The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-01-30


Thursday noon at the Chamber of
Commerce.
The paper in detail read as fol-
lows:
TO be associated for six weeks with
the worlds greatest evangelist was
Pare privilege To be identified
with the greatest revival since Pen
t.oost was an experience Gabriel
might earnestly Covet l saw more
than sixty ys-vep hundred turn unto
the LORD. more than q thousand in a
single day, and over five hundred in
ore service This staid old conserva-
tive town Of nearly 10000 souls for
six wrelgs was in the grip of a spir-
itual giant. In truth, the entire
county and tho adjoining counties
with their towns and cities were tre-
mendously stirred by the mighty pow
er of Sundays wonderful gospel.
Some cynic will ask, Was not
the revival temporary and superficial
in its eftects?' 1t is now more than
four months since the lights went
out in the great tabernacle, and the
effect seems TO deepen and permeate
more thoroughly the entire community
as time goes on. l regard Mr.. sun
days work as the most permanent
and satisfactory OF all the union evan
gelists now on earth, More of his
converts unite with the churches and
go to work for God after he is gone
than those OF other union revivalist'
In punctuality, regularity, conduct, zeal
and generosity, his converts will com
pare favorably with the old trained
members Of any Of our churches.
"Throughout the entire country the
revival was the leading topic OF CON
versation long before the party came
10 town. Gamblers, drunkards. pros
titutes, criminals and scoffers We're
converted, showing at once and ever
since. fruits worthy Of repentance
Hundreds Of homes were made happy
hy the admission of Christ as the per-
manent guest Of honor and hundreds
of the leading men of the community
boldly espoused the cause of the man
Of Galioe. The devil has been de-
feated and sin routed.
Recently a systematic war mas
beon waged against half a hundred
licensed saloons. remonstrances were
signed by more men than voted AZ
the last election and by n still larger
number Of women, each applicant was
attacked in court, violations OF law
we're proven to the court, both daily
NEWSPAPERS championed vigorously the
cousc of local prohibition and the
public conscience has been so ueni.
eulously aroused and the public VIII
40 Clearly published before the court
that the district judge has refused TO
arant ono single saloon license ana
Lawrence county, Pa. is dry. Law
renee county was one of the camp
cst' spots on earth and it has been
dry since that day.
every church in the city has DeeN
and is in state OF revival. rive
hundred and forty-One new menlDerS
have come into the First Christian
church. money flows into its treas
ury and in four days one hundreu
men raised $4,000 to build modern
Bible school plant as an addition 'o
our present structure.
history ot almost every church ~
town. Soul savers tailed persona
workers' are going into the outlying
town and country churches with TIC
.,ospel and 700 moro have heon con-
ycrtNd by thcsr iaymcn' since Mr
sunday lclt town Many "l 'h'S'
oyougslists are unlearnri ana i-n'r
rnnt men who were, sis months ago
NGusv gamblers " hard DRINK o'
wboth or worse hut God Is win" 'nc'
aand llcsslug their labors In ihcS'
iovns they convert and train o'h''
.hoysoual workers who, in turn, p'
ietn more remote fields with the Cos
mel and thus the work is mulupileu
FNa. large and fashionable chur'he'
srf Pius6,mg and other cities ro con
stantly calling for these plain uh'
uught laymon' to come ana t'l VI
the mighty work OF God IN Ne"
castle until the spiritual life oil score
of churches has been quickcned am
he spirit of rcvlynlisn has spread ai
over western Pennsylvania ana eaS'
crr Ohio. IL must not be SupPo",'
n,ot the ministers have becn iule
Thry have toiled with an energy the!
never know before. inspired ana en-
couragod by results unparalleled sln'
tho days OF the Apostles. All TN
and moro has been occ0mplish'b VIII
no excitement. hut with mctho"
absolutely sane and safe.
uCandor compcls me 10 admit ina
this story Is told by one VINO ""
originally uniriondly to Mr. Sunda
and his methods. The baseball
prcacher conducted great revival a
Youngstown several months pel''
coming TO Newcastle and yc, "a Yea
corlicr was Tor slN weeks Waffih
nightly AGAINST tho DeVi Ia Shai"I
w4.e ia an these critics pof''l"ii" ;"
I'm this triangular revival hU
never seen Alr sunday and chcrlSho
IN. r,Wspsp.r conception ot w
,,oors. unsettled. frrut.cd, Nu''A
scnsationalsj saul did no, suWl
Demnsrua with more prejudice IN h
syyicr than / mad ~h'u l started
sharon. Th"l nights. experience
shall never fr-.' so' 1900 N'
II, v.i-. with BREATHE N.UHtor
IN, SUPPLE gospel OF Christ st
1863 people 80 forward, stand up ur
make She good confession, b pcatin
twice In concert. I believe that lest
is the Christ. the son ot tnv Twin
God and accept Him AS my Saviou
Half OF the high school went ioiwai
In n body, clean cut. rlea" cyvd youf
men aud women. and ! havc been
friend and champion Of lAlly 81
dny over sinca In the closer "a
more intimate acquaintance With j
work my admiration has lhotca''
This ,s the experience AMI tos'imoi
of hundreds OF other hard head'
practical mon equally prciudlccd.
"Tho discriminating reader Be- az
u.. .NA.hnt nrr lhn .nuInt. NJ