Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1915-04-01
FINAL TABERNACLE
MEETINGS SUNDAY
Nearly 1900 People Crowd
Building Both Morning
and Evening.
CONVERSIONS NUMBER 800
Many Meetings and Much Earnest
ness During Four Weeks Cam
paign of Evangelist.

Sunday evening, with thirteen hun
dred people occupying every spare
seat in the tabernacle and between one
and two hundred crowding the aisles
and doorways the final services III the
evangelistic campaign were held as
a climax to the greatest religious ex-
preston that the people of Alma have
ever made. For the past month meet
ings have been held every evening,
every afternoon and sometimes in the
morning and with the exception of
the afternoon meetings, which were
held for special classes of hearers, e.
e., old men or aged women, primary
children, or business, etc, at which
the audiences never numbered less
than five hundred, the attendance of
the meetings has never gone below
one thousand, while an average would
be between eleven and twelve hundred.
Between nine hundred and one
thousand men, women and children
have "gone forward" and shaken
Evangelist Loose's hand in public ac-
acknowledgement that they have ac-
cepted Jesus Christ as their Saviour
while several thousand more have
been influenced very strongly by his
talks and sermons. The work of the
director of music, Mr.. Haldor Lille
mas, has been very much appreciated
by the various audiences. He has
held intact for four weeks choir of
one hundred and fifty voices and has
directed the music of the meetings
most capably. AT various meetings
he has sung solos which have been APP
preciated very much by everyone.
One of the most effective meetings
of the whole campaign was that one
which was held last Sunday evening.
The subject of the sermon was "Hell."
His handling of this difficult subject
was very masterful and made a strong
impression on the audience. Follow
ing a solo by the choir leader, Mr..
Lillenas, the call for converts was
made and before the meeting closed
nearly one hundred had "gone for
ward" The conversions were sincere
and made with little persuasion and
no undue influence.
Sunday. The entire proceeds were
given to Evangelist Loose according
10 the agreement under which he came
to Alma. He came with the under
standing that he was to receive no
stipulated amount but would rely
upon the generosity of the people for
payment in return for his services.
In the morning the offering amounted
TO $780, in the afternoon to S104 and
in the evening to approximately S75
Should any money remain after all
expenses are paid from the collection
which was taken a week ago Sunday
and which amounted to over thous-
and dollars, it will be given to Mr..
Loose as a present from Alma people.
Just before the sermon was deliv-
cred Sunday evening a resolution
highly commencing the work of Mr..
Loose, which had been sent by the
students of the college was read by
the chairman of the executive commit
tee, Rev. w. II. Mason. Following
the presentation of this resolution Mr..
Loose thanked the audience for the
splendid support which he has been
given by the people of Alma, saying
that the results of the campaign had
more than come up to his expecta-
tions.
Rev. Mason, Rev. Brownlow and
Rev. Priest announced that services
! would be held in the Presbyterian,
Methodist and Baptist churches on
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday and
Thursday evenings of this week to
meet the new converts and hold pray
er meetings with them. Similar meet
ings will be held in the Church of
Christ also. 1t is expected that a
large number of the converts will
join the various churches on the COM
ing Sundays and the ministers are
making great efforts to have the con-
verts come to a full realization of the
steps they have taken so far.
Monday afternoon the Tabernacle
was auctioned off to the highest bidder
and it must be removed from the
grounds within ten days. The ground
on which it has been situated was
given rent free by Mr.. Frank Pollasky
TO the executive committee of the cam
paign. The gas, gas light fixtures and
work of fitting up the fixtures were
donated by the Gratiot County Gas
company, while the banners, football
blankets, etc, were contributed for
the meetings by students of the col
lege and the college athletic associa-
ton.
The revival campaign held during
the month of March, 1915, will not be
forgotten by the majority Of Alma
people for long time and by many