The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1905-12-01
/, THANKSGIVING;
: REVIVAL WORK
Hunlreds Were Turned
Away From the Services
at the Academy of Music
/ Yesterday.
THE OLDFASH.OAED HOME"
Or. ]. WILBUR CHAPMAN STIRs
THE AUDIENCE WITH Al VIVID
WORD PICTURE PROMINENT
GLERGYMEN PRESENT.

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pouia The Academy of Music was crowded
norf to it's full capacity and hundreds were
fsn turned away at yesterday mornings SER
eheN vice in connection with the general relig-
das ious revival in progress in this city The
newt Rev. Dr.. ]. Wilbur Chapman. who IS di-
pave hccting the force of the visiting evan
60 81 gelists and gospel singers in this county,
f1loh addressed the vast audience on the sub
No .ilect of .sThe Old Fashioned Home" He
silly, was assisted in the service by Eyange-
OF her list Singer Davis. The Rev. Dr.. Herr,
70 stee' the First Presbyterian Church, pre-
her ssssided. Evangelist W. B. Slough, Blind
parent Evangelist Thomas W. Houghton and
: II. merous prominent local ciergymen oc-
ehce copied seats on the stage. A number of
hef women also graced the stage. A song
enll'k and prayer revival preceded DR.. Chap
ness mans interesting and stirring address,.
ION a'T'rayers were offered by the Rev DR..
eiosees Cornelius Brett, of the Bergen Reform
sInshnei church, and others. '.The Business
t'ess Oh sthe King Nearer My God to Thee"
1t Is sav;ve Ts Ao.;n, ana otber bvmns
'fa'''sS re sung.
soa "eOr. Chapman selected most appro-
sieese ,.1ate theme for Thanksgiving Day
admire ,drass a. serr0on when everv ones
ring ft,onpbts naturally turn "a home Need.
liiae sass to say he had an audience to talk
u who listened attentively to every word
"i'0 sA:t feb from his lips. He chose his
the frssxt fron, +ba sttsa,4t .-.nsa - ~
8 s''sts 1Tentieth chapter of II Kings: what
iroia Lave They Seen in Thy House7v Show
.e,, he said. sthe interior OF q home
0e It me see the department Of the head of
rassed H. fom,l, tha+ of ~ o,,;,aro,r : ~
Bulletin "a q.
que srsatlon and IN tell you whether it is
anu Christian mans home" He related an
~ "hcident of cabinet officer pointing out
iisiiis Capitol building in Washington and
= aslng to him: There is the house of the
M II differ with him. said the
9en gangelist ''The rriyate home is the
es ne of the nation!2
i ~. OAoPn4t4r Ot p1OAc cu luc ldSL lldL Tue
pld fashioned homes, where fathers are
riests and mothers saints,'' are fast
4 W oing out of existences, and exclaimed in
p'as = more dramatic manner: "In home
san Oe evh re father is not priest and mother not
n saA there is danger aheadr'
N 40 =" he said, has always empha-
00o 'Y3E home Two principles should
s alis inmate therein authority and
matt < ba,5,... S;,a 81 ..p,,+ .a,a :,
sost authority to commanss because s. in
consistent lives and mot IS have yield
az ed too much. The rich mans mansion
sy of to-day with all its rich tapestries and
AL Are and costly paintings, is not home
MAJ s9nSsss the family altar is set up Many
og wealthy person is homesick and pining
Dee9k Aer real home. America is losing its
Fne. Rich tapestries and fine pictures
My q not heal hearts broken over boys
an articlfing home staggering drunk and girls
sor, in in sin. A home is where God
(Which thals."
sally and mong the many incidents told by DR..
Ipanners pman to illustrate his argument was
iiassed thof the remarks of missionary who
less, inexd returned home after twenty-five
with himfs abroad. '.When the missionary
pitching shed San Francisco from the Orient"
ing onto the evangelist, "a reporter asked
going ups1f few weeks later he would state
elbowing he thought the strangest thing he
an open ds9gtseed on his return. Three weeks
not one I'D and the reporter called upon him
could tell is answer, expecting he would dis
The dead 1.-THE big buildings practically tied to-
~The a,r with networks of telegraph wires,
bis watchy lines, etc The missionary's. an
ike mad f said Dr. Chapman, "was that the
Che speed gest thing he had noticed was the
into his Of . of the .old-fashioned Christian
Yards in te,
9vercoat, olChapman made powerful appeal
reek e fathers and mothers in the audi
70 70 set up family affairs in their
y and also to set Christian exam
the life of true Christian by
4 consistent Christian lives.
r service closed With the singing of
ne. Sweet Home as solo, by
eagelist Singer Davis; and benediction
4 HI Dr. Chapman
,'s,,. Dr. Chapman will address an audience