The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-12-03
NOW IS DAY
OF SALVATION
DR.. Chapman breaches Espec-
tally Impressive Sermon
in Tabernacle
NEW HYMNS TRIED
LAST EVENING
Large Delegation of Methodist and Ad-
ventist Men Congregational Men
Tonight-Ministers in Radius of so
Miles Invited for Monday.

Behold, now is the accepted time;
behold, now is the day of salvation. >
From this text, II Corinthians 6:2, Rev
DR.. Chapman preached in the taber-
nacle last evening a sermon that pro-
foundly impressed the large eongrega-
ton which had gathered III spite of the
unfavorable walking. The sermon was
a fervent plea uttered from the heart
of a deeply spiritual man not to delay
or neglect one's spiritual duty toward
his neighbor.
DR.. Chapman spoke again of the eff
feet upon him of the exceptional still
ness which prevails in the tabernacle
at these meetings. it is not his pur-
pose to appeal to one S emotional ma
ture, in fact he seeks to avoid that,
but his audiences here are so manifest
~ in harmony with him that his own
sympathetic nature frequently responds
with a tear, though many do not see
it.
1t was announced last evening that
invitations had been sent by pastors
of various denominations to the minis
ters within a radius of so miles or
more from Brattleboro to attend the
services Monday, when the local peo-
pie will be asked to entertain them
over night, and DR.. Chapman said that
his theme that night would be The I'm
pardonable Sin. 1t was announced
that services would be held in the va
rious churches as usual Sunday morn
ing, and all were urged to come early
Sunday night, when q large crowd is
expected.
\ large delegation OF men from the
Methodist and Adventist churches at
tended last evening. Tonight the men
of the Congregational parishes of the
town will attend, aftet meeting Dr.
Chapman in the Centre church chapel
at o clock, leaving the chapel at
7.25. Men of other parishes who have
not found it convenient to attend are
invited to join the delegation tonight
Some new hymns were sung last
night under the direction of Mr. Alex
ander, each being a sermon III itself
Mr.. Alexander has a sunshine choir
of boys and girls, the boys on the
south side of the tabernacle, near the
platform, and the girls on the north
side. At first he had the Sunshine choir
sing No. -, l Am Coming Home, which
is a favorite with the congregations
Then boy sang it alone and was pre-.
scented a hymn book by Rev. r. NJ
Houghton. Mr.. Brown. the soloist
sang the chorus of Tell Somebody
which was a new song, but pleasing
The boys and girls and some of the
older ones tried it before the congre
cation was asked to sing it. Another
new one was The Old-Time Fire, sung
respectively by Mr.. Brown, Rev T. w
Owens, the choir, the Baptists, and sc
on. 1t had good swing and wa.
much enjoyed.
After announcing his text DR.. Chap
man said, in part:
This text of mine comes to us will
two great lessons. The first is thai
salvation has been provided by the sac
rifice of our Lord, salvation being al
inclusive word which gathers up in it
self justification, redemption, propitia
ton. and forgiveness, and all this com
bined equals salvation. Surely this i:
the day of salvation in this city.
1.-The second lesson is that there ar,
times specially favored for the pre-
sentation Of the claims of salvation
This is one of them. Behold, now i
the accepted time
'EThe introduction to the text i
great. In the last two verses of tn
fifth chapter of Second Corinthians VI
are described as ambassadors for Christ
| and He is represented as dying that w
might live In the first verse of tn,
sixth chapter we are pictured as work
ers together with Him and in partner
ship with Him we are to present tn
claims of the gospel. It is my purpos
to show that God is always placing op
portunities for service before us Whel
the interests are temporal we conside
them carefully, but when they ar
spiritual, we are too often indifferent
Years ago the government sent as
tronomers to Africa to witness tn
transit of Venus. The critical momen
came when the sun Venus and the cart
were in line. Every astronomer kne1
that he must have his eve at the SINAI
end of the telescope just at the RICH
moment. If he had been careless or in
different, it would have been inexcus
able
"God is calling us to a greater sci