Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-01-02

BILLY" Sundays right-hand woman,
whose other name is Miss Grace SAKE.
is just as much a woman as though she
didn't hold one of the most important
positions in the whole Sunday organiza-
tion, a position which might make even
a man forget all else but the RESPONSE
blities of his work.
For one of the very first things she
did on arriving in Philadelphia several
days in advance of the opening of the
campaign was to launch forth on an
energetic shopping tour
II simply had to have some pretty
clothes to wear to conduct my meetings
she said. smiling humorously. at Billy
Sundays home, 1914 Spring Garden street,
happy, but exhausted, at the termination
of the tour, "and so l just managed to
come to Philadelphia two days ahead
of time to be able to do your lovely
shops here"
Miss Sake Is the person whom Mr.
uSnday has selected for the very vital
work Of organizing the neighborhood
PRAYER meetings in the various cities
where the revivals are conducted, and it
Is her particular duty TO bring religion
into as many of the private homes as
she can possibly get into touch with and
to make il a permanent factor OF those
homes.
"Our work would be a very poor thing
indeed" she said earnestly, IF we work.
ed these people up to state OF nigh re-
ligious fervor only to let them drop back
again and cool off soon after the CAM
paign was over.
TELLS OF HER CONVERSION.
although the revivals have not yet
started, I cannot help but feel that the
way Philadelphia has received us has
been nothing short of magnificent AL
ready 5000 homes have been thrown open
to these prayer meetings and more than
5000 volunteers have come forward and
sIqnifed their intention of fostering those
meetings permanently and keeping the
snirit of Christ in the home indefinitely.
zone phase of the work that l am
particularly interested in is teaching
neopIe how TO read the Bible. There are
many who have n great desire TO study
the Book of God, but who do not know
how TO go about 1t, and organizing teaeh-
ers, high school girls and women IN the
home into blple Sla9sSS 40 A'
duty"
Miss saxe's career has been an in
teresting one. Born in Iowa, she "emi-
grated" to ST, Louis to accept position
as court stenographer, and 1t was while
she was theoretically hitting the keys In
that city that something occurred which,
to use her own expression. made heF
see the light" ,,-
up until that time" she said, little
shamefacedly, "I was rather an unre-
generate creature with little or no re-
ligion. DIR. A. B. Simpson came 20 town
and was engaged to go and take down
IN shorthand a series OF his lectures
There we're about ten of them, and in
addition TO having TO hear them also
had TO go all over them again. tran
scrlbing them on the typewriter
TURNS DOWN" ROOSEVELT
"They made me think. and soon after
that began a very careful study OF the
Bible. Later on was engaged to work
with the Rev. Dwight L, Moody Of Chi
cago. and after that l Travelled abroad
with Torrey ana Alexander. BY that time
the work of making Christian out Of
me was completed.
Later on / happened to be In Egypt
taking a little vacation when l received
a request TO go up the Nile and meet MI
roosevelt at Luxor, there TO take down
some of his lectures, but l found i was
spoiled for that sort OF thing. l had be-