The Topeka state journal., 1905-09-06
TURN OVER CITY.
Monster Campaign for Sinners
to Be Held.
VIII Continue From Sept. 2s to
Oct. IS.
CUT INTO DISTRICTS.
Six Evangelists Win Be in
Charge.
Rev. j. Wilbur Chapman to Have
the Auditorium.

A notable evangelistic campaign will
be made in Topeka this fall from Sep
tember % to October 13, to be led by
Rev. J. Wilbur Chapman, a famous
preacher. with Rev. T. B. Slough, Rev.
5 A Olmstead, Rev. S. A. E. B. Toy,
Rev. S. A. Shauffer and Rev. M. A.
Thompson as his assistants.
A. p. hartman. Rev. Mr.. Chapman's
private secretary, and the business
manager of this corps of evangelists
was in Topeka on Monday afternoon
and met the Topeka preachres when he
outlined the plans to be followed.
The city is to be divided into four
districts, the central, the east, the
north and the southwest The central
district will have the Auditorium as
its headquarters. Rev Mr. Chapman
will take charge of this section. On
the meetings Different churches will
be used. In the southwest part of the
city, Rev. Mr.. Olmstead will have
charge. On the north side, Rev. Mr..
Toy will conduct the meetings.
In addition to this regular staff, Rev.
Mr.. Shauffer, an expert in that line,
Will look after meetings to be held
especially for children. Rev. Mr.. Thomp-
son will organize a number of classes
for people who do personal work.''
AGSt1HSS VIII De nGIQ every night IN
each district, and also on a number of
afternoons. Probably two or three
mass meetings of the entire city will
be scheduled for the Auditorium, very
likely on the Sundays.
One of the features of the work will
be midnight parades." Most Topeka
people are probably unfamiliar with
this phase of evangelistic work. A large
body of the most enthusiastic in the
work, will make up a parade and on
or two n mid dni OH a
two weeks will visit the entire red
| light" and ''tenderloin" district, going
through the various joints, dives, houses
of ill-fame and low places about the
city. Invitations will be extended to
those found there to come to the meet
| ings. Short prayer meetings will be
held in many of the places. The idea
| is to get right to these people and see
if personal work will not accomplish
something in the way to bringing them
to their senses.
Eleven committees have been ap-
pointed from among local workers to
look after the routine work. They are
as follows: General executive, three
subcommittee, finance, advertising,
canvassing, ushers, devotional and
music.
The music of the meetings will be one
| of it's features. Five noted evangelis-
tic singers will be here during the entire
| two weeks, and one of them will be at
every meeting to direct the singing. It
has been realized in work of this kind
that good music aids much in the at
tanning the end desired. Mr.. hartman
says that the male soloists to come here
are the best obtainable-
DR. W. C. Evans, pastor of the First
Methodist church, is chairman OF the
general executive committee, which has
the entire work in charge. Asked this
morning about the matter, he replied:
I'VE are going to have some great
meetings The men coming here to con-
duct them are very fine, and every one
| of them worth hearing at any time.
The singers will also be very good. Our
plans are of course not fully matured
| as vet Mr. hartman came here yes
! terday and told us what to expect, SO
now we can go ahead and put our COM
mittees to work.
.aThis is a union affair, all of the
churches in the city taking part. Dur
ing the next two weeks cottage prayer
meetings will be held over the city &c
get ready for the big meetings. This
will do a whole lot of good. We are
going to have great time"