The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1905-12-04
Dr.. ]. Wilbur Chapman
Makes A Startling An
nouncement" to a Crowded
Audience Of Men.
ALL DESIRE 70 AMEND
UNANIMOUS RISING OF THE AU-
DIENCE DEMONSTRATES THE
EFFECT OF THE REVIVAL is
TOWARDS A PURER LIFE.

Nearly two thousand men, young and
old, crowded into the Academy of Music
before three o'clock yesterday afternoon
on invitation of the committee in charge
of the big revival Of religion that for the
past two weeks has been in progress in
this city, TO hear the Rev. DR.. J. Wilbur
Chapman make "a Startling Announce
ment7 As is well known. DR.. Chapman
is at the head of the visiting corps Of
eyangelists and Gospel singers who are
holding meetings in all parts of Hudson
County and the State. That religious
interest has been awakened by the eff
| forts OF the evangelists was demonstrate
ed by the crowd that surged into the
Academy at yesterdays meeting for
"men only" and that their efforts have
been fruitful of results was further
shown when in response to an invitation
for all who wished to lead purer and
more Ch1istian-like lives. and who wish
ed the prayers of the evangelists, to
stand up. every man in the vast audi
ence arose. A very large proportion of
these signed cards declaring their inten-
ton to join a church. designating the
churches they desired to join. These
were subsequently distributed among the
pastors of the various churches desig-
mated. Many. of those who signed these
cards and others who intimated that they
wanted special prayers remained to at
tend an after meeting.
Tbs audience was composed of all
classes % men-from the prosperous pro-
fessioEal ana business man down to the
lowliest. Before the meeting was fairly
under way the Rev. DR.. Herr announced
that the committee in charge of the re-
ligious campaign desired a collection to
help defray the incidental expenses of the
campaign, which have been heavy. 1t
was distinctly announced that the money
was not for pay for the wsrk Of the
evangelists. DR.. Herr said he wanted
the men in the audience to average a
dollar apiece in their offerings. The hats
f Az -,el z,r, ,--Lo +,o1- 49,, 4E,<
contained many bills of various denom-
nations.
DR.. Chapman chose his text from the
ninth chapter of Hebrews, twenty-sev-
enth verse: 1T is appointed unto men
once to die, and after that the judg-
ment."
If" said the evangelist. II could
prove to you that before the day. the
week or the year is ended you will face
that judgment there is not a man in this
audience who would turn to business or
pleasure until he settled his future. But
you will meet it. God has said so.
You'll one day stand before the open
books Gods and yours-and you viii
find that God meant what He said when
He proclaimed that the'/wages of sin ID
DEATH The judgment will be person
al one. No one can stand for you. The
deeper down in sin man is the easier
you can reach him with Gods word, but
you cannot do so until he stops and
thinks. That word Judgment has ar
rested the criminal career of many men.
If this word can make men in this audi
ence stop and think, scores in this au-
dience would break with sin. Many men
refuse to join the church and mend their
ways for an alleged canse of mot having
the feeling You can't have the feel
ing until you step out and take Christ
at His own words. You can never be-
come a Christian relying on your own
strength. Some of you say you don't
want to join church because there are SO
many hypocrites in it. You know that
is not 50. admit there are some hypo-
critics in the church, but ask yourselves
# your dear old mothers. to whom re-
ligion was such a great solace and inspi-
ration and other dear relatives and
friends of yours who4were loyal members
of their respective churches. were hgpo-
critics"
Dr. Chapman here told a storyIof an
old hypocrite he had in his own congre-
CATION and contrasted him with two OLD
,and very religious women who sat few
pews behiad him.
You couldn't crowd enough hypocrisy
IN any church that would offset the re,
suit Of the pieiy oe Hose two old women
who had LETT Their religious impress OF
perfectly ssalshv sscRls have pure, ricl