The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-03-26

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"Now. TO come to the crux OF ,yhs,r1at-
her Heel stife that the Vast majority OF
InX Observation-Disclosures With pieasalfs Ihat
u have arranged for q week. 81 SoHllRp toni
from the pen Of Pastor ,Russellu y GER
mdfiette'' MY Russell Himself ellis 4 but
!. l. have an. idear It 'wfjll be fouhd"tc' be
something more, something fuller than
merely a condensed sermon. l have been
reading a selection OF the famous PAS
tors religious writings. and they appeal;
TO me as heing more OF the nature OF
quiet, dIscurSIYs talks on serious subjects
than sermons or pulpit deliverances OF the
conventional, description, Pastor Russell
is a clear, easily understood thinker; he
eschews dogma and all subtleIes OF form
and faith, and he says what he has 10 say
on Tile great truths OF religion and morals
In. plain but always beautiful language.
lie speaks and writes not only TO the or
binary church.goer. as We accept the
phrase, but 20 all Intelligent men and wo-
men, aud / 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 Russeis tal!is
win begin In the J0RrR0I next week, and
am hopeful that they VIII be an extremely
FpOpulAf16RluTe'OL-( ue'SSAH06S
4.sa 2ciThesPrss Sf'tAmSFiea.
Pastor 1lusstlrs popularity abroad
does not deprive him 0Iatlie honor OF
preaehing TO the largest congregation
in America. sSurprising as 1t may
seem, his sermons are at present pub.
lisIled IN more than one thousand
newspapers in America, reaching all-
proximately ten million homes weekly.
Last June and July, while making a
trans-continental tour to attend the BIZ
bic Students, Convention at San Fran
cisco, Pastor Russell made several
stops en- route, and the reception ev-
erywhere accorded the american
Spurgeonr was most heart:cheerlng.
Many excellent accounts Of his meet
ings were published. The San Fran.
cisco Call" IN making reference to-
what other papers were saying inter-
estingly summarized as follows
"Pastor Russells given name tus been
lost TO public record during the last ten
years. In which he has been famous as the
great Pastor plain Pastor Russell-who
has Swayed hundreds Of thousands In this
country and abroad.
.iDo they cometo hear him? We'll, rath-
er! So far II has been impossible TO en-
gage a hall large enough 10 hold the
crowds. Dreamland Rink has been hired
for this occasion. In kansas City, Dem
yer, Salt Lake and Los Angeles tie Pas
tor and his faithful crew have taken the
uopjilace BY storm The newspapers have
given him moro space than a2war scare |
and print his speeches like a Presidential
message" ~
Rednd.the- World Tour,
Pastor Russell. during the winter
and spring months, is scheduled to
lecture In Honolulu, Nssio, HOngkong.'
Manila, Calcutta, Bombay Madras.
Columbo, cairo, Alexandra, Athens
Corinth, Rome and London. This ttln
viii undoubtedly bring Pastor Rus
sell many interesting experiences and
much information with which lie vii
richly emDelIIsh his forthcol Mug ser
nous, which we are pleased5ll this
issue to Introduce to our realets aud
announce as a iresular weekly feature
IN our columns.
4 Perhapsta business man Of this city
60 niuch ieedslar employs Of exactly
n. e. n Il IA !. -ltt