Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1905-12-22
Or. STROUSE IS
MAKING BIG SUCCESS
Three Thousand Were Present at
Recent Meeting in Newark.
THE SPEAKER WAS ELOQUENT

Contossion-A Glorloub WoStnB'
The Newark IN. j Advertiser Of the
18Th inst. contains q glowing report OF
GmeetiDg held by Rev. Clarence B
stFouse in that city, and inasmueh 81
DR.. strouse 10 regarded % q Gaines-
Vile man, this will prove Of interest to
readers Of The Sun. The Advertiser
says
Rallylng from every section Of the
city in squads and companies. and sl-
most regiments, q small army Of men
and women descended on the COlumbia
Theatre after last nights performance
20 peFmeate into every corner OF the
ancient playhouse, where EvaDggtiSt
Clarence B. stFouIe was booked 70 lead
q revival service. Fully 1900 people
crowded into the auditorium and gal.
leEy and onto the stage before It fairly
began, and for the better part Of an
hour sat or stood bntThnced by the elo'
quence OF the young ViTginlan. That
10 WAS wonderfully potent, the scores
OF pFofeSsed resolutions to reform bear
witness. OF those protesting ones
more than IiEty signed the decision
cards In use at ell the meetings. But
that number seems small when almost
that whole great conc0uTSe stood on
10 feet IN token of Christian faith and
Discriminate Of live In accordance
with lie pEeoeptb.
To the HtitFlpg melody Of the glory
song, 1.-THE Hinge Business" and the
more familiar Coward Christian SOL
dIerS," those who had attended the
several district meetings marched In IT.
regular formation TO the old Fret
Church, the rendezvous on former
similar occasions.
OF the marching thronRS BY far the
greater number came from the Clln.
ton Avenue Reformed Church, where
Dr.. StEOuss had spoken on the OOnSe.
quenOeS Of Sin. At the conclusion Of
the services there, probably tWo-thiIdS
Of the 1900 peFSonS who hllSd the edl.
Zoe started uptown, led by che district
chairman, Dr.. Daniel II. Martin, aud
tWo platOonS Of ministers and lAymeb.
They preceded the band OF the Volun-
te0FS OF America mastering q dozen
pieces aud the district chorus, and
taking the east side Of the street SET q
pace comparable almost with a Rus
slan Fetreat. No attempt vtAi made TO
preserve conventional ranks, but every
Die Of excess energy WAS expended In
SlnginR she revival hymns, But be-
sides the hundreds who composed this
line there we're % many who kept TO
the sidewalks, and hustled 20 keep up
with the othsFt,
DR.. SlTonte, oveFheRted aud Wllted
OF collar, wrapped himself 10 HE great
fur coat, bus dared not expose himself
70 the penetrating FAWneSS on the
march. Instead, he rode beside the
column In bic cab ~ faT 90 che FiFst
Church. and later TO the theatre, A
transparency In the line gave q Ren.
eFAl Invitation to the theatre.
All along Broad street heads popped
from windows and forms appeared In
doorWayS Of residences and business
places, the oWheU Foused by che vol.
ume Of singing and the music Of the
eseoFlinR band,
On 10 the Theatre.
when The mobillHlnR crowd reached
che church 10 Was already hlled by
Leader ChApman's audience aud
smaller delegations arriving earlier,
A way was cleared Tor the musicians
and the chorus, and when they were
In only the galleries afforded standing
room, The eFush held up hundreds
outside, aud lhess shortly turned and
made toward Washington and Mar.
shall t,tvets For about half az hour
even street theFcAboul led 20 the the
atFe The advance guard arrived be.
tore 10 80 and formed In q macs before
iOPo front aud eide entrances. 10 was
quite thirty minutet, however, before
The performances was over aud tAs
thFohg IVES allowed 70 eater, The
meeting he'd been previously an.
noanosd from the stage. and the gtru,
majority Of che AadisRee stayed 10 the
Saats. Perhaps 80 escaped, baI the
wedge o. hunanity Ia ths lobby made