The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-06


 habit Try to change the way you tie your necktie, brush your hair, conduct your business. It is worse to change a habit of sin and I pity the man who tries. Why should I speak to you of specific sins. There is drink. You'd say Why rail at drink; you are not tempted l do think. however, that the greatest thing in America to-day is the giant wave of temperance that is sweeping all over the country tHearly applause interrupted Dr. Chapman at this point) There is the sin Of i'm propriety. I know what lots of you men thought when you read that was going to talk to men. here this afternoon. You thought l was gong to talk smutty. I tell you, you insult a man when you talk smutty' to him. If there is any man within hearing or my voice here to-day who has forgot ten his mother, or forgotten his mar riage vows, God pity him. He has sown the whirlWind."
 Dr. Chapman told of man who had come to him after one of his meetings recently. With the greatest effort the man was able to tell him his story. It was that he had been to house Of III fame and there had seen his sister. The fellow expected me to lay my | hand on him and comfort him." said Dr. Chapman. T didn't. Far from it. God pity the man, say I, who sets up different moral standard for himself than he does for his sister and his wife,
 Right about face, men. All thy sins shall be forgiven thee.' While I live I shall never forget this afternoon. Il feel that the presence of God is man ifest here. feel it is the songs and
 the praying"
 At this point Dr. Chapman made his
 personal appeal to his audience. God was present with them, he said, and
 they should accept him. He asked for a moment of silent prayer and then for a show of hands of those who
 wished the preacher to make a special prayer for them. The hands that went
 up were everywhere all over the house, i Al0tly h uidll WiQ iOohGQ Ao IT AhS 4iah
 never been moved religiously for many years was sincere and earnest. The
 meeting was over at about 4.20.
 Music Feature.
 The soloist of the afternoon was Paul
 J. Gilbert, who goes with Dr. Chap
 man regularly to all his meetings. MT
 Gilbert sang twice. He has bell-likt
 tenor voice of very pleasing quality
 The accompanist was Charles W
 Marsh The chorus leader was Charles
 F. Allen, who has long been associated
 with Dr. Chapman and is one of the
 most experienced men in this line oI
 work Mir. Allen is a tall, lank man
 with long arms, but his physical quail
 ties seem to be of good service to hin
 in leading singing His big, base voic' could be easily heard above everything at the theater and the enthusiastic wal with which he threw himself Into tn, leading inspired fine singing. Governor Woodruff There. Those seen on the platform included : Rev. Francis Brown, Governor Rollir s. woodruff. Rev. Jason Pierce, Rev : Edgar C. Tullar, Rev. w. W. Leet 7 and Rev. William J. Dawson. Tn tn boxes were General F. s. Greeley 7 Judge Henry c. Newton, J. Rice Win
 chell, Dr. A. F. Winchell, Sidney F !. Butler, Clarence B. Damn. General F 5 E. Bradley and John c. North. . There will be another mass meeting for men at Polls next Sunday al whic l Dr. Ostrom will speak.
 : Winchester District. At the first meeting of the Win , chester Avenue district held In tn Summerfeld Methodist church las evening Rev. Daniel S. Toy was tn U speaker. The church was crowded :, and the outlook seemed good for tn district.
 MT, Toy took for his text II King :. vii:s, This day Is t1e day of gooi :. tidings and we hold our peace" Hi ? subject was "The Silent Daughter. , Mir. Toy said the text had referenc :, !, to the lepers outside of the city 0 :. Samaria when the army fled leavini U eevrything behind them. At ono
 
 /, they started to gather up the foo' and the clothing and the money tha 2 had been left. The good tidings re ' ferred to was the good news tha 'i z within easy reach of all the starvin T people in the city there now wa ,, plenty
 U Every Christian is much the sam y as these four lepers. The duty of tn II lepers should have been to carry tn $ good news to the city. Instead o :. that they satisfied themselves. The II gathered up the gold and the silver 2 So there are many Christians who's services are needed that are bus e gathering in money and not carryin the news of salvation to others. T. Dr. Frank Granstaff spoke last ever Il ing at the First Baptist church on "Tf
 Church and It's Mission" He took ft
 his text I Peter ii-9. Dr. Gransta 1t outlined what the evangelical meetins . expect to accomplish in New Have