The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-10-27
READY FORCAMPA|GN
IN THIS CITY .
NEXT WEEK
Rev. Robt. A. Elwood Reach.
ed Grand Forks Today to
Talk on Movement

sA6 Pso1cs uoiulHS meetings ana pre-.
pairing for the campaign, the open
ing gun in the battle Of the Men and
Religion Forward movement in the
state Of North Dakota will be fired on
Sunday. when Robert Arthur Elwood,
pastor Of the famous Boardwalk
church" Of Atlantic City, N. j.. chap
plain in chief VI the United Spanish
war veterans. and one Of the most
evangelists Of the United States to.
day. will address a meeting at the
Grand theatre at 4 o'clock.
MI. Elwood arrived In the city this
morning and spent the day planning
the campaign for the week in which
ne Will be In Grand Forks. Although
ne a just completed a long railroad
journey from Hutchinson, Kan, the
from the PLATFORM, were manifested
IN his everyday life. by the fact hat
he Immediately plunged into the work
OF the local campaign Of the branch
committee of the nation wide cam
paign.
Three Meetings Sunday.
While nothing definite has as yet
been decided on as the program Of
the week, Sunday. the opening day Of
the campaign. will see three meet
ings held. At 3 o'clock MI. Elwood
will address the boys of the city at
the Y. NJ. C. A. building; at 4 o'clock
he will speak to a mems meeting
which will be held in the Grand the
alter; and at S:45 o'clock in the even
ing he will address a mass meeting
for both men and women at the
Grand theater.
MI. Elwood when asked whether
the time set for the evening meeting
was not rather late, he stated that
ne a yet to see the city where such
q plan Yves not feasible, as the crowds
going to the mass meetings from the
churches usually found that seats
were largely taken by people WAITING
Tor n session to start.
Has Gained Everywhere.
Throughout the entire United
States the Men and Religion Forward
movement has gradually been gath
ertng impetus and the men back Of
the greatest religious crusade the
world has probably q known. state
that already have the effects become
noticeable. Men. Of the calibre of
Mr.. Eiwood. evangelists and orators
are INDUCED in the work and every
where report success. The Grand
Forks committee feels hat the local
conditions point toward success in
this city and the state.
ElWOod-The Man.
Robert Arthur Elwood is the found
er Of the movement to secure funds
to erect a monument to the women
Of America, in recognition Of the self
sacrifice in giving their sons and
husbands to the nation in time Of
war. He firmly believes that the wo-
men Of the country are entitled to the
homage. In regard to this matter
Mr.. Elwood says:
Eyes. I have seer it in my minds
mirror. A life-size figure OF a wo-
man STANDING ShaAfnr hnr nSyoo rytt1,
n hand while she looks ~intently
for the return of the loved one who
has gone. On one side of the base
Of the monument I would have. on
q bronze tablet, President Lincoln's
beautiful letter to Mrs. Bixby. in
which he. expresses his heartfelt SYM
patty in the loss Of her five sons who
another side, the significant words
part of n Of Christ's sayings
Greater love hath no man than this
On another side, the simple inscrip-
ton, This monument is erected by tho
men Of America in loving apprecia-
ton of the ONE of America, who
in all the nations wars sacrificed their
life and honor And on the other
side I would have the dates Of the
nations wars-177o, 1912, 1876. 1861,
1898. This is my dream which 1
hope to see realized before I am
many years older"
Country and Religion.
Mr.. Elwood is a member of the
General Harry c. Egbert Cavalry
Camp. No. AZ Of Germantown, Pa.
and is a veteran of the Spanish
American a Next to religion. Mr..
Elwood places his country. At ono
time he was a newsboy In Philadel-
phia, then a newspaper reporter. Aft
er working on a newspaper for some
time, he went to college. took up the
ministry and then became an even
gelist. At the time Of the Spanish
American war he enlisted and served
throughout the short conflict with
Spain. Returning from the war, he
took up his work as q Presbyterian
minister and now spends the largest
share of his time at Atlantic City and
travelling. on evangelistic missions.
One Of the most interesting of Mr..
Elwood's lectures is what he is pleas
ed to call, Under Three Flags" The
G. A. R., the Spanish-American war
veterans and the state militiamen, will
be interested in this which will be
given during the course Of the week. |
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