The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-10-02
START WORK ON
BIG TABERNACLE
HUGE Structure for Sun
day Meeting Will Seat
5000 People
WILL COST $4,000
To Be Completed in Major
Points Within 10 Days;
Start Campaign

Construction Of the Billy sunday
tabernacle ON South Elgin between
Tr-d and Fourth will begin Monday
rufuiul. the contract having been
lr sunday to J. Il. burnside. Tho
by|IU.rg win bc pushed to compile
zion In major points within ten days.
Present estimates are that the
budfnr will cost about $4,000. II
viii conform TO the W. A. Sunday
tabernacle plan evolved through
lon. years OF experience which has
become classic among specifications
FOR such structures II viii bc one
story and l36N234 in size. over 5000
peon'r can Doe accommodated in the
auditorium and about 1000 on the
platform There will be six aisles
And Us doors, several of which will
BE- reserved Tor workers and choir
members
Provide Hospital Room.
Sundays office, book store, "a
business office and hospital room
whcr. nurses viii be on duty con-
startlv 90 care for those overcome
bv sudden illness or religious hys-
tpri8 Iu thC business office viii be
maintained a lost and found depart
mJut
Lon r. Stausberry is chairman Of
thp building committee.
$50 annex for childrcu's nursery
will Doe built here, because OF tie
rarupss of the tabernacle to several
churches whore room can DE prOvid-
ed Tor this purpose. It has not yet
been decided what viii be done with
the tabernacle at the close OF the
meeting. whether II will be salvaged
sold TO some church or offered for
general assemblagc purposes
The finance committee. OF which
G T.. Dlfield has been named chair
man, viii meet Monday to devise
ways aud means OF raising money
for pro-oampaigu expenses. as cree
tItu OK tabernacle, and the general
campaign committee viii meet Tues
day night
start Prayer Meeting.
Beginning this week. cottage pray
er meetings vii lbe held every Tues
day and Friday evening until the
opening ~ the campaign. when they
will be held In the morning OF these
days. Rev. g. W. Kerr, as chairman
OF the nCighbOrhood meeting COM
mittee, has as diSriCt superiuten-
dents Rev G. +. Siler on the east
side, II. J.. Hainzmdn and Rev. &. E.
a'' ''ti.' WI. 'ilt ltl III slNt, lNt y.
l. $. Barton and g. j. Allen in the
central section; Rev. Meade Du,t I'm
the middle west and Rev. j. W. Abel
and Rev Leslie Miller on the west
side. A chorus of about a thousand
voices VIII hc organized this week
and Wumcn's work win be gotten
under way by Mrs. O. IT. Leonard as
chairman. 1t is expected that am
pre-oampaign work will be in pro-
gross by the end of the week and
Will bo practically completed the
week before Sundays arrival
Sunday Expects Great Meeting.
Sunday stated his expectancy Of
great meeting in Tulsa because they
o. lhings there in a letter received
yesterday 10y his business roprcseu-
tatEr, Fred ". Rapp. In the sun
uay party Will be Homer Rodchayer,
choristsr, Mrs, william Asher. who
IS To speak at weekly mucheOns for
business women now being arranged.
Miss Florence King, who will have
SharEo Of students work. Robert
matthews, who will play one of the
TWO pianos on the tabernacle plat
IoIR, and Mrs. Sunday, who will as
sSt IN women's meetings and viii
Propaoiy conduct one meeting for
women only. Miss Grace SAKE, Bible
instructor, VIII not be with the party
mere aud her place will be filled bv
Miss King. q