Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1914-06-05

church.
When the time drew near for his train.
Billy hurried from the church, but not
until he had shook hands with half the
Sunday night I'll stop over here again next
Tuesday, and preach for you,' Billy told
them. Then they cheered him. A big
crowd followed his auto to the depot,
where they waved goodby as the train
pulled away for Columbus.
7 people don't appreciate half what
the newspapers are doing to spread the
gospel in this campaign said Mr.. Sunday
Tuesday night, at the tabernacle in tell
ing of his Dunkirk meeting. For 100 miles
in every direction from Columbus they're
reading of these wonderful meetings and
are being aroused
'eThe minister of Dunkirk, by long dis
lance phone had arranged for the meet
ing with Sunday before he left Winona
Lake, Tuesday morning. I'll stop any
where between trains to preach GODS
word and save SOULS said Billy to his
tabernacle audience"
On another occasion to crafty the
beautiful little city of Marysville, 30
miles from Columbus, Mr.. Sunday de-
MED himself his usual mornings rest,
and by use of a special train, in each
direction, wal able to reach the place,
preach to 5000 people who were
packed in the largest building which
the town possesses, a factory, and re-
turn to Columbus in time for his after
noon service.
At the conclusion of the campaign,
in which three meetings occupied the
entire day from $3.50 in the morning
until almost II in the evening the
Ohio State journal, and afterwards
the Literary Digest quoting 1t, said:
"Eclipsing all previous evangelistic rec
ords in point of numbers of converts and
in funds raised by free will offering for
the exclusive use of the ~revivalist, Rev.
Billy Sunday wound up his sever weeks
campaign in Columbus yesterday with
five rousing meetings, in which 2,231 peo-
pie hit the sawdust trail and $50, 795 poured
into the hands of the tellers in checks,
~greenbacks, gold and glittering piles of
small change.
"Scenes of the great dramatic moment
marked the closing hours OF the campaign
at the huge tabernacle, which for a
stretch of seven weeks had been damned
with throngs of earnest listeners.
"Thunders of:
God be with you till we meet again
Keep loves banner floating DER you,
Smite deaths threatening wave before
you,
'Died away among the rafters of the
Billy Sunday tabernacle; one by one the
lights went out, one by one farewells
were said, the evangelist and his wife,
and then the helpers departed.
''But many fingered, loath to see the
A. -
ings including one at the penitentiary,
were attended by 10000 persons who list
ened to the preached word; when more
than 1000 confessed conversion and nearly
$21, 900 was collected, and which brought
to a close the seven weeks campaign that
had shaken Columbus as nothing relig-
ious ever had shaken 1t; which brought
$1,000 persons to make personal and pub
lie confession Of faith In Jesus Christ, and
which gave to Columbus last evening,
every record In modern evangelism.
Everyone was tired. everyone was hap
by, everyone was satisfied. So pleased
were those In attendance at one meeting
yesterday, that . resolution asking Rev.
Mr.. Sunday to return to Columbus was
adopted with a cheer. /
For more han seven weeks hundreds
of business men had neglected their pri-
vate affairs, for an equal period social
engagements were ~disregarded or side
tracked; for that length of time 60
churches had closed their doors, their
pastors had devoted the bulk of their
time to advancing the work of campaign
and during all those days, Rev. Billy
Sunday, the baseball evangelist, had talk
ed and prayed, sweated and pranced about
the platform, besought and entreated the
sinners, fiayed with scalding invectives
every sort of wickedness and endeared
himself personally to multitudes who
either had been openly, or covertly, antag-
onistic. Under the spell of this oratory
and the persuasive influence of his CO.
workers, all manner of men were made to
take a new view of life. City and county
officials, saloon keepers and professors,
society women and shop girls, school chill
dren and an vowed agnostics, stood up
and said I publicly accept Jesus Christ
as my personal Savior
There were held 95 tabernacle meetings,
at all but two of which Mr.. Sunday spoke.
A these meetings there were present
between 10000 and one million people.
The total number of cards signed was,
1888, greater han any number ever SCI
cured in this country in a like period of
time by Rev. Mr.. Sunday, or, 1t is said.
by any other evangelist"
The assistants were the same with
tuo auu1llOn u IoFs anu MID VM
Asher and VIM. Collision.
"The interest of the newspapers OF
the city throughout the campaign was
intense. On the final Sunday, for in
stance, the Columbus Dispatch moved
its entire news gathering staff Of 20
men to the tabernacle. A 'city news
room" was established In the Railway
Y. M. G. A. adjoining, In charge OF
Managing Editor Johnson and City Ed
itor Kicker. The star reporters were
assigned to duty In different parts Of
the tabernacle, In the temporary bank
in the basement, In the crowds that
thronged the outside, etc. They
worked throughout the day and night
and at daylight Monday issued al
extra" giving a complete history OF
the wonderful day-several pages in
all. They sold by the thousands. like
the traditioned "hot cakes"