The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-19
PAY FOR The LOTS
Auditorium Mass Meeting Gave
$l,342 to Salvation Army.
Almost Enough to Buy Land 70 7
Proposed Home.
SUCCESS IS ASSURED.
Memorial Building Will Be
Erected to Mother Florence.
F. d. COburn Presided Over
Audience of 1000 People.
SUCCESS IS ASSURED.

The mass meeting held at the Audi
forum last night was a complete sue
cess; an audience of about 2, 900 heard
the speakers and the music, and then
donated cash to the amount of $1S6,
and promises amounting to $1,156
more-almoSt enough to pay the re-
naming $500 on the Salvation army
lots at Fifth and Quincy streets, where
the Mother Florence memorial build
ing viii be erected The generous do
nations last night assures the success
of the good work undertaken by En-
sign Omann, and his little band of SAL
walton soldiers.
Before the meeting was called to
order last night, w. F. Roehr gave an
excellent pipe organ recital of several
selections, but the music, after the
meeting was opened, was all furnished
by the Salvation army singers. accom-
panied by the musical instruments used
in their street work.
There are more accomplished must
clans, and more polished speakers out
side of the army, but no greater depth
of convincing sincerity than a true
Salvationist shows in his chosen line of
work Simple, straightforward and
earnest, they carry conviction with
their words and with their music The
spell of their sincerity and honesty
| touched the thousands who heard them
last night, and when a musician mad
vertently fiatted a note. or speaker
split an infnitiVe, the thick layer Of
good intention covered the break. Such
breaks, however, were infrequent.
Secretary F. D. Coburn, who acted
as chairman of the meeting, spoke
briefly concerning the good works OF
the Salvation army, and laudable pur-
pose of the mass meeting.
mo one who has been a resident Of
Topeka during the past decade needs
to be told of Mother Florence and her
good works The object OF this meeting
is to raise funds for the erection of a
Salvation army home in her name, and
o
Interested
Adjutant and Mrs. Thomson of St
Joseph, Mo, then sang a duet, to the
accompaniment Of a guitar played by
lowed by solos by Captain Storey OF
Omaha and Adjutant Traub OF chi
cago.
First Christian church, and president
Of the Ministerial union, then address
ed the meeting in his characteristic
manner which has made him famous
in Topeka as the man who can preach
a strong sermon and at the same time
give his hearers the impression that
thew have listened to a personal argu-
ment in favor of right and deceney IN
stead of an 9mpersonal resume fof the
scriptures.
G. K. Holiday, president of the
Commercial club, was called out for
speech. and said that he would under
take a lay sermon, taking as his text,
Nebuchadnezzer cream Oh tHe l.tloSC
with feet of clay. With the aid of
two sheets of manuscript and his
glasses, Mr.. Holiday made grand
success Of the undertaking, although
an infant in the audience ran him a
close second in the race for attention.
Mr.. Holiday made few excava-
tions among the debris of ancient
history, thence drifting gracefully into
slam at the trusts and modern po-
liticaI intriguers, and closed fair and
warmer with a prophecy, along the
clay-footed image lines that the Su-
preme Ruler would trim this giddy
old world and make it a better abid-
ing place for the sons Of man.
Col. Charles Miles, OF Chicago, was
the principal speaker of the evening.
and his simple eloquence and air of
honest conviction was the impetus
which started the subscriptions to the
memorial fund.
He took as a text, the plant of Da-