The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-25

-slWlH tell you eXactly what 10 DO.
If you hear your small brother or
sister come home with this yell, or
perhaps it will be your son or daughter
don't be astonished and with e gasp
ask them where they got it. For it's
ali right. They heard it at the young
peoples meeting at the First Methodist
church Sunday afternoon. It's the yell
which Rev. C. T. Schaeffer. young peo-
pies evangelist, gave them and which
he expects to teach them at the special
meeting which is being held this after
noon at AIS in the First Methodist
church. Mr.. Schaeffer is the advance
representative OF DR.. J. Wilbur Chap
man who will be in charge of u series
of revival meetings which he will in-
augurate in Topeka Thursday. Times
have changed since the Puritans came
over to America in the Mayftower. Re
ligion then was q cold austere affair.
It was to be handled at a distance. You
could scarcely conceive of an early Puri-
tan strolling down the street and chant
ing out this yell. 1t would have been
as much as his life was worth to try IT..
Times have changed and so has relis-
ion. People accept these innovations
passiVeiy. nowadays or at the most with
questioning look and the uplift OF an
eyebrow.
About 500 young folks from Is down to
the little IOL OF Tour anu i've WCiN eOt~A
few things about singing. Mr.. Schaef-
fer believes in vim, especially in sing
ing He has an abundance OF it him.
self and he tried to instil some INTO the
singing of the 500 who listened TO MS
words of announcement Sunday after
noon as they essayed to sing. open
your mouth said ne. lining out
hymn. 81 can't get at your hearts unless
you open up your hearts.
Let a little sunshine in. let little
in, oil the 6aTk6ne6 Win
dows, open wide the door, let httle
sunshine in sang the sweet voices OF
the children. -
it quickly. Let the door swing open and
let the sunshine search every corner
Now hold on to that door and keep 1t
open and don't sing the next WORD I'M
til YOU see my hand drop, said the
evangelist. The instruction was cure
fully observed.
some of you are not singing" he
continued. IF you can't sing you must
be tongue-tied. Everyone except a
tongue-tied person can sing But II
you're tongue-tied you can clap your
hands. that's singing in a way. So real
ly, unless you're gtoneus-tied ana para para
lyzed you can sing we II excuse yOu
If YOU are both tongue-tied and paralyz-
ed
with a word of encouragement here
and little urging there the audience
was made to respond until they surprls-
ken a stone donkey to refuse after all
the efforts which Mr.. Schaeffer put
forth. The girlish sopranos mingled with
the deeper tones of the boys and song
after song was sung. Then with this
preface the evangelist made an illustra-
Ted talk on Habits" He secured one
of the boys in the audience to assist him
threads and then finally with larger
cords and finally rope and later chain
he endeavored to show the powerful
binding power which habits have after
they are once in the aseendaney. The
boy could with ease break the threads
but the rope and chain mastered him.
That's just the way with habits said
MIR. Sehaeffer. THE first cigarette that
YOU smoke the first lie that you tell,
are these threads but If you continue
they will become just like this rope and
this chain and you will be powerless to
shake them off Christ, however, can
strike them off, quicker than 1 can tell
you about it.
al want all of you to attend these
meetings in the afternoon here this
coming week. And I want to have
you bring somebody with you. On
Monday afternoon I am going to talk
on the Cup of Life, Tuesday after
noon on the fWordless Book, and on
Wednesday on Kites am going
to have the biggest kite that you ever
saw here, I am going to make kite,
too. To the boy that brings the larg-
est number of boys with him I am
going to give a kite. Would you
girls like a kite?"
There was a very emphatic mo-
from the girls.
ION Thursday" continued the
speaker, II am going to talk on