The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1918-05-11

and this time the farmer and his family got
word to large number Of people. shall never
forget how the daughter of the family, lovely
young woman, worked just as earnestly in go
ing around and inviting the people to the meet
ing as if she had been a Zion girl.
'sThe farmers came from every direction,
some Of them for five miles, in their automobiles,
and the place was crowded. I never saw better
attention Evangelist Cunningham preached
that night until quarter of IL clock, and we
had a blessed meeting"
Method of Work
| The last to speak was Evangelist Cunning
ham, We wish we could present stenographic
report Of his talk but we can only quote a few
thoughts caught in longhand:
II shall not relate any incidents OF our trip
although we experienced many but shall con-
| fine myself to a few general statements as to
our method Of work.
| "While away, we worked nine counties in
Northern Indiana, and one in Southern Michi-
gan We covered every public highway in
those counties with the exception of a few dirt
roads which were too rough for an automobile.
We worked all towns Of any size making South
Bend our headquarters for time, and later,
Fort Wayne.
eve often worked from two to five towns
day, owing to their size. Our method was this:
When we came to town we left the ladies to
cover it while Elder Robinson and drove out
and worked all farmhouses along the adjacent
country roads. It takes only few hours to
work town Of 2,000 and it would surprise you
| how quickly we can work the country roads
with machine
| eWe ate our lunches out in the woods We
carried tent and our cooking outfit with us.
At night, the ladies secured rooms in town
while the Elder and I slept in our tent out in
the country.
| Glider Robinson and I were particularly fav-
ored in this for one reason. One thing Zion
man suffers from in hotels on the outside, is the
odor of tobacco. When you have been away
from it for years it sickens you and is very often
sive. Everything is saturated with it. Even
| the bedclothes reek with it. and it you shut
yourself up in your room, hoping to get away
from the smell, it comes in through the transom.
| 'But in the country, in the quietness of our
tent, the air is as pure as God made it and IN
tended it to be-
t3When we go back this time we shall work
things on little different system. We do not
expect to make any large city our headquarters,
simply for the reason that there are no large
places in the part Of the state to which we are
going We are having some alterations made
on our auto so that we can carry our suit cases
| in receptacle behind. Other portions of our
| outfit which we have carried In the machine
with u.s. will be strapped on the sides. This will
give more room for literature, and make travel
ing more comfortable.
| ''This new arrangement, believe, will enable
us to cover the territory more rapidly, and put
out more literature in the same length OF time.
We expect to work as many as four or five
towns in one day We intend to hustle quickly
over the State Of Indiana, and then go on to
another state.
stBut we do not want you to get the impress
sion that the work is easy. God honors the
person who works early and late and sticks to
| a thing. We have sold an immense lot OF Etera-
Eture, simply because we have kept continually
on the move, and called on great many people.
''Some people buy readily. Others curse and
damn us, and order us out of the house. But we
do not stop for anything. Ii they do not want
the literature we go to some one who does
thank God that He has endowed me with a
body that scarcely knows fatigue or discourage
ment Nothing ever seems dark to me.
Some People Turning To Their Bibles
s'While away this time, [ saw something in
the faces Of the people [ had never seen there
before They have feeling of uneasiness. They
are living in dread Of something they know not
what They fear that something is going to
happen They realize that the world never
passed through such times as these we are liv
ing in, and they are trying to fathom out what
it all means.
"Some people, here and there, listen. Many
today are turning to their Bibles. They nolonger
seek satisfaction in farms and money wealth
and riches. The farmers down through Indiana
have everything heart could wish in the way of
material things. They have beautiful homes,
magnificent barns, abundance of blooded stock,
and the finest automobiles that money can buy.
But that does not satisfy; it does not soothe the