Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1914-05-15

10 cover the entIre Cost OF tne series.
The preliminary underwriting of a
guarantee fund, however, furnishes
the third force which draws people to-
gether, arouses their activity and com
pels their cooperation. Where 9
mans treasure Is there Is his heart
also" and the men who have signed
their names to a guarantee aggregat-
ing from $4,000 to $4,000 are very
apt to work to make a success of the
meetings for which their money is
pledged, even though there is a moral
certainty that they never will have to
pay a cent of what they guarantee.
At this point or even before the ele-
ment of extensive publicity enters into
the campaign. Newspapers in any
community whether large or small
must necessarily pay attention to an
enterprise which the business men of
the town or city are backing to the
extent of thousands and thousands OF
dollars. The element of publicity con-
tinues with increasing vigor to the
very end of all campaigns, and one
of the remarkable features in connec-
ton with It is the fact that this pub
licity is never sought by any direct
or overt act--it ome naturally, al
most spontaneously and is easily the
fourth factor toward preparing the
field for the advent of the evangelist
Complete success demands that all
phases of interest and energy be cor
related and combined IN the single
unit, which Is the series of meetings.
Most important in the estimation OF
the evangelist is the series of cottage
and district prayer meetings which
begin two or three weeks prior to the
opening of the campaign. For the
securing of results in this line the
community is divided according to
wards and districts, and an ~organiza-
ton somewhat akin to political ma
chinery is perfected and set in motion.
Districts and subdistricts have their
captains or leaders. and these in turn
report to larger divisions. At the
headquarters which have been estab-
lished prior to this time there is an
exact knowledge of what activity is
going forward in every part of the
city. Wherever there is a tagging or
failure to show zeal trained specialists
are sent to awaken a sense of RESPONSE
bility and concern.
Next of the forces put in motion for
the welding of interest and for the &C
centuation of publicity is the building
Of the tabernacle. For many years Mr..
Sundays party has had as one Of its
members a practical builder and archi-
tect. This man reaches the city from
foul to five weeks before the opening
of the meetings. The site Of the tab
ernacle having been chosen in adj
vance, with the approval of MI Sun
day who always insists upon a con-
venient, accessible downtown location,
the builder calls for volunteer work
men. A special effort is made to enlist
the services of prominent church
workers, and the spectacle of such
men donning overalls and acting as
carpenters is one which never fails TO
excite curiosity and rouse interest.
Prominent preachers, well known doc.
tors, lawyers with statewide reputa-
ton working shoulder to shoulder with
clerks, mechanics and school teachers
is a scene that is sure to arouse inter-
est and receive generous newspaper
attention. Committees of women from
the cooperating churches are solicited
to take charge of decorating the In
terror as soon as the structure has
been rooted.
In the meantime. another very i'm
portant force has been at work In the
collection and training of the people
who are to constitute the choir. AS
previously noted there is an approx
nation in the relation of choir and
audience of one to ten. Musical people