Omaha daily bee., 1910-12-18
HORAL REVIVAL IN CHICAGO
Chapman and Alexander. Evaugslizts,
Do the Heavy Work.
HAD BIG sTATF OF ASSISTANTS
Anuii-sn bishop - Liverpoal sees
Danger o. Chrfst's Cau.e In spirit
81 Bttterne.- Abroad IN
ourchea.
ET n V FRANc1s.

NEW YORK Dee 17.-tspecial 20 Ths
Pee In the rush q other news little
attention has been paid % the great re-
vival movement Just closed In Chicago.
but according % reports which reach ne
q EplendA work has been done In the
VI estsrn metropolis which seems bound 10
result In the cleaning q the moral al
roEphere there. And @ nay be sad
IN passing that the moral atmosphere Of
Chicago can stand a good dsal q clean
inE without hurtinK q any. d. wilbur
Chapman and NJ Alexander the singing
eranEslist. have conducted the main meet
irrH with great success. but there have
been over eighty evanEeiiEtE. singers and
sIeeiAi workers enEAEed In carrying on
other meetings ard A-hed lines q activity.
Every class has beer ministersd to-the
u1en- the women children and Young peo-
pie. shop and factory workmsn. police
ana dremen. attendanfn and actors AZ the
theztsr. dwelaE In TIE Sums aad q VI
ciouE resorts and people e whom Tssra-
merits have been Eiven- Even the Chinese
have had the GOSPEL preached 20 them in
thei- Own tongus-
Group mestiuEs have been held In the
Suburbs and in tire wealthisEt nsighbor-
hoods - vel a. IN the districts populated
~ TIE poorest and NEST ignorant for
eiEnern
one fa-tor q present and future value.
in which the laymen+H svanEeliEtfc ooun-
al rave co-opsrHted with the international
Sunday school Association. va the heme
visitation movement hy which q canvass
- made o. Chicago and suburbs and the
record secured o. church artendAnce and
church preferences. This vas Chicago 8
first experiences in such an undertaking
and the result has BEEN astcnishlnE Five
hundred and sixty thousand families we're
visited and the recorG mass Of Asa. aof
individuals. OF this number % &c people
stated that they we're members Of soms
church. but we're not identified with any
church in Chicago or SUBURBS. The hunt
tag - % thsse lapsed or indifferent
Christians IL one q the essential features
OF this svangeliErie campaign. Many
churches already report large accsssionl
70 thsir ueinbsrship.
Christian Clarity Needed.
The bishop Of Liverpool sad the Pan
Anglican conference and Lambeth Eynot
were eliminating proofs o. the natsria.
power Of the ARHlieaa church. Yet thes
we're expressed with . sense % failure. 20,
side ~ side with material prosperity Tiers
vas a lack Of men for the wurk hat
empty churchss and a deficiency o.
funds. Much was said about holiness. buf
we're church people. today. really NOR
Chr4Etlfks than their fursfAthsrs flft.
years ago9 The church failed because 4
cid not honor the spirit and Sid not submit
20 His wiz and g1Iidance. Why must thsii
coctr1nG differences awaken within theii
hearts such a spirit Of bitterness and dis
cnrdf why must they dip tAs1r pens u
Eal TO write 70 so-cAllsd religious aews
papers cruel exaggerated and Bometinsa
inaccurate lsttsrH, eondemning those VIII
differed from then7 God could never AZ,
the church e do His work Until tbs splr1
Of love prevailed among than IN a tal