The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-01-22

closed. Inc tAeatef llselI was literally
packed with people, All the seats on
the platform, lower floor and balconies
were occupied, while many remained
standing throughout the entire service.
The committee has secured two Of the
largest churches IN the city in which
to hold meetings the remaining even
ings this week. Mr. Mills will.conduct
the meeting this evening in the Church
of the Redeemsr, while Mr.. Biederwolf
will hold services at the same time at
the Calvary Baptist church.
Next week the armory will be at their
disposal, where large audiences can be
accommodated. and choir more than
double the size of the present one viii
be had.
In view OF the bereavement of Mr.
Hills the meeting voted to wire him a
message of sympathy in his sorrow, and
appointed DR.. Twitchell to send the
same.
The praise service was followed by
prayer by the Rev, Mr., Martin and
Mr. Mills made an earnest and eloquent
appeal to his hearers.
My text" said Mr.. Mills, sis very
simple and very comprehensive. 1t is
portion of Isaiah ", Z: Let the wick
ed forsoke his way 1t Is almost pos
sible to see some people present settle
back in their seats and say, We, now
he is going to talk to the wicked. Now
let us find out who the wicked are.
think it means all those who are not
all they ought to be. 1t applies to
many church members as well os to
those outside the church, It also APP
plies to- the moralist, | do not use this
word to sheer at morality. There is
only one thing to my mind better than
morality, and that is righteousness.
Morality may be passive. A man may
be moral for selfish purpose, and he
may be unrighteous. A man may
be moral Just the. same as. one may be
honest, because it is the best policy.
believe in self righteousness to this ex-
tent, that every man should have a
own.
''Fhere is another self righteous
man whose righteousness neither God
nor his neighbors would suspect If he
did not repeatedly boast OF it to them.
He is always criticizing the church.
Now, when I hear q man always criti-
Ching the church think there Is some
thing wrong with that man himself.
The church of Jesus Christ with all its
imperfections is still by far the most
beneficent and blessed influence this
world has ever seen. 1 would consider
that man more a gentleman who would
be so inhuman as to strike his own
mother in the face, than the man who
treats the church thus,
Where there is one man in the
church who uses false weights and bal
ances there are a hundred outside Most
of this class of self-righteous Pharisees
are outside Of the. church.
Another man says. I ann a wicked
man. / know 1t. What of that? |
don't care My brothers, do you know
what that utter disregard of sin means2
1t means that you are in an awful
danger. You are like the man who,
while he is freezing, is ignorant of his
deadly peril. The man who disregards
sin is in no danger Of spiritual death.
Another man wants to get rid of his
sin. l tell him can tell him a way he
can do so. There is no mystery about
it. Use a little common sense For
sake your sins. No one can stop your
shining but yourself. God will never
forsake your sins for you. He has no
patent electric process by which He
| saves you from your sins. Your father
mother. sister. brother or all your
! friends cannot forsake your sins for
you. If you wish to forsake them, you
must forsake them for yourself.
\ "One of the most delightful pleasures
some people have is forsaking sins for
other people. 1t is easy to forsake some
| one else's sins. to say that If you were
such and such a person you would do
so and so. II Is very easy for a one-
legged man to give UP dancing. Some
people are so filled with self-righteous-
ness that they have no room left in
their hearts for God.
| Let us find out our own sins. Let
US say. search me, Y zoo, ana Know
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