Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-13
SUNDAY OPENS
REVIVAL With
Three SERMONS
Morning viii Witness Beginning
Of Six Weeks Campaign By
Noted Evangelist.

According to established custom
in connection with the Sunday
evangelistic campaign three ser
vices are to be held tomorrow, the
opening day of the revival The
first will be held at 1920, which
will serve as a dedicatory service
for the tabernacle; the second at
2:30 in the afternoon and the
third at 1880 in the evening. Have
Ye Received the Holy Ghost"
Gods Grenadiers" and why Call
Me Lord, Lord" are the themes an
nounced for the respective ser
vices.
Music for all the services will be
provided by a chorus of voices APP
proXimately 1000 strong. Homer
Rodeheaver, musical director and
himself a singer OF national fame,
will direct, Robert Matthews 10
act as accompanist. The choir
Will occupy seats on the platform
at all the services.
Monday will be a day Of rest for
the evangelistic party and no scr
vices will be held on any Monday
during the revival. This arrange
ment enables church societies To-
hold necessary sessions on this
day and thus avoid conflict with
the daily meetings Of the campaign,
since practically every organiZa-
ton is cooperating in the great re-
ViVal movement
However on Monday morning at
10 o'clock a breakfast will be
served at Broadway Presbyterian
church as an informal reception
for Rev. and Mrs. Sunday and their
party. Guests in addition to these
will include pastors and their
wives, members Of the local com
mittees, etc, and is arranged in
order that the various workers
may have opportunity to personal
ly meet the evangelist and his CO.
workers. No formal program has
been arranged for this occasion
and it is expected to make it as
informal as possible. A formal re
ception will probably be arranged
for a later day when the public
will be given opportunity to meet
Billy Sunday.
A program OF noon meetings I'm
shops, factories and industrial
plants is being arranged by assist
ants to the evangelist and by mem
bers of the local committees. Spec
ial days have been under consid
Grafton and chief among these is %
rally for women which is to be
held Sept. %. Miss Varker, Mrs.
William Asher. with the assistance
of Mrs. G. W. Halves, the Rock Is
land chairman of women's work
and others are putting forward
great efforts to make the day "a
banner one. Mrs. William Paul
son is head Of the invitations con-
mittee; Miss Rosabelle Stewart OF
the music committee and Miss J. II.
Freeman, the ushers committee
Women will be given reserved
seats and a special effort will be
made to interest the women in in
dustry.
Thereafter with the exception or
and Monday services will
be held every day at 2:30 in the
and 1880 at night
Special Sundays have also been
designated for each OF the three
cities, when preaching services
will be held in some one church
in order that those not able to at
tend the evangelistic meetings
may attend divine worship in
their own city. The following ar
has been announced by
the local committee:
All the churches in the three
cities affiliated with the revival
will dispense with services tomor-
row. The second Sunday, Sept
81, will be Davenport day, when
all the churches in that city viii
be closed except the st. Johns
where there will be
services for those who do not
come to Rock Island. The follow
ing Sunday, Sept rs, will be Mo
line day, when the only services
will be at the First Methodist and
the Second Congregational.
Sunday, Oct 3. will be Rock Is-
land day. The only church which
will conduct services will be the
Central Presbyterian. Oct II is
to be Davenport day again, and
Oct. 10 Moline day. The last sun
day of the campaign all the
churches will be closed In all
the churches in the three cities the
Sunday school services will be con-
Quoted as usual each week. closing
in time for the workers to get to
the tabernacle for the morning
meeting.