The Oskaloosa herald., 1908-12-17
PROPOSITION IS
MADE TO SUNDAY
EVANGELIST ASKED TO DIVIDE
FREE WILL OFFERING.
WOULD HELP NEEDY PEOPLE
Proposed Plan is to Give Revivalist
$1,000 and All Actual Expenses
the Balance to Go to
the Poor.

Ottumwa, Ia, Dec. 12.-As a Sc
quel to the refusal of Billy Sun
day to accept the offer of one
thousand dollars for his services,
donating the remainder of the
free will Offering TO the poor, Sun
day and Mayor Phillips had
wordy combat on the streets this
morning, surrounded by crowd
of several hundred,
One signer of the $1,000 propo-
sition made Sunday was Henry
Phillips, president of the Box Car
Loader company. This morning
Il. ID. Foster, president of the Nor
rell Packing company, offered for
sale his stock in the Box Car Load
er, company, saying he would not
be associated in business with an
enemy of Jesus Christ" a.z.
No saloons or bawdy houses
have been closed, but Sunday has
kept his promise to turn the town
upside down.
Details of the Proposition.
ollull"c, bCS. w III
Billy Sunday Except $1,000 for his five
weeks work in 0ttumwa? This in
short is the question which has been
asked by number of prominent
Ottumwa citizens in an open letter
which was published in the Courier
yesterday afternoon at the request of
Mayor T. J. Phillips.
Following is the communication in
full: ....
Editor Courier-Dear Sir: At the
request of numerous citizens, | hand
you for publication an open letter to
Rev. w. A. Sunday and signed by
representative men of the city.
Il heartily approve of the plan sug-
gested in this letter | am aware that
our people are not wholly of one mind
as to Mr.. Sunday, but surely all will
approve of whatever good his work has
accomplished amongst us, and even
his warmest friends cannot in reason
object to the plan proposed l should
not think that a cody and unselfish
man as Mr.. Sunday Is would want 10
take out of our city several thousand
dollars for his labor of five weeks
when there are so many worthy objects
to which it could be devoted here at
home. IL he will proclaim his willing
ness to join in this plan l will do all
in my power to make the collection on
next Sabbath the biggest he ever took
up in one of his tabernacles. | be-
lieve that l can induce hundreds of
men classed as outside the churches
to join in with us on that day and
raise rousing big fund for the poor
and needy of this city.
Come, Brother Sunday, what have
you to say? With kindest wishes for
Mr. Sunday and his friends, am,
respectfully, IT J. Phillips,
Mayor Of the City"
Letter to Sunday.
The letter to the Rev. Mr.. Sunday
follows:
Rev. W. A. Sunday City-Dear Sir:
We understand that the free will Of
fering' to be taken at the Tabernacle
next Sabbath goes to you. We are re.
liably informed that your collection at
Jacksonville amounted to about $1,000
and that at each of your other meet
ings for several years past you have
received about $4,000 to about $4,000,
so that your annual income at this rate
is anywhere from $4,000 to $50, 900;
that you are booked ahead for two
years, so that you seem to be doing a
good business in a financial way
Now, We suggest that the proceeds
of the collection to be taken up next
Sunday be paid over to the ministerial
association of our city to be applied as
follows: First, to pay all of your act.
ual expenses while here, to include
salaries you pay your helpers. Sec
ond, to pay you salary of not over
81 900 for your five weeks work. Third,
the balance. if any, to be applied by
our ministerial association to such
charitable objects and evangelical
uses in our city as they may designate
Self Sacrifice Test.
1--WE are told that as large an offer
ing as you got at Jacksonville is ex-
pected of Ottumwa next Sabbath.
This would leave several thousand dol.
lars, under our plan, to be used at
home. You would be getting salary
OF many times that paid to our best |
ministers in our local churches, and |
we consider them able and godly men. !
You have preached self?sacrifice to us.
"We ask you to publicly announce |
your attitude on this proposition, so |
the people of Ottumwa may know
where you stand in advance of this
collection. as it may have something
to do with the amount of the Offer
ings."
The letter to Evangelist Sunday is
signed by the following prominent OF.
tumwa citizens:
Henry Phillips, j. B. Dennis, Jesse
Sturgeon, W. H. C. Jacques, L. T.
Chrisman, j. E. Langford, p, T. Spring
er, J. b. McCarroll, ]. A. Wagner. viii.
liam Wilson, J. E. Hull. T. H. Picker
and 7. p. Baker.
Foretold Death.
Having two days before foretold the