The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-11-13
FERYOR AT GOOD
CHEER MEETING
TRIUMPHANT SUMMARY OF RICH
RESULTS CROWNS THE WORK.
All Districts Report Churches Taxed to
Their Utmost Capacity and in Many
Cases Hundreds Are Being Turned
ANway-Entire Audience Rises at b.
.hemian Church at Hopkins.

triumphant summary of the rich re-
suits OF yesterday, interspersed with the
singing of appropriate hymns character
lied the good-cheer'' meeting held in
the Metropolitan operahouse at II am.
today. By the time the hour for the
meeting had arrived. the auditorium
was filled and the aisles would have
been packed if the ushers had permitted
It, The balcony filed rapidly also, and
a few minutes past the hour the crowd
had begun to trail into the gallery.
On the platform were seated evangelists
and singers, representatives from the
various districts, pastors of city
churches and business men, so that it,
too, was crowded. DR.. J. Wilbur Chap
The spirited singing Of 1.-THE Sweet
Hour and other old favorites put the
audience into the proper frame of mind.
If anything was lacking after the ex-
pressive rendition of these soothing re-
trains, it was supplied by the solo sung
oy FRANK Dickson, an exquisite song
called "a Little Bit Of Love- The
chorus was taken up by the audience
and sung with much appreciation. All
thru the service the reports alternata5
with happily selected hymns Of praise,
vocal solos and separate stanZas Of
1.-The Kings Business,' 50 that the
meeting presented a harmonious and
| most satisfactory whole.
All Churches Crowded.
, The reports Of the districts vary lit.
tle,. most of the churches being taxed to
t t11 utmost capacity and in many cases
hundreds being turned away. Within
the meetings there was a harvest of
souls for the new kingdom, as many as
1000, it is estimated, signifying theil
Intention to lead better life. Perhaps
| the climax OF the movement was reached
In Hopkins in the Bohemian Presbv
terrain church there, when in response tc
the, invitation of the pastor the whole
audience arose to its feet. The meeting
is described as the most wonderful in
the history Of the Bohemian church ir
about sixty farmers from Hopkins tc
the mems meeting at the Auditorium
and lnany oe the number were converted
DR.. F. E. Taylor conducted the Sun
day services in the third district, il
Fowler NJ. E. church, and fully tenth
of the congregation responded to thu
invitation. Calvary Baptist church
under the leadership of DR.. Franl
Granstaif, was crowded as never be
Rev. Clarence B. Strouse preached tt
the largest meeting Of the series las
evening in the First Congregations
church, and the result was a throng O.
converts.
The testimony from the fifth district
where Rev. r. A. Walton preached, wal
that there could not have been a large
meeting. The house was filled and tn,
spirit Of conviction very evident in tn,
many who stood for prayer.
S1n,-;se Feetino
r There was a sunrise meeting in tn
r seventh district, and so great the yea
l that many people arose at o'clock il
order to attend. This meeting was he'll
in the Swedish Tabernacle, and tn
Swedish Temple was also packed at til
, Sunday morning services.
, Fully 5000 men were reported to b
at the meeting held yesterday afternoo
in the Auditorium, and Of these abou
D one hundred stood for prayers. B.
! ports from other districts, while not b.
e ing remarkable for the number of COZ
, versions, generally included the stat.
= ment that the churches were packe
= and the enthusiasm great.
! A number OF pastors were presen
+ from St. Paul and testified to the ric
, paign. Meetings held there .yesterda
\ were especially productive Of good II
+ suits. From the fourteenth distric
y came an enthusiastic recital Of the &C
vent Of an evangelist whom the con
mittee had not provided, but "whos
mouth spoke out of the abundance 0
his heart'', and the effect was elet
= trical. People among the audienc
0 it was discovered that they had gon
:, home after loved ones so that they to