The times., 1898-02-12
TWO MONSTER MEETINGS
Gen. Booth Draws Many to the
M0urnerS' Bench.
The Salvation Army Leader Closes
His woIk Here With Eloquent
Appeals to the Sinful

Gen. William Booth addressed two
| monster mass meetings yesterday.
Hundreds were turned away at each
| service.
The afternoon meeting was held at
| the Calvary Baptist Church, and that
| at night in the New York Avenue Pres
| byterian Church.
Addresses were delivered by Gen.
| Booth, after which prayer and song
| services We're held. The members of
| the Salvation Army passed up and
down aisies eXhorting the auditors to
go to the penitent bench. Many accept
ed the invitation.
Commander, Booth-Tucker made the
opening prayer, and Col. Lawley, of
London, the "Sankey'' of the Salvation
! Army, sang one of his own compost
tions, entitled, My Sins Rose as High
as a Mountain" He was accompanied
| by an accordion. and the congregation
| Joined in the chorus
Gen. Booth was introduced amid ap-
plause. He said among other things:
Il am perpleXed when | stand up be-
fore strange audiences, as l do every
day, as 1 do not know what i should
say to them until 1 see them. l am
generally given subject to speak up
on, but / do not see why | should not
be given a subject and be not given a
sermon also. / will speak of salvation
to-day, and may both meetings make
this day of salvation.
There must be three parties to any
thing that may be done IN the way of
salvation. There must be, first of ALL
God, the one that receives salvation,
and the one that tries to bring the sin
ner to salvation.
1t is often said that those who sin
are ga, but let me tell you that not
all sinners are gay. The most misera-
Die creatures that crawl about this
earth are sinners.
There is great deal in the Bible
that is not essential TO salvation, but
there are other things that are abso-
lutely Indispensable. There are some
things that men must know or their
lives will be failures and delusions, and
result in damnauon. The Bible deals
first CT all with sin and its remedy
Some people think that if people are
drunkords and harlots they are vulgar
sinners. They do not think that, be
cause they are not these things, they
might have sins even of a more pro-
nounced character in the eyes of God.
What is this sin that stinks in the nos
trils of God? 1t is the transgression of
the law. All unrighteOusneSs is sin. Sin
came from the devil, and TO the devil it
must go. Never mind how you paint and
garnish il, il is a deyilish thing.
we know two kinds of sin We
know il first in the past sin as an act.
Your sins are all written down in the
great detective list of God, just as mur-
ders are recorded by the police, and
they must be dealt with. AS far as the
:c- hS shall
your sins be removed from you
I'VE know sin again as a disposition,
as a habit oh. be done with your re-
ligion of pretext. OF ceremony, of be
lief, and of intellect, and get some Of
the religion of the heart
You cannot keep the holy law of
God with an unholy heart. The men
that frequent your drinkeries. drunken
les. or grogshops. / do not know just
what you cali them here, are the men
that should be reached. And when 1t
comes to confession of sins there must
be a confession of regret.
Il want to speak TO you just as
though you were mine. You must have
the confession of acknowledgment and
you do not want to be afraid to get out
on the housetops You don't have to
be bold. but you must serve Christ
People say il is easy for the Salvation
lists to put on the jersey and go out on
the street corner. Let them try it once.
In order to get near God, tell you,
you must not be afraid to let the world
know ii.
Following the sermon the revival SER
vice was begun with a prayer by Mrs.
BoCth-Tucker The chairs at the front
of the church, which had been occupied
by the officers of the army were vacat-
ed and changed TO penitent benches.
Il . s,1r,
service.
Gen. Booth and his party will leave |
for Pittsburg at IL o'clock to-day.