The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-15
PATERSON DRILLING
FOR SUNDAY ARMY
Many Workers Being Trained
Other Towns Help in
Preparing.
"SAWDUST TRAIL" GIFT

PATERSON. y. J. Feb. li.-Faterson
Is ready TO receive the Rev. William
4. ,Billy) Sunday with open arms.
Men and women. churchgoers and those
VINO tarry without. rich and poor. old
and young. are talking about Billy sun
day. In the homes and on the streets
tn, war has been forced into second
place.
Norkers-an army o. them--are
being drilled for the task that will I've
set before them when the evangelist
gets here. so active have been the
committees of the Paterson and North
Jersey Evangelistic Association. or
wih!ch George Arnold. wealthy silk
manufacturer, Is the president. that tho
people of Passaic. H~ackeuaack. Lodi,
Englewood. Hawthorne. Midland Park.
TIaledon. Prospect Park, Lakeview.
Clifton, Little Falls and other places
have enlisted In the work of prcpara-
ton.
President Arnold has said of the cam
palgn. This will be the greatest re-
ligious awakening in the history OF the
Passaic River Valley
All OF the Protestant ministers have
united in the work. When sunday
comes here his tabernacle will he the
meeting place Of all Protestant church
goers on sundays. for their churches
will he closed on the sabbath through
out the SIN weeks the evangelist is
here.
The coming OF Sunday Is looked
forward to as one II the final steps In
wiping out the false Impression Of con
dition in Paterson. which has been a
source of annoyance to loyal citizens
for years. 1t will be a sort OF a climax
TO the great twelve year task OF putting
Paterson in its right place in the
opinion Of the outside world.
Plans to Attract Crowds.
Along all the railroads signs will he
placed calling attention 10 Sundays
presence in the city. The Paterson
Chamber OF Commerce and merchants ~
the city are also busy on plans which
will advertise Paterson's advantages
Nothing will be left undone in the cam
pa!gn 10 attract people from all parts
of this state and New York 10 Paterson
during the six weeks revival.
During the past two months outage
meetings we're held in about 400 homes
every week. with q total weekly attend
ance of about 5000 persons. From ~
until the revival in the tabernacle opens
n~eighborhood meetings will be held. II
is estimated that the total number VII
be between 500 and 300, with about
2,AOO workers in charge. One aim %
these meetings will be to enroll 10t
classes Of 100 men each and 100 classes
OF 100 women each. Many of th'
churches have already succeeded in thi'
and are enrolling scores Of new mem
beers,
The Totowa Presbyterian Church
which was without a mems Bible class
under the inspiration Of the movement
succeeded N one week in forming Z
class of forty-fve. There are now nearl,
100 In this class. sixty new member
have been added to the Eastside Presby
terrain Church, All increase q nearl,
90 per cent.
Although il had been feared tina
strong efforts would be made to pre-
vent Sundays coming the committe
met with comparatively little opposi
tinn. one minister, the Rev. John {
Bolton of the Hamilton Avenue Metho
dist Church. even asked a ~saloonkeepe'
T. r. Morgan. for the use of the dane
hall IN the rear OF his place as a meet
eng room. He received permission. AZ
to- "A short service Of song and praye
eight men who had been drinking a
Morgan's bar stepped forward and ex
pressed a desire TO lead better lives,
Attending tho Fourth Baptist Churc
regularly every Sunday now are sey
eral Young men vho were persuade
by personal workers in the campaign {
give up "A favorite pool room which wa
open on sunday,