269,20977356 R32 Rev. W. A. Sunday Meetings at Spring- field, 111 ino is . Souvenir . i ^697209773561 R32 A. at - April 1909 The purpose of this book is to help broaden and continue the in- fluence of this great campaign for God, home and mankind, and fur- nish a suitable reminder and per- manent record for every hearer, worker and convert. It has the sanction of the Rev. W. A. Sunday and the endorse- ment of the Springfield Minister- ial Association. By agreement a specified por- tion of the sales of this book will be donated to the Ministerial As- sociation for the benefit of the pro- posed Y.W.C.A. of Spring field. C. U. WILLIAMS, Publisher BLOOMINGTON, ILLINOIS Copyright by C.U.Williams, 1909 William 'The Greatest Evang-elist since Martin Luther' Jfarry Monroe W. A. Sunday Meetings IILLIAM ASHLEY SUNDAY is the best beloved and the most abused, the simplest and the most misunderstood, the most soulful and the most like a vaudeville performer, the most powerful in ora- tory and the least appealing to the emotions, the most persuasive and the most controversial, the most scholarly and the plainest, not to say coarsest, the greatest poet in essence and the greatest scrapper, of any man on the forum, the platform, or the stage of the world today. He has been styled, the polygonal preacher, because he has so many sides, each a complete, finished, forceful fact. A charac- ter picture of the man, to be complete, must be a description of each of these baker's dozen sides of his personality, none of which is much more important than any other one. The most that can be done within a small space or indeed within any limitation of space is to sketch in broad lines the mere out- lines of this evangelist who is preaching the gospel of peace on earth and fighting the devil with the hottest of fire at the same time. His father was killed in the civil war. The little boy was sent to the Iowa home for soldiers' orphans. Later he made his own living at a youthful age, and his school teacher of that time says she would often watch him on the playground and wonder whether he would be the greatest crook or the greatest power for good in America she was even then sure he would be one of the two. The boy took the right hand road. When a young man he was a locomotive fireman on the Chi- cago and Northwestern Railroad and lived at Marshalltown. This was also the home of the famous A. C. Anson, captain of the old Chicagos, who watched Billy Sunday play baseball on corner lots while at home in Marshalltown. Anson took him to Chicago, discovered in him a great baseball player, and Sunday held the record for base running for years, a record which he still holds ; was the second man chosen on the Ail-American team to tour the world an accident to his knee kept him from making the tour and was a popular idol of the fans. An old time catcher for the Louisville team says that in those days when en route the rest of the men would play poker in the Pullman, but Billy Sunday was always back on the cushions with a book. He has kept close to books ever since. He has a remarkable faculty of choosing the very best and most authori- tative writing on any particular subject and reading that only and hence the range of subjects upon which he is thoroughly and accurately informed, includes almost everything from his- tology to astronomy and from bacteriology to history it is a little interesting to notice that chemistry is the one topic un- mentioned in his sermons. Three medical college professors who met at the end of his sermon which includes a half hour of the deepest microscopical pathology, agreed that William A. Sun- day is the only layman they ever heard or read who was accu- rate in all he said about medical science. One night a bunch of baseball players strolling along a Chi- cago street ran into a curbstone evangelist and stopped to be amused. Sunday stayed after the others went on. He went from there to the Pacific Garden mission, where he was con- verted. He kept on playing baseball, and nobody who ever heard it will ever forget his own description of how the others of that famous Chicago team approved his home run into Chris- tianity. At Springfield, Illinois A little later he was employed by the Chicago Young Men's Christian Association at a small salary, only part of it paid during the panic of 1893, and refusing offers of $500 a month to return to the diamond. As a part of his work, he addressed groups of men he always did know men, because of his early life and hard struggles. The addresses became longer and stronger with the growth of the work and experience in it. That great evangelist, Wilbur F. Chapman, took Sunday away from the Chicago Y.M.C.A. to be his assistant. Sunday learned the art of evangelizing and after learning it thoroughly treated it as Napoleon treated the art of war he re-made it for him- self, so that its old practitioners hardly recognize it, and at the same time made it produce victories hitherto undreamed of. The William A. Sunday methods of campaigning for Christ are unlike any others; they include the best of those of the past and many things unique; probably only Sunday could use them successfully in all their details; but it seems certain that they have factors not found in most others which really are