Danville intelligencer. [volume] (Danville, Pa.) 1859-1907, 1905-09-15
AN EVANGELIST
IN PHILADELPHIA

W. d. Laumaster, former General
Secretary of the Y. NJ. q. A. has
launched out as an evangelist. He has
just completed a months engagement
with the Presby terian Evanfelistic AS
sociation in its summer CAM aign and
is now resting for few days at his
homo in this oity.
Mr.. Laumastar evangelistiG labors
during tho month lay In Philadelphia
and ombraced tent and open. air ser
vices. For two weeks he was station
ed at Richmond, near Cramps Ship
Yard and the coal wharves. At this
point tl,e work was conducted in a
tent, Mr. Laumaster as the evangelist.
being assisted by a children's worker,
a COZ oInetist. All or9anist. a leader of
singing, n janitor in charge of the
tent aud Student helper" the lat
ter being a student from one of the
| larger colleges. who assisted i'll dis.
| tributing invitations, visiting homes
of people and in doing whatever he
| could in order to obtain experience in
hat kind of work Each day reports
were made out and for warded to head
quarters in Witherspoon Hall.
A portion of Mr.. Laumaster's work
lay III the very slums of the city and
covered two weeks, about one-half of
his engagement. During this time he
was stationed at Starr Garden Park, :"
| located at Sixth and Lombard streets.
| Here the work was conducted in the
open air and the addresses we're il
lustrated by fine sttreopticon. 1t
proved popular method of reaching
| the PEOPLE aud there were often audi
ences of four hundred and upward.
All nationaiities were represented, the
people without exception being very
poor, needy and neglected. An at
tempt to conduct the work here was
attended with many interruptions and
distractions, yet the people we're
thoroughly interested and kind in
their attitude, large numbers express
ing their gratitude to the workers for
what was being done.in their behalf.
During three weeks while in Phila-
delphia Mr.. Laumaster, at noon, ad-
dressed the men at Baldwin's great
locomotive works, Seventeenth and
Hamilton !. streets. These meetings
were held in the open air and the
evangelist was assisted by a cornetist,
leader of singing and a student work
er. Large crowds greeted the workers
every day. There are employed ut
Baldwin's Locomotive Works seven
teen Thousand men and Mr.. Laumaster
was we'll impressed with the manhood
of these skilled and intelligent work
men, who greeted the workers kindly.
On the whole Mr.. Laumaster is very
much impressed with the magnitude
and importance of that kind of work,
feeling sure that Jealous aud conscien-
tious labor in that field is bound to be
followed with its reward.
The Summer campaign wound up
with a grand ialiy of the workers at
Witherspoon Hall on Friday night,
there being an audience present of
1900. There were addresses by eminent
ministers and evangelists; testimonials
we're given by converts of the various
meetings, while the choir WIS made
up Of two hundred children. also con-
verts.
While in Philadelphia Mr.. Laumast
| er had the pleasure and privilege of
addressing the Brotherhood Meeting,
| in Bethany church (John Wanamak
| er's) composed of line hundred men.
He also had tho special honor of be-
| ing n guest at the annual reunion of
the class at Mr.. Wanamaker's SUNNI er
| rnsidanna near IankintnWn