The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-10-05

months. He was then urged to give his
ha cnn1 lime 10 me Assembly; put Ieit tnht
ing, and since accepting the pulpit of the
Seventh Church has been turning all his
work in the assembly over to Rev. $ c.
Dickey. who will have entire control, as
DR.: Hunters connection with Winona will
only be incidental to his ministerial duties.
Last night DIR. Hunter gave an instruc-
tive lesson on the necessity for taking adj
vantage of opportunities that lay near at
hand, speaking from Feel. tx, 10: What
soever thy hand ffndeth to do. do it with
Try might TIE greatest Success IN me,
DR.; Hunter said, comes not to those who
look abroad to find great opportunities; but
to those who bend their energies to doing
Opportunities are confined to this life. and
what is TO be done must be done now.
Even Jesus Christ had to do his work in
this world. There were miracles to per-
form, people to be taught. and the work
of atonement had to be finished here. If
Christ's work was circumscribed to this
life. how much more true is it, he said,
that mans work must also be circum-
saved now, he said. by Individual effort:
Shall We go TO God empty handed he
opportunities to save souls have we i'm
proved? Opportunities pass, by. and never
sand neglected opportunities staring me in
the face? Do it with thy might BY this
to u do hia wbo iaI being n a must mat be nas enlisted is in
that thing. Have you not noticed hat the
half,hearted man never aecomplishes
room is a. poor teacher. The preacher who
breaches because he wants to make a hv-
ing out of it will have no souls given to
him which shall be as his reward. The
artisan who has no heart in MS work
will not succeed. You remember a famous
painter was asked what colors he used in
his pictures, and how he mixed them He
replied that he mixed his paint with brains
Whatever we succeed in, that we must do
with our might: The man who has no
better, never make a profession of the re-
ligion of Jesus Christ. How can I reach
prescription First there must be prayer.
I do not believe that we can
anything real without prayer. If you are
not interested in Christian work, pray God
to give you an interest. Pray hat his
spirit may take possession of your. soul,
until his work becomes the passion of your
life. If you, will only pray interest viii
DR.. Hunter said that prayer must be
supplemented by self-crucifixion, and that
personal qualification must be Subordinated
to duty. If people would not consult their
personal convenience and comfort, but
would always do what they found ad,d to t6 do
the church would become powerful.
Y. NJ. C.. A. Evangelical work.
Representatives from nearly all the
young peoples societies of the city at
tended the first young mems rally of the
season at the building of the Young Mems
Christian Association yesterday afternoon
A systematized campaign of evangellstlc
work in all parts of the city was clearly
set forth by General Secretary Hildreth
and Messrs. f. w. Douglass and O.. III.
Palmer, former general secretaries of the
association, who have charge of the devo-
tionaI work. Mr.. Hildreth alluded to the
fact that nearly 20. 600 young men in this
city never entered the churches, and We're
drifted along the channels of unsa tlated
pleasure. He said there was need for
work among many of these young. men TO
bring them into a life OF bus1nessllke
Christian. service, thus fitting them for a
noble citizenship. The ultimate object is
not only to win young men to Jesus CHRIST,
but also to make the church and its life
more attractive to young men in general.
Eighty young men were present, represent
ing nearly thirty-ive societies. They al
entered enthusiastically into the proposed
plan. and pledged themselves to definite
activity. 1t was probably the most i'm
the city for some time past.
Fifteen New mi
Fifteen new members were welcomed by
the pastor yesterday morning at the Col
lege-avenue Baptist Church in the pres
ence of a large audience. The services
were deeply interesting. DIR. II. NJ. Whar-
ton, the evangelist, was expected to be
present to help in the Col!ege-avenue meet
ings to-day, but a special message was
read from DIR. Wharton explaining that the
interest in the meetings at Columbia, Mo-,
was so great that they could not be closed.
Two churches are crowded every night and
hundreds are being converted. As soon as
he can get away from the work there he
Will come to help in the work in this city.
DR.. Barron is a successful evangelist and
his work at the College-avenue Baptist
Church is growing into a great revival,
and the meetings will be continued this
week every afternoon and evening at 4 and
at 100 o'clock.
Last evening the church was crowded
and a large number of persons came for
ward and confessed Christ. He preached
from the text, What shall we do?"-Luke
iii, 10.
A Sermon to the Deaf.
Rev. A. Reinke, of Chicago, pastor of
the First German Evangelical Deaf Mute
Congregation of that city, conducted serv-
ices in Tomlinson Hall yesterday afternoon
under the auspices of the Evangelical
Lutheran churches of the city. The SER
mon was delivered in the sign language.
All the deaf mutes of the city, including
the pupils at the State institution, were
invited. The pupils were all present, ac-
companied by Superintendent Johnson. The
minister appeared to be making the geS-
lures to emphasize an imaginary speech,
but 1t was all real earnest to those unfor-
tunate enough to be deaf. Mr.. Reinke de-
votes one Sunday each year to a sermon in
this city, also to sermons in st. Louis. Gin
cinnati, Louisville, Fort Wayne and Mil
waukee.