Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1897-11-12

10. I3l. Do not get discouraged Mt al.
Keep your eyes on things above; II you
stumble. rise and confess. then go on.
Let Us do nobly our part in this great
race of the Christian lie. Re Of COOL
cheer. do your best, do il bravely. Serve
Him well and yours shall be a crown OF
Righteousness which is laid up for all
who love his appearing.
sunday Afternoon.
The Congregational Church was hlied
with eager listeners at O'Clock. Mr..
Gillian handled in a mastery way, The
Unanswerahle Question" His text was
taken from Heb. 2. 3, "How shall we es-
cape il we neglect so great salvation z"
The greatness of this salvation was de-
scribed and conclusion reached that no
man can free himself from sin. This sal
walton was purchased by the blood of
Jesus Christ, and there is nothing that
can be compared to it. In tie next place
it is free. 1t cannot he bought. Saliva
ton cannot be had only as 1t is accepted
as a free gift. The cost of salvation can
not be measured. 1t cost God the Father
His Son, and still men trample the shed
blood of the Son of God under foot. The
results of this great salvation are mar
Vicious. 1t brings pardon from all sin. Ii
brings peace to guilty soul. There is
no peace saith my God to the wicked"
1t also brings power. There is no other
salvation, for there is none other name
under heaven given among men whereby
We must be saved" If this great saliva
ton is neglected there is no escape from
the Judgment of God. That means a
place of everlasting punishment.
Sunday Evening.
The text Sunday evening wasin Joshua
xxiv:15. Choose you this day whom
you will serve Christianity is service,
is matter of personal choice. No man
can be forced to become Christian. Ii
you become Christian, you do it be-
cause you want to. desire to give six
good reasons, why you should choose
the service of Almighty God. First, be-
cause it is right. Second, it is manly.
Choose the service of God because it is
manly. 1t takes all of man to be a
Christian, and l believe that it is the
best way to live. The third reason is,
because of your influence. Use your in
fluence for Christ. If your influence is
not for Christ it is against Him. Fourth,
it pays to live right, and believe that
for no other reason, you should choose
tonight, because it pays to live right.
Fifth, say choose the service because of
good hope of eternal life.
Last because it is an immediate choice.
Choose this day. Not to decide to be
Christian is to decide not to be a Chris
tan. You cannot serve God and Man,
mon.
Wednesday.
Wednesday was ''red-letter day" in the
religious history of our village. 1t was
set apart as day OF prayer for the NOR
al and spiritual good of our town. 1t
was veritable mid-week Sunday. The
day began at $50 with ten cottage
prayer meetings in various parts of the
village. At 10 O'Clock preaching service
was held in the Congregational Church.
The subject of Mr.. Gillams sermon was
How to win souls by the use OF the BIZ
BILE" This was Illustrated and explained,
also passages of scripture given to help
a Christian worker. A helpful pamphlet
from the pen of Mr.. Gillian was pre-
scented to each attendant.
In the afternoon at 2.15 O'Clock a
woman's prayer meeting was held in the
vestry of the M. E. Church, in charge of
Miss Lizzie Bartlett. The subject was
"Why stand we idle?" Following this at
o'clock, Mr.. Gillian preached power
full sermon to large audience. All the
merchants showed their interest in the
moral and religious welfare of our COM
munity by closing their places ofbusiness
during this meeting, thus permitting all
who desired to attend.
In the evening large crowd assembled
in the Methodist Church to hear Mr..
Gillian discourse on "Skepticism." The
day of prayer closed with an after meet
ing in the interest of those who
had expressed desire to henceforth live
a Christian life. Never in the history of
Island Pond was such day observed
and probably it will never be forgotten
on account OF the good done.