The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-11-29
Sunday Morning Service At
tracts 1,600, Evening
Service 1880
GREAT INTEREST
ALREADY MANIFEST
cations of Men Arranged for -
Amount of Large Offering Yesterday
to be Stated Tonight.

An audience of 900 or more in the
morning and another of about 1880
in the evening at the tabernacle yes
terday might fairly be said to consti-
tute proof of the great interest which
the people of Brattleboro in general
take in the series of evangehstic meet
ings just begun by DIR. J. Wilbur Chap
man and Charles NJ Alexander. That
audiences of that size should come out
so early in the campaign was a source
of deep qualification and encourage
ment to all interested in the success
of the meetings, and the audiences
themselves were greatly impressed
with the messages of DR.. Chapman and
the music rendered under the direction
of Mr.. Alexander. The large proper
ton of men present, .as shown when
Mr. Alexander asked the men to sing
alone, was an especially encouraging
feature. Notwithstanding the morning
and evening services 500 or more at
tended service in the afternoon,
which was fully as impressive as the
other meetings, and DIR. Chapman said
! that in no place where he and Mr..
/ Alexander had been had there been
manifest a more sympathetic interest
1 than here, and he predicted great and
/ lasting good, not because of him but
through the power of the Holy Spirit.
! At the various services George l..
| Durham, chairman of the finance com
I mittee. announced that the cost of the
campaign, including the building of the
/ Tabernacle, would be between $4,000
and $4,000. He said that it was de-
/ sirable to pay all the bills as quickly
/ as possible, so that the offerings
might cease. He said that the evangel
/ lists came here without stipulation as to
what they should receive, and DR.,
i Chapman interpOsed the remark that
the congregations did not have to give
them anything unless they wished to
I The enthusiasm already manifested
i however, makes it certain that those
attending the meetings will be desir
Gus of compromising them financially.
Il Cards for pledges towards expenses
were distributed yesterday, and the re
Spouse was very generous. Announce
ment of the results will be made a.
|. tonight 5 meeting.
Some important announcements wer,
made Yesterday. One was that after
noon meetings would be held Tuesday
Wednesday and Thursday only, at
o clock. Evening meetings will be hell
every evening except Saturday, at 7.30
Thursday will be day of prayer, whel
the pastors will hold services in sever
al homes. Delegations will attend thi
week. On Wednesday at p. m. o
shortly afterwards DIR. Chapman will
meet the men of the Baptist parishe
here and in West Brattleboro in til
} First Baptist church; the men of tn
= Methodist and Adventist parishes i
the Centre church Friday evening, an
the delegations will march from thei
2 respective churches to the tabernacle
where seats win be reserved for then
, DIR. Chapman S message in the afte1
noon was a plea for a revival. n
! greater blessing could come to cit,
=. he said, than an old-fashioned revivi
a of religion, to conform to the Pentt
: eostal rules and principles. 1t was r,
;. garded by the pastors as the stronges