The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-01-29
GOODS Love IS THEME
OF EVANGELIST MILLER
Many Requests for Prayer Feature
Services at the Mechanicsburg Tab
ernacle Last Night-Thirty Per-
sons Hit the Trail

Meehanicsburg, Jan. %. - " My
son. my neighbor,' ''my brother
-os came the requests for prayer,
dozens of them, from all over the tab
ernacle last night just before Evangel-
list Miller began to preach on Gods
Love. y One request was for "a ia.
ther, two brothers and the Fifth Wheel
boys. Then every Christian bowed
his head and praye. for all these, with
the evangelist leading. Then came the
sermon on the text, "Thv love to me
was wonderful, - ? Sam. 1:26. BY one
Illustration and figure after another the
evangelist forced upon his congregation
the conviction of the wonderful love
OF the pure God of love, who loved us
to the extent that He gave His only
begotten Son that we might not perish,
whose love reaches TO the uttermost
Before the sermon the great congre-
cation had seen Simply to Thy Cross
| Cling pictured, as in the darkness
girl was seen clinging to the cross,
during the singing of ''Rock of Ages
by the choir. The cross hung suspend
ed in the rear of the platform through
out the service and over and over
again, as the evangelist told of the
height and the depth and the length
and the breadth of the love of Christ.
he turned to the cross. He told of
an explorer in the deep seas who took
soundings again and again, each time
with a longer line, and each time re-
corded ''Deeper than this, - and then
he pictured the awful depths of sin,
quoting the lines:
ITO all depths of sin and loss
Drops the plummet of Thy cross.
Never yet abyss was found
Deeper than that cross could sound =
aandkerchiefs came into play as he
told many touching story of mother
love. and after each he told of the
love of Him who will never forget
though a mother may forget her child.
Mr.. Miller was more dramatic than i'll
any previous sermon in this place.
As he told of the Son of God staggering
and falling under the weight of the
cross He bore for us, the evangelist
staggered across the platform, finally
falling to the floor. 1T was dramatic,
but no one thought of it as dramatic.
1t only made more intense the picture
of the love of Jesus, which the burning
words preceding had brought before the
minds of all, saved and unsaved. And
when the evangelist called, "Can you
withstand His lovel Come!" they
came.
First to come was Mr.. Jenkins, the
ianitor of the tabernacle, whose wife
was among the converts of the night
before. He is the fourth man to be
converted among those active in the
work of the campaign.
From the crowd standing at one of
the rear doors one young man emerged
and walked alone down the long aisle
to clasp the evangelist s hand at the
front. There were thirty in all Most
of the number were young men, one or
two were grayhaired men. One of the
latter, a member of the choir, was led
down from the choir platform by lit
tie bov who accepted Christ last week.
There were two visiting delegations,
large one from Shepherdstown, and
| smaller one from Lucknow. The Shep-
herdstown party brought basket of
beautiful apples for the evangelistic
| party. The Rev. A. B. Mower, of the
Shepherdstown U. B. church, made the
opening prayer. The men s chorus sang
"De Brewers Bbg Hosses.'
Yesterday was Farmers Day at the
tabernacle. The morning prayer meet
ings were held as usual throughout the
town at $50. Then at 1890 came a
song service in the tabernacle in charge
of Prof. Hohgatt. Following this, DR..
III. A. Surface, State Economic Zoolog-
ist, gave an able address on "God s
Law and the Farmers Faith. - At noon
everybody enjoyed picnic dinner,
with tables set in the aisles. Coffee was
prepared by the women $ luncheon com
mittee at Mrs. H. A. Baum S home and
served free to all.
The afternoon began with a thanks