The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-20
BUSY DAY FOR Y. P. C. U.



heaven. Upon the offerings of the conse-
Grated | see in letters of light the words
and the good there has been written by the
finger of God the words. For Christ
over me =, furnace, of persecution, where
saints suffered and yet refused to deny the
Savior, see the explanation in the words.
For Christ
We would look upon the desolated hopes
or the Armenian Christian and upon the
graves of all the martyrs. and while we
look, we hear the voice Of a slain multi
tude repeating, For Jesus sake We
look upon consecrated host of mission
aries in foreign lands and of %. Christian
workers here, who are willing to do, to
dare and to die. if need be- for Christ and
sage, All this for Jesus sake
We turn our eyes once more towards
calvary. and as we look upon that touch
ing; tragic scene; we hear the voice of the
Goldman, All this for your sake And,
now, by the lives of Gods faithful by the
sufterngs or prosecuted Christians. by the
graves of the martyrs, by the cross of Cal
vary, / beseech you to get into the Chris
tian soldiers place for Christ's sake and
cOuntry's sake.
Away up in the north country the nights
are sometimes weeks or months in length.
come TO its close the inhabitants collect
on hill near their homes and wait for
the rising of the sun. Their numbers in
crease as the stars fade away one by one
and the rosy tints of dawn are seen in the
horizon. And when the first flood of yell
low sunlight sweeps over those hills and
nialns that have been made desOlate by its
absence the assembled multitudes join in
joyful acclamatiOns and a chorus of song.
In the dim starlight of the ages we seem to
see the worlds Inhabitants waiting for the
coming of brighter. better day. Eagerly
their eyes turn toward the eastern sky and
every ray that shoots up across the heavens
IS taken as a harbinger of coming sun
light 1t Is now the twilight of the morn
ing. Wonder stands prophet on the walls
OF the kingdom of God. Anxious watchers
shout to him the question, Waterman,
Wh2t OF the night? He peers into the
darkness with prophetic vision he reads
the signs of the times and the message
from MS COD and then he cries, The MORN
ing cometh.' The sun of righteousness is
rising upon our land with healing in his
wings. Now that cry is taken uD by an
other and another of the watchmen upon
lions walls until around the world the
tldlngs are heard AIS well; the morning
cometh.' Fitting 1t was that there should
be song of rejoicing when that glad
morning, light first dawned upon the Ju-
dean hills. Fitting it would be if a waiting
cnurch ana waiting nation would join
the heavenly host in their anthems of
praise"
DR.. Martin was frequently appauded and
came to the peroration of his address with
flight of eloquence that wrought the en-
thusiasm Of the convention to the highest
pitch Precipitation was streaming from his
face as 9. result of the great effort he had
made. While the enthusiasm was at its
height he asked the entire audience to sing
audience that filled TOmliHsOn Hall to the
last nook of the top gallery took up the
words:
In chanot's some put confidence.
On horses some rely,
But we remember well the name
OF God, our God Most High"
The effect was electrical and it was some
moments before the strain of intense feel
ings relaxed While everybody was in this
fervent mood the offering was taken up, J.
Z. Tracy, chairman of the general COM
mttee, explaining that it was for the ex-
penses of the evangelical work, printing.
etc. The ushers arose in all parts of the
hall and utilized their white caps for re-
ceiving the coins of the offertOry that
jingled in every direction. From the ring
of the coins it was evident that a liberal
collection was being given.
Last night many of the women appeared
wearing their hats The young people of
the United Presbyterian Church. while they
are devOut psalm singers, do not scorn
bright apparel and some of the hats worn
by the women were wonders in the art of
millinery. There were towers of feathers
and other towers of artificial flowers and
ribbons. While the collection was taking
President Wishart called the attention of
the women to the fact that everybody had
agreed at the earlier meetings of the day
not to wear hats during the convention.
"A note has just been handed me" he
said, complaining that one hat somewhere
here in front is shutting off the view of
this immense audience tonight | suppose
there are many here who were not here
this morning"
Before he finished requesting that hats
were taking them down, sometimes having
to call on their male escorts to fish out
the long pins with which they were fast
ened. This incident caused q sensation of
mirth and laughter to creep over the male
portion of the audience. 1t ended in q burst
of applause. The ushers We're still going
through the great audience taking up the
jingling silver. The Allegheny Quartet I'M
der the leadership of w. d. McGill: and in
Annie Brockis. soprano, and Tirzah Morton,
Contralto and S. b. Stewart, accompanist
rendered a pleasing selection.
REV. DIR. MALLISTER'S TALK
Rev David McAllister, d. D., LII D.,
pastor of the First Reformed Presbyterian
Church, of Pittsburg, Pa, representing the
covenanters in the convention, was the last
speaker of the evening He spoke on THE
Sabbath and in the course of his address
raised his voice against Sunday newspa-
pers, Sunday baseball and other forms of
what he characterized dissertations of
Gods holy day" From the applause with
which his denunciatiOn of Sunday neWspa-
pers was received. he evidently had the
convention with him.
DR.. McAllister's address was in the form
of an institute lecture. He quoted fire.
qUently from Scripture giving the audience
time to find the passages he quoted. Many
of the delegates carry Bibles. Others took
notes of the passages he named. The fore
part of his talk was intended to prove that
God intended the Sabbath to be a national
IL stitution and he quoted from Genesis to
prove that it antedates the church. He
said that it a common error for the
misinformed to say and believe that the
Sabbath belongs to and is an institution of
the church. The church makes use of the
Sabbath, he said, as it makes use of the
family both Of which antedate it. Taking
III consideration the origin of the day, he
said it was seen that it is a national in
stitution, and that its observance was in
tended to be national. To prove this DR..
McAllister referred to many passages in
both the Old and New TeStaments. He said
that instead of being an institution for the
church, the Sabbath was instituted for the
benefit of all mankind, made to bless every
man in every country and all nations
through all time.
The Sabbath was given by God to man
for a sign. Every time that Christian
goes to church on the Sabbath and OBJ
serves Gods law with reference to its OBJ
servance, he exhibits a sign that he be-
longs to God. When business men close
their places of business on Sunday and give
to them the day God has set apart they
give a sign 10 the world that they recog
nize Gods law. When the Nation requires
it's employees in every department, whether
postal clerks or employees of the executive,
judicial or other department, to cease work
on that day the Nation gives a sign to the
world.
NATIONAL SABBATH BREAKING.
Then he took up the penalties that were
to be visited for the violation of the day,
not only upon individuals, but upon the
guilty nation as we'll reading from the BIZ
BILE of the seventy years the Israelites spent
for their violation of Gods command, RE
member the Sabbath day to keep it holy"
Under the Jewish dispensation the land was