Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-07-19

COMMITTEE MEETING
Gypsy Smith, Jr Will Conduct Evan.
gelistic Services in This City Dur
ing Fall

Plans are being rapidly whipped
into shape for the evangelistic cam
paign to be conducted in Alexan'
dria commencing September 1, ant
which is to last for number of week
The various committees appointed tt
take charge of the different bran
ches of work have been active II
their operations and unofficial out
lines of the plans for the revivals
have been announced.
Notice has been recently made pup
lie by the general committee OF lay
men that the services will be conduct
ed by the Rev. Gypsy Smith,
Jr., the noted evangelist, who has
been conducting revivals in Leesburg
recently and who has nationwide
reputation for efficiency in preaching
the Gospel and making numerous cor
yerts to the cause of righteousness.
The meetings are to be held in a
huge tent, the like of which, so the
committee promises the good folk OF
the town, has never before seen in
this city. The tent is to hold
many thousands of persons and is to
be erected on that portion of the
old fair grounds situated in the rear
.ot the Second Baptist Church on up
per King street. This selection has
been made because of it's convenience
of location, insomuch as the huge
proportion of the city's population
which it is estimated will attend the
revivals will have mostly all of their
walk on King street and cars are al
SO convenient, which stop directly in
front of the tent.
A choir Of six hundred voices Is to
be trained for the musical part of
the services, and the voices will be
culled from every Protestant choir in
the city, whose church is taking part
in the campaign, besides numbers
who will be selected from the diff
erent congregations and trained es-
pecially for the occasion. According
to announcement of the musi: ccm-
mittee of which George B. Kennedy
choirmaster &C the Second Presby-
terian Church, is chairman, the hym-
nal to be used for the musical part of
the revivals will be that compiled
by Herman Rodeheaver, the musical
director of Billy" Sunday, which con.
tsins hundreds of: stirring .evangelis'
tic campaign hymns. Several thou
sdnd hymnals have been already re-
csived.
The committee composed of men,
bers of the, Protestant churches OF
this city who are arranging for the
revival services during the
coming fall met last night in the
Methodist Protestant Church. James
r. Cation, chairman, presided. This
committee perfected plans for the
contemplated housesto house canvass
of the city, and mapped out the diff,
ferent districts, having ascertained
the number Of families in each. Those
of our citizens who desire to volunteer
in accelerating this work are request
ed to l.. meet in the First Baptist
CHURCH next Sunday afternoon at 3:St
o'clock. The work of visiting homes
throughout the city will begin on tht
following Sunday, July 80.
The city has been mapped into dis
tricts as follows and the persons WHIT
will conduct the census have been ap
pointed:
District Bounded by Pitt stree
on the west, Gibbon street on tht
north, Green street on the south, ant
Potomac River on the east, Mr.. Franl
Lucas.
District 2-:Bounded by Gibbo,
street on the north, Columbus stree
on the west, Pitt street on the east
and Green street on the south. Elme
Thompson.
District 3-Boupded by Gibbo,
street on the north, Payne street o.
the west, Columbus street on the east
! and Green street on ON the south, w
S. Risdon.
District Bounded by Wolf