The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-09

BY Noble Christians true and tried
Bob Johnson and his band.
With grateful hearts they love to tell
( OF mansions in the sky
And why God gave His only Son
/ On Calvarys cross to die.
/ Their message is TO sin stained souls,
| To leave the paths Of sin.
| And walk the bright celestial road
! Where Christians walk therein
Get right with God they cry to all,
And fight It'll victory's won.
! Until You hear the Saviour's call
/ And when ut last your days are Ger.
/ On this dark dreary shore:
/ In Heaven youll sing the Christians songs,
BOB LAwToN.
Topeka Kan.
/ Evangelist Bob johnson spoke at
| the water service today.
The last conference of the Oakland
NJ. L. church for the year will be held
this evening.
A meeting of the Domestic Science
Circle will be held Thursday night at
the Y. W. c. a.
A cobweb social will be given by the
ladies of Seabrook Congregational
church Friday evening.
Thursday evening Bob Johnson will
deliver his lecture on the 'Unpardon-
able Sin" at the East Side tabernacle.
The Epworth League of the First
NJ. Z. church will give an elaborate
party AT the church parlors Friday
evening.
The Women's Foreign Missionary
society of the First II. E. church will
be entertained at the parsonage by
Mrs benjamin. Young.
There will be a rehearsal of the pro-
logue to THE Girls of Yesterday and
Today at the Y w c A. Thursday
evening.
The Brotherhood eff the Swedish
Lutheran church will give a Swedish
supper at the church Friday evening
at s o'clock
A father and son banquet will be
held Friday evening at 1880 at the
Central Park Christian church The
Rev. o. L. Cook, pastor, viii speak.
A meeting of the general committee
of the Bob Johnson revival services
will be held every evening. commence
ing with tonight at 7:15 to listen TO
committee reports
Tuesday evening a number of High
land Park high school men met and
organized wrestling club. An exhibit
Gotches of the organization soon
Plans are being effected for or
ganizing a Young WOman's Athletic
association at the Y W c. "A The
association will direct and encourage
all sorts of athletics among the MEM
bers.
The theft of IS Barred Plymouth
hens and a rooster from J. w. Israel.
2114 Kansas avenue, was reported to
the police this morning The theft
was engineered Tuesday night or early
this morning.
Rev. E. II. Emmett. who is organ
izing the East side revival services,
will address the members of the Pot
win Presbyterian church this evening.
The high school glee club will furnish
music.
There will be a series of grade meet
ings for teachers the first four days of
next week in which class instructions
in drawing and music will be given by
Miss Hazelrigg and Miss Bunker at the
high school auditorium.
ed KelIam returned from Kansas
City Auto show last night ard reports
that the first sale recorded at the big
show was Franklin 5-passenger car.
Mr. keIlam told of large crowds and
unusual interest in the big exposition.
A coroner's jury returned 4 verdict
of cause unknown but probably has
tened by the fall on the sidewalk" fol-
lowing the inquest over the body of
A J. Trapp of Valley Falls. who fell
dead on the street in Topeka The
inquest was conducted by Coroner
Rinehart.
The Dorcas society of the SN edish
Lutheran church will meet Thursday
afternoon to make definite plans for
the annual conference meeting in To-
peka March &c. Mrs Bob Johnson
will be hostess. The Lutheran league
meets this afternoon at 329 Taylor
street.
S L. Speer. charged with forging a
check for s25 and attempting to pass
it at the White-Cole auto agency or
West Tenth street, waived preliminary
in the court of Topeka this morning
and was bound over to the district
court by Judge Hugh Fisher. His
bond was set at $500
Much excitement was caused today
in Washburn college library by the
finding of a volume with George
Washington bookplate. The book is a
religious tract entitled The Nature OF
according to the librarian has every
appearance of being a genuine relic
OF the Father of the United States.
Smokers and gum chewers in Wash
burn college district are being be-
sieged by pretty sorority girls for the
tin foil that surrounds their cigars and
chewing gum. The three sororities
are all planning on building houses
and are taking advantage of a small
premium offered by dealers for foil
TO lay by a few pennies for the fund
The Blue Bird" dinner will be this
weeks feature of the February Jubi-
lee of the Y. W. c. A. 1t is to be
given Friday noon at the Y. W Cafe
terra. The meal will be Feast of
the Nations, national dishes forming
the menu. There viii be paghetti
English roast beef and Yorkshire
pudding, Hungarian goulash, Irish
spuds and American pie, etc. The
public is cordially invited.