The daily state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 188?-1891, 1891-05-08
LIFE IN SALISBURY.
L II Z DIR MINER EVANGELIST
TAKES STHErOWN
BY STORM.
Nearly 300 Conversions and Fully 200
Backsiiders Reclaimed, IS5 New
Church Members.

Nearly 800 CONVERSIONS and Fully onO |
Church Members.
Especial Cor. STATE CHRoN1cLg.)
SALISBURY. N. c., May 5. The meet
ings which have been conducted here
during the past ten days by Bill Fife,
the Evangelist, closed last night. The
members, with few exceptions, of the
different churches joined heartily in the
meeting and the results have been won-
derful. Mr.. Fife by his earnestness, his
sincerity and his fervent appeals soon
won the church people over and con-
vinced them that he was earnestly and
zsalously working for God and for His
cause and they ali together worked to
win souls for Christ.
Never in the history Of Salisbury has
such religious awakening taken place.
Services were held morning, afternoon,
and evening, and during each service all
business has been practically suspended
and everybody hurried to the meeting.
| The banks, the sto es, the husines offices
and even the saloon men all closed their
| places Of business and went to church,
and during each service the town looked
AS though it had taken general holiday.
| The cOmmod!ous warehouse, with seat
ing capacity of nearly fifteen hundred
was crowded to Overlooking at every
service
4 choir of hundred trained voices,
led by professor B,llhorn, with talented
musicians as organists and with E. B
| Neave as cornetist, led the singing
Mr.. Flies sermons or discourses have
been plain, practical aud painted. He
hit sin of all kinds square between the
eyes, and dealt blow after blow to al
manner of wickedness. The local min
istry, with but single exception, enter
ed heartily and earnestly into the WOrE
as we'll as the consecrated laymen of thu
different churches. These together with
the good women Of the town have work
ed day in and day out and tonight whel
one hundred and eighty persons gave il
: tleir names to Join the different church
eS the great results of the meetings Wer
manifest OF this number the M9Ghoils
chu:ch gets seventy five new members
the PrtSbyterian forty the Luthara
: thirt7-one, the Baptist, al Whicn cfuTc
: glorious M "etlng hai illst closed, eight
? the Episcopal eight Ab1rt two nar
! drcd luke warm Christians Teconsecr&r e
i themselves, and ery2ody seemed holie
!. and happier.
Wnen Dr.. Leith, the pastor Of tt
y Methodist Church asked that all wh
J. tha9ked God for sending Bro Fife
7. Salisbury and for blessing his labol
t. should arise, nearly two tho'
e sand people rose to the
feet, and many expressed
earnest words their appreciation Of u
Fife aud his CO laborers and the wonde
is ful work that had seca accomplish
I. mere. A purse of abou5 seven hundr'
dollars was presented 10 Mr. Fife, g.
several hundred dc;lars besides W
raised for incidental expenses and 9th
lg purposes Mir. Fife left tonight
!, Charlotte He Will go from the
to Cleveland Springs where
will rest week before begi
of ning his next nesting at Spartanbul
p, S. G. He carries with him the earne
n good wishes Of the people of Salisbu
an of almost every class and creed, and "
Ip- be welcomed here whenever he may fl
it convenient to come again.