The San Francisco call., 1905-03-08
CITY TO have
BIG REVIVAL

Il don't know but what the revival
began to-day" said the Rev. DR..
George C. Adams last night at the
close of one of the most remarkable IN
terdenominational meetings which the
city has seen.
The noted evangelists who are hold
ir forth in Oakland came across the
bay to San Francisco and early yester-
day morning began a conference at the
Central Methodist Episcopal Church at
which were pastors of all the evangel1-
cal churches of the city. The Rev. II.
Fl. Bell, ID. D., in the absence of Bishop
Hamilton, who is chairman OF the
Eyangelistic Union of San Francisco,
presided and reading the letters from
the various Protestant denominations
acquiescing in the plans to hold re-
vivals next autumn said that the Rlgnt
Rev. Bishop William Ford Nichols had
written that while he could not commit
the various rectors of the Episcopal
church to activity in such a campaign
he wished il understood that his sym
pathies were with them and his prayer
would be for them.
Then came the report of the nomina-
ton committee with important recon-
mendations as follows:
To the Conference on EVangel1stic cam :.
paign: Your committee nomination met
with. the following persons present; Rev; "A
John Hemphin, DID,; Rec. W. Z. POND, p.D. ;
Rev William RAIDER. Rev. William Kirk Guth-
rie and J. E.. White. -
On motion it was recommended that the fol-
gelistic campaign: Rev. George G Adams
D. D.. Congregationalist' Rev George w.
hill. DID, Presbyterian; Rev. H. H Bell.
DID. United Presbyterian; Rex L; j. Sawyer.
ans: Rev. A A. Burlsigh. African Methodist.
and Rev. Walter M. White. DID. Christian
A1' ASKS FOR DIR. CHAPMAN.
Further recommended that through DR.. John
Samuel Macintosh we request the evangeMtic
committee of the General Assembly OF tne
of DR. j. Wilbur Chapman for an evangeiistic
campaign in San Francisco during sne 1zrr Oh
j. E. WHITE. Secretary.
San Francisco. March &. 1900.
The report and the recommendations
were unanimously adopted
The meeting then adjourned TO the
Young Mems Christian Association,
where a noon-day service was held for
busy men and women" The auditor
ium was filed and on the platform
were: DIR. Wilbur Chapman, the world
famed evangelist; President John Sam
uel Macintosh of the San Francisco
Theological Seminary, San Anselmo;
EyanCeliStS Henry OSITOul, II. "A. w al
ton. John H. Elliott, Rev. Charles
Stelzle; Henry j. Mccoy, general secre-
tary of the Young Mems Christian AS
socia ton: the Rev. Horace Day of Los
Angeles. the Rev. DIR. Coyle of Denver:
the Rev. j. H. Thompson Of Christ
church. New Zealand; DR.. HI. H. Bell.
the Rev. Walter NJ. White, the Rev.
DIR. John Hemphill. the Rev. w. E.
Riederwolf, who came specially from
San Diego to attend the one-day con-
ference. and other clergymen.
DIR. Chapman reused his hearers with
an exhortation for the habit of prayer
in the course of which he said that
when men preached they moved men
and when men prayed they moved God.
SWEEPS LIKE MIGHTY FIRE.
The Rev. Mr.. Day.. speaking of the
evangelistic movement in America.
said that it was sweeping like a mighty
fire along the Pacific Coast. and their
prayers would help the coming great
movement in San Francisco.
| The Rev. Henry Ostrom and DIR.
Chapman spoke eloquently of the great