The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-20
THE SERVANT QUESTION
1t Cropped Out in the Question
Box.
Preacher ALSO Discussed I'M
prOvement in Railroad Men.


Modern Society, or Where Satan Sows
His Seed"
The sermon is intended to be intro
ductory TO the lectures to women only
on Saturday afternoon and the men
only on Sunday afternoon.
The evils which are led up to step
by step by the worldly amusements'
will be discussed at the meeting to-
night. The amusements are cIassed
under the headings, the theater. the
card table, wine, and the dance"
Evangelist Williams teaches that it
is the duty of the ministers of the
gospel to study the problems which
grow out of the worldly amusements
mentioned in order that they may bet
ter fit themselves to preach against
such sins and show the relation of the
problems which are introduced by
these amusements to the religious and
Christian life Despite the fact that
Evangelist Williams jusifes his SER
mons on sex problems" by the fact
that he declares those problems are the
ones which furnish the greatest draw
backs to Christian ministers in their
work of bringing souls to Christ, and
consequently must be met face to face
by men who have studied how to cope
with the problems, to overthrow the
evils and elevate moral standards, there
are those who object to Evangelist
Williams attitude. This was shown by
a question which was drawn from the
question box last night.
The question was a direct jab at
Evangelist Williams on account of his
attitude and his lectures in regard to
the plain" things of life.
The question read:
rs it right for ministers of the gospel
to say things to an audience of women
which he might not say to mixed
audience"
After reading the question to the con-
gregation. Evangelist Williams turned
to the group of ministers who were
seated on the platform and jokingly in
quired who was guilty of such charges.
He said he had not heard of any one
doing anything of that kind and hoped
that it was none of the ministers there
He then turned to the congregation
and said that he hoped an opinion on
this matter would be reserved until
after his lecture to the women on Satur-
day.
If the sermon tonight and the lectures
which are to. follow on Saturday and
Sunday afternoons are copied after the
published volumes of Evangelist Will
iams on the subjects which will be
under discussion. they viii be too plain
for complete reports to be published in
the newspapers.
Il have already been asked in regard
to the age children should be to be al
lures" said MI Williams in the meet
ing last night Il viii say that it rests
entirely with the parents 1 should
/ hardly advise children under IS or 16
years of age to attend, and then only
with their parents.
I want you to remember that these
lectures will deal with the problems
which win be presented from a scientific
and medical standpoint as well as from
the standpoint of their relation to reli-
gion
The lectures will be very plain he
/ declared. but they will be exceedingly
profitable for those who have the right
motive
The question box is bringing out some
particularly pertinent questions which
/ are having the effect of livening things
+ up at the revival Some one turned in a
/ question to draw Evangelist Williams
out on the servant girl problem which
! has been the source of so much talk or
! account of Rev c. NJ Sheldon's views
4 on the subject
The question follows;
Is it right for a minister's wife {,
make her servant girl eat her meals il
the kitchen after the family has beer
served in the dining room2"
Evangelist Williams says he can quot
from the Bible a passage to justify him
self in sending the domestic to the kitch
en- to eat her meals.
The stories and anecdotes used to il
lustrate the Bible truths in the sermon
last night were drawn from life among
railroad people The sermon was par
ucularly of interest to railroad people
Evangelist Williams made comparis
ons of the growth and development o
the railroad business in America ant
foreign countries during the past quar-
ter of century.
1T is not strange that a Young maj
turns to railroad business" he said
When it is taken into consideration
ion coil
ployes in the United States today an,
that one man but of every Is of tn
population of the country today is
railway man, and that the rapid growth
extension and increase of mileage o
railways is constantly demanding an in
creased number of employees say again
1t is not strange that young men seel
to enter this field. where if they striv
to become proficient, there is an Empl
field for promotion.
There was once a time" he said
when railway towns we're referred t
= as tough. when railway employees wer
generally looked upon as men of intern
perate habits, but this has rapidly bee
. changing.
During the past quarter of a cen
: fury the railroads have come to deman
Of their railway trainmen that they b
? temperate and courteous and homes
2 people.
so that now the character of the rail-
way trainmen is almost above reproacf
Z bership be men of integrity and sobrietg
? OF course there are exceptions but we fin
I the exceptions in all walks of life. We ave
= OCCASIONALLY fined a profiigate preacher
Mr. Williams followed up his euIogy {
1 the railway trainmen with comparisons {
a religious nature and said that as rul
converted railway trainmen were the be.
workers fer Christ He explained this b
the fact that they are so accustomed t
obeying orders to the letter that when the
/ are converted and find the commands &
their Saviour in the Bible they waste M
4 a minute of time in going out to ODE
5 them.
= The First Methodist church board of Ger
. troll has announced that the morning SCI
vice on Sunday will be abandoned at tn
. church in order that the congregation ma
= go to the meeting at the Tabernacle.
ihe announcement was greeted with al
. plause-
] Prayers are stin being offered to lea