The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-05-12
ENTHUSIASTIC MEETINGS
Were Held by the Merchant Evangelist,
Mr.. Crittenton. Yesterday

At the Presbyterian church yesterday
afternoon Rev. Mr.. Tonge delivered the
address of the day. Mr.. Crittenton felt
slightly indisposed and requested Mr..
Tonge to speak in his place.
Mr.. Tonge told the story found in st.
John. vi, 10, of Christ walking on the
water and quietng the angry winds,
and said: In one of the grandest pal
aces man ever lived in sat a king; a
woman entered, gorgeously attired in
Oriental costume. She danced before
the king and so pleased was he that he
promised to give her any gift she might
ask, even to the half of his kingdom
This was a great offer to a young girl,
SO she consulted with her mother.
Her mother told her to ask for the
head of John the Baptist on a charger.
Now, John the Baptist was wonder
full preacher; he had convinced the peo-
pies hearts and they We're fast flock
ing to his standard. He had been i'm
prisoned and was at that moment in his
cell. 1t is midnight-the holy man of
God is on his bed of stone. The execu-
toner enters and, while John the Bap
list is on his knees, cuts off his head
at one stroke. The head is taken to
Herod; he gives it to his daughter and
she to her mother. The disciples come
and carry away the headless trunk and
bury it. They are sad; they go to tell
Jesus.
What a blessing it is that we can tell
Him of all our troubles and cares. To
Him we can go, as did the disciples, and
He will comfort Us as He did them
The speaker related the story about
Jesus teaching the multitude and feed
ing them on the loaves and fishes. He
said:
THE disciples withdrew in boat
A storm arose. The disciples pulled
hard against the tide and at last, real
izing how futile We're their efforts, gave
UP the struggle and cried in their eX-
tremity to Jesus. He came to them,
walking on the water; those in the boat
cried out in fear, and he said, Tis l,
be not afraid
life is a voyage from the gates of
perdition to the gates of heaven. 1t is
a short trip and each of us should do
all in our power to get others on the
train that will carry them to the New
:, Jerusalem.
1.-THE many secret societies springng
up all over the world are putting the
churches to shame. They look after
one another; they see that their MEM
hers do not want for lfe's necessities,
and are bound with ties of fraternity
that the church does not equal
Preceding the evening service in the
Methodist church, the Crittenton work
ers held an open air meeting at the
corner of Commercial avenue and Main
street. About 500 people listened to the
few fervent words of the speakers, and
Mrs Moffatt sang The Soldiers Camp
Fire,
At the conclusion of the service the
marty marched to the Methodist church
where Mrs. Moffatt sang. descriptive
solo of marvellous power and beauty
1.-THE judgment Day
Mr. Crittentons text was Genesis
80 Where art thou?' and said
"Where art thou, in the sight of God;
Gods children in the garden of Eden
were pure, but when the Shiny serpent
of temptation came, they made but &
feeble resistance and fell. He knew
they fell, and came down from His
throne to seek his lost ones, thus show.
ing them that he still loved them. Goo
is always the seeker; Christ came K