The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-08

Few persons had gathered at Ply
mouth church at $3.50 am. today, for
tho first service of Bible conference
day, but thruoutI the morning people |
kept dropping into the church and
was taken to the Metropolitan theater, |
every pew on the main floor was filed, |
and half the gallery was occupied by |
attentive. deeply interested humanity. |
The service of the morning was lengthy, |
yet none left the church before the |
final adjournment. The addresses We're
were periods of song, when old-time |,
hymns We're sung with will, and brief, !
sincere prayers were offered by evan
gelists and men in the audience.
Rev. DR.. A. B. Marshall gave the
Chapman, saying in part:
81 believe that in his work DR.. Chap
man is in conscious touch with the Lord
No matter where he is, or what he is
doing, Gods spirit seems to be with
him.
Dr.. Marshall then spoke of evangelists
of Biblical days and told how their sue
cess also was due to conscious presence
of God in their work.
Must Be Close to God.
GA B. Earl said DR.. Marshall, "a
great evangelist Of past days, wrote in
one of his books that he could never do
successful work at meeting until he
had prayed to the Lord for strength be-
fore opening the service. And so it is
that manifestation Of the devine spirit
must be present at revival to make it
success. SO it is individually. Each
one of us, to be strong, must first be
close to the throne of grace. Christ
Of service to him the word of God
should he on each tongue
''Then there is the personal touch in
the work for God. l remember DR.;
Chapman telling some years ago Of
when he was a boy in Sunday school,
some leader who was h9Idlng 9I .de-
want to work for Jesus, hold up your
hands, And DR.. Chapman said he
wanted to hold up his hand, but he was
among a lot of other boys and he hesl-
tated. Then his teacher touched his
elbow, and up shot his hand. And from
that time on Dr.. Chapman s life was for
Christ. Oh, what a wonderful influence
has the personal worker on the heslta-
II remember a story of a man in
New York who went to purchase an
opal. that wonderful stone which seems
to attain additional glow and life after
being warmed by the human flesh. The
man looked at a number of opals, but
none satisfied. Finally the salesman
showed him a stone he had been hold
ing in his hand, which glowed as tho
it had life. why did you not show
me that before?' asked the customer:
1T is simply the warmth Of persona!
touch which has made it so beautiful
was the response. 'That is the opal L
want; give it to me, was the response.
And SO it is with personal work in
Christian life There is the hidden life,
the suppressed Christian beauty which
is ready to come out in individuals,
but which does not show itself until
there comes the blessed influence Of
the personal worker, until there IS the
aid of the Christian worker given with
the ever helpful personal touch.
Fervent Prayers.
The district reports were followed by
numerous fervent prayers. Gods aid
was asked for the evangelists. A pc
tition was made that the, blessing might
rest on all the revival services.
DR.. Strouse. "Dr. Chapman asked me
hardly an hour ago to speak, said
Mr.. Pratt, "and, feeling the book in
nly pocket, I told him i would.
sod s workers, he said. ''must be
clothed with his blessed spirit. We all
pray for his aid and support in our
work in his cause.
"It is the little things.,' he said,
(which determine. character. We all
are good enough when on dress parade
But it is the conduct in the home, in
the everyday little things of life and
in the secret thoughts of the mind
which only God can read, and which
determine character. -
"Thcre never were two leaves alike
nor two grains of sand exactly alike
Nor are any two persons made exactly
the same. What wonderful God! Ht
does not manifest himself anv two times
alike. We see him in one thing and an
other time he is testing US in an alto
gether different manner. And for this
reason should we be ever careful to dc
right, to please him, and so properly