The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-11-10
BEGINS WORK AT HOME.
Rev. Coombs Gets Things Going
Amonq Church Membership.

Among Church Membership.
The music at the Central Christian
| church night was a slight improve
ment over the night before, the work be-
| ing smoother and more regular-getting a
I little more accustomed to the director
The Is seats on the south side were
again full, and there were Is again in the
front row of the chorus, but the Is lights
were increased Dy two or three and light
accidents were averted.
Mr.. Davis sang as a solo: my Heavenly
Father Knows" in a decidedly pleasing
manner, the chorus going into the bari
tone register. which showed that he has a
very adaptable voice, the lower tones
being even sweeter than the higher
ones. He sang in such a sympathetic
manner that when he ended the tendency
to applaud was felt all over the house.
One pair of hands actually came together
in one loud crack.
The sermon was even more interesting
than the music Mr. Coombs talks with
force; there is no half way business with
him. His talk last night was chiefly to
the membership, all of it straight to the
point, and much of it amusing. tbs auui-
ence seeming to suppress their feelings
somewhat. but they need not have.
Among other things he said:
we live in an age of activity. The
printing press, telegraph, telephone, great
steamship. ocean cable and a hundred
other things makes the remotest Orient
neighbor to the Occident. This is a world
of action for every man. We are all inter
ested in each other. The first cabin pas
sengers on an ocean liner are interested
in the lowest steersge-let a case of small
pox break out in the Storage and see if
this is not SO. We should be interested
in each other. Christ said to His di-
sciples: I will make you fishers of men,
Some people fish like the fellow who gets
a fine tackle and sits on the court house
steps and says Here. fish, Crawl out of
the river and walk up here arm in arm,
to be caught Some people say: o yes.
we're in sympathy with you. Yes. l
know it. It's like the time when the
bear broke into the house and the hus-
band and father sailed up the ladder TO
the rafters up stairs. drew the ladder up
to keep the bear from following him.
and watched his wife fight the bear all
alone. encouraging her by telling her that
he was in sympathy with her.
Some people are Just plain good-good
for nothing I'd rather do some bad
things and make a whole lot of mistakes
and get something done. than just sit stiil
and emulate the time worn knot on a log.
Some quietly good people are like fine
well. very fine it was. splendid water,
excellent I'm quality. only two things the
matter with it, though like some Chris
tians dried up in summer and froze up in
winter This is also like man on cold
day with an AK out in the woods with his
coat of getting ready 20 chop down a
tree and when asked what he was doing
said he was just sitting there until he
sweat Some people whine and say: oh.
why don't the newspapers have more TO I
say about the church, They could do a
whole lot Of GOOD. I'll tell YOU why. The T.
newspapers are TO tell what's going on. F
and usually a little paragraph of in the T.
corner tells * all. You set hustle .
around and get to doing something and f
the newspapers viii tell about il. You DO .
your part and they'll & others.
Mr.. Coombs illustrated what he meant .
by doing something by an Illustration Of .
a scheme once tried. The membership Of .
the church We're given tickets and asked f.
70 STAY at home. but 20 give the tickets To 4
someone not member OF the church and .
ask them TO so in their place "A certain .
grocer. Mr. Watson. Il don't know
whether YOU have a grocer here by that +
name or note was in his store wheAa lit
lie boy came in and explained that he
couldn't go 10 church and asked him il
he wouldn't take his ticket and 80 in his
place. The grocer gruf9y answered No
Then in turn man came in and did the
same timing the little boy had done. then
q young man then lady then little
girl: and ne went home and said- Look
here. wife. I'VE or six people have been
after us 10 90 down here % church to-
night Let's 80 down and see what its
ike. and Few nights later Alr Watson
lia Tor himself what every msn and wo-
man should do FOR there IS nothing -
lose and everything % gain IN IRIS life
Is Well as in 1he next
lt wss announced that there would be
3 meeting tonight IS veu as any other
night