Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-22
FRENCH E. OLIVER DELIVERS
SOME TELLING TRUTHS IN
AN ORIGINAL WAY.
PAYS HIS RESPECTS
THE PROFANE MEN.
A Song Service at the Beginning OF
4 Each Meeting-Revival Prom
ises to Be Successful.

After several premature announce
ments of his arrival in Butte all of
which were rendered futile by his per-
slstent non appearance, Evangelist
French e. Oliver is here for his series
OF revival meetings at the Mountain
view church. and last night was the
opening meeting under his guidance
he had been working at Boise Idaho,
and his health suffered so that he had
to take two-weeks lay-off at Salt
Lake. But he is here now and the
meetings promise to be the most sue
cessful ever held in the city. The gifted
worker brings a contagious fire of en-
thusiasm. and without doubt the church
Will be crowded nightly to hear the
music and the eloquent words of the
gospel.
For his text last night. Mr.. Oliver took
the words of Mark l1:ni: therefore, +
say unto you, whatsoever things We de-
sire When we pray, believe that We shall
receive them and We shall have them"
The general topic was faith. with a local
application to the desire of the church
here for the success of the revivals.
There is vast difference between
saying pious words and real prayer TOO
many of us forget the conditions of the
promise. that We must desire with all
receive the promise. And we must also
use common sense when we pray. If VIC
fail 20 consider Gods will. we might
pray for a thousand years. and the time
would be worse than wasted.
There are prayers that may be made
for really good objects. which yet miss
the true end of earnest prayer. The man
who may pray for his son who is gettinS
into bad company. with the thought that
his conversion will rid him of his evil
associates and save the family name
from possible disgrace. This is not a
true prayer for the good of mankind. 1t
is selfish and not worthy to make to
God. A mother may pray for her daugh-
ter. with the sole idea that a good case
of religion would rid her of the disrepu-
table young man who had caught her
girlish fancy. 1t may be good form to
pray, and the prayer may be we'll word
ed, but if it is to avail much, it must
come from a heart filled with love for
ma nkind."
He paid his respects to the prevailing
profanity in the west; not the profanity
that comes from anger on the stress of
emotion, but the steady ceaseless stream
of foul oaths that mark the conversation
of so many men, in the street at
home, and the fact that woman could
/ not go down the streets of so many
western cities without being assailed by
''some Internal foul-mouther rascal
belching forth his infamy." There was
| no mistaking the fact that, as he said
| in the beginning of his sermon, he has
| come here to say some plain words. and
that no one can hear him without getting
| some idea of militant gospel, as we'll
! as one that overlooks the mistakes of
: others through love of humanity.
"Salyation is worth more to the bust
! ness man than successful years bust
/ ness: worth more to the women and
children than shining place in society;
! worth more to the young lady than the
society of some dissolute spider-legged
dude on the ball room floor
/ A good chorus has been gathered to-
gethef fer the meetings, under the etii-
cient leadership of Mr.. Oliver, brother of
the evangelist, and a half hour is to be
devoted to song at the beginning of each
Eevening's services. The service will be-
gin at 7:45 sharp. A series OF Bible
! readings will also be held in the after
Moons, not beginning, however, until mex,
| week. Every indication is that the revi-
walls will be the most successful in the
history of the church, possibly in the
history of Butte.
The evangelist. Mr.. Oliver is q
southerner, and speaks with delightful
southern accent. He has vast funt
of stories, all of them with points tina
fit into the sermons as if made to order
and is altogether a cheerful representa-
tive of the gospel that taboos long face:
and sour looks as next akin to real wick
edness. 1t viii pay any one and every
one to attend the meetings to which
cordial invitation is extended.