Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-03-11
PRINGFIEL.D
WILL Be WON
EVANGELIST SUNDAY GIVES REA
SONS WHY BIG RESULTS CAN :.
BE EXPECTED IN ILLINOIS.
INTEREST IS UNUSUAL
Potts Has Been Taken to kankakee
Insane Hospital-W. B. RamseIl
Talks on RevivaIist in
MarshalItoWn.

The unusual number of prayer
meetings held daily in the homes, and
the intense interest taken in the re-
yiyal services are the two reasons
advanced by Evangelist w. A. Sunday
when asked Tuesday why he predicted
unprecedented results in Springfield.
Although just entering on the third
week Of the meetings, there are over
one hundred and twenty-five house or
neighborhood prayer meetings held
in Springfield every morning.
These are accorded total attendance
OF about 1900 people. The evangelist
was moved to state that even in Spo-
kane, the largest city ever visited by
himself and party for series OF pro-
tracted meetings, that the cottage
prayer services were not SO we'll at
tended. Although considerably smaller
than Spokane, Springfield has turned
out bigger crowds at the meetings.
The matter Of taking care of the
crowds is rapidly becoming serious
problem. At this statge of the series.
| the overflow each night averages
about 1000 people, and both the tab
ernacle and the First M. E. church of
Springfield are inadequate for the
huge assemblies. Rev. M. w. Lyon,
now assistant, talks regularly at the
church to the overflow services, but
even so, hundreds are turned away
from both edifices nightly.
Officials Assist.
Entirely unexpected by the evangel-
list, was the cooperation rendered him
by the Springfield officials. Yesterday
!, TOD l11{
inspiring address to the Springfield
high school. This morning Rev. Sun
dav opened the senate with prayer
and tomorrow morning be will do
like service for the house Of represen-
tatives.
The prisons and iails Of Springfield
have also been thrown open to the
revivalist and his party and some
member of the corps holds services in
these institutions nearly every day.
The special meetings for women and
girls will be commenced Sunday Mrs
Rae Muirhead to be the speaker and
Miss Miller also. if the crowds over
flow the one building secured.
Another feature Of the meetings at
testing the interest taken by the peo-
pie, is the fact that the afternoon
meetings are attended by a full tab
ernacle
Potts to kankakee.
Realizing that submission was the
best policy, Sherman Potts, Sundays
assailant of week ago, quietly accom-
panied Sheriff Werner of Sangamon
county. from the Jail to the Chicago
and Alton depot Yesterday noon, to
leave for the Kankakee asylum,
where he will be confined. Potts was
formerly an inmate Of the Jackson
vile institution. but protested a pre-
ference for the Kankalee hospital and
his wishes were satisfied.
w. B. RamseIl Talks.
Preparatory to the advent of w. A.
Sunday to Marshalltown. w. B. Ram
sell Of this city addressed large and
inspiring meeting in that city Sunday
afternoon. Mr. Ramsell. whose activity
in Christian work in this city Is well
known, devoted himself largely to
w A. Sundays methods and results.
He cited many instances of individuals
of Ottumwa who had been converted
during the revivals here, and Of the
subsequent record these people have
accomplished by their work and infiu-
ence.