Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-12-25

Atlanta thinks of him but that money
/ talks" and he handed him the check.
Billy was tremendously pleased with
the way Atlanta expressed it's appre-
citation of his service.
Everyone connected with the cam
paign was enthusiastic over it's out
come and numerous and high were the
| tributes paid to Billy.
Opinions About Meetings
Governor Hugh Dorsey, Monday, said
of the campaign: ut was a great sue
cess. He has accomplished much"
Mayor Asa G. Gambler said Just
| take the dictionary and put in all the
superlatives you can find to express
what 1 feel. We can't exaggerate the
| far-reaching effects of the campaign.
And Mr.. Sunday was just as forceful
in his last sermon as in his first"
Charlie Outlaw, who was largely re-
sponsible for bringing Mr.. Sunday to
Atlanta, was enthusiastic beyond ex-
preston.
tremendously successful; absolutely
perfect" he said. The great effect of
this. series of meetings will never die.
There is no estimating the worth of
the campaign"
Said John j. Eagan: There are few
things in the history of Atlanta that
have meant as much to the spiritual
| life of the city. It's the only religious
meeting that has affected all classes.
While the campaign was in progress
our churches have united; there have
been no church lines. Mr.. Sunday has
| appealed to the man of the streets, and
the real man, irrespective of his reli-
! Sious convictions-even' though he has
had no religious convictions-has been
swept into these meetings and they
have become part of his life. The cam
paign has been a real city affair That
/ is the outstanding character of the
meetings just closed. And everywhere
the Atlanta papers have reached it has
become easier for people to do good
and harder for them to do wrong"
Walter T. Gambler summed up the
campaign as "One of the greatest things
that. could have come to Atlanta from
an economic as well as a religious
standpoint"
/ For he said, never did Mr.. Sunday
preach that he did not hold up a vivid
picture of poverty directly attributable
to sin and evil
81 think he is deserving and consci-
entious. His eXertions were not con-
sfined to the efforts he put forth before
us in the pulpit. He carefully pre-
pared every sermon. His study has
been very deep and far reaching"
Greatest Ever Held
II. Y. McCord called the meetings
"the greatest ever held here for any
purpose"
Every home, every shop and every
office has been reached by their influ-
ence," he said
I The testimony borne by the closing
services Sunday night was sufficient to
show the esteem in which Atlanta holds
Mr.. Sunday" said J. X. Orr.
I after seven weeks we saw what PEG.
pie thought of him in an attendance
just as big as at the beginning. 1t was
probably the most successful campaign
he has ever held. Just as Mr.. Sundays
twenty-one years of continuous service
is the best evidence of his being gem
uine. so is Sunday nights great ovation
an evidence of how Atlanta feels"
MORE
W. w Orr called the campaign "the
most successful and influential religious
meetings ever held in Atlanta. Not only
were the honorarium and the crowd of
Sunday night evidences of Atlanta's re-
CARDS to Mr.. Sunday, but on the en-
velopes containing the free-will offer
ings there were expressions of affection
and esteem by the dozens"
Major r. ]. Quinn said THE results
are not only immediate but will be con-
tnuous One of the finest fruits of the
campaign is the religious. moral and
! spiritual atmosphere they have crea ted.
Too much praise cannot be given the
papers of the city"
w. Woods White spoke of the vast
influence of the meetings. The per-
manent results are not easily discern
able now" he said. but the influence
will last for long time"
Eugene Galloway paid tribute to Mr..
Sunday a man who has done a Won
derful work. HE is one of the%world's
unique characters, in a class by him
self"
John Manget. chief usher who has
been present at each of the fifty night
meetings. was high in his praise of Mr..
Sunday and also paid tribute to the
ushers, many of whom frequently sur
rendered their own seats for others.