Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1914-06-12

be easier han to try and weigh the evil
dence concerning him and his methods
and to reach a conclusion just to him
and all the issue involved.
These publications, coming almost
without warning, produced the most
profound sensation in the newspapers
in the cities where Mr.. Sunday had
conducted a campaign and where Con-
gregationalists composed any consid-
cradle portion of the population. Mr..
Sunday declined to make any reply
and even said to friends that he had
never read the arraignment. knowing
its contents only by hearsay. His en-
thusiastic supporters, however, mani
tested no such control of their tongues
or their emotions. The minister's con-
ference, of which DR.. GLADDEN. was a
member, was sadly divided.
The cooperating pastors of the
churches of Columbus adopted the
following series of resolutions:
"As cooperating pastors in the recent
evangelistic campaign held in Columbus,
Ohio, by the Rev. William A. Sunday, we
hereby deprecate the unchristian spirit
prompting the recent published attack
upon Mr.. Sunday and his methods OF
work, by a local pastsr who bitterly OPP
posed his coming to our city and who
was not present at a single service dur
ing the campaign.
W protest against his article as be-
ing a misrepresentation of the facts and
fruits of the campaign and especially
would we repudiate the statement that
Mr.. Sundays doctrine was the most
hopeless form Of medieval substitution
ism: salvation a matter of contract; hell
a literal pit of fire and brimstone; the
bible verbally infallible.'
Most emphatically do we declare
against the following statement: The
evils of the movement are, the lowering
of mems sentiments of reverence, the
bunting of their finer sensibilities, the
stimulating of their uncharitableness and
consciousness, the commercializing of
their ideas of Christian service and re-
ward. the binding of their intellects by
an immoral theology
we believe in Mr.. Sunday as a man OF
God, chosen to do what no man In this
generation has been able to accomplish,
in calculating the fundamentals OF re-
ligion as set forth by Jesus Christ the
Son of God.
W believe the Columbus campaign, in
far-reaching n lasting results, is the
most successful in every way of any In
modern times"
DR.. GLADDEN. is a man of wonderful
personality, beloved by all who know
him. His acquaintance is not SO read
lily made as that of the evangelist, but
is priced by every who enjoys It.
His friends and supporters are as
loyal as those who follow any mar
living. Yet, a number of them found
it convenient to be present at several
of the Sunday meetings, and, like
most people who took the trouble,
were ~disabused of the prejudice which
they had entertained.
In the 30 odd years Of his residence
in Columbus. DR.. GLADDEN. has con
tributed a service to the city which Is
unreasonable; not appreciated by
some because they are by nature not
sufficiently endowed to participate In
1t. No matter how successfully any
evangelist might riddle evolution and
the e~volutionists, to his WI satisfac-
ton, there are still hundreds of intel
ligent men and women who are per
suaded of the general truth of that
theory and who are loath to surren-
der their belief in the Bible and their
faith in God. To such number, pecu-
liarly large In q university town, DIR.
GLADDEN. has performed an unspeak-
able service.
On the other hand. 1t is vain to deny
that Rev. Mr.. Sunday in the course of
seven weeks accomplished In Colum-
bus some things which no one church,
or all the churches together, had been
able to bring about For this it Is
possible to leave out of consideration
the large number of ~accessions due to
disputed conversions, one of the de-
bated points between the two leaders.
The strong sentiment aroused by
Rev. Mr.. Sunday resulted In the clos
ing Of all uptown retail stores on Sat
urday night. The evangelist con-
tended that Saturday night stores
operated against Sunday morning
church attendance. This was brought
about by the fact that a prominent
merchant was an officer of the evangeE
ical association and the very plain
speaking Of the evangelist made II
apparent to him that he was not &C
cording his help the same privileges
which he enjoyed. His example aided
and abetted by public sentiment,
brought about the closing of practic-
ally every large store In Columbus
three hours earlier on Saturday night
than was their practice previously.
This would seem like civic righteous.
ness.
Other items, which were not con-
sidered of public interest, have come
under personal observation. the direct
result Of Rev. Mr.. Sundays work in
Columbus. A number of business men
voluntarily increased the wages OF
their help, particularly the women,
because of the vigorous u~tterances OF
the evangelist on the subject of a liv-
ing wage.
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