The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-29

can lead you to Heaven, to Christ and
somehow l believe that is the reason
you have called me-
A number of solos We're given during
the evening by Fred Butler, soloist
with Dr.. Chapman. Mr. Butler has a
pleasing basso voice. A large choir
assisted by d string orchestra, the
whole urcer the direction of Charles F.
Allen, k the singing.
This E, -iiing the services will COM
mence at 1880. Sunday afternoon a
mass meeting for men only will be held
a the Auditorium. DR.. Champnlan will de-
liver the principal address. AT the same
time at a place which is yet to be ar
ranged meeting of similar character
for women viii .ye held.
How Boy Got :. Kite.
In the annals os high finance some
thirty years hence it will be mighty
surprising if the name of Maurice
Milan doesn't play up well to the front.
Maurice lives with his widowed mother
at 1914 West Fifth street.
Young Milam's latest excursion into
the realms of high finance occurred in
connection with the young peoples
meetings which are being held in the
First Methodist church each afternoon.
To the boy who brought the greatest
number of boys with him TO the meeting
Wednesday afternoon Rev. c. T. Schaef-
fer promised a bright red box kite.
Maurice set his heart on getting that
kite and laid his plans accordingly.
How to get together the greatest num-
Der of boys, that WaS~the Vexing prob
lem A bright idea, he would go to the
Orphans home and take all the boys in
the institution. The idea was put into
execution and he soon had an option
upon the entire lot Of boys that the
home possessed. But plans do not al
ways work out no matter how carefully
you plan them and in this instance
Maurice failed to meet the boys at the
place designated. This did not dis
hearten him, however. He scurried
about and soon had rounded up Is boys
and with these at his heels he tri-
umphantly walked into church and
landed the coveted red box kite. For
the past two days Maurice has been
running around up in his neighborhood
flying his kite with q string of play
mates wishing that they had conceived
of his plan to subsidize stray boys.
DIR. Ostrom's Meeting.
Revival in the love of the Bible.
Revival in prayer.
Revival in enthusiasm.
These are the three needs in the
church of today according to the
opinion expressed BY Dr.. Henry
Ostrom at the meeting held last even
ing at the Central Congregational
church.
The speaker divorced the definition
of revival from the usual one which
we associate it with and called the at
tention of his audience of 500 to the
revival which the successful business
man is always on an alert for; revival
in business methods, in cutting out the
dead timber in his business dealings
and methods and substituting new
and refreshened ideas. Even nature
itself finds the need of a revival.
Growth is based on that fundamental
fact In the spring after the melting
away of the snow, there is a rcvivi1Ig
impulse given to all vegetable growth.
Those who are adverse to revivals in
religion on the ground that it clashes
with culture, DIR. Ostrom maintained.
cannot with propriety stick to that
contention when there is q continual
upward tendency in growth of culture
and a well defined effort to, bring
about reviving influences to bear upon
education in order that it may not
stand still but keep abreast of the
times.
The attention of the audience was
riveted upon the primary definition
and meaning of the word revival and
whisked away from the modification
which We have given to it through as
soeiation with certain forms of re-
ligious endeavor.
There were also opening services
on the east and north Sides