The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-22
Ten Weeks Campaign of
Spectacular Evangelist
Closed in Boston
ADDRESSES 10000
ON CLOSING DAY
To.al Attendance of the Season 1927
coo, of Whom 6o,510 Pledged Them
selves to Better Lives Expenses
amounted to S90,436.75.

BOSTON, Jan. % Billy Sundar
closed his 10 weeks Boston revival
yesterday by preaching to 10000 per
soLs in four services at the S50.0O0I
tabernacle erected for his campaign. |
w n a check for $50.s2s.64 represent
IN, free will offerings made by his au-I
diences through the mail the last week
or IN the collection pans at yeater
ia. s services, he left last night for
Law melville. n. j., to visit grand
aor at school After u few DAYS rest
q. his home in Winona Lake, Ind, he
wilt open a rcviva! in Buffalo next
Suaduy.
J oston 5 cash gift to the evangelist
Ina !gs the total of free will offerings
tina he has received since conducting
req tvals up TO Approximately 10000
BE ton : free viii offering is dear
~, at FOR the evangelist. An expenses
o5 the revival including house rent
ana living sxpenses Of Sunday and his
pa " have been paid cut Of collec-
I tio.s taken At every service IN the tab
crlJcle up to last Sunda@, when they
wc.c ended acausc expenses had been
me. Collections for expenses here to-
tailed 500, 436.7J.
! he local revival has broken al rec
ores in the history OF religious re
: VIZ als as wall a. in the career ot the
bss ball evangelist. except for the free
/ win Offering Philadelphia gave him
81 1865. He preached here to
4 ] S.. 800 persons at services in the tab
I cIreclc and his auien, IS ut outside
NE -tiugs. sach at ct Dartmouth, gath
I Osi ga at bones of society leaders, and
jris 10 nearby cities totaled 10000
( mo q. At tn, tabernacle 60,5l0 replied
to tine evangelist s appeal to "hit the
I savjust trail. leading from their
ses to the evangelist s platform,
vhnro IN shook his hand as a pledge
tc lead Christian lives, and left names
AMI addresses. Yesterday there we've
( =, +. many in tears Records OF trail
/ bitter W re sent TO tie churches Tor
which the converts expressed pref
ceeaee for follow-up work after the
oys ugalist should have departed The
ira hittera included hundreds OF
~ holics, jew and Christian Scicr
tists and cards were accepted b MI
tho. denominations, even Catholics.
ca iinal Q Council 5 official publication
hal warned Catholics that it would be
g." sin TO hear Sunday. We the Cardi-
nal $ secretary sent the evangelist a
letter thanking him and expressing his
goci VIII.
The success OF the Boston revival
wac IN doubt during December Billy 5
heart was set on Boston going no-li
cen5e and he preached continually
aeains, booze mp TO the cit" cleo
ton, Dee. 10. The result of the voting
hewevcr was o large increase in tho
lie asa majority. Attendance fell of
4reatlv Before the voting thousands
Wer" turned away at every evening
meeting. After it there were hundred.
OF om5tv seats. Members of the sun.
day campaign committee attributed
this, however, to Bostonians prcpoga
tions for Christmas, and til evangel
ist said that never again would he con
due a campaign in December
Apart from the failure of Boston tl
abolish legalizcd sa,c OF liquor, tho
Sunday campaign has been great
success however, statistically il com
par with rcvivalS that Sunday ha.
conducted recently in Other large cities
. rs follows:
Trail Co'lec Free vii
hittcrs, tions. offerings
BE, on, 60,5lo 9o436.35 450.s2S. 81
Philadelphia,
#a.S47 57,291.sr 5Ii$6.s-
Detroit, 27lq2 5i.6S5.2o 46.0o7 -
Baltimore, 23.0s5 $4,000 40.274.4.