The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-07-21

Church in Pueblo, the story OF Mr..
Kimball : recent work in that city. APP
peaiing there in mid-May. unan-
nouuced. and apparently unlimited, he
introduced himself to the Rev. Mr..
Pratt and occupied the pulpit Of his
church on the next Sunday. The re-
suit is told no more precisely
than that he secured from the
congregation ian advanced sub
scrip;ion for the beautiful house
of wo rship they are purposing 20 erect
as soon as the means are provided,
but it must have been something SUBJ
stantial, since the Presbyteriaus, the
oldest and wealthiest Church in Pueblo.
at once besought his aid in raising
money for tho new Church they had
recently voted to build. They had bat
$4,000 subscribed. and wanted $4,000
Mr. Kimball secured the $4,000. 4
Baptist Church then called upon bin
for help, owing - 800. which il could
not pay. In about twenty miuutos'
the debt was provided for, ard enough
more money was raised to furnish the
/ building with new pews ana 90 beautily |
/ the grounds. Then the First COagIe
gational Church had its turn; 10 needed |
$4,000 to warrant breaking ground or
new Church already planned. Ibis /
problem the Adrunce correspond nt /
says was "A tough one owing 20 many /
knotted purse-strings. 80 playground has /
been broken for the now edlce. The |
Me,hodsts are now calling for Mr. /
Kimball's aid. ard Mr.. Pratt thinks
that the result will doubtless be- a repc- /
tition Of what has occurred already.
What is the secret Of this mans /
singular powery With what force chat F.
others have not does he overcome COW
etousness and worldlinoss. and induce
deeper Christianity than DO the trained
professional preachers, diligcut and dee
vout men as we must suppose them Co
be; The Rev Mr. Pratt says: Mr..
KImbal' s power lies i'm his profound
knowledge Of and powerful application
Of Scripture teaching as TO money and
ITS uses" which may be tue and
sufficient explanation, though $50 be-
lieye it not to be so. Ii it were 500. it
would be necessary only for the min
listers to get up their Scripture teach-
ing somewhat better. and We have
no idea that they can rival Mr. Kimiall
by doing this No doubt apt knowledge
is part of Mr.. Kimbail's nee -sary
furnishing but apt knowledge will lot
make a "Fnangelist' ltLe world is not
ours. but wild western coinage The
explanation Of the phnomCnon lies
d,cper-thc explanation bow 10 is that
people who remain unmOyel by the
ordinary call of Christian duty. the
urgency Of their own pastors. deuomi-
national ambition. local pride. and lcr-
sonal vanity. can by one appeal of a
casual stranger be made 10 pour out
money like water. IL is TO be- OBJ
served that this takes place nos
only once, IN single congre-
CATION. or even a single cry. where the
circumstances might be- peculiar. Mr.
Kmball goes on performing his foats
in all sorts Of conditions. The pine.
nomcnOn. i'm short. is real one. Per-
maps il cannot be wholly accounted FOR.
Something resides in the person. no
doubt; the caution to beware of the
man of one book is old aud good. and
perhaps equally good is il lo beware Of
the man Of one topic. Doe is likely 90 be-
master Of that. Then the influence Of
prestige is enormous I've need not
mind how prestige is set up-a few
lucky hits VIII suffice for that. it
brings people under unwouted moral
compulsion and Pueblo congregation
which should not raise ils debt un
der Mr. Kimball would feel disgraced.
WISE WORDS 10 PREICHFRS.