The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-02-13
Evangelist JohnsOn's Record
BY REV. G. ri. GRIJBE

BY REV. c. II. CRUDE
The record, in this state, of Evan
gelist johnson is quite an amazing
one. We have looked into it little
and here it is:
Alexandria. The meetings lasted
three and one half weeks. The ex
pense account was $3.50. The purse
given Mr. Johnson was $l04O At
the close of the meetings the people
of Alexandria rented the opera
house for one year at $400 per year
for Y. M. c. A. reading room,
gymnasium, and union prayer meet
ing When Mr. Johnson left the
place they had a brass band in a
snow storm at the depot to speed the
parting evangelist. The population
IS about the same as that Of Miller.
The number of conversions were 303.
At Britton where nearly all the
business men are anti-christian there
were $50 profession and a purse of
$500. At Groton there were 375
professions. The men of the town
leased large room for mems UNI
ion prayer meeting, reading room,
etc. The average attendance Of men
is from 65 to Is now, year after
those meetings. These men held
a reception on New Years day when
l4O ladies called. The Presbyterian
church received over 100 members
and the town has had the widest
work of grace in its history.
AT Chamberlain they built big
tabernacle and there were 1870 pro-
LESSONS.
The biggest work of grace was,
without doubt, at Aberdeen where
there was nearly a thousand CONVEX
slons. During the last days Of the
meetings which lasted about six
weeks, the people built large tab
ernacle,, consisting of $4,000 feet Of
lumber, seating $500 people, to be
used only during the five closing
days of the meetings. On Sunday
night which was about to close the
meetings, there were, l42 profess
sions. The following night there
were 60. This big structure was
built in l6 hours, feat which the
Aberdeen people will always remem-
ber and love to tell about. DR.. Tay-
lor pastor of the M. f. church, writ
ing to brother pastor in Wisconsin
8 months after the meetings closed
deslared that out of l79 members
which he had received. 10 of them
proved staunch working christians.
While these meetings were in prog
ress the Groton people. Come over
on three separate evenings in special
trains when the Grotonites stood
sardined even in the baggage cars.
There were 909 professions in Aber-
deem.
AT Pierre a few weeks ago the ex-
pense account was $1,000. The purse
gwen Mr. Johnson was Sl040. The
evening following the close of the
meetings at reception rendered Mr.
Johnson and his fellow at the Locke
Hotel in five minutes purse of
1000 dollars was raised to start a
reading room and Y. M. C. A. for
Pierre. This money was placed in
the hands of a committee which lat
er recommended that they at once
build the building to cost from z to
10 thousand dollars. There were
270 conversions in Pierre. In all of
these places much more could have
been accomplished had it not been
for certain knockers" and people
who failed to come up to the help of
these men to the help of the Lord
against the mighty. Let all persons
in Miller take notice that the
pastors and the good people are do.
ing all they can and each person
during these days will certainly be
Judged with terrible judgement il
he fails or flinches at a time like this