Arizona republican., 1913-01-30
CHAPEL GAR ID
 BE HERE SOON
Com bi ination Traveling Church and Parsonage of Baptist Publication So- ciety Will Be in Phoenix Soon for Short Stay

Chapel car "Emmanuel' of the Bap- tist Publication society is coming to Phoenix. It is now in Tucson and is expected to arrive here within the next three weeks It will be a new experi- ence for this city as none of these cars has been here before. The "Emman- uel' is No. of six chapel cars operated by the Baptist Publication Society.
 Tn appearance the "Emmanuel' is similar to the ordinary railroad coach, only longer being eighty feet long and eleven feet wide. The interior is di- vided into chapel and living rooms, the chapel occupying about five sevenths of the car and seating about one hund- red adults. It is fitted with oak pews, organ (presented by the Estey Organ CoD. pulpit. blackboard etc. The liv- ing rooms are practically but one room ten by eighteen feet, divided into a toilet room. pantry, kitchen. dining room, study. parlor and bedroom which, though smai' are conveniently arranged. The car is fitted with hOt-water heat ing apparatus and an acetleyne- gas lighting plant. The Emmanuel" cost about eight thousand dollars.
 The first chapel car used in this country was built by Bishop Walker of the Episcopal chirch after seeing one operated by the Greek church in Rus sia it has been taken off the trucks and is now used as a chapel in North Dakota. The Greek church has five cars of t!is kInd Cn the Siber.an rail- way T1a only chai el cars in service in the Uni;ed States are those of tho Baptist Pull. cs ton SocietT The in ception O. 'hi. unique line of work oc- cured in 1891. pr. Wayland Hoyt was riding with his brother Mir Colgate Hoyt, along line of railway in the West AS he noted the many small towns where there were no churches, he suggested that the railroad men could greatly benefit these towns if thrv built a ca, equipped i. as church aud pars ,ra=C cOTbinc,l. and allowed it to be side-tracked in these destitute places for meetings. The brother actcd on the suggestion and with five other railroad men gave orders to have a car of this description construct cd. T. was nre5er.e5 to the American Baptist Publication Society and named the Evangel" Tire Emmanuel was the second car of the six ana was do- mated by Baptists. The others are: Glad Tidings" given by MT. Wm. Hills, New York Good Will" given by the Baptists: Messenger of Peace" given by Baptist women; and Herald of Hope given by Baptist men.
 A very good commentary on the practical value of the chapel car work is the fact that the railroads have for the most part hauled the cars free of charge. This has been done not as q matter of charity but because the rail- road officials have realized the value of the chapel car work in building up and developing the communities situat- ed along their lines. Tn some cases there have been needy towns on rail- way lines the officials of which would not furnish free transportation for the cars. In such cases, the Publication Society paid the expense and then dem onstrated to the management of the railway the value of the work
 The Emmanuel is in charge of Rev. E. R. Hermston and wife who are preacher. soloist, cook and janitor all combined; no porter being hired to go with the car. The entire expense for salaries and operation for a year is two thousand dollars. The statistics for it's work during the past five years fol- lows; Miles travelled, 41,300; meetings held, 3,133: sermons preached and ad dresses, 5000: visits made, sill: pages of tracts distributed, 51,500; Bibles and testaments given away. 1900: pro- fessed conversion, 2,122; baptisms, 1,25S: churches built and rebuilt, 21; Sunday schools organized, Is. MT. Hermiston and wife are coming to Phoenix to hold evangelistic meetings but as the car is not large enough to contain all who will wish to attend. the meetings will be held in the First Baptist church