The Detroit times., 1916-08-16
Evangelist's Campaign
Opened In 1,500 De-
trOit Homes
RICH ANDPOOR
PARTICIPATE
Conversions Expected
to Result From Open
ing of Crusade

NV way TOT bllly sundays cam
paign. The Rev William 3.
Gantz. who is n charge Of this
branch OF TIA work. and George
Marquis Sunday son OF the
evangelist. both expressed them
selves as more thar pleased with
The manner In which De,roiters are
participating In the PRAYER cam
paign II IL estimated that 100 900
persons VIII be enlisted IN the pray
or campaign.
Prayer meetings Werc held in the
homes Of the lowly and the wealth
alike, according - reports received
At the Sunday headquarters in the
y. VI. e. A. and they were attended
by people OF all classes and Gencm.
nations. Their was no formal pro.
gram al the meetings At some. the
prayers were prefaCed by short al.
dresses by clersymen, ard at Others
passages from the strir lures were
read From the enthusiasm display.
cd last night, II is estimated b.
George SUNDAY that fully double
the number will participate in Fri.
day nights PRAYER meeting
Expect Conversions.
II is auticipated ~ the Sunday
headquarters that reports 81 CONVEX
sionS from SOM of tie l@ocks will
be received as he 10 ult Of last
nights prayer meetings Such has
hecn tho experience IN other cities.
and Ills is one .. The reasons WIN
Bill SUNDAY la,~ such stress on
tho ncce sitv Of prayer meetings
Wednesday ever 'ng George Sun.
day am Or. ISaac Ward Sill address
union meeting W churc hes I'm the
Frrry.Hve. BAPTIST church at -
o'clock. and in he Scovel Memorial
Pre- byterian church. ~ SIS o'clock
For Aug -, the executive commit.
tee Of the SUNDAY Clrnpa gn has ar.
ranged n banquet al tho retroit
Board OF Commerce al which n num-
Der Of the prominent converts and
friends Of Mr. sunday will be pres
eut
Owing 10 the large scale on which
his work is carried on. the Billy
Sunday complains are conduct, d on
thoroughly systematized business
Ines Not thing is left to guess
work. and no detail H. forgotten
Capable, trained men and women
handle the various departments
Long before billy" Sunday appears
personally, his advance agents ana
organizing stan arrives and start to
work.
In Detroit. after the arrangements
had been made To bring Mr.. Sunday
to the city, IL was necessary to
build tabernacle to hold the huge
crowds that will flock TO hear him
The contractor who erects all the
Sunday tabernacles was on hand to
do the work. and by the first OF next
NINTH the huge building will be
completed Then came the Rev
James T. Walker. advance agent.
and members OF the executive staff
Conferences were held with local
ministers and laymen. and the city
was divided into districts. The mum.
Der OF churches cooperating in the
campaign were listed as were the
names of the workers among the
congregations
Estimates were made OF the num-
Der OF Christians in Detroit, and OF
the number who are not, The pa
ticular characteristics of each dis.
trict was taken into consideration
and these districts were subdividtd
into blocks In charge Of committees.
The work among the women "a
handled by women.
To step into the Sunday head
quarters Is 10 step into modern
business once, 10 see busy steuog
raphers and secretaries. hear dicfa.
phone dictation. and watch the mes.
senger boys come and go.
Military Organization.
The Sunday forces may be said
10 be military in their organization.
The scouting parties arrive frst In
the enemy's territory. Then the
skirmish line Is thrown our TO be
followed by the massed attack and
subsequent entrenchinent. In other
words, BILLY" Sunday, as one OF his
assistants puts II. lights the organ
lied forces of the devil with the
organized forces OF the Lord The
opening of the prayer campaign.
Tuesday night. was the skirmish
line which Is eventually to be sup
ported and reinforced by Mr.. Sun
day himself
II is said that one OF the strong
est appeals BILLY" Sunday has to
hard-headed business men all over
the country Is the businesslike way
in which he conducts his campaigns
The Sunday forces consist OF Is
members. including the evangelist
and his wife, and from IL TO is
hours II not an infrequent days
work for any OF them.
The work among the employed