The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1915-04-08
TO DAN SHANNON

When the truth roars deep and louder
50 hurry up-and hear him bring your kin.
He's that tells you squarely
Clean cut, honestly and fairly,
Tells YOU all about the wckedncss of sin
Helps you on to things of beauty.
Shows you clear your honest duty
That You cannot and then win
tell YOU Dan love YOU
Like the God that is above you.
Every inch that's in your stature. YOU re a man.
| thank God that I've met YOU
And never will forget YOU
For the good that YOU have done thank you Dan
THE REVIVAL
Never before in history has Juesburg and the sur
rounding country been stirred in religious matters as at
the present time and this is all on account of the remend
Gus power exerted by the Rev. Dan Shannon the evange
list who is in charge of the meetings that are being held
at the Methodist church and which will continue until
next Tuesday evening unless Mr. Shannon is compelled
to his home of the illness of his little daug-
ter who is sick with pneumonia.
No artist with either pen Or brush portray the work
that Mr. Shannon doing the effect that he is having
the community. but say that he is the wonderful
man in addition to being the enthusiastic plain spok-
straight from the shoulder preacher that has ever
been in Juesburg -4@..~
With all due regard the church and to those who
have preceded him Julesburg had been about REVIVED
TO DEATH when Dan came 1t was our private oDinion
that after the several weeks of revva that he was tack
ling mighty hard job if he got any where near the audi
cnces to hear him here that he had in other when
he announced early in his meetings that before he was
through the church would hold his audiences we
thought ne shooting the mark but after the three
magnificent audiences last Sunday and especially
Sunday evening when probably close men had to
stand during the entire in the hallway and study
because another could be packed into the audi
forum, we are convinced that Dan in this in all of his
other utterances knew what he talking and hit
the Bulls Eye"
The ma jority of his critics have turned into boosters
and this not only of those who have expressed their
determination to lead better life but those who admire
fearless, God-fearing man.
we venture to say that within the past week men
have attended church who had not been inside church
tho n~
there was probably who spent hours church
and we doubt if but few of them through the service
with dry twenty-five of them forward. 1t
was meeting for only but far anything being
said done by the evangelist it might as well have been
meeting for High School Girls only Dan does be-
eve in having filthy unclean stories, appeal
ing to the sensualities to to listen to him. Every
real man respects REAL MAN, a who is afraid
to and do what he things is right, and such
Dan Shannon He is lrishman with Irishmans
per but his mission not abuse to the sinner but SIN He
working harder for God than the average man does for
t'e dollars He may he fake but if he is he IS M best i
t' of an lancst christian have and do
not believe hear him and his messages without
believing him to be honest and sincere at least.
We do not know how much money he is making and
neither de we care but confident that in line
OF commercial business that he might if he would
put the energy and force into that he does
saving souls that it would not be until he could
retire rich man. and doubt if he is getting hall the
money from preaching that many corporations would paw
hlm tor like or even less service
We are not going preach sermon, we are lea wing
that tor Dan to do but town have been compli
mented by Mr. Shannon in many ways He has publicly
expressed himself that he has been in town where
the men showed him courtesy than Iuesburo and
while there will probably be who do not for reasons
OF their change their mode of living behooves all
us to be mighty careful not to put stumbling block eth
er by words actions, in the of the many Who'll
have and will start Christian Life during these meet