The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-01-22
THE HYPERION MEETING
THEATER CROWDED LAST EVENING
WHEN mr.. MILLS PREACHED.

Mr.. Hins Called Away Suddenly-The Az
ternoon Meeting In Center Church--First
Sermon in the Series on "rhe Kingdom
of Heaven on Earth"-Meetings All Well
Attended-ro-day's Program.
Rev. Mr., Mills yesterday preached to
an audience of about fifteen hundred
people in the Grand opera house the
first of a series of nine sermons on "The
Kingdom of Heaven on Earth" This
series is said to be especially good and
the sermons in it promise to be the most
powerful ones delivered during the re-
vlval by Mr.. Mills. He yesterday noon
took for his text Matthew 610, May
thy kingdom come on earth as
it is in heaven" Mr.. Mills spoke of the
various popular ideas of heaven held in
the past and said:
Most of us have come to be moved
away from material ideas of heaven,
until at last probably all of us here
would agree to define heaven as a per-
feet society of perfect individuals, NO
man can form heaven alone. No hun
ger, no thirst, no oppressive heat, no
pain, no disease, no death and no sor-
roW-7these absences will make heaven
the perfect satisfaction for every rea-
sonable desire; but the thing we are
taught to pray is that this shall come
about on earth.
ANY conception of the work of Christ
to the effect that we will be translated
to some place of perfect felicity is but
a partial comprehension of His mission
and is not description of the great
purpose of Christ, which did not prima-
rily concern some far-off heaven. There
never will be a heaven anywhere except
, Where there is an association of men
that are living in absolute unselfishness,
and wherever that exists the kingdom
will already have come as it has come
in heaven. The great doctrine, The
Kingdoms of this world are become the
Kingdoms of our Lord and of His Christ
and He shall reign forever should
mould our thought and practice to-day.
Instead of this doctrine being heresy,
everything which contradicts lit is the
most pernicious heresy in paralyzing
the emery of the church of Jesus Christ.
You and are able, by the grace of God,
to be more spiritual than any of the
people who have gone before us, and
should hardly hold my faith in God I'M
less I realized that. I believe that
more marvellous revelations are yet to
be apprehended and mightier works are
yet to be done. While our great con-
ventions are passing their resolutions,
the Presbyterlans, the Congregational
lists, the Unitarians and all the rest, de-
timing what they mean by the Christian
religion, the day of the Lord is APP
preaching as a thief in the night. and
the hearts and minds of the people are
being changed into a conception of
Jesus Christ in such a fashion that we
will have to be one under the power of
the overmastering inspiration of the
kingdom Of God. What do we need in
the Legislative halls? In the judges
seat? What do we need on the throne
and in the presidential chair? What do
wesnsed where the busy wheels of the
factory turn out their productions for
the worlds need? What on the farm?
What in the church and what in the
home? Just tllis--the conception that
life is a mission.
THE way for men to live lis the way
Jesus lived, and the way for business
to be conducted is on the principles on
which Jesus administered His life. The
way to administer a nation is the way
the King of Kings administered Him
self-in giving Himself away for the
lives Of others. You may have heaven
to-daHif you will administer your home
on the principles of the kingdom Of
God"
THE AFTERNOON MEETING.
At $3.50 in the afternoon Rev. Mr..
Mills preached to a large audience in
Center church. Previous to his SER
mon he made some announcements,
among them stating that Mr.. Hills had
been suddenly called away yesterday
morning by the sudden death of his ia
Their in the west and would probably
not return for several days. After the
singing of Something For Jesus" by
the congregation, Mr.. Mills spoke from
Luke, 1923, "And 'theLord said unto the
servant, go out into the highways and
hedges and compel them to come in,
that my house may be filed
Ira the course of his sermon Mr.. Mills
said: THE statement that we have not
been saving men is true, but the state
nlent that we cannot save men is
false. We can do this as easily as we
can raise wheat No man alone ever
raises wheat. God does 1t, combining
his power with the work of men. Now
we can do just as much towards saw
ing men as with raising grain if we
combine our efforts with those of God
We know we can If we will lead men to-
righteousness. l believe in enthusi-