The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-11-03
Regular Old Methodist
Experience Meeting
Atlanta Delegation Tells Chat.
tanooga What Billy Sunday
Did for Georgia City.

That was something in the nature
of an old fashioned Methodist expe-
rience meeting held at the First
Christian church Sunday afternoon.
The occasion was a mass meeting
called by the Billy Sunday commit
tee so that the people might hear the
messages brought from Atlanta by a
large delegation of members of the
Billy Sunday Business Mems club of
that city.
After a service of song, C. III. Hus-
ton, chairman of the local Billy Sum
day committee, called the meeting to
order and then yielded the chair to
M. M. Davies, of the Atlanta delega-
ton. Mr.. Davies said in opening the
meeting that it was not customary
for the Billy Sunday club to talk
about its work and achievements, but
on such visits as this rather to give
their experiences as Christians and
to tell what .power and joy there was
in the religion of the Lord Jesus
Christ. He said, however, that in
view Of the fact that Mr.. Sunday was
coming here next week, he thought
1t proper to say few words of the
work done by the Billy Sunday club
during the past two years.
He said there had been under the
direct work of the club nearly 1000
conversions In Atlanta since the SUM-
day meetings closed and which could
be traced as result of those meet
ings. He said the constitution of the
club, or rather the pledge required of
Its members was that they would go
anywhere any time and do anything
called upon to do by the president,
and he was glad to say that the pres
ident had never found dissenting
voice to any orders he had issued.
He. said Billy Sunday preached the
gospel of Jesus Christ and he would
make it a popular topic In Chatta-
nooga as he had done in Atlanta. He
breaches the old-fashioned religion. He
said religion put interest in every crew
ice and corner OF normal man.
At talk given by Mr.. Davis before
Centenary Martin class of Centenary
church yesterday morning he gave the
young men who heard him much food
for thought. He said he had recently
read an editorial in the Manufacturers
Record and similar one in another
trade journal. both written from diff
ferent angles. but written about the
same time, on the theme that the world
is sick. He said both wrikers stated
that the trouble was unln01 and Ele
great diagnoticious called ifshnd been
Ni2AN3H3tOs pt},1crihe tllfs prQpeG aaif4t IS.
The writer then by q process Of elimi-
nation came to the conclusion that
the only remedy for the ailments was
the religion of the Lord Jesus Christ
He fully agreed with these writer's.
At the afternoon mass meeting after
Mr.. Davis had concluded his opening ad-
dress he announced that he wanted to
hear the experiences of as many pres
ent as would state them. He said he
would first call on an Atlanta and then
a Chattanooga man. In compliance with
this invitation ten of the Atlanta men
and about fifteen Chattanooga men and
women gave their experiences in brief
and concise manner, each testifying to
the enjoyment and happiness religion
had brought to them.
1t was wonderful meeting and cre-
ated sense of enthusiasm that pre-
tends to reflect the interest in the COM
ing Billy Sunday meetings.
f. Wade Vaughn spoke at Centenary
church at the morning hour Sunday.
He made real Atlanta speech, right
out from the shoulder. He told some
very plain truths and gave an ex-
perience rich in the enjoyment and
happiness of Christian life.