The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-07-18
HE FINISHES SERMON
Rival Religious Demonstra-
tions Attract Large Crowd
Rev. Mccall breaches a Strange
Doctrine Believes Ministers
Should Live Like Christ.

ers of today should observe the
scriptures to the letter, took his
stand ON the courthouse square
Wednesday evening. His tall, slen-
der frame was roughly clad and
the flowing beard which fell from
his solemn countenance gave him
the appearance of patriarch.
For probably fifteen minutes
Rev. Mr.. Mccall had indulged in
his tirade against the world in gen
eral and Marion in particular when
the Salvation Army arrived with its
outfit of drums, banjos and lusty
voiced singers.
All at once Rev. Mr.. Mccall
found his voice mingled with the
noise of the Salvationers voices
and musical instruments. He hest
tated for a minute, wiped the sweat
from his brow, ard then proceeded
to preach louder than befre.
81 wish ! had a voice to drown
that old bass druml" yelled the
pilgrim preacher. Thereupon the
Army lit into their Instruments
with renewed vigor. But Mccall
was umdamted and preached all the
louder.
"God is in the life of man, not
in noise like that" yelled Rev.
Mr.. Mccall. And the drum doomed
with still more violence. ''Two
nights ago / came here to deliver
a sermon and found another man
preaching" cricd the pilgrim. "In-
stead of stopping to disturb his
services | went on my way.
"Biffey- y-bang BOOM" went the
base drum; but the voice of Rev!
Mr.. McCal could be plainly heard
above the din.
81 would be ashamed to disturb
a religious service with a noise like
| that" declared the itinerant prea-
cher.
These two different modes Of re-
ligious exhortation continued for
more than an hour and created n
noise that could be heard all over
the business section of the city. A
crowd of several hundred people
gathered on the square during that
time and enjoyed the rival demon
sltrations. Both Mccall and the Ar
my proved 10 have plenty Oh stay
ing qualities and it would be pretty
hard to tell which gave in first.
Mccall is a remarkable character
who has visited Marion several
times during the past few years,
preaching his strange doctrine. lie
is man of natural eloquence and
words flow readily from his lips (,
More than fifteen years ago he was
converted while working in South
ern lumber camp. He preached at
first to his fellow workmen and
finally decided TO give up every
thing to travel about the country
spreading the gospel. Since that
time. according to his own story,
he has travelled 10000 miles and
has preached in every city OF I'M
portance in the country.
Mccall believes an a literal trans
lation of the Bible. He thinks that
all preachers should emulate Christ,
and this he bres TO do. He walks
every place, never boarding a train,
and takes with him neither money
nor food. He never takes a collec-
ton and never asks for assistance.
In case he is not Offered shelter for
night, he sleeps under the blue
sky, by the roadside or in the open
field. :,
Mccall is opposed to all church
organizations.
"My Bible tells me nothing
about following the Methodists,
Baptists on Presbyterians, he
SAYS. "An | can find are instruc-
tions to repent of my sins and fol-
low Christ. "
"What's the use of joining a
churchq" declared Mccall in his
sermon on the street Wednesday
night can you do is contribute a
little more money to be applied on
the preachers salary "
"The Bible does not tell You to
work all week and then go to a
church and listen to the preachers
lies" declared the pilgrim. "They
don't tell ycu the truth. "