The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-12-19
SUNDAY WAVES
HIS FAREWELL
TO- ALL TULSA
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they stood on the platform and
watched the train until it's colorod
lights had faded away into the
darkness.
Converts Ten Thousand
More than 10000 people hit the
trail during the six weeks cam
raign. Nine hundred and ten hit
The trail yesterday, the last day vi
The campaign, the peak of the en-
tire campaign in point of numbers.
More than words, the compare
tive numbers Of trail hltters dur
ing the five weeks that Sunday has
been given the invitation speaks
the history OF the success uf the
campaign and the working OF tie
leayen.' The first day that sunday
gave the invitation. Sunday, No
ycmher 10 there were 500 at the
morning service and a total of
1850 for the week The third
weeks total was 305, with 4c0
Sunday. Nov9mber 27, the peak.
The fourth week saw the biggest
day, in point of numbers Of $50.
This was Friday night, December
. with "A total roughly estima' ed
Of i69. Approximately 700 peu-
pie came forward Tuesday, De-
cember 6, Of the fifth week, with
2040 to the total for the week, and
Friday, December l6, until yester-
fay, was the record day, with about
500. The sixth week total was
34S5.
Last Greatest Mccting.
The last meeting Sunday night
was a great meeting i'm the undi-
vided opinion Of all the thousands
who by G o'clock had jammed the
building to its full capacity. There
we're many who couldn't get in at
all and there were many who stood
patiently throughout the whole
F,Nico Many of them weeping. all
o. them serious-faced. but with ra-
~dance there. too. 600 people hit the
trail. At the close OF the service
all the pastors OF local cooperating
churches came to the platform and
Sood while the great audience rose
and sang God Be With You TIL
We Meet Again" Then
Goodnight" said Billy,-not
with the usual joyous Tilt in hia
voice nor with arm and foot up
leited, but with n little wistful note
ihere. Handkerchiefs fluttered and
hhands waved as the crowd called
back
Goodbye
quick handshake there, slap
on the back here, over the press
holes to the rail, vaulting over that
ana through the aisle cleared for
nlm up the side of the ministers
section, and Billy" beloved Of
many was gone.
But behind him the platform was
~ OF its hundreds, singing. The
!,'nin1is,ers of the city stood whore
hlily' had left them. Rodheaver,
:, WITH nod and n smile to Matthews,
al the piano, began
The Old Time Religion"
IT'S the Old-Tlme Religion" and
everybody Joined in. They sang all
tne stanzas, Baptist and Metho-
on' Christian and Presbyterian
W me denominationsa, sheperds
issued hands as will smiles Of
s,ooaie'lowship on their faces and
w w same good will ringing in their
'0'ees' they sang.
wa GOOD enough for Paul and
." good enough for me!"
r,.rhee audience. standing and with
lsruleugua salute, told tho mem
- rar ''. 0uNudN party, when tHcN
gsa e 70 the platform, goodbye. II
90 keen and sincere
T1t tat Tulsa saw Rod
bo. eF mt away his from
/ MAJ the last time, saw
,5s ia they and Miss Kinney close
ni,,s pianos, saw Pete" leave the
flrai fl,iotm with the boss' for mis-
Me- ',ip from the tabernacle saw
sf,o. Asher leave the platform
Ton. ner voice had sounded It's last
~ through the building.
pit,ii.uaay thanked Tulsa for its hos
tlo, IT'S kindness, its. co-opera-
who re remembered everyone
til" "aq ,u any part in the campaign
ers th minister's, the campaign work.
newsne sue ushers, the secretaries. the
bodv the eingers-evcry
smau VINO had any part, howevc
y Ys,lh IN the six weeks meeting
where mas he been in a city
nor ~ le ministers were more loyal
O"ed more upiform co-opera-