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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1909
Page
12
Dr Chapmans message urges use of revival offers to strengthen character and ideals. Temptation and trial test faith, with disappointment becoming His appointment. Four rules for daily living are suggested to seekers.
A devotional outline instructs starting each day with prayer and reading a Bible chapter. It stresses confessing sins immediately to maintain prayer effectiveness and encourages daily acts of service, aiming to lead others to Christ whenever possible.
In a Boston meeting Evangelist Chapman addresses a Back Bay reader’s letter and urges repentance. He cites forgiveness as transformation and calls on attendees including bar staff to seek God’s mercy, promising comfort from faith in Jesus Christ.
Final series of Chapman meetings to be held in Mechanics building from next Thursday night to Sunday. Extra seats for 6072. Staff includes 72 ushers 83 section leaders and 485 personal workers to invite attendance. Friday named New England Day with noon and evening services. Saturday features a gospel song service led by Mr. Alexander. Sunday includes a men only session and a mass evening service marking Dr. Chapman's final city appearance.
The Rev A Z Conrad chairman of the appeal asks residents unable to attend services to send contributions to Park Street Church for the free will offering funding Dr Chapman and six assistants at central meetings. The letter praises those men for contributing to the city and urges support.
Mrs. Ellis of Somerville Massachusetts reports long suffering from sores due to varicose veins. X Zalia liquid and X Zalia soap priced at five and twenty five cents respectively healed the sores when other treatments failed. The claim states X Zalia can heal rashes and sores on face hands scalp or body.
Rev. George R. Stair led a Jamaica Plain evangelist campaign meeting at Faneuil Hall yesterday. Many market district men attended and about half raised hands to seek prayers. Music by Chester I. Harris energized the rafters as Stair urged men to inspect their lives and seek forgiveness. Stair’s method blends sound theology with a direct approach, helping nearly 600 converts in recent Jamaica Plain services.
Evangelistic team visits the home of a dying man who has sheltered five grandchildren. The blind grandmother weeps as hymns soothe the room, while a pigeon appears at the window. The case was brought by Dr Johnson via Colonel Gifford of the Salvation Army after a policeman provided $2. A donor paid $100 for a Dr Chapman portrait to aid the effort.
Almost two thousand Boston ministers and lay leaders gathered to honor Rev. J. Wilbur Chapman leader of the Boston revival. The event featured tributes from Rev. A Conrad Rev. Bates and Rev. Arthur Little with Rev. William Harmon Van Allen praising Chapman's work and his plea for continued citywide revival efforts. Chapman urged ministers to extend revival services for three months and to pray for guidance amid strong local support.
Evangelists call observance next Thursday to honor maternal heads. Wear a white carnation as a badge of loyalty and unity, with thousands of city residents expected to participate.
A special 8 PM Mothers Day service at Tremont Temple aims to draw aged and shut in residents to hear Dr Chapman speak. Carriages will transport the elderly to the event as part of the revival efforts in Boston.
At Faneuil Hall the Methodist Social Union praised Boston Methodists for backing a large evangelistic movement. Church leaders, Boston University theology faculty and 200 students attended along with Bishops Hamilton and Mallalieu and evangelists Alexander Harkness and Naftzger. Dr Conrad thanked all for supporting the campaign and Bible study shifts. Francis J. McConnell spoke on The Honesty of Lincoln.
Mayor Hibbard told the Boston Home and School Association that city morality can withstand schools used as social centres. He urged using school buildings to move pictures with moral aims, while noting control lies with the schoolhouse commission.
Charles J Carter aged 30 living at 331 Warren Street Roxbury collapsed in a theatre and died at Relief Hospital. Autopsy to determine exact cause of death. A wood worker and brother of George Carter of 43 Beverly Street he leaves a young wife and two children.
The funeral for Professor William Mathews I. L. D. author of historical works will be held at Clarendon Street Baptist Church at 4 p.m. The Rev. Dr. Rowley leads the service with Rev. Mr. Moxon. Mathews, who died after a long illness at 91, wrote Getting on in the World and a life of Robert Louis Stevenson.
Philadelphia report notes the Liberty Bell crack grew by 17 inches from its original length. Observers worry a sudden jolt could cause the bell to split in two and halt plans for a Pacific coast journey.
The programme lists multiple sermons and services across Tremont Temple and Boston churches at 12 10 PM 3 00 PM 5 00 PM and 7 45 PM with speakers J Wilbur Chapman Frederick E Taylor Milton B Rees Harry Taylor Daniel S Toy H D Sheldon Donald Duncan Munro Gwilym O Griffith and venue details. Tickets for Dr Chapman and Mr Alexander reception limited available at Tremont Temple box office until noon.
