The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-13
MANY SAY SUNDAYS
CONVERTS "STICK"
Pastor Noung'S Plan TO Get at
\ctual Value of the Evan
gcli>t's Work.
REPLIES NARI0USLl PUT

r va. ur $ Edward Young. pas
,sr Of ,.. Bedford Presbyterian Church
e.l chairman Of committee Of clergy
men aud uuen which is cons derIng
iu, advAliut. of asking Billy sun
d.. 20 YuJ8.l ovangclistic meetings ia
H-ookiyn. INIT upon q plan recently for
r.dt-. 90, what the permanent results
n, Mr. sundays work have been IN
,s-.. places Dr. Young and his
,..o.,tc- wanted 20 learn particularly
IN VI. sundays own phra,eology.
,,y q-s, number Of the "sawdust TRAN
.r,r,. Nad stuck"
a.. means Of finding out they had
,.,. of questions printed in the news
+, .p.r. of towns where Mr.. sunday has
.o..sd Replies by letter were asked
ar,e... o.. frank to mention both
s..l and bad" said the request pref
acnr 'hc questions.
VIA permanent effect along tho
lies .,m.er1nce advance has been
noticeable
In ah.l ..spcc: have the churches
ben benefited?
"UoA do the business men of tho
community feel on this subject
ever. 'hcr" many thoroughgoing
Conversions
Has there been any permanent
change .1 moral conditions?
"lyhIt 90 a. sabbath observance 80
NostI, strong Praise In Replies.
Mo, ;aJn leo replies have been re-
4
,.,crdgy Ill but very few are
arg u praise Of Mr.. Sundays work.
r. exceptions were for the most part,
h. said. such nature as 10 suggest
eel. more strongly than the others
., Mr. sundays attack on evil had
v..s .tur,. one or two of tn writers
.rc5iely doubted the ACCESSIBILITY OF
,.. N.I 20 y ooklyn. \ clergyman
v.o ,..ncej o. distastc for Mr. Sundays
troG. AID had doubts concerning the
:. rlH,.t ,nIuc of his work enclosed a
lite. from deacon of the CHURCH,
81, mad mo- word strong enough in
,s. Of de evangelist.
The letters came from clergymen,
hvvtrs. merchants. laborers Many
.r.s and conditions Of men and women
- .,pIos,uted In them Running his
..ds tnroulh the pile on his desk Dr.
Yurg b. ought up two at random. one
was tom the provost Of the University
o.. p.uryiyun.a: the other. written in
ulci cone from a restaurant man in
Pitts1Il. The provost Edgar +. Smith,
after say Ing that the impression made
upog the stud .uts of the university is
s#l With us wrote
TIN, man has a sincerity that touches
very one. 10 coavinces ~ nothing else
.oud convince. His personality *
q,uIy wonderful. cannot understand
why peopl, do not want 10 hear him"
Restaurant Mans View.
T, restaurant man, wao asked DR..
"ouns not To publish his name. said
ue slme things more picturesquely. He
vote.
"Tf;. ca.!a"'s meetings are still
Houg on here; h's spirit i. left here
nd tie feeling FOR him and his work
greater to-day than when he was
ere ~I,h Us and # he only woke the
.--arhrrs NJ here he done world of
.ood for as The preachers OF
.u-d,v lilk to the people in uni,novu
.tagu-s: Billy SUNDAY talks TO them
Do o., language OF the streets. Billy
sunday can say things that you or any
o'het preacher would he an out NJ the
c5urr Tor saying why? Because II
all IN the way YOU say il. Am
plain"
Later on he tells. how he used to 90
very cold night 10 take coffee 10 the
,ollcemau Oh duty at the Sunday SER
Ices 81 arrived one night when Billy
vas coaxiug people 10 come forward
n say, I nearly set that coffee pot
ioa1 and nit tine trail 80
II, speaks Of great Improvement IN
m n the churches and explains how
'Wows
~ can say. next 30 God, Tat I know
re faults OF the church here. why.
IN the iaultor. and the people show q
lain side to the lanitor, tor he don't
cunt
S,lden ". Kmgshury a Scranton. Pa.
'lvycr. writes that "the results OF sun
iays work are lasting 10 remarkable
feCrne' that the most conservative
'Nurch I'm the city has received zoo new
commandments. aud that II could show
goa a part Of The city which before
". sundays coming was anything hn'
'1f" or pleasant 80 pass through. where
two saloons and a pgolroom were pul
o1' of business for want or patronage
'f Nucrc one Of the saloons = now thl
.Nprnh club Of , group Of trail hitters,
Tle also writes that many cOrpor g.
ro7 heads viii testify to nuci
r-oar0r efficiency of their employees.
y Kline sent word from wilkins
bug. Ia. that while eve heart good
many kno lcrs say. These fellows Wh'
NJ the saWdust trail won't stick,
ey IN had stuck"
Tho Rev. Charles 4. Guthrie, pastor
o. Oh, First Methodist Episcopal Church
% Wikesbarre. Pa. wrote that al
Tough t is two wears since Mr. sun
lay was there che l. bigger i'm influence
today and In the appreciation of MS
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