The sun., 1901-10-14
SIMPSONS PLEA NETS $4,000.
LESS FRENZY AT CHRISTIAN
ALLIANCE; NO TMNkETS.
Watcses and JeweIry Haired This Year. n
Some ef Last Years Arc stiii eo Hand
Only Cash and Pledges wanted
Choir Leader spur On the I.aggard.

Choir Leader spur On the Iaggsrd.
Tho eloquence Of the Rev A. d. simpson
produced in tho neighborhood Of $4,000
for the mission work Of the Christian and
Mission Alliance yesterday There werc
three s.ssions during the day at the Gospel
Tabcrnacle. oe7 Eighth avenue. at each Of
which DR. Simpson or one OF his associates
made appeals for funds and At each one Of
which the Response was iinmediptc and
large.
Al the morning service. when SI 500
was collected. tho people fairly fell over
ono another. after Dr. simpson got going.
20 give up their money. but at the afternoon
and evening sessiorIs. ESPECIALLY the former.
II took considerable prodding 20 bring the
pledges up 20 what the managers OF tho
ssrvice thought they ought 20 h.
The usual scenes on collection day OF
the alliance conventions. when men and
vomen give up their jewelry. and 81 into
ffenxies over the work 81 the alliance,
a. described by DIR. Simpson, were not
repeated yesterday just why was not
explained. but II h said that a great deal
OF the jewelry that the alliance got lasi
year and the year before wa= Of a cheap
character and considerable difficulty was
money To pay the salaries OF three Indian
missionaries. There is said to bo a lot
OF last years jewelry on hand yet, and
II was decided this year 90 take money
or nothing This was q great disappoint-
ment TO some, who came to the service
With watches that they seemed anxious
% give away One woman failed TO get
worked up TO the watch Giving pitch dur
ing the morning service. and. finally. be-
coming impatient. called an usher 20 her
chair and said
Us Il time 10 give away watches yetp'
She held q watch out In her hand Tho
usher looked at Il a moment, and then
replied:
MADAM. you must follow your own
conscience
Tho woman toyed with the watch fora
moment, rubbing it, nickel back on her
lap, and then put II back IN her pocket
One or two men took scarf pins from their
ties when they cntered III" church, but
finding no strong call for that commodity
during the service, put them hack again.
The Christian and Mission Allanc" holds
something like a dozen conventions wear,
but only one Ia this city DIR. simpson i
the boss exhorter Of all tho ministers who
are connected with the movement, and
he tells the congregations what th" money
they contribute gos- for Yesterday u
was for foreign missions. The alliance has
Q number OF missionaries in Asia, and all
over the walls hack 81 the pulpit yesterday
were maps of the country which th"se mis-
eionaries have penetrated- Prom the bal-
cony rails hung the flags % all the nations.
There were other suitable dccora'ios
also an organiSt. pianist two 'ccllo players
a corneti-t and one Of IN" best trained chuirs
that have ever helped DIR Simp-on al an a.
lance convention The choir was not re-
mArkable for tho quality of its Voicrs, but
for the skilful way In which Il burst into
song ~ the proper moment. IL did a. much
90 stir the congregation up Ia th" point
Of genuine iberality as did tho eloqucnco
Of DR.. Simpson, and the young woman ia
the white shirt waist who se"med 20 be
the leader made her selections to M In
with the conditions existing at the moment.
The day opened with prayer and prai-s
meeting at O'Clock, conducted 10y the
Rev Henry Wilson. At 10 o'clcck came
the annual missionary sermon and Offering.
and DR.. Simpson took charge. There was
Q buxz OF excitement through the church
when DR. simpson stepped TO the front OF
the platform aud clearing his throat b"gan
TO speak. The sermon was very much
the same as the sermons of ~" past on
similar oocasions have been. Dr. simpson
told OF the work OF the mi-spnnri"s ia
remote countries and Of the great need
Of money 20 keep these mon at their posts.
Gradually religious fervor was worked up.
Men began % dig down into their pock"'s
and the women TO open their purses.
Finally, ushers went around with pledge
cards Tor subscribers to sign, aud Dr Sinp-
son exhorted every person 20 bc hheral
In ten minutes DIR. simpson had fully
q hundred cards In front Of linn; also quite
q stack Of cash. Then h" went To WORK
again and pretty soon another batch OF
oaris cams up DR.. Simpson rcad from
one: .Five thousand dollar More cards
came up and also more cash. One woman
rather poorly dressed. sprang up and cried
out:
.Come and get thiS 500
Some one came and got u quick and tho
woman started singing lot the Blessed
Sunshine In Some of the alliance people
said that this woman gavn go every year
although she was only scrubwoman.
They said her name was Sophie lAchten-
fels and that che WAS known eveEywhere
as SOPHIE the scrlbwoman.
The Rev Stephen Merritt presided nj
the afternoon meeting which was callsd
at 7S0 O'Clock. There was Just "a big
crowd present a. Ia the morning anu
number Of tn. alliance missionaries were
ON hand TO help tell the people why they
were giving money 10 the alliance. and
what n was used for The Rev. VI II.
ruller stirred up the congregation % the
living point by telling about the thousands
OF boys and girls IN India made orphans
by the famine. When all the orphans
had been provided for DIR. Simpson went
at the congregation again anu -uccecdcd
In getting about S.O0 more Then pr.
Wilson took a hand IN the matter ard for
various special works got sums ranging
from $500 down 90 500
Al the evening service moro money and
pledges were taken in and II was announced
that tho total for the day was something
like go 600. making the total for the years
conventions, Si75.ooo