The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-09-28
COMING To HAWAII
IN EVANGELIST WAGON

! CHICAGO, H., September 1O.-An
evangelist wagon, manned by R. A. Nc
Cam and A. J. Moulton, has set out
from here with the Pacific coast as its
final destination. Motive power for the
vehicle viii be supplied by Fannie and
Gertie, a stout fve-year-old team of
country bred horses. The wagon is a
portable room with window sashes on
the sides. Mr.. Mccain and Mr.. Moul-
ton have been prominent for several
years in the Indianapolis local of the
Young Men s Holiness League, and it
is in the interest of the league that
! they have started West.
1t is their intention to hold meetings
in out of the way places in the West
where the evangelistic work of the
league has not yet reached. Mr.. Ne
Cam served as president of the local
league for the last two years and Mr.
MOulton served as treasurer, both re-
signing to take up this new work.
In speaking of their undertaking Mr.
Mccain said that they realized there
were many places that had not been
reached by the league and that appa-
rently would prove fertile fields, and
that they had decided the wagon would
be the best means of reaching these
places
Senator-elect w. o. Bradley of Ken
%1a N
city to attend the meetings of the
league, contributed generously toward
the fund necessary to finance the I'M
dertaking, and the remainder of the
money was raised by contributions. The
wagon was then built by an Indiana
polls firm. Fannie and Gertie were
bought, a generous quantity of litera-
ture was obtained, and the expedition
was ready to start. 1t is the intention
of the two men to obtain current ex-
penses by means of contributions en-
route and the sale of books and Bibles
The wagon is well adapted for the
purpose. The windows make it so light
within as to afford quite comfortable
sitting room if the need arises, and the
drivers seat is placed so far back as
TO be protected from inclement weather.
have been made so that
a bed, extending the entire width of
the wagon, may be put in place, and
there is a gasolene stove and cooking
equipment that the two evangelists
may not suffer from lack of physical
On the rear of the wagon is a device
of which two men are especially proud.
1t is similar to tailgate, though of
size When not in use it
is lifted and strapped to the back of
the wagon body, but when either of /
the evangelists is to speak at an open |
air meeting the tailgate is lowered to |
a horizontal position. where it is secur- |
ed by side chains. It thus forms an /
ideal platform from which to speak. |
The horses have spent their lives in 7
the country and are so sound and in |
such good condition that Mr.. Mccain /
is sure they viii make the entire trip /
and that it will not be necessary to +
indulge in any "hoss tradin - en- I
route
Although the arrival at the coast viii !
finish the overland trip it will by no +
means finish the work of the two evan
gelists. for, according to the present |
plans, the way will then lead to the /
Hawaiian Islands. Mr. Mccain will I
be Joined by his wife and Mr. MOulton
by his wife and children in California,
and they will be accompanied by their
families to the islands, but just how /
long they will remain there is not def
nitely settled It is probable, how
ever. that their work in the islands
will extend at least over two or three
vnarS