The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-03-15

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Sooner or later they will jump at and
tear 1t to pieces and divide it among
them. When that time comes I hope
America will be there. Great applause)
The Lord has sent US 70 the Philippines
to be on the way and some day it viii be
taken for Christ. The way was opened
for America through the Spanish war.
Two months before that war no one
dreamed of the situation. It came about
like the great measures that God has
wrought before and today Old Glory
waves in the Philippines as a symbol of
liberty and enlightenment to the benight-
ed peoples there The two great battles
Of that war were fought and won on Sun
day. There is something significant in
this. I tell you, believe God had a
hand in it, and we should take advantage
of the new situation Our Spanish war
has opened up to us ten millions Of peo-
pie for evangelstic influences"
DR.. Leonard then took up collection
for the famine sufferers in India where
American missionaries are operating. The
audience had been so wrought up by his
splendid address that the silver jlngled
lively in the hats az they were passed
through the audience. He said that 81
would feed one person in India twenty
days.
EXPANSION ARMY
DR.. Leonard inaugurated a novel move
ment in behalf of missions last night
after his address. 1t is known as the
Expansion Army" and is organized
similar to the regular United States
army. The army is made up of compan-
les and regiments, a company being or
ganized in each conference. The person
joining the army agrees to pay 81 year
for ten years to help carry on the mis-
sionary work in the Philippines. A COM
pany was raised at Chanute last week
but last night the proposition had to be-
put twice before the audience took suffi-
cient interest in the movement Then
over 100 arose and signified their inten-
ton of Joining the army. There Will be
no call issued until there are $500 en-
listed.
FORSOOK PREACHING FOR FAITH
HEALING.
In the reading of reports yesterday af-
ternoon It was discovered that Method
ism had lost one Of its preachers out in
the short grass country. The Rev. S. D.
Osborn, VINO was pastor OF the church
at Spearville, became a faith healer. de-
serted his charge and removed 20 Chicago
where he learned the faith healer's art, Sc
cured a diploma and is now practising.
The Rev. Msrtindale. presiding elder Of
the Dodge City district, stated that the
Rev. Osborn had written him to the ef-
feet that he could no longer conscien-
tiously carry on his work at Spearville
when the rules a his church prohibited
the practice Of faith healing
Bishop Vincent said in reply to this:
'sWelI. one sign that he had good sense ,
Is that he believes ne IS no longer eligible
among US"
EVIDENCE OF PROSPERITY.
The reports OF pastors yesterday fur
nished fine evidence OF the prosperity
over southwest Kansas during the past
year As each pastors name was called
Il was gratifying 20 the blAhop and pre- /
siding elders 20 hear so many q them I
respond with the words: Collections all T.
taken; all full" This meant that every +.
rent which the conference commanded /.
them 20 raise Tor the different branches f
- the work was col ected IN full. Bishop
Vincent stopped 70 remark that the re-
ports were better IN this conferences /
than any other h had attended.