The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-03-13
REV. HUNT SAYS he
WILL REMAIN
IN CITY
Committee Wants to Close
Meetings But People Last
Night Said Different.
THERE WAS A CLASH
r. B. Griffith Says That Fin
ances, Will Fall Short
Some $500.
THERE WAS A CLASH

The Tabernacle was we'll filled last
night. The meeting was opened as
usual with song service interspersed
with prayers in several languages,
after which Mr. Hunt read the scrip
ture lesson. This chapter was given
me as my morning chapter for the
days work at four o'clock this morn
ing" said Mr.. Hunt, land in the light
of the conditions that seem to surround
the work, it seems peculiarly fitted"
'Nhe psalm opens with these words,
Fret not myself because of evil doing,
neither be thou envious against the
workers of iniquity for they shall
soon be cut off," Mr.. Hunt said: IF
this movement is the work of Almighty
God it is going to go forward" The
people were asked to express them
selves as to whether they thought
these meetings should close on Sun
day evening as the committee had ex-
pressed itself as feeling that this work
should close at that time. The people
voted almost to man to continue the
work. there being onl ynine who voted
to the contrary.
The committee in charge of the meet
ings has announced that the meeting
would close on Sunday evening, while
Rev. Hunt states that he intends to
remain in the city. Just what the ulti-
mate result will be, can not be stated
at this time.
R. B. Griffith, chairman of the
finance committee, presented to the
people statement of the financial
condition to date. His statement
showed that there would be deficit IN
the expense account of about $500 by
Sunday evening, and that the taber-
nacle bund would be $1,000 short of
the amount necessary to pay all the
costs of the building. Mr.. Hunt drew
out the fact that there were a large
number of unpaid pledges of 500 each
that would be paid, and when it is re-
membered that the lumber will bring
$1,000, there is no question but that
the tabernacle will pay out.
After Mr.. Hunts talk, Mr.. and Mrs.
Barcafer sang the gospel song en-
titled Unanswered Yet" Mr.. Myr-
land delivered the message of the
evening. He took the prodigal son as
his theme for the sermon. His address
in part is as follows: "This is the
same old story; first I want to call
your attention to the sin in mans
heart that is taking the human being
away from God. That is the awful
ness of SIM. The tendency of sin is
to make us turn our backs on God
just as Adam did when he committed
that sin. That was the way with the
prodigal. He kept going down and
getting away from his friends until he
got down with the swine. 1t is hard
to tell how far a human being will go
when they have turned away from God,
and once let 60 of the influence of
home, of love, of truth, and of good.
Sin will bring evil down and down to
the very gates of hell where the fumes
of sins foulness fill the whole life and
yet God will save the sinner. God
does not spurn the fallen sinner" Mr.
Myrlands picture of the elder brother
was a picture of the attitude of many
in the world today toward penitent sin
ners. God does not spurn the fallen
sinner and why should we? He made
a very strong plea at the end of the
sermon for those who are away from
God to rise and come to their Father.
The people responded to the invitation. |
A larger number came forward than
at any other service of the meetings
SO far. The largest number of Chris
tian people were going through the
house doing personal work. This af-
ter-meeting will long be remembered
hY those who remained to uvitnass II