Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-10-26
MUCH INTEREST SHOWN
EVANGELIST TAYLOR PREACH
ING TELLING SERMONS.
Spacious Armory Building Taxed to
Its Capacity to Accommodate
Growing Audiences.

The Taylor revival in the armor,
is growing in proportions with leap'
and bounds. Sunday was a day Ions
to be remembered by the church-goins
people of Dallas. Following the Sun
day schools in the various churches
the converts thus far, who had indi
Gated their church preferences, had
been examined and received as mem
bers of the churches of their choice
Evangelist Taylor preached in the
Presbyterian church to a full house
and all the other churches report a
record attendance. In the afternoon
at 2:30, a mass meeting was held in
the armory, when the evangelist gave
a strong address on the "White Slave
Traffic. In that address he gave de-
tailed accounts of specific cases illus
trating the shameless traffic, pointing
out the secret and devilish methods
used by procurers and panders to
lure innocent young girls away from
their homes to be sold like cattle. The
magnitude of the nefalious system as
described by the evangelist is some
thing alarming. A timely warning
was sounded to fathers and mothers
permitting their girls to go to the
large cities looking for work. The
exposures brought to light by the
brilliant United States district attor-
ney of Chicago, Edwin w. Sims,
through the combined testimony of
over two hundred girls. was cited to
substantiate the awful horror attend
ing this hideous monster, the white
slave traffic
In the evening at 7:30. the armory
was taxed to the limit to accommodate
the audience. The evangelist was at
his best. The theme was ga Friend
at the Door," The sermon produced
a profound impression. Scores of peo-
pie were under a visible conviction
When the invitation was given, nine
young people stepped to the front
and gave their hand to the evangelist
and their hearts to the Saviour. Thel
evidence of a significant and genuine
revival is manifested in the way the
people seem loath to return to their
homes when the meeting is over, but
larry behind to converse with the per-
sonal workers, and greet the evange-
list and pastors. The Rev. Herbert
who has recently been
,alled to the pastorate of the Chris
ian church, was introduced and made
, few brief remarks, testifying to
he great good that came from the re-
'ival held in Woodburn six years ago,
where he participated with Evangelist
Taylor in tabernacle campaign. This
week, Mrs. Carrie Taylor, wife of the
joins husband and son in
he work in this city. She is cornet
oloist, and skilled personal work.
r. Great interest and visible results
re naturally to be expected from
hese additions to the evangelistic :
orce. Gospel meetings every night
his week, and cottage prayer SER s
ices throughout the city every after
Don, will feature the religious life
f the people of Dallas until the end
f the month. The great chorus of
early one hundred voices, with an
of seven pieces, every night,
Dgether with the gospel solos of Paul i
aylor, whose singing has never been I
in this city in its quality
nd execution, will surely draw to the S
rmOry every night this week record c
audiences.