Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-04-24
GOATS FOR PRIZES.
Chicago Church Takes sew Method
OF Adding to lts M cnn bership.

Oh AQO1u8 10 1t0 M 00 OeEou1Rs
Chicago. April 2l.-In twenty years
the great west side may come to be
known as the stronghold Of religion in
Chicago. Such tempting allurements
have been held out to the boys and
girls OF that portion OF the city that
the rest Of the metropolis is likely to
be scooped in the great struggle for
converts
The New Tabernacle Sunday school,
100 South Western avenue, has offered
a live goat or Bible for fifteen new
scholars. For bringing in twenty-five
scholars a bicycle in good condition"
will be given.
Nor is this all that may come from
ardent efforts on the part Of the young.
Already there has been issued a
card containing the list of inducements
and at the head stands the announce
Fment that nothing within the scope Of
the purchasing power OF money will be
denied the workers for the Sunday
school. :.
The card reads:
"A BICYCLE FREE!
ANY boy or girl finding this card can
secure one OF these prizes, or anything
you want:
For bringing one scholar, a picture.
For bringing two scholars; a book,
315 pages, or testament.
For bringing fifteen scholars, goat
or Bible.
For bringing twenty-five scholars, q
bicycle in good condition.
Scholars must be present two Sun
days.
New Tabernacle Sunday School,
$3.50 n. m. 120-122 Western Ave"
| To the Juvenile mind that simple
word anything" covers a vision of
glory. Carts and dogs and guns and
skates and steam yachts may be added
| to the column. and before long it may
be necessary to simply hand to the
Sunday school scholars card bearing
| the words: Send for our revised pre-
4 MUM list"
\ The Holiness tabernacle is a branch OF
THE Metropolitan church, of which Duke
\ NJ. Farson Is the pastor. The idea OF
! Offering prizes for additions to the sun
lday school classes is born between g.
! Il. Ellsworth and Z. H Harvey. The
Sunday school opened April $. and on
/ the day before cards We're distributed
| along the West Side streets. This first
3card announced that any boy or girl
| finding it and bringing it to the church
would receive a fine story book of 3l9
lpages. The book was Touching Incl
fdents and Remarkable Answers to
4 Prayer.
Later the goat leaped forth TO throw
into OBSTACLES the youth of the West
/ Side.
Mhisperings of the plan of the New
1 Tabernacle Sunday school have gone
thru the western district, and pastors
and superintendent are in tremor.
What chance, they ask, have they
LOT competing against an institution tina,
membership. Think. they say, of a boy
Warranted to eat any kind of can made
with soft solderand TO butt the milk
Imam into locomotor ataxia within a
week: imagine the work of a boy who
Us sure he will get a bicycle if lie bring!
5ltwenty five scholars to Sunday school.
s. What possibilities there are i'll the plal
( nobody can say. The fathers of 1t ar,
3 texpectant. The police are doubtful. The:
Il declare it augurs much work for then
lin that Sund ays will be filed With tear
&Iful reports of abduction from parents
land that boys with iassoes, boy hunting
Twill be common features hereafter.
I AT present the boys and girls of TIL
@Ineighbofhood are struggling for results
:, Should there be any mysterious disap
s psarances reported the lost youth vii
probably be found bound and gagged ii
\ the cellar of some prize seeker, AWAITING
4 1.-the coming of next Sunday.