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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (March 7, 1910)
PenGeUL '- ' ' ' ' ''' :' S44iSii;. ' ,. ' Copyright Hart Stlaffna & Mux ' ' ' ' '' ' """""n 1 ' '' ' - ,rOU,RE enough interested in your clothes, or ought Ji to be, to want to know what the correct styles are to be Hart Sc h affner & Marx new Spring Style Book is announced to be ready about March i; a Wash ington number, showing scenes at the National Capital; our illustration above is taken from the beautiful poster announcement of the book. It's something every well-dressed man ought to have; and we hope every one of you will appreciate what a useful book it is; an authority and guide in men's correct styles. This store is the home of Hart Schaffner & Marx clothes o, me Opera House 1 y ck- MEETINGS REAL SPIRI f Store LARGE CROWDS THROSG TABEK- Evangelist , Johnson -winning warr Places In hearts of la Graudi eharch people '' ' ' La Grande Oregon The big' evangelical campaign fo which several churches have b ?ei working and looking; .forward to, .!, on. ' . ' The tabernacle was In reader?' for the first meeting which was 'c V Saturday - night, and the many w prior to this assemMq" though was entirely too large, realized tV before the meetings are over tV' many will be turned away. La Grande certainly : has man sweet singers. The opening chorur comprised no less, than 150 voice the first evening, under the direction of Mr, Charles Gray Silled the vas' auditorium with melody and Christ'ar Inspiration Mr. Gray not only un derstands music, but human nature and has the happy faculty of leader ship that Is essential In his line of work. After the choir paved th' way and the large audience caugh the spirit. .The song service that followed was . unlike, anything that had ever taken place in La Grand1 heretofore. Mr. Gray then sang p solo. To the majority o fthe orowc? present this was their first opportu nity, to hear him. ; As his sweet, train ed voice filled the auditorium In ev ery nook and corner, one and all were Impressed that he was answer ing and fulfilling a call to unlift hu manity. . '. Evangelist Johnson Evangelist Johnson, of whom the workers are expecting great things, naturally were anxious to hear him for the first time. He made no attempt at oratory but the burden of his talk and thought was that these meetings were not J'ohnson'B meetings and that without the prayer and co-operation of the members of the churches little could be expected, but with their coopera tion and sacrifices nothing was Im possible. His sermons Saturday ev ening, Sunday morning, afternoon and evening were all taken with the spir it Not the big "I" but the Import ance of the Individual Christian work er. He Injects amusing stories to dem onstrate his great truths, and many times during each service waves of laughter and mirth swept over the faces of the multitude Rev. Johnson already has Impressed the leaders that no mistake was made in calling him here. His many years of success ful work gives him confidence and tact First of all you are imme diately Impressed that he Is not here simply to entertain, which he does, however, but that he Is here to do you good personally. This spirit Is naturally more readily noticed In his personal Influence direct with the general committee, but It will perme ate the entire city before many more meetings have been concluded. Sunday Morning At 9:45 the tabernacle was filled with the sunny brightness from the outside as well as from the bright eyes and inspiration of youth from the 400 or more members of the Bap tist Methodist and Presbyterian Sun day schools. While. It was delightful to Bee this great sea of faces and hear them In song, It was decided that hereafter the schools would meet In their own churches as usual, as the novelty and lack of special prep aration destroys the effectiveness of the lesson.' However, ; before the meetings are over there will undouht edly be another union of the schools and others. Tabernacle Dedicated At 10:30 hundreds began pouring In and after the 1000 or mors were seated and the choir, assisted by the congregation, sang several selections Judge Lowell ot Pendleton, who is no stranger to La Grande audiences, delivered the dedicatory address, not as a minister hut as a businesses an. For Quite an hour Judge Lowell beau tifully reviewed- the premises" oC Christianity. Those who heard him; 111 always be glad" they were fortu . late enough to be present and those .vho were not may never know what: they missed. Judge Lowell is one' if Oregon's foremost orators, and isi videly knrwn fir his patriotic, and. Christian sentiments; which he freely expresses. At the conclusion of the services hundreds shook hands wlthi him and extended their appreciation.. Following Judge Lowell, Evange Mst Johnson spoke for 'about' 20 mln Kes, .This was the. largest audience to far he had had the pleasure of neetlng, the ushers estimating It at looo. : '.'"f'.-'r' ; Sunday Afum on This service, while naturally not io well attended gave the 500 pres ent' an opportunity to more closely 'tudy the -evangelist, whose Intense? nrnestness was , Impressed. He is 'ot hre touring the coast but he 'eels that he has a meRssee to de "tvpr to everyone In La Trend. He? uiiHfj no one, nis sweet ;irlt wilr oermeate this 'entire vicinity during the next few days and his first re mark after - entering the tabenacler was, "I do not know But I efar it la: not large enough," . Sunday Evening. Commencing at 7 o'clock the choir sang several selections and it is al realy an accepted fact that music lss to be the great feature of every ser vice. Yesterday Director Gray nur- prised the audience by asking then ta whistle the chorus while the choir sang. No doubt many could whlstli but their first attempt was a mighty feeble whistle. Then he reversed tha condltlons and asked the choir to whistle, which they did and the war they whistled will never he appre ciated until you hear It Last even ing, however, when the audience was; askel to whistle, it showed a marked Improvement and before the meetings dose this undoubtedly will be a whistling town. By far the largest audience wit nessed the evening service. ' Rev. Johnson snok nn "hnm tj uruuuo nngni noi nave a revival." This sermon was In line with his other. He is Blmply getting th Christian people prepared for the work, not by holding up their faults and lambasting them for their short comings but on pointing out. to them what they must do in the way of per sonal work and prayer. , How lie Is Pali In speaking of some . objections sometimes presented against revi vals he" mentioned the fact that the evangelists took so much money out of the city. In response to this ar gument be cited the fact that In his correspondence with the eommitteei that brought him here, not one word was spoken about money. He had not a contract for one dollar or any stipulated amount and since his ar rival there has not been a single remark made about what he or his party were to receive. At the close of the meetings ther will be a spec ial collection taken for this purpose and whatever it Is will be the amount the party Is to receive. .. Tuesday night Next During the meetings, Monday will be rest day. No services In the tab ernacle on' Monday. Every night In the week except Monday. The Babies Cared For The general committe has secured the lecture room in the Baptist church Just across the street from the taber nacle, which will be kept warm af ternoo and evening with experienced persons in charge to take care of ba bies and little children where moth ers may leave them knowing that they will be properly cared for while they are attending the meeting. This gives the mothers an opportu nity to attend the service and pre cludes the meetings being disturbed. Train Buns Into Load of Ore. while driving Into town Monday with a load of ore from the mines A. A. Fiddler met with an accident that might have resulted more ser iously than It really did, says the Haines Record. In crossing the rail road near the McKanna place the front runners balked on the track. Seeing that.' passenger train' No. 6 was approaching Mr. Fiddler un hitched the eteam and ran down the track and flagged the train. The en gineer did not heed the warning and under full speed the engine struck the front end ot the sled, and sacks of ore were scattered in every direction.
