Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-12
SOUL SAVERS
TRIUMPHANT
STREET EVANoELIsTs TIRED BUT
EAGER TO CONTINUE
Second Week of business Mems Open
Air Meetings Finds Some Clergy
men with Hoarse Voices
but Happy

The second week of the street evan
geIistic meetings closed yesterday
with the workers tired but triumphant
and eager to carry the work on to the
end of the month.
The clergymen and laymen who nave
been accustomed to speak In the
churches and halls have found open
air anea king trying on their vocal or
gans. but no word of complaint has
been heard and all are anxious to carry
on the good work.
The meetings have been marked
success. The story of the gospel mas
been told each day at different STANDS
to large and increasing audiences. Inc
committee on arrangements, composed
of five men selected by the Church red
Grafton, has had entire charge OF the
selection of the speakers.
In this particular line great caution
has been exercised to secure broad
minded men, both among the clergy
and laity and to keep all "faddlsts
and those leaning toward fanaticism
off of the stands.
The committee passes on each
speaker before he is invited to take
part. thus assuring the success of the
meetings.
Those In charge of the meetings feel
that they are carrying on tremend-
GUS work for good, and while they
speak as q rule to non-church mem
bers, they address a markedly intetl-
gent crowd and must present the story
of the gospel pure and simple.
Deviations Not Tolerated
They also have found that deviations
from the gospel will lose for them their
audience while the true story or the
cross ever holds an attentive congre-
CATION in whatever part of town the
service may be held.
The services conducted at the noon
hour, aside from the shop meetings
and the services conducted by the T.
w. C. A. at the laundries, are reaching
far out, and several pastors in the
suburbs have asked that services pc
conducted in those sections as well as
for the negroes and japanese.
A large number of conversions ara
reported each day. and at the services
at the Plaaz thirty Mexicans have pro-
fessed Christianity
The evangelistic movement has
taken a strong footing in the Univer-
sitv of Southern California, and the
students are holding services at that
institution.
At the meeting at Fourth and Broad
way yesterday noon Major George Hill
ton spoke on 1.-The Value of Identifea-
tion." He dealt on the necessity OF
Identification, especially for young
men entering business without money
or friends. He also spoke OF the ad-
vantages of memory in recalling names
i'm certain lines of business. He said,
In part:
when we come to the point of iden-
tifcation, If a man should boldly call
on Carnegie and say to him, have
heard of your great liberality in giving
away money and would you give me
$4,000 for fifteen years. DO you
think he would get it without ldentlu-
cation? Certainly not!
"a young man had business pro1ect
that he wished to work out but had
no money with which to go ahead Win
il. He spoke to his father about 1t ana
asked his advice. The parent said that
if anyone wished to secure money he
must be identified by some RESPONSE
BILE person. He then gave his son 10
understand that there was no one IN
this country who could help him ana
II would be doubtful If he could receive
aid in Europe.
'srhe father told his son that he was
formerly in business with Rothschild' but
it had been so long ago tina; he had prop-
ably forgotten all about him and there
would be no show for the boy.
Boy Goes to Europe
"Rut the boy had great faith that he
could accomplish his ends by going to
Europe and working on the old friendship
of his father. So he went to Europe and
his first business was to see Rothschild.
After much work he managed to get his
card into the hands of the baron. To
the surprise of the young man he was
ushered into the presence of the baron
and was greeted cordially as the son Of
the man whom he had much respected.
$50 the baron led the young man around
nv the arm and the young fellow began
Ia feel anxious as to how he was to get
the money he wanted so badly. He re-
lieved his worry by asking the baron
how no should proceed TO get the money