The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-01-20
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There have been a numhty o
&yausplsSU,c HpvGnls held IN Mltcn
ell iu3su. past years, which naN
teeu Arcade, a4tG more or less sue
cess. hut we pount il the cdSe pa!
ever heeu this i series OF meeting.
was stated on tne same masnitud,
as thoss u%e2tnning at the city hai
Sunday cveutNa. The lower floor o
the auditorium Nas ii led and there
were bu. few cnpS seas in the gal.
sery, the crowd being estimated al
1000 people.
On the platform With the minis
teIs of the city and the speaker Vas &
chorus choir OF SIXTY voices, which
was lead ny Mrs. G. L. Halphide at
the organ and Prof. Barry on the
violin and Prof. Ramer with his
eornet Sufficient hymn books were
passed through the audience so that
the Singing NY the choif and the
congte4,tto IN WAS an inspiring fca-
ture. Rev. Mi Giblett made the
opening announcement of the meet
inps, setting forth briefly the man.
ncr in which they have been started
and the method be desired TO adopt
70 rect the expenses. which he said
would he about Sl50 for the series,
and winch sum he hoped to raise by
-nIlapt spl. out.l njnhl pyl parr ,pn-o
affered b7 Rey. WILKINSON and Rev.
Bowdist,
Dr.. Thomas Nicholson, although
ayerburdened with work at the Uni-
4ersity, has kindly consented to de-
liver Ih. address during the two
weeks tisat the meetings are to be
conducted. and white he was ereatly
pleased with the inception OF The
seleicf,, he Thought that there WAS
IN pleueat II DANGER at the start.
He fcaief that the choir, preachers,
the crowds, etc might possibly be
che features to attract the people
and they thus lose sight OF the plo-
aOAIiN oDICtl VI Alit ilCCIluSS. NE
said ne wanted to good Christians to
gel down on their knees ana pray for
ahe conversion Of their friends and
everybody make it a point TO select
somebody OF whom to concentrate
their efforts,
uyopening his address Dr.. Mich
.%lcot, tfit,n,t,a,Cl ,l,,t 80 aa,t1
Tuesday. Thursday and Saturday at
3 O'Clock he would give a bible lee
ture at the Congregational church,
and that on Wednesday and Friday
a social hour would be held at each
of the churches, and ne didn't want
the members OF each church to feel
that they had to 90 to their own
church, but to attend the nearest
one to their home.
DIR. Nicholson in his address spoke
of the unanimity OF purpose i'm the
hearts OF the pastors for these meet
lngS and he was PROUD an glad of the
cordial relations which existed among
these gentlemen, DR.. NicholSon'S
address was a strong one, and vas in
the nature OF a PREPARATORY talk Tor
What is to follow. He laid special
eniphasts On the man who shirts.
quoting the case of Meraz from the
scriptures as an instance TO apply to
the Situation which might become
manifest in Jul midst He didn't
want the people To sit quietly by. Us
did Meraz, l0ld their arms and say
Shat there were in sympathy with
the movement. bat could give no aid.
Win the Christian people shirking
in these rcyivals he felt that little
good could come lrom them and he
urged them with sttong emphasis
and vita his heart full of feeling TO
arouse themselves aud DO the work
that is in hand. He held that the
Micress Of the meetings did not de
pend 81 much upon his individual
efforts in speaking from the platform
as by what the Christians in the
Congregation did.
AT the close of his address Or.
Nicholson gave the people an oppor-
asnity to come forward or stand up
sor prayers. seven persons wont tor
ward and kneeled while TWENTY-FIVE
stool Up for PRAYERS. The after
meetin- Ilaat WAS held was attended
by at least two-thirds OF the audi
ence.
The meetings will continue every
for the succeeding two weeks,
with the exception of Saturday night.