The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-11-29
STIRRING UP SOULS
MAJOR COLE HOLDS ANOTHER RE
VIVAL MEETING.
Review Of the Story Of the Garden
ofEden and the Lessons Drawn
TherefrOm-He Also Draws Il TIC
tnresque Lesson From the Story
ofNoah-Appeals to the Sinner.

Before z o'clock last evening steady
stream of people, constantly Increasing II
volume, began TO pour into the r lrsV NJ
Y church edifice The attraction was TIE
revival meeting TO be conducted by MAJOR
Cole. assisted by the pastors Of the various
churches and the workers in their f1ocks.
When Pastor Colt announced the first
hymn
"The Wonderful Story Of Low
The large auditorium was filled, seats and
aisles. There was congregational singing,
good and strong, and well sustained by a
large choir in the raised seats IN front IL
was magnificent audience, and that the
enthusiasm was high ana growing WAS
plainly evident.
Mr.. Colt told a story OF n woman who
had come to him last evening with the
burden of her heart-the salvation OF her
.on-which WAS so heavy as 10
make sleep impossible for her.
The sneaker Drayed that some such Dur
den might be upon all hearts during the
revival-and all the time. Short, earnest,
senteuce prayers by individuals followed,
and then more songs Of praise ana prayer.
The announcements for today followed:
Union PRAYER meeting at $50 and services
at 1890, Major Cole preaching; both at
the First NJ. Il. cnurcD.
The Scripture reading over, Major Cole
stepped to the front aud lmpresslyely re-
peat ed the words of his text:
Take heed to the things we have heard:
lest that any time we should let them sip.
The major is an impassioned speaker,
graphic in word picture and real
lstfc in his illustrations. The talk, as
it may be termed, was III the earlier stages
an exhortation 10 the protested Christian
IN tTyaEP from their SlPeD OF
activity and not to ''let slip the things
heard He began by telling
Of the story OF the Garden of Eden,
where Eve bad let slip the teachings Of
God and ended in inducing Adam to fall;
and asserted that the fashion had prevailed
unto this day He proved IL by citations
from the Bible aud history. and the every
day occurrences familiar 10 all The story
OF the time of the building of Noah's ark
and the interest OF the people IN enJoFlnE
the good things OF this earth and neglect
ing to take heed Of the warnings OF Noah
WAS given with power and dramatic effect.
without being at all sensational. Then as
now, the speaker declared, the Christian
people gave too much heed to forms of re-
Iigion without having the spirit of Christi
Rnity actively at work with acts. lie
wanted not to euteItai1, he said, but to
awaken the minds and hearts of tie people
to realization of the Importance OF work
iDstrad of idle impassiveness-work for
Christ by aiding the salvation of Others as
well as trying 70 be convinced that they
themselves are saved.
Major Cole raped the opinionated very
sharply by Saving that he was sick of
bearing men and women talk about my
opinion" etc, when they had not even
read the li5Ie, much less studied it.
He related affecting incidents which
had come under his observation of neglect
which had been realized when too late.
The alternating of song and prayer at
.limaxes of his well rounded periods was
effective in producing a demonstrative in
5erest among the audience. aud the calls
FOR prayers for unsaved dear ones and for
The burden to be placed on the soul were
numerous and evidently sincere.
The meetings will be continued every
evening this week in the same church and
will undoubtedly grow in interest as the
good people become more aroused.
Many merchants and professional men
were in the audience and attentive listen
BIS to the words OF the evangelist.