The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-01-02
THE MTLLS HE ETTNGS.
Mir. Mills Work at Louisville Describe

 As a result of an invitation extended to him by the pastors of the various l denominations of the city of Louisville something like a year ago, MT. Mills and his assistants closed about month since what has ben styled the greatest 1 series of meetings that have ever been 1 held there. Several of the leading pas l tors of that city have lately reviewed 1 the work in question, and it will no | doubt be of general interest to our read CTS, in view of the coming of Mir. Mills among us early in January, to have at least a synopsis of what is said by thtm The city is about three-quarters as large again as our own, and so affords a fair comparison and basis of expectation as to the results of such
 work in such a large community.
 l The work was very successfully and | thoroughly organized for months be- | fore the beginning of the meetings. Of course there were occasional exchanges among the three preachers, Messrs.
 Mills Ostrom Biederwof. In addition
 MT. J. H. Murray, once a convict but now a most consecrated worker, gave his attention principally to the down
 town districts, and in the slums. On Sunday morning the churches generally l held their usual services, the pastors doing the preaching, the evangelists only holding meetings at such places and hours as did not interfere with the regular services. Sunday afternoon
 meetings were held in each of the sec lions, usually for special classes. On | Sunday evenings services were conduct ed as usual, with many overflow meet 1 ing.s, giving everybody an opportunity
 to attend. One Sunday morning was given to a special work among the Sunday school scholars. The lesson
 was put one side and, the teachers
 pressed home the need for each scholar
 to accept Christ then and there. As a
 sicns were reported.
 The Rev. Dr Jones says: "Mr. Mills
 and his assistants have come and gone, and Louisville is the better for
 their coming. No one ever thought of calling them anything else than the l Mills meetings True. the noted evan gelist demurred when a reporter, in sisting on the apostrophe, wrote such a little, but they were truly the Mills
 meetings in name, spirit, plans and en- ergy. Mr. Mills is a thoroughly love able man, and no one can be thrown with him long without feeling the spell.
 He is also a born general with a genius 1 for details. I have never known his 1 equal as am organizer. He uses a card system. and so perfectly do the ushers
 perform their work that many hundreds are signed. These express not only the
 desire of the signer 10 live Christian life. but also express their denomina-
 tional preference, and these are then
 carefully collected by committee and in a few hours are in the hands of the pastors whose churches are indicated. 1 The burden of MT. Mills message is pra ctically righteousness, and the key note of his preaching is love. I might
 critici.e the preaching of this man, for he said many things that were start 1 ling, but so gloriously did he lift the standard of righteousness. so merciless- 1 ly did he expose hypocrisy and false
 mysticism, that we stopped criticism
 and betOok ourselves to prayer. Spirit
 ual results are hard to estimate. The
 great congregations that packed the vast Auditorium are gone never to be l gathered together again. Big hearted,
 sweet voiced John Hills and his man. moth choir have sung their last melody 1 together. We have come back to our
 quiet church homes. but We are better
 for our month of common fellowship and toll. The pastors are one ill this view. Large numbers have already tioined our churches