The independent-reporter., 1909-10-21
INTERESTING MEET.
|NGs CONTINUE
Large Audiences Ad-
dressed by MIR. Taylor
Nuslca Festival Of Christian Song
In Skowhegan.

The meetings of the Taylor and
su,th mission continue to increase in
,,,srest. There have been public
.sryices every week day afternoon
and evening except Saturday; and
saturday evening there was a meet
ine of Christian people for prayer at
$50.
The work of the choir Is specially
N he commended. All it's members,
and many of them are children, have
been faithful in attendance, and the
melody they make is worth going far
N hear. Albany Smiths solos speak
IN the deepest in men. Harry Taylor
himself is a fine singer. The choir is
accompanied by piano and cornet,
Miss Edith Lewis playing the former,
Ralph Cleveland the latter. Skowhe-
san is having a musical festival of
Christian song. We give our space
this week to the Sunday services and
especially to the evening sermon in
order that our readers may get all
We can give of at least one sermon
but no reporter can give the spirit
of the man to you. Those who listen
know that Harry Taylor's words are
carried to hearts by a power not his
own
Sunday morning Mr.. Taylor preach
ed in the Opera house at 10.45. There
was rally there of all the Sunday
schools in town at II m. The older
scholars were addressed by Mr.. Tay-
lor and the primary classes by Mrs.
Geo. Otis Smith in the municipal
court room below. Albany Smith was
almost literally in two places at once
leading the singing. In the afternoon
there was a meeting for men which
was we'll attended and will bear much
fruit we believe.
In the evening Mr.. Taylor and Mr..
Smith sang together He Lifted Me"
Together they make music that
Quckens the heart. If Mr. Smiths
Interpretation is the more quiet and
tender, Mr.. .Taylor's singing has more
Of what we call "go" to it, but both
have power over human souls. Mr..
Taylor also sang the smile song
and this time we had it with a hal
lelujah chorus. The subject for the
meeting was "A Governors Dilemma. ;"
The scripture was the account of
Jesus's trial before Plate, and the
text as Mr.. Taylor quoted it, What
will We that | shall do with Jesus that
is called the Christi" The substance
Of his talk we have tried to give be-
low:
Governors often have hard things
presented to them but there was ney-
r a greater dilemma than this of
Pilates when Jesus Christ appeared
before him and he could have let Him
60 What we do with Jesus de-
termnes our destiny. PLATE had
Jesus thrust upon him. The splendid
politician would have preferred to
have nothing to do with this matter
but the bowling mob woke him early
and brought Jesus before him. Jesus
Is thrust upon us all. We can not
dodge the question; we must do some
thing with Him. Some men and wo-
men are artful dodgers, lodging pas
tors, lodging responsibility, sending
their children to Sunday school to
shift responsibility upon the churches.
Real estate agents are acquainted
with the rent dodgers, tax collectors
with tax dodgers. The United States
tried to dodge slavery but the ques-
ton had to be settled in rivers OF
blood And the question of what you
will do with Jesus must be met some
time.
Plate had every means of knowing
about Jesus. We have every chance
to investigate. When l used to say
Robert Ingersoll was right instead of
ny mother, her loving life told me l
He'd If there is a darker abode any
where it should be for those men
Who, brought up at ,godly mothers
knee, spurn her teachings. If there
mean man 1t is he who says there
no good in the church because
there are poor Christians. AS an Eng
h,h boy l thought the English
whipped the Americans at Bunker
HILL but the Americans have the hill.
When | came to America l didn't say
lhey were all traitors here nor did re-
nse TO become an American because of
Benedict Arnold. | said Washington
and Lincoln and Roosevelt we're good
enough for me, but men say they stay
out of the church because of the hy-
Ncrites in 1t.
Plate asked If Jesus was king.
VAS He king Of Nature? Once He
vent for a boat ride and the waves
ashed themselves into the fury of
10 Eurochlydon, but the Master
calmly said to them, Peace be stil1'
land the winds and the waves obey
MS will" He is king of death. When
King goes out to war he gathers his
orces and sends them out, while he
goes up on hill to cheer. Kings
eont fight but this King said to his
ouowers, Stand aside" and faced
ae foe alone. They killed Him and
% yul Him in the grave but He rolled
ae stone away. Is there any foe you
ulead like death? He conquered death
s1hout struggle. When Jesus died
va the cross, Rome was at her height
.ud her power was used to crush her
.uemies but Jesus came and her pow
waned while His grew. He didn't
SW His foot on my neck, He touched
=! neart. Jesus is king of hearts.
rllate was irresolute. So many
ssl ssn viii fight for anything besides
Ier religion. When a man starts to
Christian, the devil stands ready