Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-09-27
MA SUNDAY OPENS
TRAIL FOR WOMEN
-Four Thousand Gather at the Audi.
forum, Where Services for
Women Are Held.
E1GHrY.Two HIT THE TRAIL

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The attendance was smaller. the
'trail-hitters" fewer and Ma" Sun
day was not in such good special
condition at the second as OF Mrs.
Sundays Auditorium meetings for
women only, as she was a week ago.
Eighty-two women Sunday after
noon hit the trail out of an audi
ence OF nearly 1000
Besides suffering from a bad cold
Mrs. Sunday acknowledged that her
heart was full and was burdened
more yesterday than It had been for
a long time. The cause she ascribed
to the insufficient results that had
crowned the efforts Of the Sunday
Meetings.
I'VE are not personally discour-
aged nor Is II lack Of faith, but we
feel that the people in the churches
are not doing all that they can" Mrs.
Sunday asserted.
Sauuo9 Sth0 N1e SATURDAY morn
ing prayer circle of the Sunday party
had been given over TO trying to search
out tbe trouble. 1T has been Geth-
semsne for some of us and we haven't
slept much" she said.
Mrs. Sundays talk was an appeal to
rhurch people TO openly profess Christ.
There are too many baokbones that need
stiffening. We want to do marvellous
-. l.. A..
of onahans will be called back to Christ,
But you must help. II isn't enough that
you should know the way to the Lord
You must show others the way
Fail In Needy Things.
Doing religious acts doesn't constitute
religion. You may do a lot of fussy things
like getting UP church dinners and sing
tng at prayer meeting, etc. but you may
be failing in the needy things"
Religion consists OF doing everything
we do In q special way pleasing TO Gods"
wa Mrs. Sundays definition.
The most effective preaching is not
always done by ministers. Many woman
has made a more powerful appeal than a
preacher" asserted Mrs Sunday in her
plea for more personal work.
Mrs. Sunday read several letters. One
was from a reformed drunkard in Pitts
burgh. who said he had been converted
through the finished work on Cslvary's
cross."
I'm so glad he didn't give the credit
DO Mr.. Sunday Mr.. Sunday couldn't save
anybody without the help OF the Lord"
cried Ma"
When the trail-hitting began Mrs. Asher
urged the uehers and church members
10 do personal work. Speak to the per-
son in front of you. back of you and on
each side OF you" she cried. Mrs. Asher
also appealed to those in the galleries
and to the choir members
Miss Grace Sake and Miss Frances
Miller OF the Sunday party acted as head
ushers.
During Trail Hitting.
Mrs. Sundays greeting was particularly
warm for the young girls OF High school
age who came UP TO take her hand. She
threw her arms around one weeping
girl and spoke, to each. girl for a few
seconds.
Then an old woman clad in black came
forward with trembling footsteps. She
whispered a few words in Mrs. Sundays
ear. whereupon the latter buried her
head on the old woman's shoulder and
both had q good cry. The old womans
son who had been drunkard for years.
had hit the trail at the tabernacle sun
day morning.
Another woman asked that Mrs sun
day pray for her husband. who was at
tending the tabernacle meeting at the
same hour for the first time
A Methodist deaconess led a weeping
i. imam up 10 take Mrs. Sundays hand
; At the end of the meeting, two colored
women approached Miss Sake and asked
her whether they We're welcome at the
meetings "Some colored people don't
some because they feel they are not well
come" said one.
Indeed you are welcome! Decidedly
SOL replied Miss SAKE.