The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-16
THOUSANDS .BADE
THEM GOD SPEED
DIR. CHAPMAN AND HIS EvANGE-
LISTS 90 EAST.
Great Throngs Attend the Final Meet
ings., Which Are Marked by Unsur-
passed Feeling The Work Begun by
the Visiting Evangelists to Be Con-
tinued by Individual Churches.

With an affecting farewell at the
Great Western station last night, when
DR.. Chapman and his evangelists left
the city, the great religious revival
cerned. Future work is left to the in
dividual churches and the young peo-
pie g societies.
Hundreds of persons took advantage
of special street railway service offered
and took cars to the Great Western
ings were dismissed. Singing "The
Kings Business" the "Glory' song
and other campaign hymns, the crowds
cheered the evangelists on their start
for Jersey. As the train pulled out,
wet-eyed, enthusiastic converts and
friends waved farewell with hats and
handkerchiefs to the band of religious
till we meet again.
The evangelists have left behind hun
dreds of converts. as the result Of their
labors during seventeen days, and thou
sands of persons who have been awak-
ened to higher sensibility Of the re-
sponsibilities Of life. They have pre-
pared the way for what is expected to
in the manner of living and Of renewed
church effort and enlarged church mem
bership.
All Meetings Crowded.
AS was expected, the final meetings
last night were crowded. in each dis
trict and overflow meetings were re-
quired to take care Of the hundreds
turned away from the doors for lack
Of space. Especially in the downtown
districts was the. interest in the clos
ing meetings noticeable. Long before
the doors were opened, the entrances
! were black with people waiting quietly
| for opportunity to get inside.
Several of the speakers Of the eve
ming alluded to comments on the cost
| of the religious campaign and the un-
founded stories of the large sums which
services. It was made clear that the
| evangelists received no specified salary,
| but were dependent on the free-will
| offerings made on stated occasions. This
money was passed thru the hands OF
committees selected by the evangelists,
and no secrecy prevailed as TO tne
amount Of the offerings.
lection for him was over certain
amount, fixed by a committee as suit
| able to sustain his family in the way
it should be done, the remainder was
sent to help poor and weak churches.
"And so,' he said, ''if you should
hear or read that the sum given to me
in this city is a fabulous one, and some
not we'll off in this worlds goods, why,
then, do not think Of me using. it to
maintain myself or my family In ex'
travagant luxury.' :.
A feature of the district meetings
was the reference in each pulpit tc
The Journals splendid spe
cial review Of the meetings, with the
and mail copies to friends, who would
be interested in the resume DR.. Os
from said that he believed it was much
better and more effective to distribute
copies Of a newspaper containing gos
pei news than regular tracts. Thou
| sands Of copies were sold at the after
noon and the evening MEETINGS.
A Notable Finale.
The final meetings were memorable
ones. They did not partake Of the ma
seized by the evangelists as the las,
opportunity to urge the acceptance Of
Christ. In many cases the formal ad
dress was abandoned and the speaker
conversed with his people. The evan
gelists alluded in very kindly way
to everyone who had assisted in the
work, to the churches which had 81
freely given up their buildings, ant
to the press, which had made as goot
iepoIto DIS Aau n0SA A0ooAV0" Ill '
city.
DIR. Chapman's g sermon at Westmin
} ster church was on the subject, al
most Persuaded.'
"This has been a marvellous revival, J
said he. "I have been working alon,
these lines for over ten years, but
don't believe I have ever witnesse
such work as we have seen in thes
two cities, Minneapolis and st. Pau
l There has been a wonderful spirit o
t God abroad which has escaped neithe
, Catholic nor Protestant, Jew nor gen
e tile, and from no source, however muc
!, they may have differed from me an
e my methods, have heard harsh crit
y icism.''
h Ministers of the district were aske
to say few words each. Mr.. Butle
and Miss Chapman sang; and with thre
thunderous cheers, proposed by som
one in the audience, the meeting wa
brought to close.
DR.. Ostrom Closes.
With remarkable simplicity of NAL
o ner and with sweetness that brougl
d tears to the eye, DR.. Ostrom talked
It a conversational voice to those. wi
Q were at the First Baptist church an
l. at the overflow meeting in the HEM
pin Avenue Methodist church. The il
q tangible presence, which DR.: Chapma
d has described as "Jesus of Nazaret
l. passing by,' seemed to hold the peop
a in speil, as the simple stories, al
} the short revelation Of his innermo
e. soul, was made by the speaker. AS
e. other churches, scores went forward
L. shake hands as the evangelist and h
le singer, John P. Hills, were forced
hurry to the railway station. Of Il
church DR.. Ostrom said: 80
ts "If you happen to see defects in tt
Y. visible church, just bear in mind tn
the church is not completed. You net
not wonder that there are defects
an institution that lis not done, al
more than there are defects in an u
T. finished house. Before you criticize tt
:. church, wait until it is finished in tt
grace of God. Then there will be
IN need of your criticisms.
e. e. RESULTS THRU UNITY