The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-04-28
HAD A CROWDED HOUSE
Evangelist Crittenton's Cordial
Welcome to Butte.
UPLIFTING OF HUMANITY
Opening of a Series of Meetings Which
Are Expected to Leave a Marked
Impression in Butte-Incldents
in Crittsnton's Life,

Evangelist Crittenton and the peer
less songstress, Mrs. Emma Moffat,
were given a cordial welcome to Butte
at the Auditorium last evening. The
big hall could not have seated person
more than was contained in the num-
Der gathered together to greet the mill
lionaire merchant who has consecrated
his life and his fortune to the spread
ing of religious thought. The reception
must have been gratifying to him, ac-
customed though he is to large and en-
thusiastic meetings. But the adulation
was not all his. His co-worker, Mrs.
Moffat, received the full share of nonor
due a beautiful woman with a voice
worth a fortune in itself. whose life is
devoted to the same cause, the uplift-
ing of humanity. 1t was a grand meet
ing, fitting in every sense as the open
ing one of series that is expected to
| leave marked impression on the
| minds of Butte people
The meeting was called for 7:30, at
which hour Rev. Albritton of the
Mountain View NJ. E. church. who pre-
| sided. looked out over a sea of faces
| that filled the Auditorium to it's utmost
capacity as he stepped forward to ad-
the congregation relative to the mis-
| sion of the distinguished visitors. Rev.
| Albritton, after a brief reference to the
| work of Evangelist Crittenton, intro
duced Mrs. Moffat. who sang Lay
! Hold on the Life Line with splendid
effect. The gifted lady is possessed of
| marVelouSly sweet voice. and the
melody of her rich tones aroused the
gathering to high pitch of enthusi-
| asm in most sympathetic attention to
| the words of Mr. Crittenton as he an
nounced his text. go to work to-day
in my vineyard" Matthew 21-2S, and
told the people briefly Why he had come
| to Butte.
Following, Mrs Moffat again sang
this beautiful hymn, "Pershing," and
the listeners were prepared for the elo-
| quence of the evangelist as he stepped
| forward and plunged earnestly into his
| subject.
| Come was his first word. First
the Lord calls US to come. In hundreds
of passages from Genisis to Revelations
there are hundreds of invitations to
| come. .....-......... -,.+
In John 6-37 it says, Him that COM
eth | will in no wise cast off Thus he
must receive us and adopt us as his
children in accord With John 1-12 as
many as receive Him ito them gave He
| power to become the sons of God. AS
in my vineyard The incentive for
work is found in James $50. Every
soul being worth more than a world in
accord with Mark S-36.''
| Mr.. CrittentOn contrasted the differ
ence between consecrated Christian
lives working in his vineyard and
| spening their lives on that line with
those that spend lifetime in pleasures
of the world. The end come to both.
| One looks back over his life knowing
he has been in line with God and led
by his spirit and that he is soon to wear
a crown, while the other looks back
| over a life marking it failure. Vanity
of vexation of spirit. Both go to meet
| God. One to hear, Come ye blessed to
/ my right, the other depart on the left
Mr.. Crittenton told the story of how he
| became converted. and painted so vivid
a picture of the happiness he had since
enjoyed as contrasted with his previous
| life that when he asked all those who
would try and live better lives from
arose in a body.
Following Mr. Crittenton's talk, Mrs.
Moffat sang I'm That City" again en-
| chanting her listeners, and the meeting
| closed. Meetings will be held each af-
ternoon at o'clock and each evening
at 7:30 for 10 days.
In addition there will be special meet =
|
will sing at the Mountain View NJ. f.
church services at the Auditorium.
Something About Mr.. Crittenton.
After having been called to the Evan
gelistic field through the death of his
little child in New York, Mr.. Critten-
ton determined to give into the hands
of others the business he had built up.
and go out with the highways and
hedges and seek the lost After hav-
ing spent four years in night work in
the slums, being constantly on the go
for Is hours out Of the "a, he became so
broken in health that his physician Or
dered him abroad and he took this OPP
| portunity to visit the holy land and
study the life and words of the Saviour
amid the very scenes where they We're
| uttered. After accomplishing this he
decided to visit all the large cities in
| the world, to study the street girls, and
to find out the needs of the work among
| them. He talked with thousands Of
| street girls in London Paris, Calcutta,
| Benares, Jerusalem, Canton and Yoho-
| hama.
When he landed in San Francisco. he
found an excellent field in which to eX-
ercise his wonderful influence for good
| among the fallen young women. He
established a home there. In the last
six years Mr.. Crittenton has held prob
ably more services than any living
| Evangelist in the same period. Where
ever he has gone Christians have been
| strengthened. backsliders have return
ed, and thousands of the unconvetted
| have been brought into the fold
A remarkable knowledge of the scrip
ture is shown in Mr.. Crittenton's SER
| mons. His accuracy and capacity for
quoting the bible amounts to almost a
| miraculous answer.
! Three years or more ago he pur-
chased a private car and fitted it up as
| a home for himself and his co-wOrkers.
As stated by his Eiosrapher this was
not the fad of a rich man to travel in
a private car, but it was brought about
| by the necessity of the case, it being
much cheaper, and. as his money mas
| all been given to the Lord. he feels ne
must be as economical as to his eX-
penses as if he had to live upon a bare
| stipend"
What Mr.. Crittenton thinks of his call
and his work may be learned from his