Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-05-12

TI0SSs IT,. . ..
Rodeheaver, B. D. Ackley, Fred Sci
ut, Miss Frances Miller and Miss
Anna MacLaren.
It was during the Portsmouth cam.
paign that Mr.. Sunday made his first
excursion into Columbus, the state
capital. There was at the time Wig.
orous wet and dry fight going on in
the legislature, and the Ohio Anti
Saloon League induced Mr.. Sunday to
come to Columbus for an address,
which he delivered in Memorial Hall
to q crowd which broke all records
for that large auditorium. The event
made more than q statewide impress.
sion, as the talk, delivered with it's
accustomed fire and vigor was start
ling innovation even to press which
had SO years experience with the Wit
riolic possibilities Of uncounted polit-
ical meetings.
This visit to Columbus laid the
foundation for the call which was
finally accepted in 1912.
From Portsmouth Mr.. Sunday went
to Lima, Ohio, with only few days
OF rest intervening. The Lima cam
paign opened February 10, 1911, and
closed April q. Rev. T. H. Campbell,
who was one Of the cooperating pas
tors at the time, reports the CONVEX.
sions at $500 and the free will offering
at $11,324. The assistants we're Rev.
Mr.. Honeywell, B. D. Ackley. Homer
A. Rodeheaver, Fred Seibert, Miss
Frances Miller, Miss Grace SAKE, Miss
Anna MacLaren and Mrs. Sunday.
Exactly one week after the conclu-
sion Of his arduous services at Lima
Mr.. Sunday opened the campaign at
Toledo, Ohio, April 9, and closed it
May Fl, 1911. The figures given by l..
J. Beecher, city editor of the Toledo
Blade, shows that Toledo eclipsed all
previous records with 1900 converts
and free will offering of SIS, 423.5S.
Mr. Sunday passed over the borders
OF Ohio for his next campaign which
was at Erie, Pa, but returned imme-
diately thereafter The Erie campaign
opened May % and continued until
July 9, after which the evangelist went
on his usual summer vacation. The
conversions are given by the editor of
che Herald as 1914 and the free will
offering $11,56567. The same author
ity says that the total collection for all
purposes was $21,926.83. The assist
ants were exactly the same as those
Of the previous campaign.
Springfield, Ohio, which claimed Mr..
Sunday at the opening Of his work in
September, 1911, while considerably
smaller in size than the scene of his
several preceding campaigns, almost
eQualed them in results. During the
six weeks that the meetings were in
progress 1000 conversions were re-
ported, and the free will Offering
amounted to $4,000.
Once more Mr.. Sunday left Ohio for
a brief period, conducting his next
meeting at Wichita, Kansas. The
opening date was November IL, and
the closing was Christmas, 1911.
From Wichita, after the holidays, Mr..
Sunday resumed his Ohio labors at
Canton.
Rev. Andrew Brodie of Wichita, re-
ports the conversions as 5,245 and the
free will offering $10,250.
Rev. Jay w. So4nervi1ie, pastor OF
st. Paul's M. E. Church, of Wichita,
Kansas, writes: 1.-THE work has been
abiding and has revolutionized our
city. Many prominent men were con-
verted and have been tower OF
strength in the church. Out OF this
meeting came the Layman's Evangel.
istic teams that have secured over
5000 conversions in $50 towns. Sew.
eral churches have been rejuvenated
and the work is still going on
A press dispatch from Wichita says:
Just one year from the organization OF
the first team, 1913 men and boys have
been reported as converted as the direct
result Of the work Of this aggressive lay
ministry. Converts in other towns in
turn have organized teams and have eX-
tended the work into other districts, and
report similar harvests. A letter from a
town in Oklahoma expressed gratitude for
the visit of one Of our teams, when 40
converts were secured, and the writer
added significantly. We now have team
Of our own and have visited number OF