Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-05-09

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Characteristic Pose In Front Of tn.
Tabernacle.
to the town of Austin. The number
OF conversions reported was 2,225 with
free will Offering of $5,170. The
assistants were the same as the ear
lier meetings of that season. The
statements made here are vouched for
by H. A. Bailey, editor of the Bureau
County Republican.
Judged in numbers the Austin, Min.
nesota, campaign did not measure up
quito to the mark Of the campaign or
two last preceding. It opened in
March and resulted in 1887 CONVEX
sions and a free will offering of
$2.367.53. This is the first campaign
OF record where Rev Elijah P. Brown,
one time editor of "The Rams Horn -
appears as an assistant From Austin
Mr.. Sunday went to Freeport, Illinois
The data of the Austin campaign is
gathered from the files Of the Herald
Of that city.
Mr.. Sundays second incursion into
Colorado was made at the opening Of
his work after summers rest Sep
TENDER %. 1906, at Salida. The cam
paign ran one day less than month.
closing October 81, according to F. c..
Woody, cashier of the First National
Bank at Salida. Mr.. Woody does not
give the number of conversions, but
the unofficial record Is 612, which COM
pares with the usual ratio observed
between the number of conversions
and the free will offering which in the
case Of Salida was $1,000. This is the
first campaign in which Fred" is men
toned as having charge of the taber-
nacle.
BY the opening Of the next season
Mr.. Sunday had largely increased his
working force. His campaign at Gales
burg, Illinois, began Saturday evening,
September %, 1907, and continued
through Monday evening, November
4, Of that year. From Galesburg he
went to Muscatine, Iowa. The CONVEX
sions are given as 2,50S and the offer
ing as $6,34O.71. In this campaign not
only did Mr.. Fischer, Mr.. Seibert and
Rev. Elijah P. Brown, but q Mr.. Butler
appears as soloist, Miss Miller is
mentioned for the first time as having
charge of Bible class and Melvin r..
Trotter assisted at the meetings. W..
W. Whipple, editor of the Galesburg
Mail, is authority for data concerning
the campaign in that city.
The proportions of the campaigns
continued to grow steadily. At Musca-
tine, Iowa, according to Frank D.
Throop, publisher Of the Journal, there
were 1879 conversions and a free will
offering of $5,611.23. These meetings
began November 10, 1907, and closed
December Is. After the Muscatine
campaign Mr.. Sunday went for a visit
to his mother who then lived In Ran
sas. He remained there over the holt
days, resuming his evangelistic work
at Bloomington, Illinois. His assist
ants included Fred Seibert, F. G..
Fischer, Mr.. Butler, Miss Miller, Mr..
and Mrs. Harper. There were "A meet.
ings in all and the campaign involved
an expense of $4,000, which Mr.. Sun
day as usual raised in addition to tho
free will offering. This was one of
the first places where an effort was
made to keep track of the total num-
Der Of attendance and they are esti-
mated in excess Of 10000.
At Bloomington, Illinois, according
to J. L. Schofield, General Secretary
Of the Y. M. G. A., the tabernacle was
made to seat 5000 which was the
largest up to that time Bloomington
took on itself the credit of being the
scene Of the first big meeting. The
campaign opened December 81, 1907,
and ended February 8, 1908, after
which Mr.. Sunday went to Decatur,
Illinois. 1.-THE tabernacle cost 81 800"
according to Mr.. Scofield. "The meet
ings lasted 80 days with 1866 con-
verts. Mr.. Sunday received $7,763.17
and the expense Of the meetings in
Guiding the tabernacle was $7,786.54.
We held 102 regular meetings, with
375,400 attendance; 896 cottage prayer
meetings with $4,000 attendance; 25
Court House meetings for men with
$4,000 attendance. Meetings for wo-
men were held with 10000 in attend
ance. In all grand total Of 414,000."
mr.. Pledger was Mr.. Sundays assist.
ant. Mr.. Fischer had charge of the
music. Mr.. Ackley pianist. Mr.. Seibert
in charge Of the tabernacle, Mr.. Gill
advance man and Miss Miller Bible
teacher. Mrs. Sunday also assisted in
the Women's work. During. the meet