Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1902-12-11

TALK TO MEN

The efforts Of Schiverca, the bust
ness man 5 evangelist, i'll this city, cul-
minated Sunday in most original
and telling address delivered to men
only i'll the Opera House at o'clock
| in the afternoon. He had large au-
| dience of nearly seven hundred, com
! pleteIy filing all the lower part Of
the theatre.
The address, which had aS its sub
| iect Facts TO Face, was founded
| OH Galatians, 60: Be not deceived,
| for God is not mocked; for whatso-
| ever, man soweth he shall reap.
No man can live in the world onc-halt
an hoar after the age of accountability,
| the speaker affirmed, without being a
| sower for Good or Evil-a sower to
tire flesh or the spirit. Every man Is
/ cor scious of the kind of seed which he
is sowing. Guided by conscience, which
the spc aIer defined as the voice of
God, im PLANTED in MIN, no one can
deviate or.e-sixteenth part OF an hair
breadth fro, u the right without know
ing it. 1t is 1nly when conscience Is
dulied and dem oralized 10y frequent
disobedence and Nbuse that lt ceases
to admonish the mat Not only con-
science by experience also serves 10
convince Il person whe ther he Is DONG
right or wrong, and he l. 'as oIia' 70 oo-
serve the effect of his in huence upoh
the lives of others to de, iermlne the
kind of seed Ire is sowing
Then beginning with "'bad CompsH2
the evangelist proceeded to- tax" np
one by one the evils of the home, df
society and the vices of men, showing
in the most convincing way that an
indulgence i'll any one of them Is sow
ing seed that will surely brin & on Il
harvest of ru;n. He had men before
him and he talked plainly to ] them.
AS he held up the offenders il some
of the worst vices his invecti We was
most whitening and under the Anfu-
ence of the discourse men by no FeauS
free from the world and its .0llies
seemed to show feeling of l e1clt
not only at the form of sin descr Ihsd
but the sinner himself.
Schiverea stated that he had de Ily-
cred Sundays discourse Ito at ! EAST
200. 600 men and he never yet foI INd
one who would deny the facts as set
forth, although on concluding he a j.
ways gave any one who differed IN
opportunity to be heard. He repeat, td
his invitation Sunday, but there WI
no one present who chose to take eS:-
ception to any point of his discourse.
He then asked those iii the congreg-
alton who were impressed with the
truth of his remarks to arise. Practi |
cally the whole mass of humanity as |
one man rose TO it's feet.
be distributed among the audience on
which were printed few lines stat
ing the holders decision TO come ont
for Christ The card, which was to be
signed by the holder and ALWAYS kept
within view. contained coupon with
blank for name, address and church
preferred. The coupon, properly hlled
oH was to be returned to the evangel-
list. This part of the proceedings was
watched with good deal of curiosity,
as in the part of those who accepted
the cards and returned the coupons IT
betokened the first step toward convcr-
sion. 1t is interesting to note that
there were just G3 coupons returned.
The meeting for men opened with a
prayer by Rev. l.. =. Twichell. There
was music by the Boys quartette of
the High School. Ferdinand Schiverea,
Jr. rendered solo entitled is There
ANY One Can Help Us. -