Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-03

spots in all the world It is one Of the
h0liest hours IN all the history Of the
world; its very memory is sacred.
Who consecrated that hill Of evil
name that place set aside for years
for the execution Of condemned crim-
inals, that foul place stained with
blood and made terrible with torture2
What made It holy? Not the service
Of conservation by vestured choir and
eloquent words Of holy men, but the
sufferings and the death and the un-
dying love of Jesus Christ.
Points to Examples
II suppose that the people who OBJ
ject to religious services In this beau
tiful auditorium can see nothing holy,
sacred or pure around the corner Of
First and Main streets, or down on
Azusa street, or anywhere in the
heart of the slum district. amidst n
Gordon of saloons, Of vile houses pop
ulated with vile people. But I have
seen, and any one may see, those
places made holy and consecrated,
like affairs radiant with the soft light
Of Illuminating candles in some grand
cathedral, by n little circle of the
children of God, q song of praise and
entreaty shouted amidst the noises of
the street by unframed voices; a girl
In the dress Of Salvation Army
lassie kneeling In the street and pray
Ing for the careless or sneering thronR
hurrylng by her on the way to the
theater or saloon or gaming house.
That is consecrated ground.
Here Is a dance hall, viler and low
er than mere human Imagination can
paint 1t, in its degradation and sin,
and into c, without the services of
a recognized church, comes a man
whose own unholy, drink-sodden body
God had transformed into a beautiful
temple of the Holy Spirit, and Jerry
McCauley's mission will live forever
in the records of the churches that
have overcome
Here is an army in winter quarters.
1t Is a patriot army. Truer, nobler
soldiers never offered their lives for
their country. Some of the patriots
were profane. Some of them drank
too much, when there was anything to
drink. Some of them gambled. Some
of them were infldels. Now, tell any
American boy that Valley Forge was
an unholy place. Shining like a star
amid all the life of the camp, he will
see the reverent figure of the father
of his country kneeling in prayer, and
forever making Valley Forge and
Washington sacred names in American
history
that came to be best known as tho
home of prize fights? Do you remem-
ber where 1t stood? Somehow, wher
l speak of it Have always to stop and
think where 1t was. Do you remem-
Der its old reputation, when 1t was the
only home of prize fighting, dog shows
chicken shows, any old thing that was
dirty and noisy and smelly in Los An
geles? What is this great concoursC
of pilgrims from all over America, from
the distant continents and the island,
of the sea converging toward the ole
pavilion? 1t is the great Genera
Methodist Conference, and 1t oc.
cupies the old barracks for a month
without any preceding consecratioI
other than the very essential one Of
oceans of water and islands of soap
Wasn't it a holy place during the hal
lelujah sessions of that blessed con.
| ference of Gods people?
"Then Chapman, the Presbyterian
came into 1t with his soldiers of the
cross, and we all wrought and pray &c
with him and his yoke fellows. Sin
ners were saved, Gods name was glor'
| ified. Wasn't it holy place then
Campbell Morgan. with his rare, pure
| spirituality, came into it, and all tn,
churches of Los Angeles sat under tn,
blessedness Of his ministry, and tn
saints were strengthened in the faiti
and made glad in the Lord. Wasn't i
a holy place then?
Old Pavilion Times
"Then Frederick B. Meyer came owe
from London and he preached tn
gospel of our Lord with ineffabl
sweetness and light and our soul
were lifted up into heavenly place
in Christ Jesus as we listened. Say
wasn't it a holy place then? WASH
it a fit place in which to preach tn,
gospel of salvation? That dirty, i'll
furnished, uncomfortable, dusty
drafty, dingy, dangerous old Pavil
ion, redolent with evil associations ant
every rafter soaked and seasoned witt
fumes of beer and whisky and to-
bacco? Chapman, Morgan, Meyer
Bishop McCabe-Baptist, Methodist
Presbyterian, Congregationalist-t
all preached the gospel and brought
| sinners to Christ in it.
"Then on October Is, 1904, the las