The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-15
Christian Church Bible Work
ers Parade Today.
March From State House to the
Auditorium.
CARRY MANY BANNERS
Procession One and a Half Miles
in Length.
Kansas Avenue Lined With
Thousands of Spectators.

The most spectacular feature of the
New Century" convention of the
Christian church was at 1:45 o'clock
this afternoon, when calvacade OF
1850 Christian Bible school workers.
to the time of lively religious airs,
and singing songs of praise, began to
move from the state house grounds in
a round about march to the Audi
torium.
The procession was a mile long and
as the Christians marched down Kan
sas avenue this thoroughfare was lined
with thousands of onlookers. Varius
were the notices and banners carried
by the paraders.
The parade was headed by sixteen
mem bers of the local police force in
charge of Day Sergeant Summers
d. P. Gribben, chief marshal fol-
lowed.
Then the order of march was: Mar
shaIIs band; the Topeka contingent OF
Bible workers, led by the Loyal sons
Bible class of the First CHRISTIAN
church: Governor w. r. Stubs; a
body of so guides who took the dele
gates to their quarters; Knights and
Ladies of Security band, and the con-
tingents from Topeka, Illinois, Ken
lucky 1HQldDd, NAlN1A1GeaAAf INV
Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Iowa,
Colorado, Nebraska, Dakotas, Wis
consin. Arkansas. Kansas, Miscellan-
eous, Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Kan
sas City.
The line of march was as follows:
On Tenth avenue east to Kansas ave
nue.. north on Kansas avenue to sixth
avenue west on Sixth avenue to To-
peka avenue, south on Topeka ave
nue. to Seventh street, east on Sew
enth street to Harrison street south
on Harrison street to Eighth street.
through state house grounds and
Eighth street to Quincy street to
on the north steps of the state house
as the parade passed on the way to
the Auditorium hundreds OF women
were stationed. They cheered as the
men went by.
Some of the notices carried by the
Bible students were:
"Stubbs of Kansas"
'If you can't beat us join us"
1.-THE boy is father of the man."
"a divine Christ or no Savior"
1.-THE whole Bible to the World is our
whole story"
After reaching the Auditorium, Gov
ernor Stubs gave a talk on Good
Citizenship"
Temperance, Education, Evangelism.
The Auditorium meeting this morn
ing was given over to the advocates Of
temperance, education and evan gelism.
r. H. Horsefield, president of Tran
sylvania university, Lexington, KY,
made a plea for the church institutions
of higher education.
Memo B. Ainsworth of Franklin.
Ind, presided over the session of the
American Temperance board and re-
ported progress.
Homer ]. Hall, secretary of the or
ganization, reported in part as follows:
THE work that your temperance
board has done in the past year is
small compared to what needs to be
done. We have made encouraging
progress, however, over the work done
in the previous year.
Receipts for the year were 81
1886, the amount having been paid
out being $2,441.2O, leaving balance
of S4.76.
I'VE need a higher grade of tenn
perance literature.
1T should be more accurate. more
scientific, more optimistic, more mod
ern, and better written.
LAS our constitution clearly sets
forth, the object of our temperance
board is to do an educational temper
ance work in and through the church,
and to cooperate with other church
temperance committees, societies and
agencies, for the prosecution of the
liquor habit and the destruction of the
liquor traffic"
Members of the American Temper
ance board who were chosen to sue
coed themselves were: M. L. Reeves,
Columbus, Ind, j. Boyd Jones. Ander-
son, Ind, A. L. circuit, Indianapolis,
Ind. Dr. H. ]. Hall, Franklin, Ind.
The addresses were not made in
schedule time and thus the evange1is-
tic period was cut short. The short
addresses given were as follows:
'Evangelistic Agency w. J. Lock-
hart. Des Moines. Iowa; after the
Meeting, WHAT" Davis z. Olson, Eu-
gene. Ore, 1.-THE Care of the Converts, .
Rufus FinnelI, Wheeling, West Va;
'Our Pastors and Union Meetings, -
Thomas L. Cooksley, Bethany Ne
braska; discussion, H. E. White.