, 1875-03-07
HAMMOND.
WORKING ON SEWEPAPEK9.

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! Hammond the reyiyalist, il in San Francisco
| carrying ou religious campaign against tbs
I Kingdom OF Satan. The methods of some of hiE
incursions are novel. The San Francisco Chron,
scte Of Feb g has report Of meeting held BY
t Mr. Hammond in order to perfect the plans o1
the campaign. Que Of the suggestions Of Mr.
Hammond was that tho newspapers lbo brought
in as nuxiliaries, and there was some discussion
over it. as may ba seen in the following report:
Mr. Hammond urged that COMMITTEES be appointed
to call upon the neapapers and ask them to report hc
meetings. He aaid that the newspapers were an tln-
po1tant auxiliary the work. He beloved that under
revivaIs in ST. Louis a. he did A reporter Of the
Democrat came TO Altoona to csricatare and sidieuls
the meetngs he was sco1sr, but tho spirit Of God
took hold Of him, and he used to write seyen-coumn
report for his eyery dsy and doubled the crcu.
laon Of the paper by it, At Sacramento The reporter
of e a sd
interest ii The revival would spread all over tho coast
ths meetings m ,s ~ matter NIT Of business profit
Several membaEs volunteered to visit the newspaper
Offices and Ar Hemme, in r. Wild spirit Ct enthusi-
into the movement Then the question arose, :. Who
will 90 to the Eramixer," Ir. Hemme asked II there
mission. The1a was no response. Brother Smith TO-
cosaly remarked that there no Democrats pres
ent, ttere ought to BE- Ae knew 40 ono mora il need
szid he wasn't ashamed to say he Democrat. and
playfully added that If Brother smith did nse in
glass house he shoud not throw stones. He would
the Erumlfer folks 8nd what he could do towards
bringing them into the movement.
THE CHILDREN.
At another meeting, Mr. Hammond got OH
some Of his characteristic anecdotes, few Of
which arc aB follows:
Yesterday. said he, gentleman came on tho plat
form and went up to little boy Of 6, whom te took
III his a1nas, and said:
"Ao~ old are you my boy7"
""Haye you signed the covenant card'"
...Ro you lore 1esuss"
"wly do you love Him. dear7"
''Bscauae Ha first loved me-"
We're yon = great sinner, pet :"
"1nd :: N ySa e; felt rsv s0rry for rom alns'"
"What sins did you commit7"
"Sr7"
"what did you do ttst was 80 w1cted7"
Tou seer dear children, the little boy could not re-
member sl Of ha sins, but BY hIs Intelligent
showed that he fully undez.tooa te gres plan Of SAL
now than before the revival. {Laughtar.} Why ths
same man asked little shaver Of 9 3 number Of
questions, and II had trained myself Elk xeeks to
answer them could not laye doua better
And tthere.ras little wee bit of duck, only days
old, and its mother W.as hen. Al the little
dnct saw some % w.tes ter began to todde along to s.
wzddlng OF duck tho stage, amid loud 17ugh-
ter. Now, children, the little duck knew what wns
good for him; and now my dear Children, yop should
take to Jesus like ducks to water.
Two Little boys playing marbles in back alley heard
an old woman dying in an attic and lamcnting her
dreadful life. One OF those boys procured ladder,
and climbing up. put his mouth to broken glass; and
said softly ID stlyary voice, Jesus loves you and
il you love him you will bs saved" That old woman
died happy, because she thought 1t was an angel.
Mr. Hammond is now getting up meetings for
the benefit Of sporting men, thieves, gamblers,
and prostitutes, and is going to try the effect Of
some of his anecdotes on them