Evening journal., 1915-12-31
Dedicate THE LYON
tabernacle TONIGHT
Bishop Berry Will be Off
ciating Clergyman at En-
thuSiastic Service
WATCH NIGHT
WORSHIP TOFOLLOW

The seven weeks eyangelistic CAM
paign TO be conducted here by Dr.
Milford II. Lyon will practically get
under way tonight, when the taber-
nacle at Eighteenth and Boulevard.
which will be the scene OF the meet
ings, will be dedicated. During the
exercises, the plans of which have
been completed and which promise
to be unusually interesting, the Rev.
e. l.. Hoffecker, district superinten-
dent Of the Wilmington district, Will
mington Methodist Episcopal Confer
ence, will preside.
The dedicatory address will be de-
hvered by Bishop Joseph f. Berry, OF
Philadelphia, of the Methodist Episco-
pal Church. At the close OF the
dedication. Professor II. G. Clase will
formally organize the choir of 1000
voices into two sections of 500
voices each. The members will be
assigned their places for the coming
meetings. Professor Clase will have
charge of the choir during the meet
ings, and he is anxious TO get the or
ganization completed for the first
sermon on Sunday morning At the
conclusion of this, there will be a
conference of the leaders Of the
neighborhood cottage prayer meetings
In one of the rooms of the tabernacle.
A union watch night service will
bring the service to a close The Rev. j.
Ross Stonesifer, pastor of First Pres
byterian Church. will preside The
address at this meeting will be deliv-
cred by the Rev. Thomas p. Holloway
d. D.. pastor of Second Baptist
Church The services will be at
tended by the presidents OF the Chris
tian Endeavor Societies, the Epworth
Leagues and the young peoples so
cieties of the city.
Doctor Lyon and his party will ar
rive here at 4.40 o'clock tomorrow af-
ternOOD. While here he. with his
party, will live at No. 405 West
Eighteenth street.
Doctor Lyon will CONFER with the
pastors of the local churches at "a;
o'clock tomorrow evening i'm Wesi
Presbyterian Church. Following thi:
conference Doctor Lyon will be giver
a reception in the church by the pas
tors, the arrangements for which hav,
been made by the reception commit
lee composed of the Rev Charles L
Candee, chairman; the Rev. Thomas
?. Holloway and the Rev. Herbert T
Randolph.
Doctor Lyon will preach his frs
sermon on Sunday morning. This viii
be union service for the churches
cooperating in the eyangelistic move
ment His subject VIII be, "Reasoni
for the Revival" At O'Clock he will
preach on Witnessing for Christ
and at 7.30 o'clock his subject will b.
"The Value of a Soul"
The entire Lyon party viii be here b,
fore Sunday mornings meeting. Mi.
Mary NJ. Parker has been here for Sc,
eral weeks. Guy r. sutton. the tabei
nacle custodian and Mr.. and Mrs. H. {
Nla arrived today. In the party tina
viii arrive tomorrow are DR.. and Mr.
Lyon and two daughters. Charles {
Light, secretary to Dr. Lyon; Mr.
Mary Sutton Powell, soloist, and Boi
crt II. Mon.
More than 100 ushers will be on han
under the leadership Of Henry c. Dow
ward. chief usher.
Mr.. Downward will be assisted by
Chandler Powell, Thomas s. TAYLOR an
Joseph H. Bartlett Eight captains an
IL doorkeepers have been appointed
take care Of the crowds.
The tabernacle was finished yesterda
by carpenters under the direction of
c. Doneckcr, building superintendent f'
the Lyon campaign. Ten large stov'
for heating the building have beeu II
stalled and sixty-four large gus al
lights have been put in place.
Provisions for the comfort and coi
venience of those attending the NEE
ings have been made. A rest room
which mothers may leave small childr,
has been fitted out T. the southeast 60
ner of the tabernacle. I'm emergency re
room has been fitted out in the mort
east section for the ~ of amy who ma
be taken i'll during the services Ann
provisions have also been made for tel
phone calls for physicians and others e
pecting calls