The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-11-15
INCIDENT WAS DRAMATIC
YOUNG WOMAN LED INEBRIATED
YOUNG MAN TO THE ALTAR.
The Effort to Reclaim Him at the
Roberts Park Revival, How
ever, Was Unsuccessful.

Evangelist Thomas G.. Harrison adj
dressed the largest meeting at Roberts
Park Church last night that he has had
since the series of services began Sunday
night The large auditorium was entirely
filled, as were also the galleries above.
Mr.. Harrison announced that he proposed
to talk to the mothers in the congrega-
ton, to the Sabbath school workers and to
the members of the Epworth League espe-
cially. although he declared his text to be
applicable also to the unconverted.
His text was taken from the eighth verse
of the twenty-first chapter of l Samuel:
1.-The kings business requires haste" The
evangelist was very earnest in his manner
of speech and his words seemed to carry
weight. His style of delivery, peculiar
it undoubtedly is to one unaccustomed to
it, excites little or no surprise among his
hearers. One OF the most striking of Mr.
Harrisons habits is that of demonstrating
an anecdote by making the movements de-
scribed in it. For example, he told last
night of having felt constrained in re-
vival held in another city to walk down
the aisle and go into certain row of seats
and ask man there to come to the altar.
AS the story progressed the evangelist
walked down from the pulpit, through the
aisle, stopped at a certain seat row, en-
tered and then said, 1.-The man was sitting
right about here, and when / asked him to
go to the altar he said he would and he
did. He told me that he had decided that
he would go to the altar only upon condi-
ton that i asked him in person-he
wouldn't go for any one else.
IMPRESSIVE UTTERANCES.
Some of the evangelist's most impressive
utterances were the following:
when God comes and pleads He is
pleading with these men and women and
each one of these church members, and
of the heart-oh, He doesn't knock. He
knocks with His hand of love and He
knocks with His fingers of entreaty and
He knocks with His knuckles of mercy. L
believe the loudest knock that comes to
the door of a deathless soul is the revival
knock"
1.-The spirit is abroad in the community
as We little imagine already. We have no
excitement here, but we will have before
VIC are through. We are having Quaker
meeting now. 1t is too STILL But it is
coming. Between now and next Monday
we will have a warming up here.
Il would like TO know who goes to etern-
ity when they expect to or where. My me!
How suddenly we can die and exchange
worlds. Suddenly the curtains will drop
. and the lights go out. We can change
worlds quicker than L can clap my hand
quicker than the tick of my watch"
Eight conversions were reported last
night seven before the benediction was
pronounced and one shortly afterward
Rev. w. V. Wheeler, superintendent of the
Rescue Mission was present and took a
prominent part in the services. Evangelist
Harrison stated that he fully expects to
hold a jubilee meeting here Sunday night
TO celebrate the first one hundred CONVEX
sions.
The sermon tonight will be preached d.
rectly to the unconverted. and the revival
list declared last night that he will deliver
such sermons from now on to the end of
he
the present remain before the meetings
will be brought to a close.
An interesting incident of last nights al
tar service was the bringing of an in
ebriated young man to the altar by one of
the young women workers. An earnest eff
fort was made to reclaim the young man.,
| but without avail. He was half led, half
| carried from the church, weeping in a
| maudin yet pitiable manner