The Daily Missoulian., 1913-02-27

One of the most fruitful and inspir-
ing days of the present evangelstlc
campaign in tMissoula was yesterday
Evangelist Smith and his workers were
busy from morning until late last night
and as result of their efforts 81 per-
sons expressed their intention of turn
ing to Christ and living a Christian
life yesterday. Seven of this number
came from meetings other than those
held at Elite hall yesterday. In the
morning the evangelists went to the
university. In the afternoon meet
ing was held at the Presbyterian
church. young peoples meeting was
held in the early evening, and then
there were the regular services at the
Elite hall
At the University.
Considering the fact that no classes
were suspended for the 1880 hour,
there was a good attendance of stu
dents at the meeting conducted by
Evangelist Smith and his associates
in Assembly hall. The trio sang, 20,
Love That VIII Not Let Me Co.
Messrs. l<lingier and Gilmore sang,
III Pays to Serve Jesus" at the con-
clusion of the address.
Mr.. Smith always speaks helpfully,
but his address to the students was
especially practical. He chose for his
subject, Selling the Opportunities at
Hand" He spoke, in part, as follows:
when one is going to speak to an
L., fr l.,
tion, try to say something that is ap
propriate and helpful. A man was
going to speak at a religious service
in certain penitentiary. He asked
the chaplain what he should talk
about, which is a good thing for one
to do when one is going to speak to
such an audience. The chaplain said:
We'll, talk about anything except the
prodigal son, the last 13 speakers we
have had talked about him and I think
TIE boys have had enough of him.
Now l do not mean that you are
prodigals out here, but l do want to
speak of things that touch your life.
There Is no denying the fact that
we have this life to live4but once. How
to live it is the all-important ques-
ton. A single mistake may spoil it
completely. We must have, therefore,
wisdom or we shall fail utterly. OF
course, l remember vividly my school
days and the only regret / have con-
cerning them is that / did not improve
my opportunities as l should have
done. If l had even done as we'll as
I knew then. l should be much better
off now.
Now it is difficult for preacher
to talk without taking text, and so
I shall use a verse of Scripture to en-
force my words 1t is in Deuterono-
my, 31:12: Assemble the people
that they may hear, that
they may learn, that they may fear
Jehovah, and observe to do all the
words of the law That is text for
students. 1t is pertinent to other
classes of people, but particularly so
for students. They hear that they
may learn, they learn that they may
regard, and they regard, or value. that
they may observe to do. We see then,
that we must be good hearers. Some
people hear and hear and yet they
never hear. 1t is one thing to hear,
and quite another thing to learn. But
even then, there is something import
ant to be done. The word fear in my
text really means to regard, or to
value upon. What matters it that
you learn unless you appreciate it, Re-
gard what you are getting here as
very important. Indeed it ought to be
regarded as sacred. 1t does not mat
ter what other people think about it,