The Mills Meetings

o. i ÍVednesdny evening last. al the I'ii'-lylc!'::i]i . lir.ireh, the tirst meeting : ■ -.ni ii -- 1 i'd by Rev. !'.. i'. iy Mills. rra mgellBt , was held. Thechtnrch was íiiied bo wverflowimg. Many rrr '.'-iid 1 b Te i hrou:;h CUrlOuU j (liüiiit, hut iiliu'i'í u'i'iit wilh good motives ;i mi a desire tu be eonvinced i : i .- 1 1 i wtas i h4r l ity i o lead a dlíliíe. Mr. Mills s a Y Ing man, medium slzed, well ptroportioned, ol i.-i vii'i-aiiir preaeoee, !:..'.n complexión and oí tibie blonde order. II ■ can not be caJled eloquent, n bhe general aciiicc oí Mu' t i-ni . mil h : lias he Une greal pers aJ magaetism that many ervaogeltetó are suppoeed m pos aess. lli' is p'.ain i.' speeoli, bitt con ■uchig ín lii.-! ar.íiiiiiriits. making every tJinuiilit expreesed perfectly clear aiinl plai'n to hJB hearers, and thereln is ttuought (o li;1 miach oí iiis power, lie iicvcr rants r raves, never i niales or cadea vors to excite, but te plata, (leeply iu carnesi. and the w i-:ls i ! i . 1 1 come Brom lus iiurntii eeem bo n ell ni Crom a beart í u 1 1 ol ('írUtianity ,-ind love íc' bis íe-llow man. lie ís cviiienHy n n .1 bellever bn re'.i-i.ius excitment, but rather prr'r.s tu appeaJ to Bhíe good bha1 '■ wiiiiiu every lu'.-u-t tu a-sTi ltsell and govern tíhe llfe the persen. Mr. Mulle pleaids kr tíhe rlg n. and dioea uní it tempt to forcé peopl lead ("ari-tia a Uvea tlirou.uii no turW plotures ol hell and iis hiorrlblie and neveT-ending torjii ■■:! i s in us words, tni ili" UÍE o -'au. alMiuniüiiiv Ín good deeds, t houiihi-, pure motives, kind act.-, lu've ,'isnl iliai'iíy. 18 sel ni't'.i in sucih 'i way tlial it leads peop ■ to uve s:i,-a a Ufe, and come íurw.ird amd johi 1:1e .:ir:uy tiiat is battling Cor trut-h nnd vijíin muder ba.iiiier ot JeSUS ('iris! . Whaleer inay be thOTlghi oí revival meetings - anl gome oí owt good e'iillivh jieuple 00 !l"l apprOTe Ot tllem -mío crirtJciam can stand agatnst the nieelilaus oí -Mi1. .Mills. Tiii-y slmply hí'lp to brlmg ut and develo]) lile ; , be 1 is wiiiiiu the huinan heart, an:l tu help to gVve 1 Btpength sufit tO O'Vel-rolUe tflllS 1 II i snd !8 io" iCvery mieetlmg lias been csrowd,ed. The PoresbyteTfiao cimrcii beca 111 ■ too small to liol'l i lie OOOgTVgaMODB, and 1 i Salm-day ninlit VniNei-sily Hall had its eapaeiiy 'laxed. Tile saine is tii-ue oí Ilie otlu-r meetings held Im Tuivei-.-iiv Hall O Minday aftear1100111 and ■venina', and 011 Monday and TueMlay ■■veninas a'.-o Fully 3,000 peoplc wwre En atleiidanee at m- eral oí tlhetn. Oui (siinday aiternivon 1 lie meeting was the yOUing people, and in tlie vast andteoce that assemlblied i Aas Jiai-dly a gTay head to be s Tlie yoaiuig pi'ople wcre present in torce. .Many oí tinem. then and there 1 e-ulv'd lo remeinb.-r I he Creal the lays oH ymath. aud to eomnieiice lcadinjí a. iiew Ufe, and the ch.apel :n whieh Ihe alter meeting was held íor thein. was [lied full. Il Ihe all elasse.s cani'. and it. is dixubtful U a.ny Otne who was t'.lU'i-e bat went luíale with a quesnittlng throii.u-'a his brain someHhitog ttfce this: "Am I aa 1 a ("Jiristlaa li.'e as I OUght ?" Or, "Oam I not in eomre way wield a Influencie for good?" A pïeaatng feature oí tiiie meetings ha.s been the services of the choto Ivd by Mr. Ilillis, wtw aeeuaip.iinies Mr. Mills in iiis jivurneyinns. Mr. llillis has a good volee uinxler períect control, and kno'ww just how to manage the tttnglmg portiOD of the services. At l'nivvrsity Hall a very pleaelog effect was seeiired by lavint;' the audii'ncc nt tibe Uvwer floor kíuií one line oí a liymin. thost; in the gallery fol1(AV wLth thc ju-xt line, and then the fcurgtt cüioir upou the stage complete I he. vci-se. The hyni'n "lilessed .Tesus" as nMidcred iu tiliis way with wonderfully iileasinif effecrb. Tlie -vvork of Mr. Müls hure In Ann Arbor will bo product i ve oí mutdi tumi. Tí has been oí sucli a quiet, 1 eanteet ciharacfcer, thai no possible : Don ■in ae tn i o Injuir i lts el Muny people, among botte !;1 ;ui'l i hc ycrong, li;i w b 'en con.! i ). t ' 1 1 ■ i Deda in a i'Mïist lan w-ay. and imi e i e1 at iu1 in dead earni'pp'.y t hoae n ■ te ty ad I j 1 1 . - . rlou-P churchee n 'ri nüted i liemselves [wl . wiH continua to tioltl meeting? in their vnriuus cliui-ch buildings, and it IS 1 tliat tbisgood work, wh] b has ." .-u -.-'.t : ivr.in-1 Ímpetus wiU on.