Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-12
SUNDAY COMES
TOMORROW TO
BEGIN REVIVAL
chorus Choir of 1,039 Voices Meets
in Tabernacle for First SerI.
ices in Building.

Rev. Billy Sunday, whose coming
has long been looked forward to
by people o. the community, will
arrive tomorrow afternoon at 2:io
Al the Thirty-frst street depot OF
the Rock Island road, coming from
Chicago 10 Rock Island. Accom-
panying Rev. Mr.. Sunday will be
Mrs. Sunday, Homer Rodeheaver,
director Of music during the evan
-elistic campaign and other mem
bers Of the Sunday party.
TIE evangelist and his party will
be met By a delegation composed Of
tri-city ministers and laymen,
headed by Rev. Frank Cole, pastor
Of St. Johns Methodist church Of
Davenport. and John II. Hauberg,
chairman of the reception commit
Ye The Hauberg United Sunday
Eschool band and the chorus choir Of
1000 voices, will greet the evan
selist and party. The Sunday party
viii make it's headquarters in Dav-
export at the Hotel Blackhawk dur
ing the six weeks OF the campaign.
s Aside from the formal reception
OF the Sunday party at the station
no program has been arranged for
tomorrow, the intervening time be
fore the first service Sunday morn
ing being left 10 the discretion OF
the individuals com posing the COM
pany. II is expected, however. that
great numbers of people will flock
o the station to see the noted evan
selist which may result in some
impromptu demonstration not form
ally arranged for.
The eysngelistic services will
open Sunday morning at 1880 when
Billy Sunday will deliver his first
asermou in the tabernacle at Fifth
ASenue and Twenty-fourth street
A Second service will be held at ,
p. N. and the third at 1880 at both
OF which Mr.. Sunday will likewise
speak. No services will be held
Monday
Choir OF I,0V0 Voices.
The tabernacle. complete and
ready for service. was used for the
first time last evening when the
chorus choir met for tho first joint
session. Fred ". Rapp. advance
man for Sunday. was present and
assisted in the assignment OF parts
raud places on the tabernacle plat
form. Close to a thousand people
responded to the call tor singers
and presented themselves for in
structiou5 concerning t1c chorus
sing ne. So large was the choir
that +, was deemed best to select
from this number the first choir and
from tho remaining voices to Or
cauizC a second chorus. How eve.
The entire chorus will assist in the
first services and the subdivision
will take place later.
Rev. FL H. Pitzer. advance man
for Mr.. Sunday, returned 10 the city
last evening after weeks absence
and will remain until things are in
fulI swing here.
WODen's Part.
A womau's big rally is being
planned for the evening OF Sept. -,
when women of the city will have
reserved seats at the tabernacle
aN the program for the evening
Xii be especially for them. This
was decided at the meeting this
morning OF the general Women'S
committee for Rock Island, held at
the Y. ". c. A. Mrs. William Asher,
Billy Sundays leader OF women
work. met with the committee
which is banded by Mrs. G. W.
IIawes. Miss Dotha Varker OF
the Davenport Y. W. C. A.. who is
chairman OF the quad-city commit
tee. also attended the meeting.
In order that the business wom-
en- of the city can set seats at the
tabernacle for the evening services
without having to stand in line
hours after their work during the
day-which a business woman can
not stand TO do-the committee is
10 arrange for seating the women
and girls. Mrs. William PaulsOu is
head of the invitation committees.
Miss RosabeIle Stewart of the
music committee, and Mrs. ]. r.
Freeman OF the usher committee.
Mrs. Asher was greatly pleased
this morning with the unusual in
tCrest with which the group of VOL