Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1905-04-04
LOND0N'S BIG REVIVAL
incidents of Religious Crusade
Conducted by Americans.
A TALK WITH ONE OF THE LEADERS

Charles VI. Alexander Tells why He
! Uses Songs That Reach the Heart
Impressions of the First Meeting.
Hundreds Turned Away-A Service
For Children.
Charles NJ. Alexander. one OF the
! Chicago revivalists who is conducting
4 religious crusade in England with
DR.. Reuben 4. Torrey. talking recent
ly to a representative OF the Washing
ton Star Of the present big religious
revival in London. said:
'Dr. Torrey and myself have come
to London with one aim and view. and
that Is the definite salvation OF souls.
Every word that is uttered and every
song that is sung we want TO count In
that direction. Our methods are as
simple as we know how TO make them
in order TO deal with such large mass
Of people.
IF we were only conducting serv-
ices in a church or chapel with thou
sand people night, we should not
need many things that we need in such
u great campaign as that which we are
about to commence. / do not believe
that any other committee could have
run 50 large an organization as this
mission In London at less expense
The entire fund gathered by the COM
mittee will he used for the necessary
expenses rental Of the
Royal Albert hall, erection OF the hall
in BriXton and the work in Islington.
1t is quite fallacy to suppose that the
mission Is IN any way money making
one for DR. Torrey and myself. We
are after souls. and not after purses.
IF this mission had been organized
on any smaller scale than 1t has been
all London would not be speaking OF
religious subjects as II is today. Is Ii
not worth many times $4,000 1855,
600 to get the greatest city in the
world TO make religion the foremost
topic OF the hour:
IF. say again. the mission had
been organized on any smaller scale.
the press would not have thought it
worth while to I'LL their columns as
they have done of late with religious
news. The millions who read the Lon
don papers are bound TO be impressed
by the magnitude OF the work, and !
have not the faintest doubt that thou
sands will be led TO Jesus Christ sim
ply through reading the reports OF our
meetings.
"In regard TO the character Of songs
we use would say that they are Just
as simple as could get, for / find
that the simple gospel song reaches
the heart better than more complicated |
music. Some of the songs that lfave |
been criticised most severely. bNmu-
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sent the most people into the kingdom.
Il have tried TO get words that have
a picture in every line. easy TO speak.
with melody that carries them without
a hitch. People sing them as they go
out To their work. and some have the
words and tunes so thoroughly fixed IN
their memory that Il hymn book is no
longer necessary.
The other Sunday in Cambridge, for
with Il hall packed with uni
yersity men. / wanted TO see how they
would receive the songs. They caught
them up as quickly as any audience
have ever seen. At the close the invi-
Iation TO converts to declare them
selves was given during the singing OF
Tell Mother I'll BE There Thirty
i've men boldly rose and confessed
Thrist
People ask me why | do not use
classical music for the higher class OF
people. and reply that | will adopt
classical music when | see that II leads
people 10 for3ake sin and accept Christ.
This simple heart music which use
uses the audience and puts them on
he same level-the business man, the
ocicty woman. the laboring man. the
'utcaSt woman-and they find In II a
ouch that makes them all kin and ,
eads them all along Il common path {
o their Creator"
At the close OF the first great Sunday 8
ypning meeting of the revival now be- | I