the corner stones of successful work in evangelism. Some of the chief parts of the art of evangelism, as practiced by William A. Sunday, are these: Absolute accuracy in every statement made, whether one of the essential parts of the argument, or merely an illustration ; hew close to the line that Jesus Christ laid down, regardless of the falling chips, and wherever that line leads ; use language that everybody can understand, never talk down to an audience, but be lucid to the most ignorant while you are talking up to the most scholarly persons before you ; avoid sectarianism ; demand united work from all the evangelical churches in the city, and push united work by all the members of those churches; roast the skin off vice and sin in all its forms, from backsliding and carelessness to murder and adultery, rub salt into the burnt flesh, and then apply a healing balm that causes the object of the criticism to leave the tabernacle chastened in spirit, but lov- ing the rod that smote him ; avoid all fads and fancies, all tangential movements of society, but do a common thing in a most unusual way; and many others. Starting with small towns and a few hundred converts at each series of meetings, the same plan of campaign has been used for all the years involving campaigns in cities of all sizes, and the first meetings years ago were, so far as Mr. Sunday is concerned, almost exactly like the meetings in Springfield. Of course, some minor modifications have been made, but these are few. Always there are the first sermons to get the church members back out of the world into the influence of Christ and to get the public to come to the tabernacle the public seems to find its greatest attraction in hearing church-member hypocrites and Pharisees skinned like eels. Always the strenuosity of the sermons almost imperceptibly lessens gradually until the preacher who preaches as man never preached before is less athletic and more rhetorical about the middle of the series. Then, to the amazement of people who judged the man from his first pulpit stunts, the Reverend William Ashley Sunday preaches like the great orator that he is, the scholar that he is, the poet-philoso- pher that he is. This many sided man cannot be even sketched within a hundred pages. There is competent authority for say- ing of him these superlatives as being strictly true : He understands the minds and feelings of men as few men ever have done. He is one of the greatest orators the world has ever seen and this is proved by the results of his work. W. A. Sunday Meetings He is one of the most remarkable stylists in literature, his perfect imitation in one hour of the styles of Carlyle, Gibbon, Ingersoll, and several other writers of individual styles being an unprecedented feat. He is said by scientists to be the most and indeed the only perfectly accurate preacher in matters of science. And a large part of his sermons deal with science. He appeals entirely to the reason of the people, and rarely or never to their emotions, and in this he is the greatest of evangelists in the opinion of many people. In numbers of converts, dramatic height of scenes, and won- derful stirring of the audience, several of his meetings have eclipsed anything in the history of evangelism since pentecost and the most of these have been meetings for men. A. THE biographer who omits to study the wife of his subject certainly will miss the key to his problem of investi- gation. The world talks of the influence of the moth- ers upon its men ; but it, curiously enough, generally omits appreciation of the strong influence of the wife upon any man; and per- haps more men have been made and unmade by their wives than by their moth- ers, when heredity is omit- ted from the matter. Mrs. William A. Sunday was a girl of great strength of character when she was Miss Helen A. Thompson, the daughter of a Chicago business man. She married a famous baseball player and found herself the wife of one of the greatest of evangelists and she not only made the revolution- ary change with him but is one of the chief causes of William A. Sunday being what he is in the eyes of the world. She was a church worker, a shining exception to the rule of the results of marrying a man to make him better. She upheld the hands of her husband when he was in poverty and the poorly paid worker of the Chicago Y.M.C.A., writing letters declining, for seven times his salary, to return to the baseball field. When William A. Sunday was starting out as an evan- gelist along entirely new lines of endeavor which merged into >"//<* (>i S Hf TfifiC? f ^ (;WC-f At Springfield, Illinois entirely unprecedented lines of achievement, his wife helped greatly to keep up his courage, keep him along the line he had chosen, and keep him as much as possible free from worries. Mrs. Sunday correlates her husband perfectly they are not at all similar, and she is strongest where he is weakest and weakest where he is strongest. If he had a helpmeet like him- self, Mr. Sunday might be plunging into hot water every month and every year. Luckily for him, his wife guides him around and over most obstacles, keeps his fingers out of the fire, and does what Mr. Sunday never thinks of doing look after his own interests. The wedding of Mr. and Mrs. William