The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-02-04
MILLS MEETINGS CLOSED
REF. DIE. 1LLELS' F1REWELL SER MON AT THE ARMORY LAST NIGHT.


 Pastors-The Closing services-M eetings
 To-day in Fair Haven.
 With the meeting last night in the armory was closed the great revival, a parallel of which has perhaps never before been seen in New Haven, The revival has lasted four weeks and dur ing that time here have been each day three meetings at no one of which less than 1000 persons have been present. The labor required from Messrs. Mills, Biederwolf. Murray and Hills to carry on this great work is at once apparent to the observant. The work done by MT. Murray has not been so obvious as that done by the other two speakers, but We are assured by those who know that privately MT. Murray has given in estimable, service in the work of the re- vival. On the Sundays during the re- vival MT. Mills and MT. Biederwolf have spoken as much as four times at diff ferent places and one Sunday MT Biederwolf preached five sermons. The results of the work have been highly satisfactory and although it is impossi- ble to state exactly the number of peo- pie who have signed the cards and ex- pressed a wish to become Christians, it may be safely said that the number is way up in the thousands MT. Mills said last evening in regard to the in- terview with him published in an after noon paper yesterday, in which he is al- legged to have stated that between four and five thousand persons had been converted that the statement is abso- lutely untrue. When seen by the repor- ter of that paper yesterday MT Mills told him that he did not know how many had been converted and if he did know, it has always been his policy to remain silent as to the number con- verted at his revivalS. In addition to this MT Mills said that from what he had seen of New Haven he considered it far from being the wickedest city in the world and thought that on the con- trary it was morally the best of Ameri- can cities with one exception and that was Des Moines, Ia. He said that he had been pleasantly surprised in finding a high moral tone in Yale life and con- sidered the institution greatly blessed in a fine lot of young men. In compaf- ing Cambridge and New Haven MT. Mills said that he thought that if the former place was more orderly than New Haven, the reason lies in the fact that instead of being a business city, Cambridge is only residential.
 MT Mills left on the 9:10 train last evening for New York on his way to his home in Fort Edward, N. Y., but will return to this city in a few days and will conduct a revival of couple weeks in Fair Haven.
 Owing to the fact that MT. Mills was to leave on the evening train the meet ing at the armory last evening began at o'clock Prayer was offered by Rev. MT. Munson of South Britain.
 MT. Mills in beginning his address called especial attention to the meetings to be held this evening and succeeding evenings of this week, except Saturday, at the various churches which have taken part in the revival. He then spoke of the great work being done by the City mission societies. He describ- ed the workings of the missions, and named their agencies for good, saying that last year the mission Sunday schools were attended by 22000 people and that 200 persons are connected with the management of the missions. He also spoke of the need of the mission for pecuniary aid and said that the English Hall mission had raised money to buy a lot on Orange street opposite the As sociated Charities building, and plans have been drawn for building, but $20,00O is needed to erect it. If $10,00o of this amount can be raised the build ing would be begun at once. Of the thirty-fve churches in the city only fourteen donate to the missions as churches.
 MT. Mills text for his sermon was in 1T. Corinthians, 1911, Finally, breth- ren, farewell. Be perfect, be of good comfort; be of one mind; live in peace, and the God of love and peace shall be with you" He then said:
 q have selected this text as peculiarly fitting for the last meeting. It is not hard to find something to say tonight. as there comes to me such multitude of thoughts that I would like to give expression to them all before I go. I would like to preach a sermon or the pOWeI oL lIIe SOopel Ol JeSto SAilSt. l think that this gospel is now gaining power every day. Men have never be- fore been so eager for the truth as at the present time. I don't believe there has ever been so much aim and spirit in the church as there is to-day. have hardly been able to tell to what denominations these ministers of this city who have been associated with me belong and if I had to select them for the various churches I am afraid that you would find strangers in your pulpit next Sunday.
 We believe in one God. one faith and one hope. I have been taken aside at meeting and told by confiding Baptist ministers, We Baptists have a way of knowing each other I have been grasp ed by the hand by ministers with q hearty squeeze and have known to what denominations they belonged even be- fore they said, We Methodists know each other I have been called Quak- CT, a High Church Episcopalian, and in the newspapers have seen that I look like Catholic priest, while in Salt Lake City I was told by an old elder that I was on the high road to become Mor- mon. There was formerly a wall around each church to keep members in and others out, but this wall has now be- come so low that it is easily jumped over, and each one who jumps over knocks off brick. We are one in doc Urine