The Topeka state journal., 1905-10-14
SERVICES OVER.
The EyangeIists Hold Their. Last
Meetings.
[Crowded out Friday.I

lCrowded out Friday.l
Just at IL O'Clock on Thursday night
more than 1000 men and women rose
from their seats in the Auditorium and
sang, when Shall We Meet Again.
closing one of the most remarkable
evangeiiste campaigns ever conducted
in this city.
Thursday was a climax. Through
out the day meetings were held. Be
ginning at o'clock every church in
the city had services, then there was
an old peoples service, then the great
afternoon service in the Auditorium for
which over 800 places of business
were closed a children's meeting, fol-
lowed, and at night the district meet
ings converging into one great fare
Wen rally at the Auditorium.
After speaking feelingly on the sub
Ject Almost Persuaded" DR.. Chap
man gave Fred Butler the oppor-
tunity to sing 1.-THE Armorers Song
last night, While waiting for the other
districts to come. Mr.. Butler threw
himself into the composition with
feeing and ability which showed his
stage training. The audience broke
forth in salvos of applause and COM
pelled MN to sing one of the verses
over again.
AS soon as the people from the 9TH
er districts came, DR.. Chapman arose
and said: I viii now turn this meet
ing over to the men from whom I took
1t two weeks ago. They have some-
thing to say"
DR.. w. Q. Evans, chairman of the
working committee. took the platform.
The first thing he did was to read a
long set of resolutions compounded
by a committee of ministers. in which
the highest praise was bestowed upon
Dr. chapman and his band of workers
''But our work. is not yet DONE" said
Dr. Evans. Tt is only beginning For
ten months have prayed for the sue
cess of these meetings. [ wanted the
Vt n
til the winter is over. We mean to
keep uD the fight all through the next
three months. My heart is full of
gratitude. 1 am sorry that the meet
ings are over. God has worked Won
ders among us"
DR.. Chapman then designated Dr.
| OstrOm to respond. f'It is lovely"
said he; 1T is a beautiful work There
are some hard phases to it in a phys
ical way that tire US out, but it is a
dear, good, great work. which makes
US happy. God gives us strength.
God aids US. Woe to the man who
would try to do this kind of work
without the aid of God. Tt is a gIO-
rious thing to fight under His ban
ner''
Then Rev. E. B. Toy was called to
say something. 'I came in late he
said, but suppose that the topic is
Jesus, for the atmosphere is electric
with praise for His name.''
AhCf - - t9Il4dEllCls Tic GLliQIGAl >
evangelist, was asked to talk. 81
ought to get along all right" he said,
/ working with sunbeams all the time.
1 even have them all about my head
all the time Mr.. Schaeffer is red
haired.
Then DR.. Chapman closed for his
men. He thanked the people of To-
peka the ushers, the personal work
ers, the chorus, and especially the
ministers. Z feel proud of my
/ brethren of the pulpit here" he ex-
| claimed, "and / have met many of
them all over the world in my work. :.
Then Mr.. Allen The chorus director,
who by the way had been presented
with a scarf pineby the big chorus
/ started the audience into singing
/ against the roof and the sides of the
great building. There has seldom and
probably never been such singing in
! Topeka for years. The gathering
ended in paeans of praise.
On Thursday afternoon a most re
markable gathering took place when
! almost 1000 employees from stores
! business houses and manufactures
gathered in the big hall. Many OF
! the Workingmen who came marched
to the building in their laboring
clothes, dusty and begrimed from
flour or machinery as the case NIGH
be. Between the hours of and
| o'clock while these places We're CLOSED
NdliSdS avenue WIS QulGI dS OAl l1IIl
day.
DIR. Chapman spoke to the greaf
audience. after Fred Butler sang BE
yond the Smiling and Face to Face. >
The evangelist's theme was "A New
Song" He said that when men be.
come Christians they sing a new
song, a song that is sung in HEAVIER
alone; not a song of earth, but one ot
eternal bliss.
The evangelistic party left Topeka
this morning for st. Paul, MINI.
from where they will go to Mime
apoIis for a series of meetings.
DR.. Chapman Pleased.
Dr. J. Wilbur Chapman made tn,
following statement to be printed il
the newspapers:
The Topeka meetings have beer
largely satisfactory to me. We leav,
this beautiful city grateful for the
privilege we have had of laborins
with the ministers and church people
We have had only the most kindly
and generous reception everywhere
The pastors to man have aided us il
every possible way. I think we hav,
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