The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-19
1T ENDS. TONIGHT
Dean Evangelist Meetings Come
To. Close This Evening.
Party Happy Over Success of
Movement in Topeka.

3 Tonight is the closing night of the
evangelistic meetings at the First
Baptist church. The service will be-
gin at 1880 O'Clock. At 1850 o'clock
Miss Stockton will speak on How to
Make a Success of the Christian Life"
Professor Hausmann and Mrs. n. l..
Stockton will give brief farewell mes
sages. DR.. Dean will then preach on
the topic, "A Council in He'll"
Mr.. Dean and his associates have
been very favorabIy impressed with
the city of Topeka.
Il came here" said Mr. Dean, .'pre-
pared to appreciate your beautiful
city on account of my former ex-
perience here with the Men and Re-
ligion Forward Movement. We all
leave with grateful hearts for many
courtesies received. 1t has been an
especial pleasure to know the good
people of the First Baptist church,
and to renew my friendship with DR..
Robert Gordon, man whom the
Baptist ministers of the country have
a high regard for. l am delighted
with the intense spirit of patriotism
here l ask the interest of the good
people of the city in my work
amongst the troops this summer, and
in Miss Stocktons evangelistic work
on the Pacific coast
Last night DIR. Dean. addressed his
audience on the theme, "A Knight
of the Triangle in Bolo Land" He
had previously addressed the high
school on the topic, Defeating Ger
many-An American Habit and had
been given a very enthusiastic re-
ception.
s,.I was in the city of Liverpool. Eng
IND, in July. 1899. and read that
thirty regiments of American troops
were to be sent to the Philippine
islands to finish up the instruction.
By a defect in the law passed by con-
gress. no chaplains were provided for
these regiments. 1 therefore volun-
teered to go out with these troops
thru a special arrangement made by
the Y. NJ. c. A. with Secretary of
War Elihu Root. The then Miss Helen
Gould was greatly interested in this
work, and very generous in its sup
port. In addition to the regular Y. NJ.
c. A. work, l was instructed to act as
chaplain on army transports and in
return the government provided trans
portation and quarters. We went out
by way of Suez, a journey of IA 600
miles to Manila. At that time there
were 10000 soldiers on the islands
and less than dozen Y. NJ. c. A sec
retaries. These troops were scattered
in little attachments over a vast and
almost inaccessible territory.
MY own part of the work was to
care for three regiments of infantry
| besides artillery and cavalry. and also
several hundred patients in the divi-
sion hospital on the island of Panay.''
1t was while in prosecution of these
/ duties that Mr. Dean risked his life
1 travelling on the native boats in the
typhoons and also in ambHscad es
along the trails. On one occasion Mr.
Dean was captured by the insurrectos
after a sharp skirmish at San Bias
The Y NJ c. AS new policy oil
erecting its own buildings is a wise
one said Doctor Dean I'VE had tc
depend upon native shacks and rotter
tents and sometimes had no shelter
whatsoever but it was time of rova
fellowship with brave men and. sac.
rificial women. | bespeak the mos
emphatic co-operation of the people
Y. NJ. c. A"