The independent-reporter., 1909-10-28
SUNDAY SERVICES At
OPERA HOUSE
Meetings to be Contin-
ued Thro' the Week
Mrs. Elise FellOwes Whites Violin
Adds Charm to the Music.

The revival services continue to
be we'll attended Both the choir and
the speaker have improved upon
themselves if possible. Mr.. Smiths
singing goes on drawing hearts to
his Master. The mems meeting Sun
day afternoon was we'll attended and
its results encouraging. Earlier in
the meetings we heard two beautiful
solos, one by Mrs. w H. Hawes and
the other by Miss Florence Wyman
and this week others have helped and
inspired US by their music.
Mrs. ID. F. Judkins sang Sunday
night with Albany Smith. The two
voices blended perfectly. Mr. Smith 8
solo was Looking This Way" Be-
sides the piano and cornet, a violin
accompanied the singing that even
ing Mrs Elise Fellowes White play
ed in her most charming manner.
The tones of the violin gave new
meaning to the music.
We give the Sunday evening ser
mon in part wishing We had room
for full report of every service.
In the testimony meeting after the
sermon one man said, Il praise God
that He converted Harry Taylor
Many in Skowhegan will have cause
to echo thanksgis,nS The "Inis-i,n
which continues through this week,
will close probably with a grand rail-
ly next Sabbath. There will be four
public services on that day.
The scripture reading Sunday night
was Pauls defence before Agrippea,
the text, Almost thou persuaded me
to be a Christian" MIR. Taylor ex-
planned his text in a simple, earnest
fashion somewhat as follows:
Almost! If almost" isn't carried
out ever ybody knows 1t may mean
disaster Once, as a lady showed me
her beautiful home, | CHANGED to ask
her rs it insured?" She told me
that although it was paid for II was
not yet insured. They would begin to
save at once toward the insurance.
The next noon an alarm of fire was
sounded and the woman where |
boarded cried out for me to grab a
pail and run" We got there but all
we could do was to watch that home
burn; and later, while the wife sat
beside the ruins with her baby in her
lap, ] saw a man come out of the
bushes and fall on his face, crying
MY God" God forbid that any of
you should have to cry out MY God"
because you were almost saved.
What is it to be a Christian? There
are many mixed ideas about that l
was brought up a choir boy and, in
the Episcopal service sang daily
praise to God. If ordinances, scrip
lures, litanies would have saved me
should have been more saved than
Dwight l.. Moody, but | missed the
way | had never accepted Christ, /
will tell you what 1t means to be a
Bible Christian First. a Christian is
man who is superior to his environ
ment Here are some who say,
can't be a Christian and work in the
shoe shop or wooden mill. can't be
Christian and live with my husband.
! can't be a Christian and go to
school where | do. IF God cannot
overcome environment then is our
preaching vain" Let me prove it
from this lesson. Here is pampered
king, dressed in royal robes. You
hear the clank of chains and a small
insignificant man in irons crosses the
hall to the foot of the throne, and
the king says to him Almost thou
persuaded me to be a Christian. II
there was anything in environment,
the prisoner should have said that to
the king.
When / was in Bowdoin college
on visit, | saw in the Art museum
the figure of Chinaman off which
| could not take my eyes. In my Gu