The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-05-04
Revival Meetings Begun Under
Favorable Conditions.
TALK AROUsEs INTEREST.
Dr.. Henry 0strom Announces The
Purpose Of The EvangeIistic
Services; the Chorus.
From Thursdays Daily.

ing under most suspicious circumstan-
ces The weather was mild and beauti-
full, and all nature was at the budding
point. ready to burst into sweet scent
ed bloom. 1t was a good time to in
vite the soul to take on sweeter and
more expansive life. The attendance was
good. The Presbyterian church, where
Evangelist Henry Ostrom conducted the
services. was well filled, and great
choir of some sixty singers occupied
temporary platform which had been con-
structed for the purpose.
John p. Hills, one of the most not
ed evangelistic singers in the country,
had charge of the chorus, besides rem
dering solo himself The musical fea-
ture will be strong, and those who COM
pose the chorus or choir cannot fail to
be benefited by his instruction.
Mr.. Ostrom is young man, full of
enthusiasm, vigor and resolution, and
is an able pulpit orator. He has the
faculty of holding the closest attention
of his hearers, so that not a word shall
escape them The services will begin at
7:45 p. m. except Saturday evenings,
and will last about an hour and half,
and no one will be fatigued. No doubt
the attendance will grow to large pro-
portions as the revivals continue. The
revivalists will be in Mankato two
weeks. and meetings will be held each
evening, and beginning tomorrow SER
vices will also be held afternoons. at
three o'clock Mr.. Ostrom will conduct
those at the Presbyterian church and
Henry w. Slough will conduct those at
the Baptist church and the latter will
also be assisted by singer.
Rev. J. NJ. Brown, who, with other
pastors, occupied the platform, introduc-
ed Mr. Ostrom. The latter said that
he had always found it "A delight to
work in Minnesota. you are a vigor-
Gus people, he said, "active and ener
getic. If you were bad people, you
would be very bad. You have an eX-
cellent future. People are about the
same wonderfully alike in
the great essentials. People are people
ish, and all our cities are full of people
ish people. One can hardly remain in
one of our cities an hour before feel
ing at home. You find the depot, the
postoffice, the churches, the city hall
in all of them, and when you get those
landmarks located you are at home.
''We are here to conduct a revival
for the awakening of the whole city to
an interest in spiritualism. People are
not studiously wicked, but are caught in
the swirl and carried on. We propose
to attract and turn this current to the
churches. The different denominations
will for a time submerge your differ
ences."
Mr. Ostrom said that they had just
come from the capital of Texas, where
is peculiar city, almost Mexican in
character, he said, but the people
thronged to the services, and finally the
business men closed their stores at noon
and with their clerks all attended
church. The stores were also closed ev-
cry evening except Saturday evening
Such an awakening gave great heart to
the church people and the preachers and
it brought them many converts. At
Dallas, Texas, 10000 went to church
one evening.
"Mankato is remarkably well known
over the country" declared Mr.. Ostrom
1T is known as city of homes and
churches and for it's educational insti-
buttons. Therefore let this be made
not an ordinary revival, but an extra
ordinary one"
Mr.. Ostrom referred to the calamites
in the West Hotel in Minneapolis and in
California since his last visit to the
state.
After the musical program, Mr. Os-
from addressed the congregation upon
the revival movement and what it
should be in Mankato, taking for his
text the sixth verse of the S5th psalm,
"Wilt Thou not revive us again, that
our people may rejoice in Thee?"
Mr. Ostrom said that there is kind
of revival that is like taking stimu-
lants into the body-it increases the
heat in the extremities at the expense
of the powers of the body, injuring the
functions of the body. for the result OBJ
tanned. 1t is the religious revival
brought about by temporary religious
excitement. 1t makes man feel good
but consumes his manhood. 1t does not
cause him to pay the grocer's bill more
promptly, or soften his conduct at the
breakfast table, or prevent him from
looking daggers at his wife in the morn
ing. 'May the Lord deliver us from
that kind of revival. We don't need