Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-10
"Qbe king'8 business"
Summer Evangelistc Campaigns in Many Large
Cities Have Been Planned Along
Business Lines.

side to the work. but probably not the
house-to- house canvass that distinguished
the work in the Quaker city. Never in
this country has there been such CAM
paign as DR.. Chapman made in Phila-
delphia. He says so himself. and the
1l.NO converts tell the rest Of the story.
There the work started weeks in advance
of the church meetings. Over LOCO per-
sons visited the houses in the twenty-one
districts into which the city divided
and extended personal invitation TO all
TO attend as many as possible Of the nu-
merOus meetings provided morning. after
noon andevening. The mails were used to
reach hundreds of thousands. Sunday
school children were employed as messen-
gers on the kings business and they de-
livered 10000 letters. The cost was over
$4,000 but the harvest was regarded as
worry of the price
The real work will start early this
month when the Tent Evangel will he
opened. But in the meantime there will
be another revival in progress. in this case
at Baltimore during the general confer
ence of the Methodist Church. Preachers
from all over the world will be there. DR..
c. NJ Boswell. known the master evan
gelist.' will be one OF the notable figures.
Lay workers will go out into the factory
districts during the noon hour and hold
services every day. The men and women
will be gathered for a few minutes Of song
with short address that will be right to
the point. There will be four central
church gatherings every evening and four
theater rallies for men on as many Sun
days. committee has every detail work
ed out so there can be no mistake and no
hi CHI.
ITO move one large city is to stir every
other city to some extent said DR..
Chapman, land at the same time in
fiuence the whole Christian world" The
workers in Baltimore feel that the ex-
perience of Philadelphia will help them
during the month of May, and the lead
ers Of the tent campaign in New York
will profit greatly by what was learned
in the City of Brotherly Love. In SYRIA
cuse and Springfield there is already evil
paign can do. The united Protestant
churches Of Syracuse have determined to
hold tent meetings during July and Au-
gust. with Rev. John n. Steele. a Pres
byterian evangelist, as director and
one of the most successful ministers of
New York, is now engaged In formu-
lating the work. having been one OF the
executive heads Of the tent work In this
city.
The united churches of Springfield.
Mass. are also busy with preparations
for a revival next year. an invitation hav-
ing been extended to DR.. Chapman to con-
duct the meetings. though it Is doubtful
summer season he leaves for a worldwide
mission tour. to cover number OF
months. He will visit England first. but
may be able to return to this country in
time for the spring work which SPRING
field is arranging for him.
Work for "A year ahead is also being
arranged in London. according to advices
received by evangelists here. 1t Is to be
on vast scale and cover London as the
city has never been gone over before.
Lord Kinnaird il taking an active part in
the arrangements. and Rev. F. r. Meyer.
who recently went to South Africa for
mission tour, will be one Of the preachers.
1t is proposed to have an Anglican and a
Free Church pastor at each great center
and use the largest halls instead Of the
churches for the meetings. 1t will be an
Our Common Christianity" and the work
is already past the preliminary stages.