The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1911-05-12
MOVEMENT
To Get Billy Sunday To
Purify Mansfield
Noted Evangelist May Be
Called To That City
Mansfield News)

NAhoho"Ns' A'OWot
Come over into Mansfield and
help u.s." was the cry that went up
from the meeting of the Madison
township Sunday school association
held at East Mansfield Sunday after
nonn. This cry was generated in the
round table discussion, What Shall
we Do to Get Billy Sunday to Come
TO Mansfield?" J. F.. Kramer stated
the question very carefully as If feel
ing the pulse of the people. The tenn
perature of the convention soon went
sion, pro and Goa. wtfch followed. The
pastors of some ~ the churches are
said to be opposed - tho NEeat evan
geiist and his meeassas. TO- members
who attend the clfsrohes presided ov-
er by their opposing pastors, expressed
themselves as beisg fn favor of his
coming. One influential member of a
denomination not exactly In sympathy
with Billy, declared On the convention
that he, FOR one, proposed to lay down
the fence that good might come in.
One good brother said at the conven-
ton he did not think that Mansfield
was ready for a great evangelistic
campaign. A local pastor tartly re-
torted that If the people were all
ready they would not need any revival.
The convention adopted resolution
asking the ministerial association to
take steps to arrange date for Bill
ly to pitch his tent In aMnsiield.
The ministerial association met on
Monday and, afser discussion of the
question, voted to poi the matter uIl
10 the federation OF brotherhoods OF
the city. The reason given for this
action was that laymen could do so
much more with the baseball evangel-
list than minister's can, They cited
Portsmouth as an example. The lay
men sent twenty-three men to see
the swift base runner who, after list.
ening to their plea, consented to come
TO Portsmouth, thowgh he had refused
the call Of the ministers. The In
formation was given out from the min,
isterial association that the matter
was up for consideration once before
and was dropped because all the pas
tors were not in favor of the move
ment. Since then some have ahd a
change OF conviction, though all were
not present at the meeting Monday
The president of the federation OF
brotherhoods, l.. D. Barr, was asked
Tor information about the proposed
movement He stated very concise
dy that the federation Is not yet com
pleted and there will not be another
meeting before May 90 He was just
as candid in his statement that the
federation Is not responsible for the
Srvtion taken by the ministers In put
ing the matter up to the laymen. II,
further declared there would be no ac
tion taken before the organization Is
completed unless the ministers leat
of The reader con see how the lane
lays. The township Sunday schoo
put II up to the ministers, who passe,
II along to the brotherhoods Nov
the latter claim they are not responsl
ble for the solution of every question
put up to them by other organizations
Some of the business men take mer
'cenary view of the matter and sa,
they could afford to contribute liz
eraily II Billy can live up to his reput
ed reputation of making people pa,
their debts and to restore conscienc,
money.