New-York tribune., 1919-01-28

"lf, for example a million people at
tended Me meetings here. you could
not look for q number Of trail hitters
in Tie same ratio as the smaller towns.
end statistics could not tell the story
here. But the general moral raise at
the bottom was as great here as any
Where'
DR.. Chester C. Marshall, metropolitan
Temple Methodist Church. There are
/ no great results visible at present in
our church. Ot course, there are few
winch do not show OH the surface, and
there may be others. but There was 10
increase IN membership in the church
as result of the campaign. 1t is no
reflection or Mn. Sunday that such is
the case. Tie town lives too rapidly to
be changed permanently in SO short d
CaMp} ign
The KeN. Dan II. Martin, Washington
ueights byterian Church:
"About a dozen of the forty who
signed cards at the Billy Sunday re-
Vival expressing desire to unite with
our church have stuck. That is. ! mean
that they turned over new leaves i'm
their lives and have become valuable.
nara working, consistent church mem
oers Such lives as these could be
termed permanent results. But in a
large sense | do not believe the results
are permanent in New York, although
Ohe work OF the organization was mag
ndhcent. The preacher was too much
of an entertainer to set lasting grin
on his audiences"
The Rev. l. NJ. Haldeman, First Ban
tist Church,
"one or two perhaps joined my
church as result of the campaign. but
no permanent effect was noticeable
GO not believe in his methods and took
no part in the campaign. believe
there was little permanent good re-
suited from it. judging by what | have
learned from other pastors and knowing
cong ltlons IN my own church,"
The Rev James Empringham, mem
ber of the executive committed Of Tho
William A Sunday Association: VIZ
I'm Syracuse. three years after the
Billy Sunday revival, so per cent Of the
'Tali hltters stuck. understand the
same Is true here. There's no question
Du' lhe eHects of the campaign in New
ork show that it was worth while -
William l.. Amerman, of executive
committee OF William A. Sunday Asso-
citation:
THE results Of the campaign are
lnaS'lhg' put You must remember any
lgures you get must allow for tho
cosmopolitan class Of converts. Tbon-
sands hit the trail in New York whose
ZONES are hundreds of miles from here
These would not show on the records
as increasing the church membership
Of New York" 7'''P
Eben H. Olcott, treasurer of the FL
nance Committee of the Sunday Cam
paigp: >1'''''-
The drive had a very pronounced ef-
IeSC on some Individual churches, and
upilft Tor the city. AS far as it accom-
pilshed this, | think it was worth while
ana justified the expenditure of Inc
money which was required.
me campaigns predictions Of new
members were not justified by the re-
suits. Many of those who signed cards
were already attending some church
bu' 1T did result in bringing together
lainiiles, IN many cases, in their re-
llgious feelings, and made for greater
eooperaVoh and friendliness among
those already in the churches"
DR.. John Roach Straton, Calvary
Baptist Church:
BILLY Sundays campaign in New
ork, Chicago and the great metropol-
ltan centres has been largely in the di-
recton o. general refocussing Of at
tention 20 religion. 1t takes something
York City, and the fact that SUNDAY
coming here as stranger, was able TO
get such an unusual following and such
space in the newspapers was in itself
Il great achievement
The Rev. Karl Reiland rector St.
Georges Episcopal
Tho entire results Of the Sunday
campaign are not necessarily to b.,
looked for in the churches. In many
churches the effect is unmistakably felt
both in Interest and attendance. ONT.
side the churches the subject Of roli.
Gion Vas made Il general topic of con-
versation and thought, and in my iudo-
ment the Sunday campaign accom-
pushed great good There is no obi
CATION resting upon Mr. Sunday TO
create permanent result. An ayvak-
cncd conscience and an aroused will
over q vide distribution Of people has
been noticeable rosult."
Dr: Wilbert W. White, Bible Teach
crs' Training School:
IN my estimation large. Nerma-
nent and valuable result was 'achior'el
in New York City by thc Billy SUNDAY
campaign And in making this csti-
mate We must remember that many Of
thn permanent results arc not visible >
INC Rev. William =. Merrill. pasto~
BRICK Presbyterian Church:
ne congregation of my church is
greater than it was last spring. but !
cannot attribute its growth to anv one
thing or person.
inc Rev. James II. HondIey. pastor
1fccnWich Presbyterian Church
M Sundays TASK was TOO bie for
any one person, but he had great
erect upon the city's morals, and anv
results achieved in IL larger nttcndancc
believe he contributed to-"