The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-01-27

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/ and the guarantors have never been
called on for a dollar. The latter
part of the campaign. collections are
] taken. for local charitable and phil
anthropic organizations. There is nc
financial problem that is not easily
solved In connection with a Sunday
| campaign. What returns on the in
| vestment of time and money shonld
! Buffalo expect. based on experience
in other cities? This is a fair uues-
ton. What wifi happen to buffalo
II Mr.. Sunday conducts an evangelistic
campaign in our midst?
On my return from Europe. a year
| ago last April. found that move
ment had been started to unite the
churches In an effort to secure the
services of Mr.. Sunday. Realizing
that the liturgical churches never
united in any general evangelism eff
| fort. we took the position that the
I Young Mems Christian Association.
| supported as IL was by men in all
evangelical churches, should not be
officially related to the Sunday evan.
| gelistic committee as Il could not as
sumo to represent its members who
were connected with liturgical church,
es On the other hand, We felt that
4 1t was the business and privilege OF
the association to place its secre-
taries, its equipment and its organi-
cations in a cooperative relationship
to the two-thirds of the churches in
its constituency, those OF nonliturgicai
| connection.
That We might move intelligently
| In this matter, we wrote to the gem
eral secretaries in ten cities where
Mr. Sunday had labored. and submit
| ted questionable seeking informa-
ton as to results. the effect on church
and community and as to whether
MIR. Sunday would be welcomed back
for a. second campaign. All ten re-
| sponded enthusiastically as to results
and practically unanimous as to the
net gain and the welcome that would
await MT. Sunday If available for a
| second engagement
| What Would Happen.
This correspondence and other in
| vestigations lead me TO mention a
| numh Der of things that will happen if
/ Mr.. Sunday comes to Buffalo:
| /. one hundred thousand Buffa-
| iofans will 2rayerfully anticipate his
arrival and actively Cooperate in MAX
Ing success OF the campaign.
z. When the Sunday party arrives
| and departs the station and surround
! ing streets will be blocked with reo-
| pie and automobiles. Fifteen thou
sand people welcomed Mr.. Sunday
| when he-arrived in PHILADELPHIA Al
! syracuse 1000 automobiles escorted
MIN to his residence. These demon
STATIONS indicate unusual interest
D. The daily papers as a-rule. will
feature the campaign services promi-
hentIy on first page and by columns
VI space equa.ing several pages aaft,
ne press evidently considered Mr..
sunday the greatest "news'' nronnsi
ton on the American platform
| l. The tabernacle will be filled n
Sapaclty each day. Thousands will
DE turned away. Attendance ar All
services VIII aggregate 1900. 600. To
ward the end OF the campaign. the
| Philadelphia committee recatvnd
enough applications for reserva ton If
I tickets that weuId have filled tn.
tabernacle for an extension of time
| for two months.
s. Religion would be the chief TOPIC
of conversation in Buffalo for two
months Mr.. Sunday reaches al,
elasses--the rich and the poor the
! professional man and the work Ing
man. All"are sinners and are made
10 realize that sin In their lives should
| be removed through faith in Jesus
Christ. Mr.. Sunday also breaches
persistentiy and with great effect, tnat
faith without works is dead
1
free course and he giorified" The
spirit of God will move men and wo-
| mn to repent and seek forgiveness
| Public confession will be made by
! hitting the trail" More people will
| manifest a desire to lead a Christian
| life at the end of an average taber-
1 nacle service than ordinarily indicate
a similar interest in all the churches
Of Buffalo in an average month.
.A,nf~
| their intention to lead Christian lives
| Z. Mr., Sunday is possibly the best
| hated man in America. a.. che forces
OF evil represented by direct or in
direct connection with the liquor In
terests know him to be their greatest
! foe. He will awaken Buffalo to an
understanding that the saloon is the
enemy of the home. Of municipal gov
eminent, Of efficiency in business and
CT the manhood and womanhood OF
| the entire community.
8. Each cooperating church will
| add probably at least 25 per cent to
| it's membership. From 1000 TO TO-
| 600 communicates viii be added to
| churches of Buffalo and in the SUI
| burbs within six months of the close
OF the campaign.
| The probable results enumerated are
| predictions based on what=has hap
the same capacity to get together and
to cooperate as has characterized
Philadelphia. Pittsburg, Scranton
Syracuse and fifty other cities, similar
results would follow. No worker, no
church could be satisfied with every.
thing that would be said and done in
Sunday evangelistic campaign. One
can easily criticise the methods. mes
sage and mannerisms of Mr.. Sunday.
| but when one comes to know the re-
suits Of his work. the fearlessness and
sincerity of the man, he endorses him
! because of the net results and fol-
lows him in so far as he follows the
Master.
This article is presented that men
generally may understand certain facts
concerning Mr.. Sunday and his work
If he decides to come to Buffalo II
is hoped that this stateynent will help
to strengthen the work OF preparation
that must be energeticaliy promoted
before his arrival.
If Mr.. Sunday turns aside from Buff
falo IL will he because other cities
are more successful in getting to-
gether. in a union that is necessary