A. Sunday was not the kind that one finds pictured in Paul and Virginia, by any manner of means ; it is a twentieth century marriage of two distinct individuals joining as helpmeets without either sub- merging a personality in the other certainly not the old kind of the entire submergence of the wife in the husband. They disagree about as many things as other people do but each knows in what things the other is best informed or strongest, and the one best qualified always decides any question. The result of this is, that they are more free from actual, important disagreements of the kind called love spats or marital troubles than most people. This is a match of brains as well as of hearts, of sense as well as of souls, and of respect as well as of love. Mrs. Sunday does what she can in public during a series of meetings by her husband. But the most/ important thing she does is to keep her husband able to do the great things he does in every city in which he works. She is a perfect wife for a very remarkable man. WAS born in Kansas City, Mo., and spent a good share of her younger days near Burlington, Iowa. She attended high school and Central College in Des Moines, Iowa. Her father was a Welsh preacher and was appointed district missionary under the Baptist Missionary Society. Her mother was a Canadian, from the province of Ontario. She was married five years ago to Mr. Fred Fischer, and it is whispered by "those who know" that their married life is one continuous honeymoon. Mr. and Mrs. Fischer have their home in Chicago. Mrs. Fischer generally spends a week or two with her husband at each place where meetings are held, and then the vast audiences are given a genuine treat when she and her hus- band sing together. W. A. Sunday Meetings Any man who tries to make politics out of the whiskey ques- tion is too dirty and low down for me to look at. I defy any one to show me anything the saloon has done that is commendable. If I was a devil I would than in some of the men. rather live in a good decent hog What I'm trying to do this afternoon is to get the hog that's in you out so you won't have to carry slop to it. At Springfield, Illinois THE Rev. W. A. Sun- day says that "Fred" Fischer (he always calls him by the pet name of "Fred") is the best chorus conductor in the world. The evangelist ought to know. He has been with all the great evangelists from Moody and Sankey to Torrey and Chapman, and is ac- quainted with the most successful chorus leaders and soloists In the work to-day. Mr. Sunday's high ideals of what the leader of gospel song in his meet- ings, at least, must approx- imate unto are attainable only by those who are born leaders of men. He is after results, and be- lieves the gospel can be sung into people as well as preached into them. He has been with Mr. Sunday nine years. That alone speaks volumes. He has qualities that wear well. He is first of all a Christian and always a gentleman. He has proved resourceful enough to stand the strain, the changes and the demands of the years. He knows what the people want and gives it to them. When Mr. Fischer leaves a city all the choirs and congregations uniting in the meetings note the impulse of his splendid work. They want to sing. So a revival in congregational singing takes place. And every local chorus leader knows better how to conduct a chorus and what people like to sing or listen to. Nature and art have done much for this remarkable man, but the grace of God has done more. And it is noticeable that he never allows his chorus or himself to sing for entertainment or simply to kill time. The motive which dominates Fred Fischer is responsible for the remarkable results, and stands the test of time. For no one is so cordially welcomed wherever he has been than Fischer. Frederick George Fischer was born at Mendota, 111., July II, 1872. His mother, who was a sister of Peter Bilhorn, (of the well known Bilhorn Bros., publishers, Chicago) was burned to death when Fred was a year and a half old. When ten years of age the family moved to Laramie, Wyo. He entered the big moulding works in that city and became an expert mechanic in W. A. Sunday Meetings the bolts and nuts department. At eighteen he was converted in the Baptist church at Laramie, and was awakened to his in- heritance, a rare voice, and to his call to a wider service, the evangelistic field. Failing sight forced the diffident young man to mention his ambition to his uncle, Peter Bilhorn, who discov- ering his nephew possessed a voice worth cultivating, gave Fred every advantage for its cultivation, always with the object in view of using his voice to the glory of God. After studying voice culture under such masters as F. W. Root, Frank Webster, and W. W. Hinshaw, in Chicago, Mr. Fischer started out on the strength of his Lord's commission "to sing the gospel to every creature." In January, 1900, Mr. Fischer's chance came. He was ready in all but an adequate wardrobe. And those who have been ac- customed to see the always immaculately dressed and groomed musical director since he has been with Mr. Sunday, have no idea of the struggle he had to look decent, nine years ago, when Sunday wired him to take charge at Bedford, Iowa. He split the only coat he had under the arms in his anxiety to make