The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-03-25
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his burning zeal for God and souls,
and with what he said leading up
to these statements, you feel that
they are right, and that his mes:
sage would be weakened, If he left
them out. That is the feature OF the
sermons the reportercfailsa to catch.
"Then there is theap Sunday as he
appeals to me, the consecrated, zeal
Gus, God:like man Of God. Upon In
quiry 10 his habits, learned that he
sleeR very little, eats sparingly, prays
much takes splendid care of his
body, and lives in his Bible. Two
features OF his preaching surprised
me; his wide range Of appeal TO the
intellectual emotions, and will of his
audiences; and his scholarly attain.
Iments | never listened to man who
culled with more ease from history
science, literature and the latest arch
Biological records, than does Mr.. sun
day. As memory feat his quotations
are marvellous.
"The meetings are free from tho
spectacular. No attempt is made tc
play to the galleries The,only spec
tacuar feature is the anxiety am
nrowding of the multitude TO get tn
best seats. in the Tabernacle. Uplik
Alexander, Mr.. RoIehCayer, the LEAD
er of the chorus, makes no effort I
play on the emotions of the pcopli
Old fashioned hymns are sung, ant
about ten minuteS before the tiT
to begin preaching, Mr.. Sunday Ell.
tiers With his wife. The people ap:
plaud his coming, even though en-.
gagged in song. You see man with
an anxious look, impatient and
nervous; 1t is the Splinter, the man
at the bat, he is roll attention, He
fairly jumps into his, sermon, keeps
att from one to over two hours. In
the sermon he, isa cyclone, thunder
storm and waving spring breeze com
bined. He is comedian. tragedian, ad.
vocate, and orator, all in the same
paragraph.
Ellis gestures and attitudes, and
tones are those Of man with a bur-
dened heart, and with a consuming
love for those burdened with sin.
"ThC sermon Is the big feature Of
the service. In ten or fifteen minutes
after It's close, the services are end
ed. One invitation is given to hit
the tnil. There Is no coaxing, mo-
schemlng, no entrappIng, no tricks. III
you want to come to the altar, God
bless you, but II you don't want
to come, that is your business. To
the casual observer this feature OIL
the sermon may be open for criticism
but when one remembers the thor
ough organization beforehand, ant
the plans for the continuance OF the
revival, and the methods In opera
ton 10 follow up every individual
signing a card; along with their be,
ing grounded in the faith with six
weeks OF solid instruction listening
to Mr.. Sunday. then all criticism OF
this feature disappears.
,"0t course you hear criticisms. 1t
would be strange II You didn't, Jesus
was called the prince of devils and
the servant is not greater than His
Lord
1.-THE financial phase of the move
ment is the one that has been most
used Of the devil 10 unsettle folks
in their attitude toward Mr.. Sunday
He has been pictured as a CRATER and
fabulous sums have been accredited to
his collections.
ITO satisfy myself on this point
| consulted with the ministers in
Wheeling having the collections in
charge, and this Is what ! learned:
"Mr Sunday has in his party nine
special workers, and musicians. Out
Of tho free wifi offering received on
the last days OF the meetings. aud
this isithe only time he gets a penny,
he pays one-half the salaries and ey.
penses of the members of his party,
while the local committee pays the
other half. This amounts to about
5000. All monies made by the sala
of literature goes to support mis-.
slonarles In the foreign field.
I what are the facts thus far In
Wheeling? BY the second Sunday OF
the meeting enough had been raised
by offerings to pay all OF the 'ex.
penses Of the local committee. so
that when the evangelist leaves
Wheeling not one penny of debt will
remain. Since then number of Of
erings have been received for 10.
cal purposes, such as the Associated
Charities. the Ant-Tpherculosis
League, the Florence Crittenden Home
otc.; but not penny thus tar To-,