CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1905-04-27


,ded that no compensation, how
rest. could be given Rev. Sunday
~ ould adequately remunerate
HI p he moral and spiritual regen-
erA sich the community had ex-
peri IS result OF his masterfuI
preae -.ing and the money was sub.
scribed as testimonial OF love rather
than as means Of reimbursing him for
what he had done, payment on the bs-
sis Of value received being regarded as
an impossibility.
How great work Rev. Sunday has
performed in Canon City can not be
bounded or computed by any known
rule. 1t 10 unique in its scope and
magnitude and. therefore, cannot be
even Appropriated by existing stand
ards of measurement. The full extent
OF Rev. Sundays lsbors here will only
be revealed in eternity, although we
will see its blossom and fruitage from
year to year in homes made happier
and lives made more beautiful.
The subscriptions At the morning
service were sI45o, Of which amount
1881. IS was cash, the remainder being
in pledges payable before the close of
banking hours on Monday. At the
mems meeting in the afternoon the SUBJ
rcriptions were S34s. on and At the even
ing service they were sl3e.s4. In ad-
dition to this 4 collection of t36. .25 was
taken at the special meeting for women
At the First Presbyterian church, which
was held At the same hour As the mems
meeting at the Tabernacle.
Had the weather been at all fsvora-
BILE the audiences at all the services
would have been larger and there
would have been . corresponding in
crease In the collections. Under ordi-
nary conditions Of weather the Taber-
nacle would have been filed to iis ut
most capacity at each Of the services
and the collections would have reached,
II not exceeded, 5000.
The morning discourse was n master.
ly presentation Of the reasons why
people should forsske evil and do good
and its effect upon the audience was OF
"a most beipfui character. and the
great majority Of those who heard It
came back in the evening to drink
deeper OF the great spiritual spring
which il opened up. The most won
derful. however, Of all the services
held by Rev. Sunday since coming to
Canon City was the special meeting
for men at . 30 in the afternoon and
the one for the miscellaneous audience
In the evening.
The enthusiasm aroused by these
meetings was tremendous and demon
stated as nothing else has done the
marvellous power OF the evangelist in
persuacing men and women of the
reasunabi.ness Of the gospel OF Jesus
Christ and in leading them out OF the
bondage OF sin into the freedom Of the
larger life of Gods salvation. The
heavy rainfall Of the afternoon and
evening did not keep many away from
these serN ices, and il is certain that no
form of entertainment, however allur-
ing would have caused so many peo-
Pile to brave the rigurs Of the storm as
Rev. Sunday did by his eloquent and
forceful preaching OF the gospel at the
Tabernacle. II Barnum & Bailey's
circus should come to town on wet
day It would attract fewer people thas
the evangelist did last Sunday evening.
The rain battered down on the metal
lie roof OF the Tabernacle during the
evening service with noise that made
il physically impossible for the larger
part OF his audience to hear him and
after announcing his text, Thou art
not very far from the kingdom of
God, and speaking for, perhaps, five
minutes Rev Sunday was compelled
to abandon his discourse. The logic of
previous sermons had. however, done
its work and when an Invitation was
given nearly sixty men and women
went forward and confessed their sins,
showing that the people of Canon City
had been moved by the preaching OF
the gospel as never before in their
lives.
One of the incidents of the meeting
was the issuing Of The Daily Record
which run four weeks giving tine peo.
pie daily = complete report of the
meetings and synopsis of one Of the
sermons.
The Souvenir Edition to be issued
next week by the Record will COM
plete the reports Of the meeting be-