The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-06
DIR. osTRoM TO WOMEN.
Speaks at United Church on "Ihe
 Touch That Cured"

The evangelistic meeting for women in conection with the Chapman cam paign was held at the United church yesterday afternoon at 3 o'clock sl- multaneously with the meeting Tor men in Polls theater, where pr Chapman himself spoke. The preach CT was Rev Dr. Henry Ostrom, who has long been associated with the Chapman movement, though not Tor the last few weeks, since the work CTS were in Winnepeg.
 The church was we'll filled with ladies and Dr. Ostrom, who has made such a decided success in this line of the work, preached an appealing ser mon. Not for a long time has New Haven seen so large an audience gathered together solely of women for religious purposes. It was evi- dent that the Chapman movement had taken hold of them effectively at its very beginning.
 Dr, Ostrom is speaker whose greatest force perhaps lies in his voice and manner. His un- derstanding of the tender bonds of the heart that bind together the fam l fly. his love of children, and his love of nature had shown themselves be- fore he had proceeded very far These characteristics make him particu- larly we'll fitted leader for women's meeting.
 He is mN of slight build; his 1 face is clean shaven and rather deep- l ly scanned His hair he wears long and parted low on the side so that 1t There was little evidence in his ser mon of any appeal to the emotions. It was rather a straightforward ap- peal to the intellect.
 Enthusiasm Aroused.
 During the course of the service Dr, Ostrom called for show of hands of all those who were deeply concerned for the religious wellbeing of some personal friend or relative, The rk. Il sponse was amazing. Fully two thirds of the ladies present put ur .i their hands Dr Ostrom, wher speaking of It afterwards, said he hat never seen anything like it. He saic at the time that he hoped none woult put up their hands solely with thu object of helping along the enthus II iasna. but many more hands went ul after that. Just before the conclusion of the servica according to
 eral method of the Chapmanites cards were passed for all to sign wh, wish to signify their intention of join ing the church. The number signel was large, though 1t Mls Dn Chap mans wish that it never be givel out
 Dr. ostrom took for his text tn
 story of the woman who touched tn hem of Christ's robe, Al senses,
 he said, "are reducnle to the sense 0 touch, Thus sight is the effect of tn
 touch of light on the eye: hearing o
 air waves on the ear; and so on
 The characteristic of the human na
 ture is to reach out; the character o
 the divine nature is to bestow, T
 get from outreaching to hestowing
 the secret of success. pr. Ostrom tol very touching story of Commando
 Eva Booth of the Salvation Army wh did a great part of the work of dis
 trihuting the gifts of the army a Christmas time recently. She coul
 not have come 10 such a bestowing she had not been touched by the spiri
 of Jesus Christ" said he. It is tn
 unconscious overflow of character tha
 she showed You may go into on home, but when you have left it yo
 will be conscious of having been rohbe of something though you nave nc
 been touched. You may go into an
 other home and when you leave yo : will be conscious of taking ava v riches with you. It is the uneonsciou . overflow of character of those in tn
 latter home that has benefited you. NJ y mother had it when was boy" Speaks of Mother.
 Dr. Ostrom told very feelingly of hi mother, now ss years old, who, whe ! he was a boy used to go about his ol home singing merrily. "The Lord is m shepherd I shall not wantg' To loo into her face showed that she ha something to give, an uneonsciou overflow.
 That this woman in the lesson wh touched Christ's garment received tn overflow of help from Christ is show in that He turned and said, 'Wh touched me? I perceive that somethin has gone forth from me All that st got from Him you may get. The dif l. ference between man and God is nc , one of distance but one of character At this meeting John P. Hills, wh e has spent years in this sort of wor with Dr. Ostrom, led the singing an sang the solo work, Pauline Glidde :. Chapman. the cornetist who for man