The Washington herald., 1917-12-12

has reached such a stage of perfec-
ton that if the noted evangelist came
to the Capital today he would find
everything in tip-top shape for the
two months campaign he will wage
here to win Washington for Christ"
And the one man primarily re-
sponsible for the construction of a
systematic machine. which rivals that
Of many of the bigger cities in which
Billy Sunday has campaigned. is DIR.
James E. Walker, advance rep
resentative of the Suncay party. DIR.
walker is a regular dynamo. on the
job nearly all of the twenty-four
hours that go to make up a day
DR.. Walker has his Office at the
headquarters of the Sunday cam
paign committee, in the Washington
Loan and Trust Company Building.
and he has gathered about him there
a staff of experts proficient to the
last detail in their respective jobs.
He was a Chicago minister before he
joined the Sunday forces, pastor of
IA prosperous church.
Working In Unison.
DR.. Walker has been fortunate in
surrounding himself with local COM
mittees. in charge of the various lines
Of work. who represent the best type
of Washington citizenship. Under
his direction they are all working in
unison and with vigor that has sur
prised those having the campaign in
charge.
Il have never been associated with
more representative contingent of
active business men OF prominence
than right here in Washington" said
DR.. Walker yesterday. Most of them
are busy men, whose time means
much to them, and VINO have given
rnsparingly of their efforts to put
over the Sunday campaign in great
shape. I am having more co-opera-
ton here than in most of the cities
in which Sunday, campaigns have
been conducted and my hats off to
Washington for The wonderful pre-
liminary work it has put through in
this campaign"
Few persons not associated with a
Sunday revival campaign have any
conception of the marvellous amount
of detail that attacnes to a cam
paign OF this sort. 1t isn't only the
work at the tabernacle that is en-
phasiZed during the big meetings.
Billy Sunday is. of course, the hub in
the great wheel from which the
various evangelistic "spokes'' radiate.
but he isn't the Whole show" by a
long shot!
Experts In Charge.
There are sixteen members of the
Sunday party, each in charge of
separate branch of the revival work.
Through them is carried the message
Billy breaches at the tabernacle to
every corner in the city where the
is under way. This extern
sion work" covers every phase of city
shops and factories; the
various institutions and hos
pitals; the public and higher schools
and the colleges; department stores
and hotels and boarding houses.
these revivalists go to
spread the Sunday message.
Postmaster Merritt o. Chance is
chairman of the Washington cam
paign committee. Associated with
him are prominent Washington men
and women, who cover every phase
of the campaign work. The Rev.
George A. Miller is vice chairman of
the committee. John c. Let's is
treasurer, William Knowles Cooper
executive secretary, and Leonard w.
De Cast associate executive, secre-
tary.
There are committee chairman for
every department Of the revival work.
Il. q. johnson is head of the automo-
bile committee. The duty of this par
[lcular committee is to look after
supplying the members of the Sunday
party with automobiles to take them.
during the campaign, to and from
-helr respective homes to the various
meeting places where they are sched-
uled to speak and to and from the
For Boys and Girls.
Charles p. Light is chairman of the
on boys and girls work
This committee influences the bows
md girls to take active part in the |
sunday campaign and afranges for
meetings of young people to be ad-
iressed by Miss Alice Miriam Gam |
im' the Sunday party expert in |
'harge of boys and girls work.
Byron S. Adams heads the finance |
one of the most important |
associated with the campaign. 1t was
argely Through the efforts Of this
'opmittee that approximately $50. OOO
laf been raised to meet campaign ex-
,enses.
The tabernacle boasts a hospital FOR
he convience of those who NAV be-
ONE i'll during the services. This in
titution is to be directed by DR.
'homas A. Grower and he will have
ssociated with him other Washing
on physicians and a corps of trained
urses. They will be on duty at each
the tabernacle meetings.
Clarence Dodge is chairman of the
ommittee that will locate-if it CAM
nome in which the Sunday party
Viii live during the two months cam
'algn here. So far, because of the
ongestion everywhere apparent, the
home" hasn't been located. The
'unday party lives in one house. 1t
ever goes to a hotel
Louis d. Bliss heads the mems
bible class committee. anA he is as
ociated directly with DIR. George q.
'owey, the Sunday party Bible cIas.,
xpert, in organizing 10000 new Bible
lass members in. Washington.
Homer Edison. and his music COM
littee are looking after the organi-
alton of two big ,choirs of about
80 voices each, which will feature
V sunday camDsisa meetingz