Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-03-21
OF OPINION
AS TO BILLY SUNDAY
Religious Workers Hold Contrary
Views Concerning His Spirit
uul Efficacy.
NOT SUITED TO NEW ENGLAND
Prominent y. NJ. G. \. Man Of WASH
ington Declares Sunday Would he
Misunderstood and Unhappy i'm
B0StOn-Sensitiyet 10 CRITICISM

Rev. Edward Russell Evans pastor
OF the Pawtucket Or. ID Congrcga-
tioEal Church, recently has heard sun
day. having MADE a special trip TO
Philadelphia and attending two SER
vices 1T the tabernacle. He does not
agree With all that the evangelist says.
but believes that Sunday certainly &C
complishcs an immense amount O. good
and is convinced of his sincerity. To
the mems class of his church MI Evans
declared that II was u wonderful spcc-
,acle to see the crowd as it listened
10 the gospel propoundcd by sun
day; also. TO watch the speaker per-
forming gyrations and to hear tn" choir
OF 1880 voices in the tabernacle He
is accredited with the remark that Sun
day Will not live another year IL he
continues his work as strenuouslv as
At present.
Rev David Miller pastor of the Lin
coin Square Baptist Church. Worcester
n champion of sunday. whom he recent :
ly heard. has some Interesting COM
merit on the evangelist aud the taber-
nacle meetings He says: one won
ders what brings this great crowd of
men and women TO gether and won
dering, is forced to believe that God
is in il all God has never left him
self without a witness in any age. and
am firmly convinced that Billy Sun
day is the witness OF the prcesnt age
4 large number OF people MAY attend
the sunday services out OF curiosity
but N any rate they are there through.
4 spirit OF expectancy. We need this
spirit in all OF our churches to-day
even il impellcd by curiosity OF Billy
Sundays work Ii can bc said This one
thing J do He has given himself to
hi Il 1t
the acc ompliShmcnt OF that one thing
You have heard through the news
papers aud from various speakers OF
Billy Sundays gestures. his energetic
work on the rostrum. The explanation
OF his gestures is the spending of nerv-
Gus energy in his preaching. His work
is big and real. and in it's accomplish
men; he is striking!y earnest"
UNADNISABLE FOR SUNDAY
TO GO TO BOSTON
In n recent address. William Knowles
Cooper, Washington. ID. c.. a worker
prominent in tho Young Mems Chris.
tian Association ranks. declared that
he did not think II advisable fo- Sun
day to visit Boston. though he paid the
evangelist n glowing tribute as man.
He is convinced that no other man in
the world to-day can move men so eff
fectively. But lie says that Sunday
would he misunderstood I'm Boston and
New England. and that he would he
very unhappy while there. Further
more. hc asserts that Sunday is very
sensitive to criticism. Mr.. Cooper testi
fcs TO the lasting character of his
work where he has come In touch with
ii in various cities Sunday has visited
AT meeting of Methodist ministers
in Philadelphia recently. bishop Berry
was appointed chairman of perma-
nent committee to observe the results
of the revival meetings IN that city. At
the coming philadelphia Methodist
Conference, in Norr!stown, it is eX-
pccted that the. churches will report
largely augmented memberships as a
result of the campaign Yet the re-
ports will be accepted as giving only an
approximate idea of the gains. because
the campaign hardly will have been
closed and the fruits thereof are not
likely to be shown wholly at once.
Churches of all denominations that are
cooperating in the Sunday campaign
expect to receive large numbers of new
members. The campaigns in the Middle
West and the Wyoming conference ter
ritoiy have added many thousands to
the membership OF the Methodist
Churches, according to dispatches from
those sections.