The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-11-13
IHRONGS At BIG
MASS MEETINGS
FHRs II GREAT GATHERINGS HELD
ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
DR.. Taylor Speaks to Vast Audience of
Women at Westminster, DR.. Chap
man Thrills Thousands of Men at
the Auditorium and DR.. Ostrom, at
the University Amory, Addresses
Huge Gathering.

Three monster mass meetings, yester-
jlay afternoon. under combined Y. NJ.
e. A. and church auspices, marked
Sunday as one Of the greatest days OF
religious fervor and spiritual regenera-
tion in Minneapolis. AS it was the last
Sunday of the Chapman campaign un-
usual efforts were made to use every
moment to tho best possible advantage.
Women met in Westminster church,
moment to the best possible advantage.
pie at the university armory: The
meetings were addressed severally by
DR.. F. E. Taylor, DR.. j. w. Chapman
and DIR. Henry Ostrom. Each was as
sisted by his own singer and choruses.
". S. Weeden and Carlotta Stockdale
sang the solos at Westminster, Fred
Butler at the Auditorium and }. +.
Hills at the university.
Each evangelist was assisted by
corps Of ushers and personal workers.
At the Auditorium special appeal was
made for interest in the Union city
mission. In St. Paul the visit of the
Chapman evangelists was made notable
by the beginning Of the movement for
4 new Y. NJ C. A. building. At the
Auditorium cards were signed by those
who were open for more information
about the st. James hotel and Union
city mission work.
The Twenty third Psalm.
DR.. Taylor based his sermon at West
minister on "The Lord is my Shep'
herd He analysed the twenty third
psalm in a new way, bringing home
to his hearers it's beauties and arousing
an association of thought that was very
effective, in it's results when the call
was matb for those who wished the
Lord for Their shepherd. He said that
sheep who lay down in green pastures
were those whose hunger had been sat
isfed; the flock was led by still wa
tiers because the shepherd knew they
valleyhf the shadow of death was a
bright 5,ne, for there could be no shad-
ow without light.
Altho over 1000 men were turned
away from the Auditorium, nearly 5000
gained admittance. An overflow meet
ing at the First Baptist church was adj
dressed by DR.. Granstaff.
DR.. Chapman spoke on ''Some Things
About Dissipation, Infdelity and Mo
rality.' Time and time again in his
address the evangelist became so earn
or walked down the gangway over the
orchestra pit, right up to his hearers
The absolute "sea of faces,' with nc
millinery to hide them, was a great in
SEPARATION to DR.. Chapman in the great
effort of his work in Minneapolis. The
results showed that with very few ex
: 61tions the men present were interest
in personal salvation. Many faces
1usual to religious meetings were seer
better life. In DR.. Chapman's ex
oerience SO many have never remained
20 men 8 after meeting.
DR.. Chapman's Address.
"The Prodigal Son. was tn
theme. Chow wilt thou do in tn,
swelling of Jordan2' was the text. Tn
speaker told the story of the caves OF
the banks Of the Jordan, how the waite
rose from cave to cave and drove GU
the beasts who made their home il
old Of the close connection the rive
had always had with the children o
&4od; Of the incident of the crossing o
-4he Israelites and Of Naaman, and hoy
1T was necessary in each case to compl
to the letter with Gods command.
Y "All men, said DR.. Chapman, lar
rot care what your sin is. Drunken
1ess is not the worst sin. Young maj
sou had better die than begin to drink
stingy men are never drunkards. TIL
devil goes after the best of you.
"I have certain kind Of respect fo
men that drink, but a man that trie
to get something for nothing and call
it gambling, what do you think of him
He is no better than a thief. / thin
the day should come when i'm any Q
T. your cities gambling should become
{ most damnable thing. You can stop i
Young man, you had better die than b.
gin gam bling
Coarseness Unnecessary.
ct have preached to men for tie
years and I have never found it niece
( sary for a preacher to be coarse to il
terest men. But call you back from
sin that will crush man.
II have seen very high sort {
respect for an honest infdel, but NJ
for the man that tells me he has grow
away from the old-fashioned sort {
religion.
! HSome men are in the cave of mora
ity. No man in the world knows h
weakness more than /. Some men sa
because they are stronger than |,
am SAFE A man whom some of yC
| know said: Chapman, you are TO
to preach the old doctrine of the atom
ment.' I went thru the New Test
ment, most of the time on my knee
and t found no verse in the scri ptur
that says there is any other way to
/ saved than thru belief in Jesus Christ.