- ness men, a large number being pres ent. The unusual. spectacle of business places on the main streets of the city being closed on a week day not a holi- day was presented yesterday afternoon and the readiness with which MT. Mills request for the mid-week Sabbath dem- onstratee the fact that New Haven is perhaps not the wlckedest city i'm the world.
 MT. Mills spoke last evening at the armory ito a large audience from the not believe" He said: '"They would not believe, therefore they could not believe They closed their eyes and lost the power of sight. They shut their ears and lost the power to hear; they hardened their hearts and lost the power of feeling.
 "A three fold cord cannot be broken, there are three strands in the cord-the teaching of scripture. the teaching of science and the teaching of observa- tion. You may sum up the teaching of the Bible in the one word-opportuni This is the story of the garden and the fall; of Abraham's call; of the building of Babel; of the coming of Jesus; of the destruction of Jerusalem. The sen- tence was pronounced on the city of Jerusalem forty years before it was eX- ecuted, butithe act that settled it's doom was the rejection of the Messiah. The sentence passed upon Israel was that Jeremiah was told not ito pray for the people, for they had sinned a fatal sin. Wisdom i'm the Proverbs says: A time will come when those who have reflected Him will call in vain The voice that speaks out the message of Jesus is a warning against this condi- tion.
 eff a man sin against the Holy Ghost, he shall never be forgiven. There are three things to be noticed: there is such a sin men are in danger of committing it; it is a sim against the Holy Ghost. The Holy Spirit is the last and the fullest manifestation of God, the interpreter of the love of God s heart and of the sacrifice of Jesus Christ If a man reject this mani 0+h h1 iyAoi