Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-03-23
INTEREST IS INCREASING
AS BIG REVIVAL CLOSES
Final Days of Religious Campaign
Sec Many Additions to
Local Churches.
SERVICES TO END TOMORROW
-Four Simultaneous Meetings Will BE
Held To-Day for Boys and Girls.
Last Effort Being Made for In
creased Attendance


! Though fast approaching it's cunclu-
sion. the Simultaneous eyanEcliStic
campaign is steadily growing in inter
| est end results. ard II is now cs,i-
mated from, tho best figures available
F, 'ha, II least loo to l.5oo people have
! been converted ana that many more.
: who once had been church members
/ and had neglected their duties. will re-
! unit" with the church II will be
sometime after III" campaign is over
! before tho various pastors will he able
! To give complete and accurate state
/ 'ncnt as tn their work done.
! To-dny and Tomorrow viii conclude
! tho campaign. and on SUNDAY the reg
! 'il1r services will be held in the va
| rious Protestant churches that have
! been In III" revival On Monday night
I al o'clock. in tn, Grace stree, Hap-
! tsi Church thor" will he held two
! simultaneous meetings. one in the a,i-
! ditnriu'n FOR grown people. tho other
I IN tho lccturc-roo'r Tor young people.
I Vt these meetings all who have con
+ Tossed Christianity in the revival will
! attend and number OF the speakers
! who have been leading in tho work
| viii strong hen tho faith Of the con-
N"ris. Tho meeting for grown people
| VIII nc presided over 10y Rev. Lloyd
/ r. Wilson. n. ", and Rev. George w
/ 'icmpcr will prcside over the meeting
! COR Young people.
| SPECIAL. MEETINGS
! FOH RO,S AND GIRLS
! Tomorrow afternoon at o'clock
! there arc 20 h" four simultaneous
meetings for boys and the same num-
I her for girls. The schedules arc as
[ follows:
! speaker. Il. &. Long. West End. Han
over Christian Church: speaker. H. T.
BAKER. East End. Third Presbyterian
/ Church. Rev. William McEginson. ana
South Richmond, Meade Memorial. Rev
/ John W. Einchcloe.
Giris-ccntrai district. Y: w. G. a;
/ speaker. Miss katharine II Halves
/ West End. Monument Methodist: sneak.
cr. Rev. =. ~ Jenkins East End
! Leigh street Baptist: speaker Rev. J.
J j. Parsons South Richmond, Central
Methodist. REV. J"mcs A. Mcclure.
Their" arc also - he Two Joint stimuli
! 'ancous meetings just preceding the
regular meetings. These arc 10 he
held at o'clock FOR both bows and
! girls one is TO hG held ut the Bar
+ ton Heights l'aptis, Church. led by
/ Rev. John Roach Straton. Of Norfolk
aud the other is |" hc in the North
side Baptist Church led by Rev. Stuar,
Nyc hutchinson.
~ 10 o'clock this morning Or. Main
viii, speak before the students of the
Virginia Union University, colorcd
Last night. at o'clock. II. T Baker.
state secretary OF the boys depart
'H"ut OF the y. NJ g A. srok. i'm Tho
! Barton Heights Methodist Church Au-
! nrN 10 Il large number OF boys and
young men IT the same time the reg
/ ular service was being conducted in
the church auditorium.
MINISTER'S WORK HARD
FOR SUCCESSFUL. END
The mems meetings n the Young
Mems Christian Association, held daily
from until 1880 O'CLOCK. are attract.
~" still more interest as the Week
%1"s yesterday. Rev. w w Weeks
, ~ u. WI" is doin:; the speaking each
/ day. spoke ON Unconscious Beauty"
There was II lar." crowd present. The
largest of any service held thus far
To-day, Dr.. Weeks will speak or The
Message OF 4 Man"
~ the executive HEADQUARTERS in tho
Young Mems Christian Association, II
Was learned yesterday that the minis
tcrS and laEmen vino have partially
dispensed with business of their own
for Il few days TO attend the Kings
Business are putting forth the final
supreme effort these last two days to
have the largest attendance possible
ana 20 accomplish even greater pro-
p"'''"'atc results thah have been OBJ
tanned until this time. They are hope
! tul that the final days OF the campaign
VIII bear fruits of the labor Of the
past two weeks. If they do their duty
and hence r'ey are working hard.
/ The daily shop meetings continue to
he encouraging and hopeful, and will
continue through Tomorrow. The at
! tendance At tho meetings being held
! IN this manner for worhingmen has
grown daily.
tcports from the coiored churches
also Indicate that the work there has
not tagged. ana that great results are
being obtained. The colored ministers
: from the first entered into the spirit
o! the campaiSn and all tho colored
churches wherein services have been
held have been crowded At the nightly
services.
! HIhcS E0p RItcIMEcc NI0MCM