Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-02-10
G. W. WILSON'S MEETINGS,
4 LARGE AUDIENCE At THE N. E.
CHURCH LAST NIGHT.
The Evangelist Talks to the Young PEG.
plea Growing Interest in the
Meetings.

At the afternoon meeting the usual lee
ture by Mr. Wilson was omitted and the
time was occupied in giving experiences
Many testified to the benefit they had re-
ceived during these meetings, and ex-
pressed their thankfulness that Mr. Will
son had been sent here, because outside an
experience of holiness there was no real
joy in religion These persons claimed
that before Mr.. Wilson's coming they had
not understood the real significance OF
holiness. The meeting wound up with a
prayer meeting. in which much religious
feeling was shown At the same time the
evening services are in progress young
mems prayer meeting is held in
one of the class rooms Quite
a number Of conversions are reported at
these meetings. A young man who attends
them said that yesterday there were five
conversions during the progress of the
meeting. At an early hour last night the
house began to I'LL up. The ushers were
directed to seat the young people in the
center Of the church, the services being in
tended especially for them. a large num-
Der of young people, from 10 to Is years old
in appearance, were seated on the two
middle rows of seats. When Mr.. Wilson
came in blackboard was brought in and
placed upon the platform. Mr.. vii
son drewa line parallel across
the middle of the board and
and called it salvation line" From this
he drew some other lines extending up
ward at an angle of 45 degrees to the right.
The first angie making line he called best
line," supposed to represent an infant at
birth. The second leaves the salvation
line after five years and is called the ''plas-
7 tic line. The third leaves at ten years and
called formative period. The fourth at
fifteen and is known as the character
building period" The fifth finds the
man or woman twenty years old or at the
''active period" The sixth representing
ten years later or the fixed period The
The seventh or the line representing forty
years blank, leaving the salvation
| line" at the point representing
infancy with at first gradual and gentle
curve downward is the line representing
the path of one walking in the evil ways of
| life. The farther the line goes from the
starting point the greater the curve show
ing in very forcible manner the rapidity
character is wrecked when taking the
wrong course.
He said the first five years of ever
persons life is the most important.
| Cardinal McClosky said give him the first
seven years Of child's educa-
| ton and he did not care who
cared for them afterward that he
would send them to the Catholic church
The Catholic church well understands this
and they are careful who shall give their
children early lessons. They are not in
favor of the public schools, for the reason
that most of the teachers are protestant.
4 child born into the world has no knowl-
edge of Christ whatever. 1t receives its
impressions of its mother: Its relation is
the same to its mother that its rel alton to
God should be in after years. A child six
months old can tell whether you come to it
in anger or in love. Some people think
children do not know anything, and there
fore it does not make any difference what
they have or say. Yet you tell me of
these very people that their child
at six months old does not know anything
and it would make them mad. You go to
a little child in its cradle, with anger in
your heart and some how that child is
impressed with the idea and knows there
is something wrong. 1t is frightened.
The Catholic teachers are wise when they
say so much depends Oh early education.
Children learn in the early part of their
life by object lessons. They learn to asso-
ciate the name of objects with thing itself.
You might keep telling about dog or
cat and they will never get definite idea
of those animals until he has seen them.
He then learns to associate the name with
the animals themselves Children are
natural believers and all children are be
levers in the commencement but they are
learned infidelity from other unbelievers
after they are older.
\ chiid's faith is the supremest faith.
Some good church members held
prayer meeting once to pray for rain. The
old brothers and the preacher came with
out any coats and the sisters came with
their summer clothes and suffering with
the heat, but one little girl came with an
umbrella and a waterproof. One of the
old church dignitaries said, why,
Fannie, what are you bringing those
things today for:' Fannie said "Why.
are we not going to pray for rain2'
Laughter The litter girl was the only
one of the crowd who believed it would ram
when they prayed for it. Laughter
Children are believers il their parents
teach them the truth. If any one can tell
me why child should not be baptized,
would like to hear it, ! will take my
children to the Lord S table or | viii not go
myself. l think it makes a bad impression
on my child if tell him in his younger
years that he is not fit to eat at Gods
table. He will sit off by himself and say
there are father and mother sitting at
Gods table. but / am not good enough to
eat with them. God will not allow me TO
do that. l would be driving my child
away from God.
The trouble with this country is that we |
are raising up children in our cities and |
in armies of others who have |
never been taught the right Our cities !
are getting full of anarchists. A child |
who is not taught authority aud right will /
be most likely TO grow up to be an anarch- /
ist. 4 woman once SAID that she felt /
called to evangelical work, and wanted I
me TO tell her how TO commence IL. Il
found out that she had six children, and /
told her there was her field daughter /
The Lord help us TO take care of
the children. Oh how much
depends on making the right
start. Some people tell us, "Oh, the world 4.
IS getting weak and wiser when the fact
IS the average OF human life is greater
today than it was several hundred years
ago. If we would ali be good Christians
We might still live to greater age When
people quit their sinful ways; drinking
whisky and beer, and smoking and chew
ing tobacco ia voice in the audience, And
eating candy and sweet cake. y daughter /,
Yes, and sweet cake and candy Some OF