The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-08-22
NORTH SIDE NEWS.
Peculiar Worship of Pentecostal
People.
Hold Hands High and Rigid in
Air at Services.
AT GARFIELD PARK.
Religious Sect Holding Annual
Convention There.
Other Items Of Interest in the
First Ward.

SO shout the members of the Pente-
costal convention which is holding its
annual convention in the casino at
Garfield park this week. The delegates
to the assembly are said to include
those from Colorado, Texas. Oklahoma
and Kansas. Several tents have been
erected in the park for their accommo-
dalton. The sect seems to be much
like the Free Methodists and the wor-
ship Is even more demonstrative.
The exercises are held every morn
ing, afternoon and evening. At last
nights meeting the seats in the casino
were fairly well filled with the Pente-
costal people. and others while outside
of the building lines Of people stood
and looked and listened. Probably it
was for the benefit of the curious that
one of the speakers in the casino
shouted:
There are three .konds of people who
attend our meetings: Those who como
for the good they can get out Of it;
those who come to see, out of idle
curiosity, and those who come to be
seen. Each of these will get what he is
will receive power''-here the speaker
was interrupted with ordinations of
confirmation from the worshipers-
those who come to see will see some
LHluk lOT lHC 1<OIQ 1iciS SdlO (hdI LIS
people shall be a peculiar people and
we are a peculiar people, and those
who come to see will see peculiar
things and those who came to be seen
will be SEEN"
While he was speaking and also
through most of the service one wo-
man, half reclining, kept her hand
raised rigid in the air. Another, knelt
for nearly half an hour with closed
eyes. Others would raise their hands
| 4e4ex ar1d IN
twitching. From all sides would come
the cries of victory, victory, victor
ree'' and THE power of the Name,
Oh-Oh-the power of the name.
Frequently one of the congregation
would start to pray IN hlgn pltcne9
voice Then another would join in and
again another, each petitioner raising
his voice higher and higher as his
fervor increased, and this, mingled
with the singing of the choir accom-
panied by an organ and the notes or
the K. p band which plays at the
park every Sunday evening, produced
an effect odd to say the least. 1t is
said that at some of the evenings sew
eral. of the congregation work tnen-
selves into a sort of trance and lie on
the ground motionless LOT an n no 1l "
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The friends and neighbors OF F. M.
Ward held their annual party or picnic
on the lawn of his house in Shorey all
day Sunday The affair Is always en-
ioved bv those who attend and is look
ed forward to as one of the events OF
the wear, as the Wards prove them-
selves good hosts. Those present
We're. Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Davies. Mr..
and Mrs. w P. Davies, MI and Mrs:
Chas. Stewart Mr.. and Mrs. David
AmeIl, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Amed, mrs
SADIE Ward, Miss Maude Ward, MISS
Grace Ward. Mr.. p w Reachs MISS
Jessie Riech. Miss Lille Davies. Miss
Ruby Davies, Mr.. John Davies, Miss
Mabel Amell Mr.. and Mrs. F. M
Ward. Miss Frances Ward, Mr.. Dem
men Ward, Miss Ruth Ward and Mr.
P. w. Ward.
surprise was given for Fred
whitehead Saturday night at his home
14I4 North Quincy street, in honor OF
his seventeenth birthday anniversary.
Seventeen girls and seventeen boys OF
his own age were invited. Piano Sc
lections were rendered by Lenore
Scriyner, Miss Blanche Jones, Miss
Letha Thomas of Topeka and Miss
Tressie Classify and Vera Puderbaugh
of Osawkie. Miss Helen Wellman sang.
Little Margaret Kellar, Lucille and
Maudine Maze presided at the punch
bowl
Those who helped in serving the re-
freshments later were Miss Marian
Withers, Ralph Kellar. Glenn Kfstler
and Walter Whitehead. Fred received
MANY nice presents. Those pres
emf were: Miss Minnie Nystrom.
Miss Maurine McDaniels, Miss Tressie
WeIlman. Miss Letha Thomas, Miss
|Lenore Scrivner, Miss Pearl Shelts,
Miss Pearl Head, Miss Florence Com
stalk, Miss Bessie Willis, Miss Hazel
Boast. Miss Gertrude Thompson, Miss
Vera Maze, Mr.. Roy Palmer, Mr.. Mar
tin Nystrom. Mr.. Luther Barber. Mr.
Willie Roehrig, Mr.. Paul Parrish. Mr..
paul Cooper, Mr.. Ned Kellar, Mr.. Geo.
Roehrig, Mr.. Willie Ravens, Mr.. Guy
Offield. Mr. Guy Scrivner, Mr.. Ralph
Lyons, Mr.. Leonard Hanaway, Mr..
Guile Ray, Mr.. Floyd Whitehead.