Evening star., 1899-03-04
DR.. CHAPMAN'S FAREWELL
Conclusion Of the Bvangelistic Service at
Calvary Baptist Church.
Urgent Appeal and Earnest Presenta-
tion of the Plan of Salvation
Large Audiences.

and abundant quiet enthusiasm. After ten
days OF almost unprecedented effort at in
creased spiritual awakening. the climax .
came at the Calvary Baptist Church last
night There WIS no special farewell SER
| mon, but a Characteristic STRAIGHTFORWARD
presentation of the plan OF salvation,
which distinctly shows the purpose OF DIR.
Chapman's life. His last words. as his
first, were of invitation: Il Reseech You
| Come" According TO the statements Of
workers. there have been about 500 con-
versions during the meetings and many
church members have been stirred to new
| activity.
DR.. Chapman's last day was busy one.
| He preached three tines-in the morning
at the Luther Memorial Church; I'm the az
ternoon at New York Avenue Presbyterian
Church, and at night in Calvary Baptist
Church. Five thousand people heard him
al the three services.
1t was appropriate that on a rainy night
srch big crowd should gather in Bap-
ust CHURCH. But there were other denom-
nations in the audience, for the ''Amens''
were frequent and many stood while the
preacher prayed. IT was the repe; ftion of
| the previous scenes when big crowds flied
The church five minutes after the opening
of the doors.
Not to let the people lose any Of the
| benefits of the last meeting DR.. Chapman
started the song service while the peouie
were being seated. Mr.. Page l.. Zimmer-
| man. organizer OF the choir. was the con-
ductor until the arrival of Mr.. Percy s. Fos-
ter-the same Foster who made the Moody
| choir famous. He seemed to fit i'm like a
necessary part of the machinery. The au-
| dience was with him and seemed 10 appre-
ciate his encouraging remarks That's
l fine" and You did that splend.dly." after
well-rendered stanzas. The music last night
was more effective than on any other
night
Among the pastors on the platform were
4 IL
Hamlin. T. c. Easton. j. @. Butler. Charles
Butler, George Luccock L. p. Bagby Geo.
p. Wilson end e. Hez Sven. Mr. II. Cope
| Morgan of England. editor of the Christian.
offered the opening prayer and the solo
| before the sermon was Sometime Well
| Understand" sung by Mr.. ii. E. Maillard
of Missouri.
The text of the farewell address was taxi
en- from I'd Samuel xii: 49, And David
| said unto Nathan. / have sinned against
the Lord: and Nathan said unto David. the
| Lord also hath put away thy sin"
Rest Text i'm the bible.
DR.. Chapman sand he considered this the
best text in the Bible because 1t shows
what compassion and forgiveness God has
| for a weak and fallen man. But David was
truly repentant, and when there is real re-
pentance, the penitent man finds favor with
God.
There is a feeling OF genuine satisfaction
as We read the text" he said, because
David is type of thousands of men and
women, who need just such words OF COM
fort Nathan gave. Before God passes
judgment on man for his sin, He con-
siders the surroundings. He does not look
upon drunkards and many other classes CT
unfortunates as do many OF His creatures;
their environment is taken into cOnsidera-
ton"
The motto which the preacher offered TO
tempted men was keep busy" The dCvil
never fails TO flEd work for idle men. To
young men in the hour of temptation the
doctor offered this sentence to keep them
from sin: Resist the devil"
There are three great things in the
text" said the preacher. "Davids sin
great because 1t was against his lie and
against his position as king. Every tae n
! man commits sin IL is not only against his
| own life but against the life Of people " no
| know him by name or reputation. Men will
| be held responsible for their influence. and
| il is incumbent upon them that theirs shall
| not lie sin ;iueEce.
The second great thing in the text is
| David's repentance 1t was rot much
his being sorry for his sin. but. in addition,
with Gods help, to give it up. Sorrow Is
not deep enough. however sincere il may
be. to free as from sin.
Gods forgiveness is the third great thing
! in the text He knew David was truly re-
pantant and He was waiting to forgive.
That's the way He is willing to treat Won
men and woman tonight, IL you will put
your lives in His keeping. / beseech you.
come"
Many men and women accepted the
preachers invitation and expressed desire
10 become Christians. Before the audience
was dismissed Rev. Drs. Hamiin. AlexaR-
der, BaSby. Butler and Muir, on benalf of
the pastors and young people, expressed
their appreciation Of Dr. Chapman and is
work.
Farewell Words.
After the preaching service there
meeting OF the committees and workers TO
speak farewell word to the pastor-evan-
eelst. Mr.. W. II. III. Smith, speaking for
the committee, paid very touching tribute
to the character and labors of DIR. Chap
man. The doctor, in a brief reply re-
turned his thanks, saying he did nothing for
or through himself, bur all his work
for Christ. He had quite reception at the
close of the meeting and bade most OF the
workers a personal farewell. He returned
TO Philadelphia last night. and will begin a
series of services in Chicago next week
similar to those just concluded here.
Afternoon Service.
The talk al the afternoon service was es-
pecially to Christians and formed the Sc
que 10 the morning sermon at the YER
mont Avenue Christian Church. The SUBJ
ject was Losing Crowns and the text.
Let no man take thy crown Revelation
31l. God has a plan for every life, the
evangelist said, and il is sad thing when
the life goes contrary to the plan. In Gods
plan for every life there are three essen
tial principies-first. il is His will that men
should be regenerated: then He wants
them to be sanctified, and finally IL is His
wish that they shall be glorified.
Speaking of the purpose OF the afternoon
meetings DIR. Chapman said 1T had been his
purpose to say something that would help
Christians to look into their lives, examine
their hearts i'm order 10 find what stood be-
tween them and God and prevented their
reception and enjoyment Of the fun bene-
fits of the Christian life.
1t is possible to measure our future in
terms of our present activity" he said.
1T shall be I'm proportion 10 our faith and
IN proportion to our fahhfulness. IL cur
faith is great and our faithfulness great,
then the reward shai be great"
According 10 DIR. Chapman there are five
crowns which Christians may win or lose in
eternity. These are the crowns for faith
fuiness in little things, for those who are
dead in earnest in Christian work, for those
who are the shepherds Of the sheep, 10
those who await the canning of Christ and
10 the winners of souls or the crown of re-
joicing These with the vision of the face
of Christ, he called the Christians reward.
The Negative Side.
Presenting the negative side of the ques-
ton. DR. Chapman declared il is possible for