The Washington herald., 1915-01-18

While Sunday is here, the people who
brought him here are going to try TO
obtain his promise that he will come back
to hold a revival such as he Is holding
in Philadelphia, where the town has gone
mad over him. He has said that "it is
up to- the city whether he comes here;
that he will come here IL he is assured
of support.
Homer Rodeheaver. who with Percy
Foster. will lead the choir. will bring
his trombone along with him to add to
the merriment OF all concerned. With the
trombone a choir of $50 voices, Sunday
and the applause Of 5000 people, it Is
expected that smany more than those in
the hall will hear something of what is
going on.
Committeeman Thank OmciaIs.
The committee in charge of the serv-
ice has sent its thanks for their services
TO Inspector Hacker, Maj. Sylvester and
other District officials who have helped
to make arrangements for Sundays re-
ception.
Members of the committee in charge
are:
Executive committee-John c. Let's.
chairman.
Ushers-H. S. Omohundro. chairman.
Halls-H. W. Kline, chairman.
AiuSlG-ItIty OSleT, chairman.
tertainment-William Knowles Coo
per. chairman: John c. Let's. II. B. F.
MacFarland. Representative J. NJ Mel
son, OF Wisconsin. and Miss Florence
Brown.
Observation-Disclosures Tarring, chair
man; William l.. Clarke, Byron S. Ad-
ans. Harry Blake, II. S. Omohundro, J.
d. Van ScOten, l. w. DeGast, and w
p. L. LipscOmb.
Richardson. Horace Gilman, j. o. To-
bert. Dr. A. C. Christie, Mrs Emma S.
Shelton, NJ. r. Japhet. William II. Ram
say, Herbert W. Kline. Andrew Wilson.
Miss Florence NJ. Brown Miss Mary Z.
Finney. Charles J. Gates, c. ]. Hicks.
II. j. Councillor, l. ID. Bliss, DIR. NJ. p.
Eslin. Rexford L. Holmes. Hugh A
Thrift, T. A. HOstetler, r. W. Pullman.
H. S. Omohundro. William Allen VIII
bur. Isaac Burch, S. d. Hardy, W. NJ.
Millann. J. Harry Dove. ]. A. McElwee.
II. c. Davis. Mrs. II. E. Monroe John
NJ. Nelson, II. B. F. Macfarland. Ben
jamin r. Johnson. Edward s. LaFetra,
Washington Topham. A. G. Bishop, E
+. Clement, W. II. Kerr. John c. Let's
William A. Rawlings, w. w. Warwick,
+. S. Wolfe. Anson S. Taylor, Judge
Peele. +. G. Rice. J. r. Hildebrand
Percy S. Foster. J. D. Van Scoten, Car
IO!l .hllChtll' Mrs. anna IL fitzer, mrs.
NJ. p. Spindle, Richard A. Ford A. J.
W. o. Hntabidle, w. II. Rich
ardsOn, ]. ID. Steele, c. II. Mayors, a. E
Schomaker, George NJ. Kirk. Page Mex
EtchisOn. Edward Tarring. l.. d. Gas
Kill, II. +. Lowe, II. +. WorIey, s. ii.
Myers. and o. w. Stratton.
General committee-John Poole. Will
lam T. Galliher. F. w. Bolgiano w w
Warwick. James Trimble. Henry Bre-
DR. w. X. Butler. |. G. Kimball, Carle-
ton r. Ball. William A. II. Church. J.
Sharp. Charles I. Corby, E. II. Jackson,
and c. Clinton James.
VIII Meet Fathers Friend.
Sunday. during his visit here. will
meet Joseph A. Straight. 1900 c street
northeast. who served with Sundays
father in the civil war. Sunday re-
Gently received this letter from
Straight:
Il was. during 1S61-62. in Iowa as
recruiting officer. and raised many sol
iiers for different regiments in that
state. Among them was a man named
William Sunday. who enlisted in the
twenty y-third Iowa Infantry. Company
+. He was a most excellent Christian
man. one of the best men in the regi-
ment.
Al Patterson. MO, he TOOK the
measles. caught cold, and died. | was
present at his funeral. He was a man
about five feet ten inches high, had
very black whiskers, weighed l65 or
40 pounds He always carried a Tes-
ament in his pocket, and prayed regu-
arly night and morning after reading
, chapter in his Testament. and | could
near him night after night when in
amp singing some familiar sacred
lymn. 1 have wondered whether he
we're not your father. Please write and
ct me know"
1t soon developed that the man
straight had known was Sundays
the evangelist never
saw.
Recalls Acquaintance.
Il had been serving as a colonel at
he time the war broke out" said |
oOk recruiting service. was at
Bluffs in the spring of 81
when. one day. man of fine physique !
entered the recruiting office and said |
Will you take a soldier
That's what we're here for re-
,lied, and enlisted him in the Twenty !
bird Iowa, as a private.
He gave his name as William Sun
lay, and If | recall rightly, his age |
IbOut forty-five. / don't remember that |
,e told me where he came from. but |
believe it must have been Western |
because he seemed to |
AXE a fancy TO me when he learned !
hat I was a native of that State.
After that we were together a great |
ieal in the Twcnty-third Iowa Regiment, |
where. awaiting my destination, turned |
ny hands to all sorts of odd military |
obs. and he was with the regiment when |
Ne went into camp at Patterson. Mo.
Private William Sunday was the best !
nan I have ever known. He always |
'arried his Bible with him, and he would |
lold family prayers every day in his |
ent
1T was just after we were mustered |
n that the sickness fell upon the camp |
It the beginning of one of the hardest
winters of the war. ! was then in charge /
II the hospital supplies. and so when
sunday fell sick I nursed him myself. |
We did all we could do for him, but 1t |
Iidn't seem to be of any use, and he
lied with all the rest We left there in
he camp cemetery.
Some time ago, while Billy Sunday
vas preaching I'm Pennsylvania, I was
old by one OF the boys in the regiment
hat he was the son of william Sunday.
4 the Twenty-third Iowa, and / deter
mined to see him some day and tell him
4 his fathers death. So when 1 heard
Ie was coming to Washington I wrote
o him, telling him what knew of Will
am Sunday, and asking him II he were
Ifs father. Il
'If he is. I shall be mighty glad 20 see
Billy sunday. He must have taken after 4
lis father, who possessed a fine physique /
nd, as I have said, was one of the best u
nen I have ever known" III