things go, and to show he could "deliver the goods" he knew Sunday wanted. He made good, and has kept on doing so ever since. Mr. Oliver and Fred Fischer are the only musical di- rectors Mr. Sunday has had in his nearly seventeen years of pub- lic work. What there is in his line Mr. Fischer knows by heart. His audiences will do what he asks them because he has a purpose in some of his strange requests. Everything Fischer does leads up to decision and service for Christ. And that is why when the invitation is given, and half his chorus will sometimes leave to work among the undecided, this modest, patient, and loyal gentleman sticks to his post, and the true reason why, everybody loves Fred Fischer. BILLY SUNDAY, JR., 7 years old, had been holding prayer meetings for boys at the Peters residence, and at some of these meetings as many as 250 boys have been present. One of the most interesting was the one that "Billy, Jr.," called the boys together to pray with him for his kidnaped friend, young Whitla, of Sharon, Pa. Kneeling in the sunlight in the glass porch at the Peters home, 257 boys joined in a prayer that Willie Whitla, the little Sharon, Pa., boy who was kidnaped last week, might be re- turned to his parents, unharmed. The prayer meeting was led by Billy Sunday, Jr. "We were in Sharon more than a year ago," said Billy, "and I met Willie Whitla then. He was one of my best friends. You know that bad men kidnaped Willie last week and his father and his mother are heart-stricken over his absence. Let's pray that Willie is returned and that the men who took him may suffer a penalty." Billy led in the prayer, himself, and in his own childish Eng- lish fervently prayed for the burden of his heart. The Sunday afternoon prayer meetings led by Billy Sunday, Jr., proved just as popular among the youngsters as the meet- ings conducted at the tabernacle by Billy's father. The first one had a crowd, but the second one they started early, swarmed to the Peters home like the women did at the armory and by actual count, there were 257 boys on hand when Billy announced the opening song. The size of the crowd took the little fellow At Springfield, Illinois off his feet and he was forced to summon his sister, Miss Helen, and Miss Edith Anderson to assist him. "The boys were jammed into the glass porch like sardines," said Miss Sunday after the meeting, "but considering the crowd, they behaved admirably. It was the largest prayer meeting brother ever conducted. But the backwardness Billy felt when the meeting opened was soon forgotten. "Come on, now, you kids and whoop 'er up," began the boy. "We're going to sing "Christ is the Sunny Side," and I will play Fischer. If you don't sing, I'll talk to you like I have heard him talk to sonre choirs. Let's go." Billy's admonition was sufficient. The neighborhood rang with the volume of song from the youngsters. Their singing could be heard for a block and they put an enthusiasm into their worship which would shame their elders at the big build- ing at First and Adams streets. "That's pretty good," said the boy, "only it isn't enough. Now, I am going to divide you kids. You fellows there sing it." They did, only with more enthusiasm than they had be- fore. "Fine," ejaculated Billy when the chorus had died away. But, I am sure this crowd on my left can do better than that. Let us see." Then the boys on the left sang it and for several moments, the two sections vied in making the most noise. Then a new idea struck the leader. "You kids like to whistle, I know, because I do, and I get 'called' every day for whistling around the house. Now we will whistle the song, first one section and then the other. All ready !" They whistled the song and then sung it again, first by sec- tions, then all together. Following this, they joined in "The Fight Is On," and "Beautiful Land of God." Miss Anderson sang "Golden Bells" as a solo and the selection made a big hit with the boys. Following the song service Billy spoke, shortly. "There's too many here and the time is too short for me to do much spouting," said the boy, "but I know a story I want to tell. I was reading the other day of a missionary who was in Africa working among the heathen. The missionary was giving them presents, and to one old woman he gave a mirror. She looked into it and when it revealed how homely and ugly she was, she broke it. That is the reason more of us do not read our Bible. It shows us how ugly and sinful we are and we don't like to hear of these things." "Now, boys, the meeting is your's," said Billy. "Don't let the time hang on our hands, but let's get busy." The invitation was all that was needed and for nearly an hour the boys joined in a prayer service, the sincerity of which was evident to those who were older who attended. A testimony by one boy would be followed by a prayer. The little boys spoke in short sen- tences and told Jesus in their own way what they wanted. The meeting was one of the most inspiring of the entire campaign. Eighty per cent of poverty is due to drink. Personal liberty ! Personal liberty ! Say ! Has personal lib- erty gotten so low you have to smash into a stinking saloon to find men to stand up for it? Majority rules in this country it is the foundation of this country. The shipping of