Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1905-02-27

the old folks got just as great bless
| ing. First DR.. Shaeffer got all the lit
tie ones singing Then he commenced
his address from the text My cup run
meth over" Oh, he made il so simple,
He sais practically this: Now. chill
! dren, here is a bottle half filed with
! water That water represents a moth
| er's love- Now, my boys and girls, that
| bottle is not running over, is it?' mo,
no." came back ready answer. well.
| children here is a cup full of water
| We will cad this cup food Here is
| another cup full of water we call raj
ment.' Here is another cup we will
| call light Here is another cup we
will call life Then DR.. Shaeffer.
| after expatiating upon the benefits of
| all the cups, poured their contents into
the bottle and said, My children, the
| bottle is not overlooking yet, is it?"
| mo, no." came back the united an
swer. Then DR.. Shaeffer took up an
| other cup filled with what looked like
blood This cup, children" said he,
represents the blood of Jesus Christ.
Let me pour it into the bottle. Yes.
with that cup the bottle is running
| over. All these gifts God has given to
| you, children"
While DR.. Shaeffer was talking the
| children were learning the sweet Cos
pei message. They were being led to
trust in Christ and to give their young
lives to him. l said to myself: "Why
| is it that we ministers cannot preach
Il
simple, earnest, straightforward Ian
guage of these evangelists? They take
for granted that most people in this
/ Christian land believe in Christ Their
| great and sole purpose seems to be to
lead people to decision to give them
| selves to him. Cannot we, as gospel
ministers, do the same?"
The Lords Work a Business.
But another weighty lesson is pressed
upon our hearts by this series of meet
ings. That is this: The Lords work is
| a business. 1t is not hysteria. 1t is
not a few holy CALCULATIONS. 1t is not
| lifting your head above the clouds so
that the mists blind your eyes and
| chill your enthusiasm for practical
uuIN OIl cdI ILL., II Is uOl d lew SJdSluS
and few temporary gospel gymnas-
| tics 1t is business-a business which
we should study carefully and plan
| Systematically and press strenuOusly
with all our faith and energy.
| When these evangelists began their
| work, as far as human agency was con-
cerned they had almost a perfect sys-
ton Of ahinpPv Walton
| was the advance agent, who taught US
how to perfect this machinery. First,
the meetings were Systematically and
| completely advertised; second, all the
workers of a district were gathered to-
gether under one head. Some went in
to the choruses. Then other workers
were detailed to certain SittingS. Ev-
cry three or four pewS had their over
seers or gospel sentinels. No sooner
was a hand raised for prayer than
Christian worker was by that persons
side to lead him or her to Christ.
Then, not satisfied with all this, one
night General j. Wilbur Chapman-for
he is a general of men-marshaled all
| his forces for a grand charge upon the
citadels Of sin. That night the Chris
| tan evangelists and their followers
came from all over the city. Down in
| to the saloons and the places of evil
resorts they went. Everywhere the
| right hand of a Christian brother or sis
ter was extended. Everywhere plead
! ing voice said to sinners, Come, we
| want you for Christ" These valiant
| soldiers of the cross did not wait for
sinners to come to the gospel banquet
| They literally followed out the COM
mand of Jesus, which said, go We out
| into the highways and the hedges and
compel them to come in, that my house
| may be filed And come they did.
| They came by the hundreds and the
thousands. The drunkards, the liber-
| tines, the outcasts-they came. Oh, how
they longed to come! Can any one who
witnessed that wonderful and inspiring
meeting in the Grand Opera House of
Los Angeles Feb. 3, 1905, ever forget
the revelation?
An Impressive Spectacle.
The elements seemed to cOnspire
against the effort When the hours
drew toward the evening Of that won
Oef1ul night we said to ourselves, can
\ we go out into this storm, even to
bring sinners to Christi" The rain
then was falling in torrents. All the
batteries of the elements were I'M
numbered. Crash, crashr' went the
booming Of the thunder. ''Zigzag!"
went the lightning. An electric thunder
bolt struck the North Methodist church
Of Pasadena and set it on fire. The
cars were blocked. Freshets were every
where. After the theaters and places
of amusements were emptied, long aft
er most of the great city was asleep,
hundreds of men and women marched
through the flooded streets, sometimes
wading above their ankles in water.
They marched singing and praising
God. They marched down to the
haunts of sin. Then, after they had
collected the Magdalenes and the hui
man Drodigals who had been wallow-