The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-01-31
A SERMON TO STUDENTS
REV. lTR. MILLS AT DWIGHT HALL
 PESTERDAY AFTERNOON.

Armory Filled Last EveninG-Address to
 Young Men-Other Meetings Yesterday-
 10 Remunerate MT. Mllls-Program of
 Sunday Meetings.
 The usual large audience was present at the Grand opera house yesterday noon to hear Rev. Mir. Mills speak, the subject being "War on Christian Prin- ciples."
 Previous to the address cards were passed through the audience that sum for free will contribution could be sub scribed on them with the name of the donor. Rev. pr. Twitchell, chairman of the executive committee, announced that the sum subscribed would go to MT. Mills and that this was all the compen- sation he would receive for his work in this city.
 MT. Mills spoke as follows in his ad- dress:
 Perhaps the greatest enormity in this world is the willingness of nations towards war. People of all ages have proclaimed the coming of permanent peace. War will be forever put away and it is for us to say when that time will come. We may so live and exist that we will hasten the time when this shall be. The United States has all the opportunities for the transforma- tion of this country into a nation of this character. First, it is the sacred duty of the people to be at the heart Mills and that this was all the compen church to teach the nations of the world that the teachings of indlvid- uals as given by Christ should and must be applied to all forms of indus trial and national organizations. The cure for all ills among men and nations is Christ's teaching, Peace on earth and good will towards men I believe in the spirit of Jesus that states shall be called upon to make sacrifices for each other as individuals have. Some of the bitterest of wars have been over the difference of religion. Let the Church of Christ use no methods of in- troducing religion except through the methods of Christ.
 What shameful thing it is to see the so-called Christians petition to our government at Washington to send an army to protect Christian missionaries in China and Turkey. Think of bring ing religion before those people in that way. What an idea of the gospel of Christ! It is the duty of the church to teach that war is always wrong. There was never righteous war and there never will be.
 Don't tell me not to criticise the president and congress. will, but with a loving heart and not for the sake of political reasons, but for the blindness and infidelity as regards humanity in the teachings of God I do criticise them. Just think of utterances of some men in congress and even the chaplain of one of the houses praying to make us quick to resist injury.
 If I thought that the stars and stripes meant blood and war, would curse it. If the nations of the world be- lieve in Christ they will have fought their last battle.''
 LAST EVENINGS MEETING.
 The available room at the armory was occupied last evening when Mr. Mills rose to speak at 7:45 full 4,7OO people being present.. The meeting began with a praise service of half an hour Rev. MT. Mason of the First Baptist church offered prayer, after which Mir Hillis sang a solo, Where Will You Spend Eternity" Rev. MT. BiederWoif an- nounced that MT. Mills would preach at the Grand Opera house at noon to- day on Property in Its Relation to Nthe Kingdom of God; at Center church at 3:30 D. m. to-day; tomorrow afternoon MT. Biederwolf will speak to children at 1 o'clock this afternoon at the First M. E. church, seats to be reserved for members of the Junior Endeavor so- ciety; Rev. MT Murray will speak to- morrow evening at the Calvary Indus trial Home.
 MT. Mills preached last evening from the text 1T. Samuel 1892: "Is the young man safe?" MT. Mills said: This question was asked by a brothen-heart- ed father concerning his wayward con. David's inquiry concerning Absalom has a parallel in the question: of the Heav- enly Father to Us, but the parallel is not conplete David cried: Would God I had died for Him and was remorse- ful. There can be no remorse in the heart of God because God has done all He can in His loving wisdom that we may appreciate His eternal life.
 Are there fathers and mothers at home tonight asking this question con- cerning you. God Is asking it in the deepest solicitude about all of us. l want to ask you if young man can be safe under any one of four divisions. First, can a young man be safe who is trif1ing with his appetites? This Is a selfish question. We all know the story of Dr. Jekyi and MT. Hyde, how the doctor had discovered a potion by taking which all the good in his nature again all the evil in him would burst forth. After he had tried the expert ment several times he found that while he could rapidly change from Dr. Jekyl to MT. Hyde and vice versa very slowly until at last he found that without talk ing the potion he shrunk up and couldn't bring himself back to his former char acter. The doctor, when this state of affairs arrived, shut himself up in his laboratory and began ito experiment on potions to restore the goodness of his nature. Just on the point of the dis covery he died
 There are young men here tonight who look in the faces of their mothers, their wives and their children and then go out and do things to make devils