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

every place where Mr.. Sunday con-
ducts a campaign the results are al
most inevitable.
Through more than 20 years of work
and experimentation Mr.. Sunday has
contrived a detailed system which to
all observers, interested, disinterested
and prejudiced alike appears practic-
ally infallible. Time after time as new
territory has been approached the pre-
diction has been made freely that in
that instance Mr.. Sunday or his
method of operation would fail. Yet
time after time he has emerged at the
end of a six Or seven weeks campaign
with flying colors and with new laurels
added to those which already marked
phenomenal achievements. When un-
expected obstacles have presented
themselves the genius of the evangel-
list always has proved sufficient to
overcome them.
For this work Mr.. Sunday takes no
credit to himself. Uniformly he gives
to Almighty God the honor of what
eve success has attended his labors.
He does not believe, however. In leav-
ing anything to chance, o In impos-
ing on Divine Goodness by anything
which even remotely resembles shirk-
ing. AS a result he and his associates
work with prodigious vigor and energy
through every minute of the campaign.
But no amount of energy, nor any
thing short of a miracle like the part
ing of the Red Sea, would account for
the success attendant upon all the
Sunday revivals If 1t did not begin
before the arrival Of the evangelist.
1t is in the preliminary campaign
and In the mastery handling of details
that Mr.. Sunday demonstrates his SUI
periority over all other workers In his
field. For years the demands upon MI.
Sundays time have been such that II
he accepted all invitations he would
be booked at least ten years in ad-
vance. Obviously this gives him an
opportunity to pick and choose.
1ere then is the first note of the
which must be sounded in order
n the full harmony of the
ned. The mere invitation
to Ell has no great weight
wit The city not only
nus. W must want him
with ( Co. ~. A fine
instinct Yessde ~ list, and
largely enjo. "a -nables
him to sens. . 3 real
anxiety of any n
him.
Committees which mr.
during campaigns beholu u -
nomenal results obtained d. : re
to make almost any promise - 'tef
Of them. Realizing that not mora
than one out of four invitations can be
accepted they press forward with a
renewed ~eagerness which naturally
places them en- rapport with the
gelist and his work. Thus there Is
established In the inviting committee
the nucleus Of the necessary local or
~ganization.
Next comes the unity of evangelical
churches and the abandoning of all
conflicting services in the community
during the campaign. The larger the
city the more this demand meets with
resistance, but since resistance In nc
wise effects the evangelist and since
compliance with his request is an In
dispensable prerequisite to a campaign
the second force for cooperation and
interest is set in motion.
Next comes the campaign for Incl
dental expenses. It is one Of the Sum
day doctrines that religion in all its
phases should be self-supporting, and
he win start upon nc revival service
the full expenses Of which have not
been guaranteed in advance. A pecu-
liar aspect Of this rule is. that never
In his career has the guarantee been
invoked-alwsys during the progress
OF the meeting Mr.. Sunday raises by
collections more money than e needed