Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-06-28

three years ago, and Decatur has grown
"a pidly in the interim. Mr. Barton re-
minds US
Aitho now the city is wet" and the
theaters are open on Sundays. yet the
testimony of men Of prominence liv-
ing there is that the civic life Of De-
catur II still on plane appreciebly
higher than that Of mos, of it's sisters;
and there Is still visible-even tho In
meager measure-a potential civic
hteousnesA that gained materially IN
the Sunday meetings. Such Is Mr..
Barton's summing up OF results three
years after Billy Sunday revival. and
in comparing him with other profess
sional evangelists on the score OF re-
suits. he states that Mr.. Sunday is
supreme. A later and greater trium phi
the city OF Columbus. Chio,-is also
cited by this writer. in which campaign
as previously recorded in these pages.
Sundays conversions totaled 1919.
while s1s.5so.ss was raised for expenses
and more than $4,000 for the evange-
list himself. AS for the criticisms. Mr..
Barton observes:
No criticisms are made OF his re-
cults which are not equally pertinent
to the work Of all the other profes-
sional evangelists: the problem OF MI.
Sunday, therefore. is really the broad
er problem Of whether professional
EVANGELISM is a real service to the
modern church"
That critism Is easier than explana-
ton of the man is the opinion OF Rev
Ernest Bowmer Allen. D. D., who con-
tributes an article to The Congresa-
.ionalsst on Toledo Two Years After
a Billy Sunday campaign Attic "one
can not agree with all his theology
Rev Dr. Allen does not believe that
Sundays views upset those OF any
church members especially as. in his
observation. they had very few views
| 70 upset, and were. moreover. all en-
crossed in the new enthusiasm ano
| righteousness OF the ultimate re
| snltA he says:
| The millennium has not arrived "
Toledo as the result Of the meetings
but the air was cleared as by storm
The ferceness of Billy Sundays attach
en- sin, the hatred his preaching in.
spires among sinners in the upper a.
well as the lower classes. his intense
ipassicn for personal and public right
eousness, the vivid illustration in hi!
I own life Of man redeemed from 81
all these unite to make his worl
vital and ae permanent as that OF othe!
evangelists."
Not Of the fruits of revival month!
or years back, but OF immediate achiey'
ment only is Rev. p. H. Brooks, d. D.
able to speak in The Presbyterian Elk
aminer (Chicago). recounting fact
and figures Of the Wyoming Valley. Pa
revival which lasted seven weeks. end
ling April 10, 1913. The greatest re
Iigious revival that persons residin
in this community ever saw" Oh
Brooks calls 1t. referring to Wilkes
barre, Pa. the city that served as
nucleus for eighteen outlying town!
Only time can fully reveal tn
: spiritual benefits resulting. DR.. Brook
tells US, yet we may examine certaf
. features Of the Columbus. Ohio. Fe
example, 1900 marched in the Sab
bath school parade at Wilkesbarre. an
} the witnesses and participants this
filled theater and church afte.
ward for service numbered 10000. Tn
! free-will Offering to Mr.. Sunday amour
ed to $23,1Ss.90, which is $2,25S:a
. more that the Offering at Columbu
. Ohio. DR.. Brooks is imprest also wit
] the Systematic method: eS Sunday an
. his harmonious and very earnest sta
; of ten expert coworkers." in nlustra
4 zion of which he furnishes this accoui
} q the advance movement OF the 9!A!!
, Sunday forces on a town:
D @Several weeks : 5eessSS==e The arrival (
, ! ~ ovAageNst the Wyoanine Vail