Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1912-03-29
FAMOUS RELIGIOUS EDITOR.

FAMOUS RELIGIOUS EDITOR
The famed Bible defender, the ven
cradle Pastor Russell of London and
Brooklyn Tabernacles, has won I'M
stinted praise from the press and pub
lie of many nations by forty years IT,
teasing activity as evangelist and
writer.
In the early part of his ministry
smaller cities were frequently visited,
but not so now, since his field of op
Grafton has become world wide, and
the urgent invitations to deliver free
public lectures i'll the largest cities
have become 50 numerous that even all
of these cannot be accepted.
For the past several years Pastor
Russell has made semi-annual foreign
tours. and. through the press reports of
his meetings held in large public halls
of the leading cities, he has received
much favorable comment ard publicity
Wonderful Drawing Power.
AS public speaker on Bible topics
Pastor Russell stands unrivalcd-
stands alone in place created by hi.
own individual work, place not IRE
viously attained nor occupied by an
other.
The mammoth crowds that repeated
" assemble to hear him at every OF
portunity is conclusive evidence as t
his drawing power. Last year. whit
conducting a series of Sunday meet
ings in the London Royal Albert Hail
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 bot
unprecedented and unlocked for. NJ
other evidence Of his popularity or tn
other side of the rolling blue Is II
publication of his weekly sermons l.
something over three hundred paper
in England, Ireland. Scotland. Australia
The Editor of Great Britains fore
most family paper. The Peoples JON
nut, HIS 81 dHti! NpitfaiSAitSt AM ''N x
on the matter that We can Go no bel
ter than to quote here the heart-to
heart talk he gave his readers. II,
said
A Wonderful Preacher.
"It is rot the ron-church- going tendeD
cies of the Age tnat I want to talk e
you about, although my theme is NOR
or less closely connected with that sub
ject. You have all. ! think, heard
/ Pastor Russell tha wonderful American
preacher who has jugt been indicted t.
the charge of the London Tabernacle
known all over the JH.-ed i<sc CON an
thousands Of miles beyo.e, Gs tne run'
Of the revered Sturgeon Mr.. Russell he
achieved a position in the world of r
| ligious thought unequalled by asy livir
Divine And curiously enough, he deliv
ers his message to far more people ont
side tho church than could ever
brought together within the walls Of tn.
| largest temple in the Universe. His ser
| mons and writings have Won for them
selves an extraordinary popularity i
| America and | am c~edlbly informed tina
| Pastor Russells printed books on religion
| subjects are exceled in circulation oll
/ by the Bible itself. Just think what tn.
| means. 1t means that millions OF peopl
| all over the world have found somethis
| in Pastor Russells sermons. essays ano
] lectures which they have been unable u
| discover in any other religious writing
| apart from the Great Book itself
A Weekly Talk.
"Now. to come to the crux of the mat.
| ter l feel sure that the vast majority OF
| my readers will learn with pleasure tla'
| have arranged for weekly contributor
| frors the pen of Pastor Russell. ser.
1 calls If bll
| have an idea it will be found to be
; something more. something fuller, thar
| merely a condensed sermon. l have beer
| reading a selection of the famous Pas
| tors religious writings, and they appea
| to me as being more of the nature o.
| quiet, discursive talks on serious subject:
| than sermons or pulpit deliverances OF th'
| conventional description. Pastor Russel
! is a clear, easily understood thinker; M
| eschews dogma and all subtleties of form
| and faith and he says what he has to say
| on the great truths of religion and morals
| in plain but always beautiful language
| He speaks ard writes not only TO the OF
binary churcheo as We accept m
| phrase, but TO all intelligent men and Wo
men, and for oae can quite well appre
! ciate the unparalleled popularity wliici
10 has achieved in Ainerica-a popularity
| feel convinced, lie VIII very soon equa
in this country. Pastor RusselIs taia
will begin in the JoarRoi next week, and
| am hopeful that they viii be an extremei.
popular feature of tie Joaanal.
The Press CT America.
Pastor RusacIls popularity abroad
does not deprive him of the honor
preaching TO the largest congregation
in America. Surprising as 1t ma.
seem, his sermons are ut present pup
lisiied in more than one Thousand
newspapers in America. reaching ap
proximateiy ten million homes weekly
i Last June ard July, while making
trans-eonfinental tour to attend the 81
bic Students Convention ut San Fran
| cisco, Pastor Russell made seyera
stops en- route, and the reception ey
| erywhere accorded the American
Spurgeonn was most heart-cheering.
Many excellent accounts of his meet
ings were published. THE San Fran
cisco CALL in making reference {
what other papers were saying, inter
estingly summarized as follows
sPastor Russell's given name has bee
| lost to public record during the last te
| years, In which he has been famous as IN
| great 'Pastcr'-plain Pastor Russeli-Wn
| has swayed hundreds OF thousands In TN
| country and abroad
DO they come to hear him? Well, ratf
err! So far it has been impossible to 81
Igage q hall large enough to hold IA
crowds. Dreamland Rink has been hire
for this occasion. In Kansas CITY Der
yer. SALT Lake and Los Anaeias thA -