The San Francisco call., 1897-07-19
TO BVANGELIZB
THE MASSES
Aftermath of the Christian
Endeavor Conven-
tion.
How an ASS Was Ridden in
Chicago to Draw People
to Church.
Various Plans Suggested for Starting
and Carrying On the Work in
This City.

An evaugelistic mass-meeting was held
in Scottish Hall, Larkin street, yesterday
afternoon to hear an address by DR.. Nor
gan of Alameda on 1.-THE Evangelists'
Work Demanded for '97.'
It could scarcely be called mass-meet-
ing. as only twenty persons were present,
the sexes being about evenly divided. The
poor attendance was accounted for by the
fact that the meeting had not been suffi-
GENTLY advertised.
DR.. Morgan delivered an eloquent ad-
dress, in which he referred to the great
good done to- the cause of Christ by the
Christian Endeavor convention and the
impetus given to the good work By the
presence OF so many earnest Christian
workers. He spoke of the results OF the
work of such evangelists as Spurgeon.
Moody, DR.. Strong and others, and urged
that the time was ripe for uplifting the
people in this City.
He concluded by asking for the opinions
of those present as to the proper means
for starting the work of evaDgelization
and how best to carry it on.
A lady Christian Endeavorer, who is
engaged in missionary work in Chicago
expressed her surprise at the lack of
store-keepers. She went into q grocery
and asked the proprietor why he did not
close his store, and he replied that there
was no law against it, and besides if he
were to close up his store his competitors
would get all his custom. He admitted
that, physically, he required day of rest,
but in the present condition of the times
he could not afford to take any chances of
losing his trade.
Of ho ofo Ii1o 80
she sL Ike of the d fficulty of getting
people to attend places of worship, and
instanced the case of Salvation Army
leader in Chicago who, following the
example of the Lord, rode through the
streets on donkey, but instead of having
his face to the animal head, he sat with
his back to it The novelty of the thing
drew an immense crowd, who followed
him to the meeting place, and after be got
them inside he delivered an impassioned
address and was the means of converting
good number.
She believed in house to house vista
tion and urging families to attend the
meetings. She had adopted that plan in
Chica and it had worked well.
Nearly every one in the hall spoke Of
the necessity of starting the work. one
gentleman advising the practice of feed
ing the stomachs of the needy first before
trying to evangelize them. He had tried
that method successfully. He did not be-
lieve in riding on donkey or any such
absurd acts to attract a crowd. More
genuine human sympathy aud practical
Christianity would do more than any thing
else 10 evangelize the poor and needy.
~ remember when a great preacher
spoke at an evangelistic meeting" he said,
land reporter dressed up as vagrant
went upto him after the meeting and
asked him for nickel to buy loaf of
bread as he was starving. The preacher
instead of putting his hand in his POCKET
and giving him the nickel gave him the
address of charitable society. 1 simply
mention this to show how impossible it is
for preachers to reach the hearts of the
people unless they practice what they
preach. When we go out on our misslo n
let US put few dollars in our pockets
and when we find a man starving let US
feed him and then tell him of the gospel
truths"
No definite plan was formulated, but the
few earnest workers present decided to
call another meeting and get the move
ment thoroughly started.