The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-11-01

and still the home holds together; but
let the mother go wrong and God pity
the home. It is a strong assertion and
SO I never rse it as my own, but had
friend who said, Every drum kard,
every gambler, every lost woman once
sat on the lap of woman, and in some
way, either directly or indirectly, can
their downfall be traced to some def
cheney in their home life.
'tWhat you are today is owing to
your home. Our homes make us or I'M
make us. We need to go back to the
days our fathers were Christians and
our mothers saints. Twenty-Five years
ago the family prayer service before
breakfast was a part OF the regular
lean homes, but today the proctice is
well nigh obsolete. We need this old
fashioned home practice in the rush of
our daily lives. When we have better
homes, graft will be impossible and we
will come to place Of power in living. =
DR.. Ostrom at Plymouth.
"The New Birth was considered at
the other large downtown meeting at
Rev. Henry Ostrom took his text from
the conversation between Jesus and
Nicodemus, the Jew, where Jesus said,
eye must be born again. The chief
end of man, the speaker said, is to get
character that will fit the soul Tor
heaven.
"How is a man to know God in
heaven,' he asked, elf he does not get
acquainted with Him down here below?
And Jesus, too: How are you to love
{ 5s1 Iozo II R@ st9rnity if you do not learn
At the First Presbyterian church
Rev. R. A. Walton preached on "The
Righteousness of God.' He said that
the Righteousness of God is the perfect
rectitude of His nature and govern
ment; it comprehends His universal
providence, it necessitates His faith
fulness, it promises a specific state
ment Of deeds, of His mercy and the
Judgment against all the wicked.'
MIR. Strause Won a Friend.
G.. Winthrop Lewis Of st. Paul was
gregational church meeting. He has
been a member of the Dayton Avenue
Presbyterian church many years, but
had protested against Mr.. Strouse
speaking in the church during the st
Paul revival. He was ready to acknowl
edge publicly that the evangelist was
right. Mr.. Strouse's subject was
'EtThe Bible, the Basis Of Christian
Hope.' Many requests were made TO-
pray SL. l. uo CuOI 10 hOW huilDOio wv
voices.
Rev. F. E. Taylor, at Fowler Meth
odist church, spoke on "Prayers TO-
Ourselves, Our Friends and Our Enc
mies.' With the addition of nev
organ, cornet players and singers, tn
= service was improved. Tonight Mis-
! Bertha Chapman, daughter of the evan
t gelist, will sing several hymns.
= Nearly seven hundred attended tn
v lecture in Riverside chapel by Rev. {
!. T. Schaeffer, the children''s evangelist
! Hymns were illustrated by stereopti
j con views. Paul Bunce sang severa
v solos. Meetings announced for the re
. mainder of the week have been post
e poned.
st. Paul singers and workers too?
: part in the service at the Fourth BaI
e list church. W. H. COLLISION led tn
= singing and sang "The Christian
. Test.'' Rev. w. H. Slough preache
on the text "The Effectual, Ferven
Prayer of a Righteous Man Availet
Much.' -
The Duty Of Believers. ~s.
e At the Elm Swedish Baptist ehurc
+ Rev. H. H. McQuilkin took as his sui
Il iect, Secondhand Religion wit
e the text, "Sayest thou this thyself, {
did others tell it concerning me?' Il
+ uaid. FWhat the citv Of Minnean mol