The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-01-27
MEETINGS IN THE ARM0RY
YESTERDAY AFTERNOON THE CON
 GREGATI0N NUMBERED d,50O.

Places to Close Wednesday Afternoon The Weeks Program.
 The special meetings in various parts of the city yesterday in the series of revival meetings now being conducted by Rev. Mir Mills were all largely att tended, probably 15,OOO people having heard one or all of the three evangel- ists, MT. Mills, MT. Biederwolf and MT. Murray. At each meeting many per sons responded to the, invitations ito make knowni a desire to- become Chris tians and the number who thus signi- fled their intentions was well up in the hundreds. The meeting for boys at the arrnory at 10:30 yesterday morning was attended by about 2,O00 boys, who lis tened with close attention to MT. Mills remarks especially adapted to boys. At the close of the service MT. Mills was escorted to the New Haven house by the Boys brigade.
 The afternoon general meeting at $50 was attended by fully 4,500 persons, the entire seating capacity provided in the armory being occupied, while many were standing at the front of the large room.
 The Rev. MT. Mills preached alt the armory upon the text: AS they went, they were eleansed. d."-Luke XVII, fl.
 He said: "As Jesus went to Jeru- salem He passed through the midst of Samaria and Galilee; and as He en- tered into a certain village, there met Him ten lepers who stood afar off and lifted up their voices saying, 'Jesus Master, have mercy on US! When He saw them He said unto them, Go show yourselves unto the priests The priests were the health officers and these lepers had no right to go to- the priests until they knew they were we'll; and they knew they were not we'll But tit came to pass that as they went they were cleansed.'
 Jesus taught His disciples in three ways, sometimes by direct instructions, sometimes by relating a parable, and sometimes by an illustration taken from some present object or event. In connection with the practical teaching of the healing of the lepers He used all theree methods.
 T want to make the method of God so plain and simple to-day that no one shall be able to rise up at the judg- nent day and say that, though he was { in this meeting, he did mot learn how he might inherit eternal life. I believe that God has a right to expect of heathen and of Christian alike three things. No matter whether a man is born in a gItter or in a palace, in the depths of Africa or in the most Chris tian city on earth, God has the right to ex- pect of him, first, an honest effort to forsake sin; second, a sincere desire to know the truth in order to do it; third, an open confession of his adhesion unto righteousness. TheSe three things God has a right to expect from every per- son that ever had a mind and con science, and the doing of these three things will lead anybody on earth into the eternal light and life of God. It is just as simple as that. As they go they will be cleansed.
 T never saw any man who did these three things without coming to a knowl- edge of sin, to a knowledge of God, Ito a knowledge of Gods salvation, to peace and light and hope and likeness unto Jesus Christ.
 There is another thing that would come to you, and that is the solving of every doubt. I believe there is no in fidel walking in the mist and labyrinth of doubt to-day who would not see a. clear road that would shine with light up to the portals of the city of God, if only he would be willing openly to do what God showed him that He wanted Him to do. I believe there is mo poor wretch sitting in some loathsome place day, bound hand and foot with the chains of some selfish or sensual or avaricious vice, but would find the chains broken and would rise up free man, if only he was willing to do the will of God''
 Many asked for prayers to strengthen them in Christianity and the mammoth meeting was over. But though the main door and side doors were opened, the crowd was so great that the armory was not cleared for half an hour al- though the people thronged out as fast as they could.
 The overflow meeting held at the Grand Opera house yesterday afternoon was largely attended, the theater being nearly filed Rev Mir Biedecwolf made the address, speaking from Luke 1524 as the text, 'He was lost and is found" He spoke in part as follows:
 There is no more mournful sounding word in the English vocabulary than the word lost There is no more joy ful sounding word than the word found. Sorrow over the lost, but always joy over the found. There is more joy in heaven oyer one sinner that repents than over ninety-nine angels that need no repentance. The experience of the prodigal son is that of many young men and women to-day. A dangerous desire to be boss of himself at too early an age a desire to- see the world while young and not to be tied to his mothers S apron strings, all these induced him to leave the old homestead There is nothing in the parable to show that this boy was particularly bad fellow, mot profligate and dissipated fellow as so many would have us believe, but rather a first rate sort Of boy getting tired of home.
 "A main must be convicted of sin be- fore he can either be sorry for it or re- pent of it. Stanley tells us that some men in Africa never knew they were black until they looked upon a White man and so 1t is that by seeing ourselves as-we really are when compared With the blameless lives of some around us, and with the spotless purity of Jesus, that we are convicted of our sins