New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-12
Evangelist's Wife and
Son Meet Lay Work
erS and Clergy
TRAIL HITTERS"
HERE NEXT MONTH
Rockefeller, Jr., and Mrs.
Shepard Hear of
Arrangements

Plans for the three months cam
paign. during which Billy Sunday will
hit the biggest and perhaps the hardest
trail he ever has tried TO travel
Broadway-were laid yesterday at a
luncheon attended by more than seven
hundred persons at the Hotel Astor.
The chief lieutenants Of the evan
gelist's staff, headed by "Ma" Sunday
herself and her eldest son, George Sun
day, his fathers business manager,
came down from Boston to attend the
conference and explain to New York
clergymen the Sunday method OF
"gressing the trail"
Several hundred ministers, ranging
from the pastors of the city's wealth
lest churches to the most lowly, were
on hand to stake out claims" upon the
thousands who are expected to "hit the
trail" The Rev. DR.. Karl Reiland, rec
tor of J. p. Morgan's church, St
Georges Episcopal, sat at the table
with Colonel W. A. Mcintyre, COM
mandant of the Salvation Army bar
racks, in Fourteenth Street.
Many Laymen Present
Many laymen, headed by John D.
Rockefeller, jr.. who is member OF the
finance committee. and James M.
Speers, who presided, also were present
as we'll as even greater number OF lay
women, led by Mrs. Finley j. Shepard
and Mrs. j. L. l.. Davis.
ma" Sunday manipulated a buzzer
which was supposed to limit TO hve
minutes each of the speakers who out
lined the plans of the preliminary cam
paign to be waged before the evangelist
arrives in April. An effort will be made
to reach every man, woman and child'
every factory, store and commercial es-
tablishment and every hospital, school
and home in the city.
Brighten the Corner Where You
Are" line from one of the songs OF
Homer J. Rodeheaver, Sundays choir
leader, will be the slogan Of the New
York campaign. Various committees
will be securing the city from the time
one thousand trail hitters" from
Philadelphia storm the city's churches
on January II until the first great
meeting is held in the huge tabernacle
to be erected on the old American
League baseball grounds, at 16Sth
Street and Broadway.
Mr.. Speers Outlines Plans
After the blessing had been invoked
by the Rev. John Henry Jowett, pastor
of the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian
Church. Mr.. Speers briefly outlined the
hopes and aspirations Of the Sunday
campaign.
ats purpose" he said, sis to stir
and shake New York TO its very centre,
morally and spiritually, as it never has
been shaken before. Results cannot be
obtained by msgic-only by earnest en-
deavor and by the people giving them
selves to this cause. 1t will be cam
paign which will afford opportunity to
render personal service such as has
never been equalled in this city.
"The great weakness with the Church
to-day is the unwillingness of the peo-
pic TO do personal service. For this
reason the churches are confronting a
serious situation. To fail in this un-
dertaking would be a great calamity.
To succeed would be the greatest bless
ing that could come to this city. And
the impression which will be made will
be felt not only throughout the whole
country, but around the world"
Miss Grace SAKE, who will have
charge of the prayer meeting and Bible
study groups, explained how the city
would be divided into twenty districts,
each in charge of minister, and how
these in turn would be subdivided into
sections, also under the supervision of
ministers.