The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-11-27
SUNDAY TABERNACLE
HEARS COMPLETION

Norfolk va. Nov. a6.~-Biily sun
days tabernacle. being built at the
corner IT CRANKY and Twentieth
streets is nearing completion. and
December Is, is the date set by the
contractors for turning the structure
over to the campaign committee.
The building is not designed along
ornamental lines, and ii Is doubtful
IL there is another building OF its
sort in this section of the country.
But each foot Of space in it has
definite purpose, fixed by the expert
cncc Billy has had In almost two
decades Of his sensational evangelis-
tt work,
The tabernacle. constructed of vari-
ous sorts of timber. depending upon
the supplies available at the time
work was begun-about a month
ueo--is $50 feet long and 100 feet
VICE. 1t is constructed to seat APP
s%inately 10, 600 people. and the
chances arr judging from the past,
that fuliy this number will fill the
building 10 the last foot Of space on
maAy m occasion
Ten huge furnaces are being in
, sailed to provide heat for the big
tabernacle, and they will be so ar
ranged as to thoroughly cope with
conditions, no matter how far down
the lioo the mercury may drop
in addition to the auditorium at
The tabernacle, another big feature
viii he the nursery in connection, in
which mothers may leave their babies
during the services. Mr. Sunday
. especially requests in every instance,
that no babies be brought into the
tabernacle, because one chld's cry
has "a distracting effect, which. ex
pericnce has proven, is not an agree
able one.
There VIII be in connection first
1id s-A,ion and p hospital whore per-
SONS who have become faint in the
Him crowd or who may happen with
tr accident OF any sort may be i'm
wr"iately cared for by expert nurses
and by physicians
.'.3""- ."tf ne rooms and other fea-
lures will be contained in the big
5apetut5lr. HE presence al which, has
placed Norfolk in line with the great
rst cities in the United States. since
th" popular belief is that no city has
assured lts place in prominence until
I Slllv sunday has been there to bring
his spectacular crusade against the
devil
/ The sunday campaign committee
. composed al representatives of the
4 hftE or NOR" churches OF this city and
! Portsmouth. which are cooperating
! in The big revival. has been al work
! fer sYcFai weeks, preparing the road
! Tor tho revival party. which is now
conducting meeting in Chattanooga.
! The meetings will begin January
{ 4. bus CA The Saturday before that
date Billy sunday and his big party
VIII reach the city. H brings with
/ him corps ot experts in the line of
! evangelism from Homer Rodeheayer,
singer, to Miss Grace SAKE said to
p" enc II the Highest authorities on
The teaching of the Bible in the United
States Two grand pianos viii occupy
+ t1e platform in the tabernacle, with a
member Of the sunday party playing
I eHCA. The platform will seat 500
+ people, about thousand OF whom
VIII compose the chors which will
sing on alternate nights.
formation OF the great choirs has
begun aud the work Of selecting per
sons n occupy places In these che
1 ruses is going forward, The chorus
rNal"S .Ft said 10 be onG Of The
greatest features of the meetings ard
I n%to become famous throughout the
4 country.
/ The Offices of the campaign commit
/ tee haNe baen set up in the Contra
/ y NJ c. A. ard when Billy Sunday
hits town he Is assured that every
thing VIII be IN readiness just as he
l1s planned il. because he has one of
the most efficient ersanizati tons in the
world - do nothing but see to it that
his plans are tarricd out in every city
hc visits.