Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1912-04-03
FAMOUS RELIGIOUS EDITOR.

Brooklyn Tabernacles, has Won I'M
stinted praise from the press and pub /
lie Of many nations by forty years IN
ceasing activity as evangelist and |
writer
In the early part OF his ministry |
smaller cities were frequently visited. |
but not SO now, since his feld Of OPP
Grafton has become world wide. and
the urgent Invitations TO deliver free
public lectures in the largest cities
have become so numerous that even all
Of these cannot be accepted
For the past several years Pastor
Russell has made semi-annuai foreign
tours, and, through the press reports OF
his meetings held In large public halls
| or the leading cities. he has received
much favorable comment and publicity.
Wonderful Drawing Power.
As public speaker on Bible topics.
Pastor Russell stands unrivaled-
stands alone In a place created by his
Own Individual work, place not pre-
viously attained nor occupied by an
| other
The mammoth crowds that repeated
~ assemble to hear him at every op-
| portunity IS conclusive evidence as to
his drawing power. Last year. while
conducting series OF Sunday meet
ings in the London Royal Albert Hall.
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 both
unprecedented and unlocked for. An
other evidence OF his popularity on the
other side OF the rolling blue IS the
publication of his weekly sermons In
something over three hundred papers
in England. Ireland. Scotland. Australia.
The Editor Of Great Britain's fore
most family paper. The Peoples Jour
nal, has so aptly commented and acted
on the matter that we can do no bet
ter than to quote here the heart-to-
heart talk he gave his readers. BE
said
Wonderful Preacher.
"1t IS not the non-church-going tenden-
cfes OF the Age that l want TO talk to
you about. although my theme is more
or less closely connected with that sub
ject. You have all. l think. heard of
Pastor Russell. the wonderful American
preacher. who has just been indicted TO
. the charge OF the LONDON IahernaCle 2.
r known all over the United Kingdom and
thousands of miles beyond. as the pulpit
OF the revered Sturgeon? Mr.. Russell has
achieved a position in the world OF re
8 | ligious thought uneQualed by any living
, | Divine. And. CAUTIOUSLY enough. he dcliv-
| ers his message to far more people out
side the church than could ever he
| brought together within the walls OF the
| largest temple In the Universe. His ser
, | mons ana writings have won for them
| a-ff u
u 1 America and 1 am credibiy informed that
! Pastor Russcll's printed books on religious
= sub jects are eXcelled in circulation only
by the Bible itself Just think what THU
means. 1t means that millions OF people
. all over the world have found something
L in Pastor RusseI's sermons. essays anS
, lectures which they have been unable L
discover In any other religious writing
apart from the Great Book itself.
A Weekly Talk.
Now. 70 come 20 the cruX OF the mat
= ter. 1 feel sure that the vast majority %
my readers Will learn with pleasure tina
II i have arranged for weekly contribution
from the pen OF Pastor Russell. \ ser
monette' Mr.. Russell himself calls IT, ou
n / have an idea II Will be found to D.
something more something fuller thar
merely q condensed sermon have bee
reading n selection OF the famous Pas
tors religious writings. and they appea
TO me being moro OF the nature o
quiet, dlscursive talks on serious subicc:
than sermons or pulpit deliverances or tn
conventional description. Pastor Russo
lie Ii a clear. easily understood thinker h
II eschews dogma and all subtleties OF forT
- and faith. and he says what he has to sa
e on the great truths OF religion and moral
NJ in plain but always beautiful Language
le He speaks and writes not only to the OF
Il binary church gOer. as We accept tn
phrase. but 20 all intelligent men and VIC
men. and l for one can quite well apprt
- .-feN~ ~1.N.,
he has achieved la Nmerica-2 popularity
/ feel convinced. he viii very soon eQus
in this country. Pastor Russells talk
will begin In the Journal next week. and
am hopeful that they will be an extremel
popular feature OF the Journal"
~ The Press Of America.
Pastor Russelrs popularity abroa
does not deprive him OF the honor {
preaching to the largest congregatio
In America. Surprising as 1t ma
seem, his sermons are at present pul
| lished IN more than one thouSan
newspapers in America, reaching a.
proximately ten million homes week.
j Last June and July. while making
trans-continental tour to attend the b
\ BILE Students Convention ut San Fra
Nj cisco, Pastor Russell made sever
stops en- route, and the reception e
Il erywhere accorded the America
Sturgeon was most art-cheering.
iii Many excellent accounts OF his NEE
ings were published. The San Fra
n cisco Call" in making reference
a what other papers were saying. int
"A estingiy summarized as follows
u Pastor Russell's given name has be
"A lost to public record during the last &