Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-12-30
FAMOUS RELIGIOUS EDITOh


stinted praise from the press and pub
lie of many nations by forty years un
ceasing activity as evangelist ana
writer
In the early part of his ministr,
smaller cities were frequently visited
but not so now. since his fieid-of ops
Grafton has become world wide, amt
the urgent invitations to deliver FIRE
public lectures in the largest cite,
have become so numerous that even al
of these cannot be accepted IS
For the past several years Pastor
Russell has made Semi-annual foreig
tours. and. through the press reports o.
his meetings held in large public halls
of the leading cities. he has received
much favorable comment and publicity
Wonderful Drawing Power.
AS a public speaker on Bible topics
Pastor Russell stands unrivaled-
stands alone in a place created by his
own individual work. place not pre-
viously attained nor occupied by an
other.
The mammoth crowds that repeated
ly assemble to hear him at every CD
portunity is conclusive evidence as to
his wing power. Last year. while
ings in the London Royal Albert Hall
Pastor Russell received written com
munications through the mail from
more than six thousand persons, re
questing printed copies of his sermons
So spontaneous a demand was bott
unprecedented and unlocked for. An
other evidence of his popularity on the
other side of the rolling blue is til.
publication of his weekly sermons ia
something over three hundred papers
in England. Ireland. Scotland. Australia
The Editor of Great Britain's fore
most family paper. The Peoples Jour
nal. has so APPLY commented and actet
on the matter that we can do no bet
ter than to quote here the heart-to
heart talk he gave his readers. He
said
A Wonderful Preacher.
1T is not the non-church-going tenden-
cies of the Age that ! want to talk to
you about, although my theme is more
OF less closely connected with that sub
ject- You have all. l think. heard of
Pastor Russell. the wonderful American
preacher, who has just been indicted to
the charge of the London Tabernacle.
known all over the United Kingdom and
thousands of miles beyond. the pulpit
OF the revered Sturgeon? Mr.. Russell has
achieved a position in the world of re-
Hgious thought unequalled by any living
Divine. And, curiously enough. he deliv-
ers his message to far more people out
side the church than could ever be
brought together within the walls of the
largest temple in the Universe His SER
mons and writings have for them
selves an extraordinary popularity in
America and am credibly informed that
Pastor RuSsell'S printed books on religious
subjects are excelled in circulation only
by the Bible itself Just think what this
means 1t means that millions of people
all over the world have found something
in Pastor Russell's sermons. essays and
lectures which they have been unable t.
discover in any other religious writings
apart from the Great Book itself.
A Weekly Talk.
Now, to come to the crux of the mat
ter. feel sure that the vast majority of
my readers will learn with pleasure that
1 have arranged for a weekly contribution
from the pen of Pastor Russell. A ser
monette' Mr.. Russell himself calls it. but
1 have an idea it will be found to be
something more. something fuller. than
merely a condensed sermon I have been
reading a selection of the famous Pas
tors religious writings, and they appeal
to Is being more of the nature of
quiet, diScurSive talks on serious subjects
conventional description. Pastor Russell
is a clear. easily understood thinker: he
eschews dogma and all subtleties of form
and faith. and he says what he has to say
on the great OF TellSlOn ana morals
in plain but always beautiful language
He speaks and writes not only to the Or
binary church-goer. as, we accept the
phrase. but to all intelligent men and wo-
men. and for one can quite well appre-
ciate the unparalleled popularity which
he has achieved in America-a popularity.
/ feel convinced, he will very soon equal
in this country Pastor RussellS talks
will begin in the Journal next week, and 1
hopeful that they will be extremely
popular feature of the Journal
The Press of America.
Pastor Russell's popularity abroad
does not deprive him of the honor of
prea ching To the largest congregation
in America. Surprising as ii may
seem. his sermons are at present pub
lished in more than one thousand
newspapers in America. reaching ap-
proximately ten million homes weekly
Last June and July. while making a
trans-continental tour to attend the BIZ
BILE Students Convention at San Fran
cisco. Pastor Russell made several
stops en- route. and the reception ev-
erywhere accorded the American
Spurgeon'' was most heart-cheering.
Many excellent accounts of his meet
ings were published The San Fran
what other papers were saying. inter
estingly summarized as follows:-
Pastor Russelrs given name has been
years. in which he has been famous a. the
great .Pastor-plain Pastor Russell-who
has swayed hundreds of thousands In this
country and abroad
do they come to hear him7 Wen. rath-
er. So far 1t has been impossible to en-
rage a hall large enough to hold the