The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-14
"EVANGELIST'S SONG THE SWEETEST
SONG OF ALL" SAYS MRS. l. E. REYNOLDS
By DOLLY DALRYMPLE

1t9A1bds dAltAitOliy WntQ the daN s.
work was over-in the dusk of the twi-
light-that hour which is so redolent of
charm and intimacy and sweetness. I
dropped in to see Mrs. 1. T. Reynolds
who is spending the present week in Bir-
mipghay, assisting her husband with the
music, at the union meetings which the
Baptist denomination is conducting under
the able leadership of DR.. Weston Bruner
Those who have attended the meetings
whether in the mornings at the union
services held at the First Baptist church,
or In the evenings when the dozen or
more evangelists who are here with DR..
Bruner are distributed throughout the
city, and have heard Mr. and Mrs Rey-
nolds, and the splendid male quartet. have
been impressed with the earnestness Of
their work and the congeniality ana har-
mony which seems to prevail in every-
thing they do.
Mrs. Reynolds has very pleasing per-
sonality.
She is unusually pretty; tall, slender
and graceful, with big brown eyes and
rosy skin and masses of dark hair franz
ing her intelligent face and the sweetness
OF her expression seems to be a veritabe
keynote to her lovely nature, her whole
someness and her sincerity.
1t was rather novelty to talk with
Mrs Reynolds about her work, as she was
the first person in evangelistic work that
I had ever questioned or probed beenath
necessary to make such a work a sue
cess and how it is done.
There's quite a bit of romance" said
Mrs Reynolds, her bright brown eyes
flashing brilliantly as she talked" about
my first meeting with Mr.. Reynolds and
how [ CHANGED to become an eVangelistic
worker. Way out in Oklahoma, where
lived Q'm a western girl pure and sim
pie, while my husband is a native Ala
bamian), the Southern Baptist convention
met for its annual convention. [ had al
ways been affiliated with church work.
singing in the choir and teaching in the
Sunday school, and during the convention
1 had charge of the Bureau of Informa-
tion.' Mr.. Reynolds was in attendance at
the convention, in the capacity of singer,
the entire evangelistic corps being pres
ent, representative of this department of
work in the Southern Baptist convention
L met Mr.. Reynolds and we became good
friends from the very start. 1 suppose it
was love at first sight, for 1t was only
two montrs afterward that we were mar
ried, and l went straight into the work
he was so wrapped up in, and we have
been working together ever since.'
you see, my knowledge of music the
piano, and my vocal attainments," con-
tinued Mrs. Reynolds, fitted me well for
the part [ have chosen with Mr.. Rey-
nolds in evangelistic work. and oh, it is
such a beautiful work. ] wish 1 could
express all it means to us, and how much
pleasure it gives u.s.
What do you regard as the particular
requirement for an evangelistic singer
asked, "as compared with others?"
AS matter of fact" was the answer,
lit seems very simple and easy for the
vocalist in evangelistic work to sing the
hymns, but when you analyze the situa-
tion 1t is one of the most difficult things
In the world for the singer to sing sim
pie songs effectively, SO that they will
reach his congregation--touch his aud
itors. The voice of an evangelistic singer
above all else must have an appealing
sympathetic quality, one that will draw
his listeners to him, and tell the story
in song, so that the impression may be
lasting. Sincerity, earnestness and an