The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-11-20
TO DEDICATE
TABERNACLE.
Public Service to Be Con-
Quoted There at 7.3O
Monday Night
RALLY TOMORROW
IN BAPTIST CHURCH
Large Attendance at Preparatory Meet
lngs = Rev. MIR. Evarts to Leave
Wednesday = The West Brattleboro
Churches Unite Tomorrow.

SuuICuCS Unite tomorrow.
Preparatory work for the coming of
the evangelists Chapman and Alexan-
der has progressed finely this week.
and it is noticeable that among the
large audiences have been many who
have attended all the meetings through
the week. In spite of the storm last
night the. service in the Conerega-
tional chapel, conducted by Rev.
Charles l.. Evarts, the advance worker.
was attended by so many that it was
necessary to open the double doors
into the parlor. Rev. Mr.. Evarts gave
a fine talk on The Power of the Holt
Spirit. Rev. r. NJ. Houghton, pastor.
spoke highly of the service which has
been rendered by DIR. Evarts.
Tomorrow morning the West Brattle-
boro Baptist and Congregational
churches will unite in the Congrega-
tlonal church in that village and will
be addressed by DR.. Evarts.
In the afternoon tomorrow, under
the direction of the visiting committee.
the occupants OF every house viii be
invited to attend the coming meetings.
In the evening at 1.30 there will be q
big rally service in the First Baptist
church, at which DR. Evarts will speak,
opening with a half-h hour song service.
Previous to the meeting, at 7.l5. DR..
EVarts wishes to meet in the Baptist
chapel all who have promised to sing.
and after the service, at $50, he and
Or. W. X. Moves want to meet all who
are to serve as ushers during the cam
paign.
The tabernacle will be dedicated
Monday evening at 80. The public is
invited and DR.. Eyarts urges all the
ushers, personal workers and singers
to be present to receive instructions.
On Tuesday afternoon conservation
service viii be held in the Baptist
chapel at , o clock. That evening DR..
EVarts will conduct a service in the
congregational church, which will be
the last service before the arrival of
Dr. Chapman and Dr. Alexander. He
VIII go home Wednesday to stav over
Thanksgiving, returning Friday to be
with the evangeists over Sunday. The
evangehsts also will come Friday.
One of the striking characteristics
OF the Chapman Alexander meetings is
the large attendance of men. Not in
frequently half the audience is made
up Of men. y report of meetings held
2y these revivalIsts in Australia said
!mong other things: '.On Monday the
assembly was almost familiar-so CON
aStently have the attenaances been
maintained and the same men gone
there. In the dress circle was Il sprink-
ing OF lawyers. Some of them sang
ftom the red book. On the floor We're
heads Ct important firms: most of tnem
seemed to know the hymns too. Alto
gether It was q magnificent concentra-
lon of busy men, from indifferentlv
.lothed artisans to the aristccracv of
white shirts and cuffs. What draws
them? This does. The rightdown sin
Gritty Of the men behind the mission
md the plain fascination of their meth
DDS. They dc not seek notoriety by ap-
2eahng whimsicalitv of tactics, n
flourish of rhetoric, or pulpit gymnas
tics. They do not stand on a pedestal
spiritual superiority, and look down
With infinite pity at the mob Thev
anX up in the crowd, become units of
t, and fling comments and advice to
themselves rs well as you.
Mr.. Alexander cannot help smiling
and letting happy sentences slip off
his tongue. His is a personality of
oyerfiowing eXuberanee, and it must
have an outlet. Any blame there? Sure
" not! Those arms do not wave or that
body sway cut of pure effect. The man
IS filled with the simple, unaffected
| joy OF leading a crowd in singing gos-
Del hymns The tactics are perfectly
legitimate, just because they are per-
teetly natural acting in obedience to
nature which is music itself