The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1907-04-12

number had run up To one thousand,
one hundred and ten. To keep
sweet, to manage new committee,
and to have SO many pass through
your house in one day is not easy
and yet they say To-day is not the
big day. Tomorrow and the next
day you will have more than these"
But on Wednesday we had hard
dust storm and only five hundred
and ten came. These however had
a much better opportunity of hear
ing the gospel. With DR.. A. D.
Louthan of our mission, and Mr..
n. S. Ham, of the Methodist Mis-
sion to preach; and with Misses
Peterson and Mulligan of the Meth
odist Mission and Mrs. Sallcc's
school girls to do the singing. We
had a good day of it. We could
wish that the next day might have
Il rain, or a snow, or dust, storm
for Thursday was the day they all ,
said, and SO it proved to be.
Thursday at ton O'Clock Mrs. /
Ham was at the organ. One or
two helpers had arrived but dozen
or more were asked to come and I
were needed. The crowds were !
coming. Already several hundreds /
were in the yard. From the city
from the railroad, across the fields,
they were walking fast towards our
house. Where is the hymn book? |
Il don't know Mrs. Hahn. Just
play anything, just mak' , noise, it
will be I'LL the same to 70 n.' But
in the meantime Mrs. Lawton comes
with the hymn book. The singing
commences. Then the speaker adj
vanccs. The crowd listenS-many
of them possibly for the first time to
the gospel message Another speak
cr comes forward. The helpers
come in one by one. Among them
Mr.. and Mrs. ,Sallce. How glad
we are to see them. The crowd is
too large for Il few to manage one of
the helpers whispers Stop Mr..
HSiong from preaching so long.
The people want to see the housei
They might get restless. Let's bti
gin to take them through. We wei
knew how easy it is to irritatc
crowd, well we knew that rough.
take advantage of such occasions tG,
create disturbances, and in such a
crowd (for there were now over a
thousand there must be many ras-
Gals. Why had we not gotten sold
iers to police the place. If dis
turbcnce occurred we may all be
dead before we could get word to
the official. And when he did hear
it, he would say you should have
told me sooner
Our five little children were up in
~-,., nlsse..eszxr5;==ssseal =sel fsasusd s,
t0 receive thousands of men, wo en
and children. open the vcran sos
gate and let the women come frs ro
In they rushed. Along the ver:A
dah, into the parlor, through t&
dining room, up the back stair&
passing the bath room, bed roor
and upper verandah, down through
the hall way and front stairs, ou8
the front door and west yard -but|
not all IN rush. And why? Be-
cause the back stairs, which we had
arranged were the only ones by
which they could go upstairs, were
so narrow and steep. that the ascent
was difficult. Here foreigner was
stationed to count as they came up.
How interesting to watch them.
Mothers with infants in their arms:
little girls with pretty trinkets in
their hair; young ladies with painted
cheeks and lowered dresses: sub
stantial womanhood with wondering
looks upon their faces; and the old
DANES with a cane in one hand and
young woman on the other side
supporting her. Up they come,
step by step, up! up! up!!!
Around and through and down again
but satisfied! And have been
in a Yang leo" Ca foreign house
with an upstairs).
Let the men and boys Gomez
Go slowly, go slowly" says the
man at the gate. Rush, push, tum-
bic they come. Go slowly, 90
slowly' says the man at the parlor
door. Over chair and table they
scuffle leaving four pieces instead of /,
two. Go slowly, go slowly" says
the man at the stairs. Over the
railings or through them or under
them, they scampcr, and scratch |.