The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-11-15
EVANGELIST
IS COMING
Fred. B. Smith of the
Y. M. c. A. On
World Tour.

| Honolulu win be visited by another
evangelist early in the coming year
Fred B. Smith. the Y. NJ. c. A. evan
| gelist of New York, has started on a
world tour going by way of Liverpool
and the Suez Canal. His itinerary in
| cludes Honolulu. The Washington
Star of recent date contains the fol-
| lowing notice of his movements:
Fred. 5. Smith, the z NJ. C. A. evan
| gelist, left New York last Saturday for
| Liverpool and a tour of the world. He
will return in May, 1906, and his first
address In this country will be made
| in Washington. Mr.. Il. L. Pierce and
John b. Sleman, Jr., of the local asso-
citation went to New York to attend
the farewell reception rendered by the
Y. NJ. c. A. of New York and Brooklyn
| to Mr.. Smith, Mr.. Paul E. Gilbert, the
gospel singing tenor" who will ac-
company the evangelist, and Mr. Harry
G.. Doud, formerly an officer of the
Washington association, and now en-
| route to Calcutta, India, to assist in
the work of the Y. M. G. A. at that
point.
Mr.. Smith will spend eight months
abroad conducting evangelistic revivals
in all the large cities of the world
where the Anglo-Saxon is dominant
Not since the famous meetings of
D. L. Moody in Great Britain has
there been religious campaign of
more significance than that upon which
Mr.. Smith has embarked. He begins
his services in Liverpool, England,
October is, where he will hold con-
ferences and conduct evangelistic meet
ings for men under the direction of
the Young Mems Christian Association
From Liverpool he will go to London
Derby, Glasgow, Birkenhead and Dub
lin. Mr.. Smith will speak at Paris.
and then go to the great commercial
centers in the east, where English is
spoken, such as Colombo. Madras, ALA
habad. Rangoon, Calcutta, Benares,
Delhi, Lahore, Peshawar and Bombay.
From India he sails for Australia,
where he will speak at Adelaide, sgd
ney, Brisbane, Newcastle and Auck-
land. On his return he will touch Ma
Mia, Hongkong and Honolulu.
In the great mobilizing camps of
volunteers during the Spanish Ameri-
can war, the ability of Fred B. Smith
as a speaker to men was discovered.
Ever since Mr.. Smith has been a secre-
tary of the international committee of
the Young Mems Christian Association,
and has been addressing in all the great
cities mems meetings, which repeated
iy pack the largest theaters available.
The associations in Great Britain and
the far east for two years have been
requesting his services.
Mr. Smith is a typical American, a
western man, virile and direct, who
looks and speaks more like a CONNER
cial traveller than an evangelist. He
addresses nearly 100000 men a year,
who on occasion sit through a three
hours series of meetings without pro-
tests. He considers his best work that
done in conference with association
members, teaching them from his ex-
perience how to direct meetings, hold
Bible classes and influence associates
to a wholesome Christian life. Railroad
men and non-Christian employees in
great manufacturing plants, men of
horse sense" who may not understand
or care for the Language of Zion are
particularly impressed by Mr.. Smiths
appeals.
The committee directing Mr.. Smiths
work is Jas. G. Cannon of New York,
chairman; Mr. H. B. F. Mcfarland of
and c. r. Joy of Iowa.