El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-05-15
REVIEW OF
THE REVIVAL
The Remarkable Unity Of the
Pastors And Churches
MUCH FRUIT LOOKED FOR
The Closing Scene One That Will Be
Lonq Remembered BY FL pasoans

One of the most remarkable series of
services ever held in Ell Paso or the
southwest closed on Sunday night.
Abou, five weeks ago, after q cries
of o weeks services, Al the First
Baptist and Trinity M. E. churches,
led by the Rev. G. D. Daniel, of the
Baptist church, aud Rev. Abe Mulbev.
of the M. f. church south, the N MIS-
ters' conference OF Ell Psso called TO
al advisory macs meeting as Trinity
NJ. z. church., TO discuss the ADVISABLE
ty of entering into . series OF co-opera-
tive revival services for . season OF not
less than thirty and not more than
ninety days. There seemed to be q
unanimous conviction that such q sea-
con would be profitable, and 30 with the
consent of b various churches the
series commenced at Trinity M. E.
church, the arrangements being to
hold tia week services there and the
Sunday services in b big opera house,
while the churches were all TO hold
services at IL A. NJ. Sunday in
their own buildings.
The press committee arranged Tor
ample advertising by a cop1ous use
of cards and dodgers as we'll as through
the columns of the daily papers.
A choir of dfty voices was organized
and, with various delinquencies,
proved 18lUQ1Ql TO LQS Gnu. 4hS SnTAouo
pastors, together with other resident
minister's, nave done the preaching.
This was the point OF apprehension In
the whole movement, because various
etyles and talents and beliefs in the
pulpit, bereft of all the novel We find
In the evangelist and stranger, are not
apt to draw the crowds in a long series
of services.
But here it has proven a beautiful
success. The pastors refused to adopt
any stringent rules governing their
utterances or conduct 10 the meetings,
each leaving 1t to the judgment Of the
leader OF the speaker, And while there
have occasionally been strsws that
showed which way the wind blew, yet
could have been construed as q breach
of the most frsternal and dignifed
courtesy and feeling was made.
Indeed the pastors have worked
together as beautifully as II they bad
been members of the sams church.
It may be said also that this las
characterized all the workers from
been a jar nor one symptom OF
friction, but one uninterrupted flow OF
fraternal cooperation on the part of
Of the churches and the Salvation
from beginning to the end of
the series.
What the results have been and will |
be, eternity alone I'LL tell. Christian
ity Is formative in its process and
moves along the line OF fixed law in
spiritual and natural life. The seed
must frat be planted, then comes the !
season of watering and waiting and
working before the harvest. But the
will come. Nature Will not be-
lie herself. The effects of the series
are already being felt in the churches
--l tkA 1ffr hrk tho Oraotnof Gffank
and ingathering will yet be felt as h
months go by.
Sunday night at the opera house the
grand climax was reached when after
half a dozen or more of the soul-stir- !
ing revival songs by the big choir. fol-
lowed by the singing OF the offertory by
Mrs. Trigg, Rev. Lumpkiu preached
the"Perfeotion of Gods law"
Mr.. Lumpkin probably never
preached better in all his career. The
great audience, along With the great
seemed to lift him clear above
the ordinary and be literally thrilled
the audience, as he passed from climax |
to climax, in beautiful diction and
sublime illustration. |
jah service, made up of song and testi-
mony and shouts of praise, from the
last row of the dress circle down |
through the parquet and up through
the crowded stage. |
After the benediction many of the
throng, including some OF the pastors |
and prominent church workers, |
marched with the Salvation Army to |
The barracks, singing the chorus Of the
evening.
'.Oh, the children of the Lord
Have q right to shout and sing,
For the way is growing bright.
And our souls are on the wing"
We are going by-and-by,
To the palace of our king,
Glory to God, hallelujah."