The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-10-10
HELD THREE SERVICES
Large Congregations Listen to
Major q. A. Hilton.
is A FORCEFUL SPEAKER
Christian Courage the Topic OF His
Morning Administrations theK Key
to success-Evils OF Vile
Literature.

Major George A. Hilton. the evangel-
list. held three services at the First
Presbyterian church yesterday. in the
morning. afternoon and evening. A
good sized congregation attended both
the morning and afternoon services and
In the evening the church was filed to
Its capacity. Major Hilton is a force
full speaker and by using anecdotes in
life that have come under his observa-
ton to illustrate his points. throws a
great deal of interest into his talks.
Major Hilton took as his subject for
the morning service Christian Cour-
age" n in treating the subject, said:
AS God promised to Joshua pros
| perity and success n he observed to do
according to all that is written In the
law. so. prosperity and success (Which
latter word only occurs once in the
entire Bible, and IL Is significant that
1t occurs In connection with strength
and power as commanded in the text
depend pom the fulfllment of the same
conditions in this our day and genera
ton. God did not tell Joshua to be
strong and of good courage. because
popular sentiment or existing public
opinion would sustain him. but because
the Lord his God would be with him
whittier soever he went. Joshua,
through obedience, which is the key
to success, slew 81 kings, scattered
their armies like chat before the wind.
So the obedient child of God to-day
shall be enabled to q king lust,
fear, doubt. blasphemy, alcohol and all
the other kings of potent and subtle
power in this day of need"
The speaker then went on TO show
that when God told Joshua hat he had
given Jericho into his hands. there was
no indication from a human standpoint
that such was the fact. but as God
had said so, Joshua look him at his
word and in obedience to the conditions
was set at naught all ordinary methods
of warfare the walls of that wicked
city fell. SO the walls of indifference,
apathy and iniquity fall in obedience
to God will when the conditions there
for are fulfilled.
Major Hilton's subject for the after
noon service was Thieves in the Tenn
ple.' in which he dealt with the evils
of vile literature as a destructive edu-
Gator among children especially refer
ring to II as a thief in Gods temple.
Some of the illustrations Of the effect
of such education upon the youthful
mind were appalling, and all the more
so because true. In one In particular.
Major Hilton said a gang Of boys In
Oil City. Penn, ranging In g from 8
to Is years. having a meeting place
under a pile of lumber In a secluded
spot. made 1t a perfect arsenal of dead
ly weapon and a library for obscene
literature. These boys had perfected
their plans as per the teaching of that
literature. TO 20 West m become he
roes. The last act before leaving was
when the captain of the gang. Is years
of age. stood the boys o him in a |
semi-circle, placed each boys hand up |
on the Bible and made him swear
thaf he uOuld adminieiPr the contents |
of a package containing arsenic to his
mother in her foo that night. The plot
was overheard by a keen-witted girl, |
who exposed IL and the children were
brought into court. When asked by
the Judge why they did not go West
without killing their W mothers, the
boy captain said they had read in a
that other boys so lone because
when the mother was dead there would
be nothing to draw them home again.
Major Hilton also dwelt upon another
potent thief in the temple on drunken
ness among women, which. according to
medical authority, he said is even more
increasing than drunkenness
among men,. Among the reasons for
this, h speaker cited the growing use
of patent medicines. the majority OF
in liquid form, are largely alco-
holic as in the case of Jamaica ginger,
is 81 per cent. alcohol. Another
reason was the growing popularity of
for women. In many of which
In the larger cities men are not admit
ted. Major Hilton cited as proofs sta
tistics from home OF refuge in large
cities. Another thief, the speaker re-
ferred to inclosing, was the growing
horrors of social imprity. He said
&c. 900 women were buried in potter's
field in 1898 as abandoned outcasts.
$50, 900 women, between the ages
~ 1e and ~ known IN tho nnlica ne
abandoned characters. and the army
was increasing. He touched upon apa-
thy n indifference existing in the
minds OF the people because OF absorb
Ing social and business interests of this
busy day. dwelling upon the fact. the
Christian Temperance union
vas the most effective agency in prac-
tically counteracting the evils arising
from h work of all these thieves. An
appeal was a for membership in
he w. c. 7. u, and many people went
and became members.
At the evening services Major Hilton
spoke from these words: Let no man
IL these things cometh the wrath
II God upon the children of disobed-
The speaker opened by stat
that II was humiliating to humanity
o confess that IL is deceived. which
makes the deception all the more
perfect and positive. Many delusions of
he past are being dispelled. Corpora
are discovering that character is
,apital. promoting not only social but
interests, as for instance, "a
runk lines OF railroads will not employ I
man who touches liquor in any form
Il any time. This Is not a matter Of
but OF business economy. 4
have discovered that the use of
minimizes productive power and
{ is the maximum of productive power I
hat makes dollars and cents for bust I
ess. insurance companies of ffrst-class 4
will not insure a man. IS years of 4
.ge. who drinks beer. No amount of I
will nduce such a risk, not ,
cause OF sentiment. but because II is I
lot safe from a business standpoint.
When the entire business world learns
his lesson. said the speaker. IT will go I
ar towards solving the complex ques-