The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-11-27
ABE MULKEY
MEETING OPENS
NOTED TEXAS EVANGELIST
MAKES INTRODUCTORY TALK.
Rouses Interest In Observation-Disclosures
He Cannot Succeed Unless Peo-
pie of Brownsville DO Their Part,
Working and Praying.

a large audience last night at the
Methodist church greeted Rev. Abe
Mulkey, ,Ae noted rexas evangelist
who began a series of meeting at
that church One of the pleasant
features of last nights meeting was
the song service, conducted by
large choir before the sermon, or
rather talk, as Rev Mr.. Mulkey
stated last night that he was not
preaching but would preach his first
sermon tonight. Last night he was
just getting acquainted or introduce
ing himself. Across the back of the
pulpit extending NE side of
the building to the otne. arge
banner on which was printed: Save
your verdict until the evidence is all
in"
The evangelist prefaced his talk
last night with a few boquets to
the newspaper men. 1t was a good
thing, he declared. to keep on good
terms with these men, as little
dope" as he expressed il, helped
out nightly sometimes. Last night
marked the beginning of the 54Sth
revival that Rev Mr. Mulkey has
conducted within the past p years
he announced, and if any one would
add an average of u days TO the
54S meetings, they could fad ont
how many days he had preached ana
then, by adding 80 sermons tor eacI
week, they would have very acct
rate idea of the number OF sermons
that he has preached.
Brownsville, he said, IS The
most advertised town TO the number
of square inches of any town in The
country. There has not been r-Wn
in the United States ;hat has been
cussed and discussed b. 50 many
prominent men as Brownsville. and
he was glad TO come here 90 see
and know the town.
To make d revival . success. AR
Mr.. Mulkey said four things are es-
sential: First of these is work Tn
less the church members and Chris
tians WOrkN to make the meeting
a success, Ale MuiKry cpG'd not do
il, as he is no incubator anC could
not hold a successful meeting with
out the cOnsecrated work of the
people. In speaking OF incnbaI1rs.
he stated that he was opposed 40
them on general principles, as all
they were good for is 10 relieve
the old hen of working All sne
had TO do was to lay al egg and
the incubator would do the lesr, and
that gave her entirely too much
time TO play society. He was a firm
believer in the chicken industry,
however, and stated that he could
preach much better sermons if three
chickens a day go into the minisler
This WAS not Abe Mulkey's meetin%,
as many people ar ewOnt to say, but
it is Brownsyille's meeting.
The next thing necessary TO make
the meeting a success, is prayer. He
was going to ask all present to read
the 9Th chapter of Daniel in the OIu
Testament today. and tonight he
would give them another chapter TO
read Jesus Christ, when a great
wOr Jay before him, prayed in the
garden throughout an entire night.
This He did the night before the
twelve apostles were appointed This
was q great task, as these twelve men
were chosen from the whole world
to personally represent their savior
He said
If esus Dnrist, the son Of God
and fine savior OF mankind found il
necessary to devote a whole night to
prayer when on the eve OF perform
ing a great tasA, how much more
essential is it for us TO pray for the
success of this meeting He asked
all present to pray three times eacn
day for it. 1t was not necessary to
go into a closet to pray They could
pray benind the counter, at their Of
fices. or their places of business
As surely as they failed to pray they
would become knockers OF the meet
ing. and knocking is a thing that is
now holding the city down, he ad-
ded. He asked them not to be
knockers but boosters for their city.
their church and their business
Referring to the motto on the wall.
Save your verdict until he eHid
is all in, Rev Mulkey stated that
it taxes a mighty big man and