The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-12-18

When over 1900 persons in town
OF this size come out on a night like
last night to attend a religious service
1t indicates conviction that the SER
vice will be decidedly worth while.
That IS what happened in Brattleboro
last night, although the night was
rainy and the walks were so slippery
that it was necessary to travel in the
roads. The large audience under those
circumstances was a notable tribute to
the Chapman-Alexander party and the
effective work the members have done
In quickening the spiritual life of the
community.
1t was ''home night" service, and
Rev DR.. Chapman in his sermon urged
families to bind themselves closer in
Christ and to affirm their faith in Him
as their personal Saviour. 1t was SER
vice calculated to strengthen home
ties and was one of great impressive
ness, unlike anything ever seen here be-
fore
Mr.. Alexander called for favorite
hymns at the beginning of the song
service, and several hymns that have
been used with good effect were re
quested. The climax of the song ser
vice was in the rendition of No Il in
Alexander s Hymns No. ,, Dwelling
in Beulah Land. Again and again
verses Of this hymn We're sung, each
time with added enthusiasm, until the
tabernacle fairly shook. People simply
could not help being carried along by
its irresistible power.
H..
ton offered prayer and REV. George L.
Tomkinson, chairman, told of a Chap
man Alexander service in the Congre-
gational church in Bellows Falls yes
terday. to which persons came from
that and surrounding places until the
church was crowded. Mr.. Tomkinson
announced the services for SUNDAY.
which are given on the first page of
this paper, and said that the Tuesday
afternoon service for aged persons
would be held in the Home for the
Aged instead of the tabernacle. on ac-
count Of the weather conditions, and
that a service for everybody would be
held in the tabernacle at o'clock.
DR.. Chapman called attention to the
Monday night tabernacle meeting, say
ing that he wished to preach a second
sermon on The objectionable Sin. to
make 1T plain how one may now know
that he or she has not yet been guilty
of that sin.
The text of DR.. Chapman s message
was Proverbs 1871: 1.-The house of the
righteous shall stand He said, in
part: ''NOte the choice of the word
righteous. The promise is not that the
house of the rich shall stand, although
some OF the most sanity persons l ever
knew were rich. 1t is not that the
house of the poor shall stand although
some OF the most beautiful Christian
lives In the world have come from
homes which have felt the pinch of
poverty. Neither is the promise to the
mouse OF the wise, although the world 5
Wlsest men have ordered their lives as
cordlng to the teachings of Jesus. The
remarkable thing about the text is its
all lnelusiveness. The rich. the poor.
the wise and the ignorant may all take |
heart.
. II you will read the Bible Won win
find some beautiful home pictures
there. The man who says the Bible il
not interesting either Doesn't read i
or his heart is not right with God
Take, for example, the home of Abra-
ham, who sits at his tent door when the
tent, because of the people who dwell
IN 1T, IS more to be desired than a pal
ace without contentment. When the
three angels appear and speak to Abra
ham concerning Sarah, his wife, it is in
teresting, is it not, to realize that thew
knew his wife's name, and it is true
that God knows all about the house of