Franklin New Hampshire February 15. President Lucius A. Tuttle of the Boston and Maine in a banquet speech told the Board of Trade that rail roads will soon be their masters rather than their servants.
President Tuttle discussed railroad evolution as a collective growth not the work of a single man. He criticized legislative constraints limiting railroad operating freedom and compared public spending to small personal purchases. Also speaking were Governor Quinby and multiple NH officials and judges.
Washington Feb 15 Under suspension of the rules the House passed a bill authorizing the Interstate Commerce Commission to determine a uniform system of railroad car equipment and to compel railroads to equip cars accordingly. The measure answers a broad demand for standardization.
For the first time in Cambridge, cau cus es for mayoralty and council nominees are held today ahead of the March 9 city election. Democratic and non partisan tickets nominate mayors, 11 ward councils, and 11 aldermen with heavy Democratic field expectations.
Five more assaults on women occurred in the eastern suburbs today, raising the day total to seven and the overall count to 20 since the violent spree began a few days ago. One victim was seriously injured, while others sustained minor injuries.
Auditor Porter reports a $4 120 000 budget request with warnings of insufficient funds for salaries and supplies. The session covers proposed retirements for teachers and a new city schools physiology study by Dr William T Porter of Harvard Medical School to examine weight height and development in pupils.
Detectives and deputy sheriffs shadowed W E McGraws home in Malden to serve guardianship papers on John Broos Lloyd who recently deeded away a million dollar Chicago estate he inherited. Lloyd, a former Harvard student barely past 18, deeded his estate to Boston attorneys James H Flint and William B Sprout last month. Papers filed in Chicago. Lloyd has vanished from his Malden residence.
At Vassar College Miss Frances Tyer announced the New England honor girls for the four year course honors. The recipients include Mary Louisa Chamberlain of Hudson Massachusetts Frances Wentworth Cutler of Bangor Maine Bessie Irene Day of Takeville Connecticut Ida Taft Eastman of Littleton New Hampshire Marion Mumford of Providence Rhode Island and Edith Woodruff of Brunswick Maine.
George Spencer Millett aged 15 died in the Metropolitan Life Insurance offices after trying to escape a group of stenographers who kissed him on his birthday. An ink eraser in his pocket pierced his side, causing internal hemorrhage en route to a hospital. Police detained Miss Gertrude Robbins for information.
The notice lists Rev A Z Cowan D D as chair at Haymarket 2474 and notes retirement from his post. Limited readable details accompany the line.
Miss Ensign, aged young woman, suffered acute mental distress and feared harm. Despite pleas to stay, she was restrained in Mrs Marr eight until she forced a leap from a bathroom window, dying soon after her mother arrived in Boston.
Jeffries Point Yacht Club in East Boston held its annual meeting at the Maverick House last night and elected officers including Commodore Fred H. Leavy and Vice Commodore W. B. McLaughlin. The regatta committee appointed Ambrose A. Martin Jacob Rood and Charles L. Joy with Ambrose A. Martin named Massachusetts Y R A delegate and a 14 member board of directors chosen.
The article discusses widespread use of whiskey for rheumatism and claims a specific mix improves muscular pain, builds system strength, and purifies blood. It cites a recipe using one half pint whiskey, one ounce Toris compound, and one ounce syrup Sarsaparilla, to be taken before meals and at night.
A chaotic scene interrupted the Elmore Associates performance of Peck's Bad Boy at the Dudley Street Opera House. Actors halted the show when they discovered missing box office funds and a vanished share of the proceeds. About 300 audience members were present.
James W. Farrel alleges missing box office money sparking unrest among 11 cast members seven men and four women. After refusing to perform for his share, Farrel and leading lady Josie Gill walked out triggering a scramble for funds and a hurried exodus with scenery and costumes hauled away by wagons and sleds along Dudley street.
Two playlets Chums and Her Busy Day were staged in Players Hall Newton last evening before 400 people under Newton Hospital Catholic Aid Society. James F Shields gave a flawless female impersonation while Miss Kathryn Ryan and John W Foley impressed as character delineators.
Praise for Holeproof Hosiery touts durability and value with six pair offers and guaranteed wear. The ad promotes Talbot Co. at 395 Washington St Everett Massachusetts and a Holeproof Hosiery Prize Contest run by George Kelley at 190 Shute S. Everett.
Passenger directions guide travelers to Wolf's My Clothier at Hanover and Portland streets near the Washington Street Tunnel. Those heading south should exit at Friend Street while northbound travelers should leave at Union Street.
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