The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-12-12
WORKERS ARE ORGANIZED.
And Rev. 8iederwolf Has Plunged
Into His Campaiun

After four days of preparation of
church and workers, Mr.. Biederwolf
preached his first sermon TO the uncon-
Verted last night
Although the mist was almost as heavy
as rain and the night was most disa-
greeable the crowd al the First Presby-
( terrain church was no smaller than on the
previous nights.
Mr.. Seagle was suffering from d slight
cold, and so did not attempt one of his
heavier solos. though he sang with the
chorus and duet with Mr.. Mcconnell
lie will be in good voice tonight
and viii sing again in solo.
Mr.. Biederwolf is one of the most mag
netic preachers ever heard in the city
1t is not at all an uncommon thing for
numbers of people to be in tears over
some pathetic passage. although he is
not like some evangelist. merely a teller
of stories. His illustrations illustrate,
and Illuminate. and his deepest thoughts
and most profound truths stand out with
the vividness of picture.
His word picture Of Calvary and the
crucified Lord in his sermon yesterday
afternoon was one of the finest things
ever heard in Wichita.
4 great treat is promised for next Sun
day. At $3.50 p. m. there will be a great
mass meeting for men only. Unusual at
fractions are promised. A male Quartette
consisting of Messrs. Seagle. Mcconnell.
McClung and Taylor has been organ
lied and it will no doubt be worth going
far to hear. Besides this, a large mems
chorus will sing The Ninety and Nine
and My Mothers Prayer Mr. Bieder-
wolf viii speak on The White Life"
q n address which has been delivered be-
fore many thousands Of men in this coun-
try with wonderful effect.
Admission will be by tickets. which are
being distributed throughout the city
No man in Wichita can afford to miss
this matchless address
Last night at the meeting for the first
time an attempt was made TO lead to de-
ciSiOn and a score of cards were signed
There is no clap-trap methods about Mr.
Biederwolfs work. No man need feel
that he may be unpleasantly embarrassed
by workers The opportunity is given for
out and out decision and no advantage is
taken of anyone. There are u great many
people. men especially. who have a dis
taste of revival meetings because they
have been made a mark by thoughtless
workers. Nothing of this kind is posi-
bic under Mr.. Biederwolfs method of
work.
Today at , O'Clock Mr.. Biederwolf will
begin a series Of sermons to Christians
on the Relation of the Holy Spirit TO
the Beloved. He asks especially that
an effort to attend these meetings.
At 100 tonight he viii preach again to
the unbelievers and all are invited
Last night Mr.. Biederwolf said in part
Text: Romans $50
such concern finds its occasion in a
clear view of the condition Of lost men
1t was at the close of a meeting in Chi
cago that a mother said. oh. this az
ony-it is more than I can bear" She
told me OF an awful bodily affIiction three
years before in which she suffered the
most intense pain. but Oh she said,
1T is nothing to be compared with what
/ am suffering tonight. because my boy
was in the meeting and is going away
unsaved. Why should mother ever
agonize like that if she did not believe
her boy was lost and that it vas an aw-
ful thing 10 be without Christ in this
world and in the world TO come?
How natural it is. this indifference of
ours. as long as we have no burning con
viCtion that q soul without faith in Chfist
is lost and subject 10 condition Of aw-
fulness unspeakable after death No won
der that jesus wept those burning tears
over Jerusalem, no wonder He sweat
those drops OF blood I'm Gethsemane No
" onder Paul could weep Is be did realiz-
ing as h did what il meant 20 be with
out God and without hope I'm the world
You did not find il difficult % CRY when
some loved one laid dead in the coffin be-
fore YOU. Indeed. YOU could not help it,
for The tears flowed unbidden down but
how little to be compared IS such a thing
IS that with the awfulneSs of this other
n which we speak. and If We only real
lied it. what weeping there would be
over the spiritual dead in our own house
hold