The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-10-13
TO SPREAD THE GOSPEL
One Hundred and Ten Thou.
sand Dollars Contributed.
GOOD WORK OF REV. A. h. SIMPSON

"oop NORk OF REV. A. II. SIMPSON
carnegie Hall, New York City, the Scene Of
| remarkable Demonstration, the Occa.
sion being the Thirteenth Annual Con.
'entlon of the Christian Missionary All.
anoe-Nery Effective Appeal Made by the
Rev. MIR. simpson.
New York. oct lS.-Outbursts OF in =
tense religious fervor marked the mis-
sionary meeting In Carnegie hall sun
day morning. Hundreds of persons
contributed $4,000 in jewelry. securi-
ties, and cash TO carry on the work Of
spreading the gospel
| The occasion was the sermons and
offering in connection with the thir-
teenth annual convention of the Chris
tian Missionary alliance, the climax Of
two weeks of meetings. Men gave their
| watches, women their rings. children
their pennies, under the magic spell Of
simple sentences uttered by plain
| spoken missionaries from distant
| shores.
Il
| even in the topmost galleries. AS at
| all such gatherings the women were
present IN the greatest numbers They
had gone early and i'm the first rows
of the main floor hardly a man was to
| be seen.
Mr.. simpsons Effective Appeal.
Rev. y. b. Simpson. president and
founder Of the alliance, delivered the
missionary sermon. 1t was a simple
| address, describing the missionary en-
deavors of Philip, Peter, Paul and
Barnabas The point that he Inn
pressed on the audience was that the
| missionary was not a hero. He simply
was paying his debts to God.
Then Mr.. Simpson warmed to his
subject and his powerful voice filled the
hall To its furthermost crannies
Pointing to a large map of the world.
he exclaimed tragically:
"Ionder 100000 baby girls are thrown
to the dogs. Yonder in Africa 1O.00O.-
600 dying every year i'm the slave trade.
Honder mothers daring not to weep
for their children, logged To death be-
fore their eyes. There i'm Spain scores
of insane from seeking i'm vain for sal
vation.
You. cannot go to them yourselves.
Others Will go i'm your places. In the
name of a thousand million dying men,
I'm the name of Calvary I hand you the
bill from the dying masters hand How
much will you give?
Sacrifice is the philosophy Of Chris
tianity They say dollar a head from
every Christian will convert the world.
\ dollar is not enough. Not enough
sacrifice is involved. II doesn't bring
the blood and touch the heart"
Audience Greatly Moved.
The speakers homely plea was be-
ginning to have effect Women i'm all
parts Of the house were wiping their
eyes. Men were growing fidgety. Mr.
Simpson told of a Scotch seamstress
who had brought him her bank book
with 81 200 in it, the savings of fifteen
years: of two Pennsylvania Germans
who had sold their farms To found a
missionary training school.
"All the missionaries present stand
up!" shouted the speaker A score or
more, principally occupying seats on
the platform, rose to their feet
God bless them" roared the audi
ence.
Nov. all VINO want to become mis-
sionaries''
Three hundred were on their feet in
an instant. mostly young men and wo-
men, their faces glowing with relig-
ious enthusiasm.
God bless them!" Amen Halle
lujah" was heard on all sides.
RaN II w I.alasbar Of Cbipa toil
next what God could do with a little.
He spoke of the loaves and the fishes.
of the widows unfailing cruise Of oil
How much will you give?"
Offering Begin to Come.
Twenty dollars" shouted a shabbily
dressed woman i'm the front seat. IT'S
cost me one year without eating any
meat to do it. but God has put twenty
five pounds of flesh on my bones"
"All who will sacrifice themselves as
much as in them lies during the coming
year hands up" said Mr.. Simpson
There was vast field of waving hands.
Ushers passed through the audience.
distributing pledge cards. on one side
was table showing that it cost $500
to support "A missionary in Africa or
China. $3.50 in India, 500 for native
preacher, $50 for a native female work
err and $25 for a boy.
The offerings began TO roll in. Mr.
Simpson read off the pledges or called
out the amount of cash as II came in.
twenty-five dollars: fifteen dollars.
twelve hundred dollars; dollar from
a boy !. five thousand dollars" the roll
ran. There were cries Of "Hallelujahl"
"An anonymous friend has contrib
uted TO- 900 shares of stock i'm a corpor-
alton. actual value $4,000, said Mr..
Simpson. Some one started Praise
God from Whom All Blessings Flow"
and handkerchief waved frantically
everywhere.
Continued for a Hour.
For an hour the contributions contin-
ned Now a check of $4,000; now s1.35
in pennies. the offerings Of child. ex-
cited applause Those who had no
money began Offering jewelry. Miss
sbenard. one of the missionary work
ers took a stand at one corner oi the
platform A young girl In deep mourn
ING laid her diamond ring at the feet
of Miss Shepard. A colored man
handed her his watch. Other watches
and other rings followed in rapid sue
cession till the end of the meeting.
Miss shepard had seen such out
hursts of enthusiasm at meetings be-
fore To each who gave watch she
gave n chea but neat iron watch. en-
sraved on the back Of which was.
"cold for iron. for Jesus sake. Those
who gave up their rings received an
,ron cross with the same incription. Al
the afternoon meeting u was an
nounced that the morning collection
haa netted $1,000 more than $4,000
heins I'm cash and stocks. the rest In
pledges.