The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1922-08-01
EVANGELIST FISHER DELIVERED
LAST MESSAGE sunday EVENING
SPOKE AS FoRCEFUILY AS THOUGH TT WAS HIS OPENING
SERMON DISPLAYING EXCEPTIONAL ABILITY
WILL HOLD THE NEXT MEETING AT PLANO
Efforts Of the Closing Revival Upon the Sunday School Were shown
A. Count of Attendants though Many Were Too Late to be
Counted More Than Six Hundred Were Accounted For

Sunday was certainly a great
dav in Lubbock for the church GO
ers
Al nine forty-flv "a. m. sunday
School was opcned with about two
hundred and fifty souls present, anu
in srifo of the fact that much stress
has been laid on getting tlere on
time by the president ana olhet
workers Of the school, i TOOK some
tnre for the count 10 be made anu
when finally all the reports were
turned In, and In spite or tne iac5
that there were almost one hunuteu
persons who attended Sunday Schooi
wbo were too late % get into the
counting six hundred and forty
one members were accounted iuf'
s,d much enthusiasm was shown m
all class work
FvageIs Fisher and party con-
Quoted their last service IN lhe
morning. and az eight-futeen that
evening one of the largest congre-
cations that ever assembled N Lup-
bock gathered about the speaker 20
her him deliver his final message
Tho fact that the last row ~ an
al,roef harvested field was 60 receive
the attention Of the evangeiist cef-
tairiv didn't mean that ne hil .h'
iob with any less force, and iis
hearers were made 90 realize thht
The nower Of an evangelist lies ~
ms willingness 90 keep going On thc
last word 81 his message, and n
ibere were any ~ the church work
ers who were not inspired BY thnt
rharaeteriStic. and who within their
own hearts failed to find a respon-
ssve chord 10 his message, we are
greatly surprised.
Evangelist Fisher has worked with
super-human endurance throughout
the three weeks Of the meeting
here and that his last few mes
xages were Just as full of he and as
.opealing 10 the audience a. were
ne first ones demonstrates the fact
that he is not a quitter or any rat''
and the success - his meetings de-
pend more upon that charaeteris'ie
than any other. outside of ms son-
vfnrt belief In prayer, and the tune
spent in that phase " the work.
me Methodist church has some.
thing unon which % build up a
spiendid membership. and We are
sure that the pastor. Rev. &. y n.
Ferguson. viii grasp every orpor-
tnnfy f0r its advancement, ard are
confident that success VIII crown
h's Efforts
The Young peoples meetings we're
irfnresf.ry fhr0u ughout and SD wen
are the league members pleased with
tso rtefhoas employed hy Mrs. l.sh-
~ in rving on the work that the}
have da dcd % continue the work
~ somewhat the same manner,
community entertainment Tor aA
f.eagaers and those who should be
Leqrners Il now being arranged Tor,
ard the Golds and the Greens, des-
isrnating rolors in the contest car
ried on By Mrs. Fisher, VIII CO.
operate in every way possible %
make the entertainment create IN
terost in the young people 20 attend
70 matters peraining % the League
With more earncstness
Rev. and Mrs Fisher left Luh-
hook Monday evening for Plano,
where they viii immediately start
another revival, and all Lubbock
bids them God speed IN the ven
ture.
We feel that Lubbock has been
greatly helped by this meeting. and
are sure that those who heard Evan
xcliSt Fisher sneak are taking a
new grip on life which viii result
In much good for the cause Of the
various churches in the city.