Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-05
AT 1HE DENNIS REVIVAL.

"A fair sized crowd again greeted Miss
Dennis in revival meeting at the Meth
odist church last night and listened at
tentlvely to the earnest and eloquent
pleadings of the evangelist to stop in
their mad rush and allow their minds
to dwell for IA few moments on the COM
ing of Christ. and prepare themselves;
to meet Him and be judged.
Miss Dennis took for her text words
from the tenth line of the 18th chapter
of Corinthians, For we must all appear
before the Judgment seat of Christ.
Her sermon was long and interesting,
and held her listeners in w:ap. atten-
ton throughout. 1t was in part as fol-
lows:
There are many facts in the word of
God over which we are inclined to pass,
not because we do not believe them, but
because they are full of mystery and
would be full of terror to those who arr.
unsaved if they would but allow their
minds to dwell upon them. But they are
facts that must be faced some time, so
would it not be better to consider them
while they lie within our future. lest
they come upon us all at once and find
us unprepared to meet them? The~c
has been much speculation about the
Judgment of which the words Of God
speak so frequently and much unbelief
has been expressed. but the unbelef of
a few does not in any way affect Gods
words.
This old world of ours that has faced
so many storms and earthquakes is fast
moving on to that time when the sun
and moon shall be darkened and the eIe-
ments shall melt with heat. Men will
ask. When shall these things come to
paSS:' ,bu.. the time or the year no one
Will know. not even the angels in
heaven. But God knows and 1t is just
as irrevocably fixed in the mind of God
as the fact that God exists We know
not when the last day that precedes
that day is to come to us. We know
not that tomorrow the sun will. rise, and
we do not know that another day Will
be given us to make our peace with God,
or that another moment of time Will be
given us or shall be ours. There Will be
nothing to tell that it is the last
day. The sun VIII rise in the east, men
will go forth and give their thoughts to
the pursuits of their usual applications
and suddenly the cry will be: Here.
Behold the bright King! Come ye out
to see Him. Come. we had better to-
night then for the few moments that
are. given us. and quietly and earnestly
consider this great fact That we must
all appear before the judgment seat Of
Christ
Let us look for moment at the judge
before whom we are to stand. 1t Will be
his second appearance in this world, and
what IL marvellous contrast between his
first and second coming. l would that
God would bring into our hearts. that
we that are here tonight shall form a
part of those who will stand before the
judge. There will be no excuses there.
because some one else did not do right.
Do YOU know that God has so arranged
that not one soul can appear to be
judged OF Christ with a reasonable ex-
cuse for not having been saved. and
when you stand before that seat every
one will know what you are and what
your sins are. How many of us are
there who would like to have an hour of
our innermost thoughts cast on cam
vas before our most intimate and for
giving friend? When the king judges
us, everyone will know just what we
are and what our sins are. Will you
dare to stand before the King without
that righteousness that God can give to
you? Come to me tonight and give up
your soul to God and then you will not
be afraid to appear before Him."
A large number accepted the invita-
ton to go forward and kneel at the altar
to God. The meeting closed with prayer
and song. and will be called this evening
again at 1870 o'clock.