The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1902-01-20
TALKED IN 2.
OPERA HOUSE.
Services in St. Paul's and
Other Church News.

ded'' Idlkcu III Tue opera Hou
yesterday afternoon at the gosp
, service OF the Y. NJ. c. A. At I'll
, conclusion Of the exercises thirt
, converts were counted, aithoug
many more signed their names /
cards signify'ng their desire to lea
ii better life.
On the stage we're the Rev. II. A
Elwood, pastor Of Olivet Presby tcrial
Church, who presided, the Rev. W
l.. $. Murray. the Rev. II. A. Nc
Curdy, the Rev. A. N. Keiswin, tn,
Rcy. William II. Lewis and other.
connected with the Y. M. G. A. Th'
exercises began with u selection b.
the orchestra, and solo by Professor
Roberts, an eyangelislic singer o.
Philadelphia.
The Kew. r. A. McCurdy read q
pas sage from the Scripture and the
Rev. W. l.. S. Murray offered prayer.
lie invoked the blessing of God on
the meeting and on Mr.. Shiverea, the
speaker, and prayed that as the
devil has had many a victory over
the popnlace Of Wilmington on the
stage OF the Opera House, it migI
now be that God should have a vi, .
tory on this day. The Rev. r. A..
Elwood then announced that during
the week Mr.. Shiverea would ho,d
noon day meetings IN the sh' ps of the
Harlan and Hollingsworh company,
that he would be at Olivct Presby-
tcrian Church evening of this week
and that in the afternoons he would
he at Rodney Street Church at ,
o'clock. He also announced that on
next Sunday Mr.. Shiverea would dc
liver his last lecture for the pres ent
II this ity Il der the AUSPICES Of the
y. M. A., and incidentally Under
Il e Al spices of the general evange.
Isle {, mmittee Of the Presby terian
Church.
Pre-, 10us to the ntr0ducti II al Mr..
shiV rea, m ch fcrvor had be en- shown
by the CON. rcgation and !, I'D shouts
OF "Amen" God bless II m, "e,c.
resoundcd through the hall
Mr. Shi"ereatook for his text these
words, What would ii pr, fit man
if lie gain TIE whole world but lose
| own soul. "
This he said was il problem which !
hid never been solved. and which |!
IN i,hematcians and philosophers,
p st and future, had not nor would |
hc able to explain Every man has Il
soul In Spite OF the doctrines and az.
nosti's, and the teachings of intdels
and the soul is immortal, and must
live forever. lie put the question
what is lie soul, and answered it in
several ways. lie said, pointing to
his own breast that the soul was that
which was alive within us and the
thing was that which was the thing
which elevated man about the brute
nature, that the soul was that which
makes us see and causes us to move
our limbs, and causes us to bear the
same relation to the animals as the
stars do TO dirt beneath our feet
Men, he said, do not need brides nor
bits to direct them, but it would be I
God blessing If some Of them had {
muzzies so they could not drink so
much liquor or curse their compan- |
ions 50 much The soul he said '
was that which must live forever and ]
in relation to this he told of a man in |
New York who did not think thus l
and who ordered that his body should !
lie crcmatcd aud that The ashes Should S
he given to the sea. thereby hoping
to prove bis soul was immortal. and
the speaker here asserted that all the
fires in he'll could not destroy a single d
soul. and after leaving the body the i
soul goes oh to its destination, either y
above or below. v
Further, Mr. Shiverea said that I
if men would put the same value on L
their souls rs God does, namely. that Il
it is worth more than the whole world b
there would lie no sinners inside half r
IN hour for it was for the soul that K
iod gave his Sun to be cruclied. fl
1t is a case Of profit and loss, he v
said, ard the man does not know I'M II
1t it Is too late that hrs loss account IL
5 far ahead Of his profit and that all :
$ loss. We are living in a day Of h
Bargains, and men arc doing business II
or the love of work. Merchants a
VII give US goods for the mere com IL
ng after them and we can get two d
'oIlar kid gloves for forty eight cents. u
IN amusing Incident Of a housewives u
anxiety to get blankets at Il bargain m
anscd much laughter, but the speak ri
I introduced it merely for 4 compari. al
on With the lives Of men. CT
The story told was of an industri-
us wife who read an advert iScmcnt NJ
n a paper where blankets were being -.
nld at Sl."S, reduced from five dol. ~
MS, and that when she went to the III
tore treasured the coin and asked for -,
he Two cents change and was careful ="
take goods home with her, fearing
hat the hard earnings of hcrhuSband p'
light in some way bc abused. 1t III
as not bad bargain because care e'
as taken in il. i,
Stories from real life and the cxpcr- P'
noes Of the speaker were introduced IN
add emphasis to his assertions, and ID
'aCy OF them were interesting and ~.
SlrIctIrc, though SorrOwfu IN the ~
s'rcmc. They all showed bad bar P,
aims because the soul of the person ="
was valued too low by its
Nncr. .,.r% ye
In conclusion he cXh0rtcd all per- ~
ms to put the proper value on life,
'rsonality, and character to adopt
lc standard laid down by God when
, said. Mlal womb il nruHl Il nnn