Gilpin observer., 1914-10-29

| Inc revival meetings now being
held at the NJ E. church are becom-
ing more interesting and popular ev-
cry day. Under the leadership of
the pastor, the Rev. Ivor G. Hynd-
man, the singing Cfrom Billy Sun
days song book is full of life and
vitality. Mr.. Hyndman has had
years of experience at this kind of
work and knows we'll the way to
draw out the best singing qualities
OF congregation. 1t was fine to
hear the singing of the men on Sun
day afternoon as they rolled out, 81
love Him." to tie tune of "Old Black
joe"
A good start for the week was
made ON Sunday. Good congrega
tions gathered at all three services.
The evangelist made stirring appeals
and at the close OF each service sew
eral came forward to make public
confession of their intention to lead
the new life. We had an exhibition
of the old Cornish fire at the close
of the evening service. Husbands
and wives, fathers and sons locked
in each others arms, wept for joy.
| The week night congregations are
steadily increasing in numbers and
enthusiasm. Now and then the peo-
pie burst into spontaneous applause
as Dan makes some strong forceful
hit at the devil and his friends. On
Tuesday night especially a tremend-
Gus wave OF applause swept tine aud
ience when Shannon in terrible Ian
guage denounced the woman who
fought against prohibition, winding
up with the expressed hope that the
husband of such woman should turn
cut drunken, cursing, blaspheming
wretch and come home some night
and murder her.
Up TO Wednesday night forty-three
have hit the trail, including Metho-
dists, Presbyterians, Episcopalians
and Roman Catholics. A gala day is
anticipated fer the coming Sunday.
Shannon will hold the mems meeting
at the opera house at 2:30 p. m,
which has been very generously lent
fer the occasion. His subject will
be Chickens come home to roost."
At the same hour Mrs. Shannon will
hold meeting for women and girls.
The following pithy sentences are
gathered from the sermons of this
week.
Adam gave rib, one bone for
his wife. l gave the preacher ten
bones for mine
Some people think tEey are max
ing honey when they are only buz-
zing"
Insult is like mud. 1t will brush
off much easier when it is dry"
1T is hard to make a young man
with his arms around a girl believe
that this world is barren waste"
Some folks are so stingy that if
they kept bees they would try to
cross them with lightning bugs, so
they could see to work at night"
Some folks talk about hypocrisy
in the church. | want to tell you
the church is not the place where
most OF the hypocrits are. The big
gest hypocrits l know are to be
found outside the churches. A man
dies in your town who has never
been to church for fifteen. twenty,
or forty years. He has been God
less, Christless blaspheming drunken
fellow but the men of his lodge will
carry his dead body to church, gath
er around him, hold their service
over him and finish up by saying he
has gone to heaven-to the great
lodge above. It's a lie. He hasn't
gone to heaven. He's gone to his
own place and that's hell. And men
who say he has gone to heaven are
the biggest hypocrits. Some big sal
oon-keeper wants to join the Masons
or the odd Fellows. He wraps at
the door for admission. OF course,
lie can't get in. Saloon-keepers and
bartenders are black balled. But next
day you will see that saloon.keeper
standing outside his saloon with n
Masonic or Odd Fellows emblem on
the lapel of his coat"
The meetings will be continued un-
til Sunday. November Sth. with the
exception of Monday evening, Nov
ember End, when the evangelist and
pastor go to Russell Gulch NJ. r..
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