The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-19
TOOTS FOR COLE
MILITARY BAND PLAYS SACRED
MUSIC IN THE CHURCH.
Neff's Military Band Joins the Ministerial
Forces--COle Talks Abont Worldly and
Christian Life--Shaver Sings Solo--One
OF Judge Reeds Prisoners Speaks in
for Travelling Men and Postal Clerks
Seems More Like Social at First
Giance--Meeting at College HILL

The revival meetings are increasing
| in interest Major Cole was compelled
| to take part of a day off yesterday. He
| has been attending meetings at an
! average Of twenty or more week dur
| ing the eight weeks he has been here
His absence from the day meetings
yesterday was his first lay-off This
did not keep the work from going on
however. The West Side closed shop
at 10 a. m. and went 10 meeting. Rev
Shane's church was well filed and good
results followed. In the afternoon
there were audiences at the Eighteenth
street church and at the Oak street
church. Some at the former place had
come several miles to hear the much
talked Of evangelist and were disap-
pointed by his abence. Major Cole
was on hand for the evening meetings.
He met the pastors for consultation in
regard to the further work The
churches in Paola, Kan, are carrying
on the work waiting for him. But the
solicitation of the ministers and the in
creaSing interest on the part OF the
people make it almost impossible to
leave now. He decided to remain for
next week. Plans for the coming week
will be announced later.
When Major Cole followed by the
pastors threaded their way through
the jam onto the platform they saw
every seat taken and the standing
room in the aisles crowded. Neff's
band was playing a medley of the old
gospel tunes. One minute the strains
would be soul stirring then they would
soften into the touching tones from
some appealing hymn. The music of
the band added greatly to the impress
sion Of the meeting. Major Cole spoke
a few minutes upon the discords of a
worldly life and the harmony OF a
Christian one.
Mr.. Shaver then sang as solo the
piece: 20, the Changing Bells of Time"
With the crowds and confusion in
removing chairs it takes time to begin
the personal work but the choir sings,
the leader on the plotform, in the loby
of the church or standing on the altar
rail directs the work and ina few min
utes the clap of hands comes. a signal
for silence, while some one gives his
first testimony in a Christian life.
The casual passer by if he should look
into the church at any time from to
II p. m. might wonder at first what was
going on. 1t would seem more like a
social at the first glance than like a
revival meeting. But little investiga-
ton would show that the earnestness
party, or that of a certain portly gem
tleman in constant attendance, over
poker chips.
Interesting scenes are often witness
ed. The night when the bar was in at
tendance one old gentleman as he paid
his respects to the judge said that the
last time he had seen him was when
he sentenced him. and ne wanted to tell
him that he was right with God be-
cause Christ had cleanSed him from
sin.
The afternoon meeting today will be
held at College Hill in connection with
the Methodist work there. The Pres
byterian Church is open every even
ing for an overflow meeting. Last
night Revs. Colt and Gould had charge
of that meeting and reported several
conversions. The chairman requested
the ushers to reserve 200 seats this eve
ming for the travelling men and postal
clerks.
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