The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1913-01-09
HEATING PROBLEM
IS SOLVED
PLAN TO WARN UP AUDITORIUM
OF OPERA HOUSE FOR THE
CHORUS SUCCEEDS.

Hamilton, Jan. s.--0Special.)-The
problem of sufficiently heating the
Lucas opera house for the revival
meetings seems to have been solved by
boxing in that part of the stage occu-
pied by the speaker and the large
chorus. 1t was found that so much OF
the heat went to waste on the large
Stage that great difficulty was encoun-
tered in making the auditorium COM
Portable. With such a large part of
the stage open behind them the mem
bers Of the chorus found the climate
a little too cool for good, enthusiastic
singing. Evangelist c. c Smith is a
stickler for enthusiasm in all work in
which he is interested, so he conceived
Of the present plans for conserving the
heat from the radiators.
Another mass meeting for men is
planned for next Sunday afternoon at
3 o'clock at the opera house. At this
meeting Evangelist smith will tell the
interesting story Of Win McCluere' :
"a story of the rescue of a railway
engineer. The mass meeting for men
held last Sunday afternoon was largely
attended, Mr.. Smith making a strong
appeal to his audience. 1t is expected
that Mr.. Smith win be heard by a
large audience on Sunday. A Women's
church at the same hour. A union
Sunday school rally will he held at
the opera house on sunday at 10 a. M.
and will be followed by a union fore
noon service.
At tonight's union meeting at the
opera house Evangelist Smith too his
text from John v-40: we will not
come to me that We may have life
In opening his address he declared:
The main reason why people are not
Christians is because they do not want
to be one In commenting on his
text he declared, This is one of the
most pathetic things Christ ever ut
tered, because it reveals, now as then,
the condition of the human heart to-
ward Him--that men will not come to
Him" Mr.. Smith declared that men
are not lost because of their sin neces-
sarily, but because they will not for
SAX it. Continuing. he stated 'Peo-
PIE are moi non-Christian because they
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they lost because they do not under
stand what they should do. They are
lost simply because they will not do
what they know they should do, The
will has all to do with ones salvation.
Men will to be lost or will to he saved,
and it cannot be laid tc Coo, who can
not save Il soul against His will" Dur
ing his discourse of the evening, Mr..
Smith did some plain talking, sending
the truths home with telling effect,
but he handled the almost startling
facts in a kind and sympathetic man
ner. Each service now is marked with
decisions on the part of members of
the congregation for the Christian life,
and tonight's meeting furnished an
unusual number of converts. AS has
been the case at all the meetings, the
musical numbers rendered tonight
were strong and pleasing.
Evangelist Smith that on
Thursday evening he will draw soma
strong lessons from the story of a fool.
BY request Messrs. Smith and Gilmore
will repeat the "Larboard Watch" duet,
the popular male quartet joining in the
chorus. At 8 y. IN. on that day Mr..
Smith will give the second of his pro-
life talks, the special topic for
the day being Service" During this
meeting Messrs. Smith, Gilmore and
Klinger will render a trio.