liquor into local option territory is a blow at majority rule. 10 W. A. Sunday Meetings ilra. &a* Ufatirtpaii M RS. MUIREAD, one of the most effici- ent assistants in the meetings, besides con- ducting the women's meet- ings in the campaign, and holding daily meetings in many places, Illinois Watch Factory, Bettie Stuart In- stitute, Plow Factory, laundries, Coat Factory, and more than a score of other places, has proved herself an Angel of Mercy and Hope, and helped lighten the burden of many a working girl and woman arid won her way into their hearts. This Christian woman has had a varied experi- ence. She has worked in all walks of life, and be- cause of these facts she is able to meet the working girl on a level, and help her to a better, purer, higher plane of living. In the interest of young women, Mrs. Muirhead is a tireless worker, and ev- ery community that she visits cannot help but reap the fruits of her labors, and where there is no or- ganization for the better- ment of womanhood, she is foremost in promoting interest to this end. In Spokane the Y. W. C. A. was started through her instrumentality and the efforts of this great cam- paign there. They have raised nearly $5,000 for this purpose, and we can truly say that the seed was sown and the project launched by her efforts. Mrs. Muirhead is a remarkable woman in many respects. She is a fluent talker and by many is considered equally as inter- esting as Billy Sunday himself. She is intensely in earnest. She "got religion" after a hard struggle. Her life history is a thrilling one, filled with joy and sorrow, but perhaps much more of the latter. From a home of affluence, wealth and so- cial position she married against her parents' wishes, her hus- band proving to be addicted to strong drink shortly after their marriage and she left him two months before the birth of her child. She determined to go back home after the baby was born but was met with "chilliness" on the part of the maid at the door and was not received with open arms by her mother. In telling her life story she says she was always of a most in- At Springfield, Illinois 11 dependent nature, inheriting this quality from her mother and when they met that day it was "six and six" and as the result she dramatically puts it "I turned and said : 'Mother, look at me. You will never see me again alive or dead,' and turning I went down the stone steps and out into the world. I had brains and two hands and determined to work for my child." Mrs. Muirhead went on to say that the little one died just at that interesting period when the child begins to toddle about and prattle. Bitter against God for his cruelty for robbing her of husband through sin and of the little child, she refused admit- tance to a minister and the little casket was lowered into the earth without a song or a prayer. Later she was converted. That was seven years ago. Mrs. Muirhead stated she had met temptation in every form and knows that a girl can earn her own living and go through this world without losing her virtue. In reporting Mrs. Muirhead's speech Sunday afternoon the Springfield Journal said : "Girls, listen to me. When your father or mother tells you not to do anything don't you do it. You may think you know it all, but you will find out to your woe that you do not. "Whatever you do, never marry a man who has the slightest inclination to drink. If you do he will break your heart and you will lie awake nights as I have done and hunt for a dry spot on your pillow." Then in a relentless fashion the speaker told how she had left college, a headstrong, brilliant girl, but against the wishes and entreaties of her parents had married the man of her choice. The misery of her married life, how the husband drank and was untrue to her was recited without a tremor. Even .when she mentioned her baby's death, how she buried her little girl without a Bible or preacher, for the speaker declared she was an infidel at the time, even when this most trying point of her life was mentioned. Mrs. Muirhead did not waver, but went straight to the close. She related how she had hardened her heart against God, cursed His name and had gone into the world not caring whether she lived or died. "It was then He found me," the woman spoke on with a new note in her voice, "when I was weary, heart-broken and going straight to hell. He .spoke to me and when I heard the tender voice and looked into the com- passionate face of my Christ I knew I had a Friend who cared. "Do you know why He heard me after all my cursing of His dear name? It was because for seven long years a mis- sionary prayed for me. Seven years she prayed and I grew to hate her. I left New York because I could not stand it. I would go into a theater, but would get no rest and did get no rest until I gave my heart to God." It doesn't pay for the young man, young woman, old man or old woman to juggle with his or her conscience. There is a close relationship between morality and health. You may evade the laws of the land for awhile, but it will catch you. So with the laws laid down by God. 12 W. A. Sunday Meetings Exclude from the world all sin and I tell you, the decrease in the amount of sickness and affliction will dumbfound you. H h Every sin has a physical consequence. A man is a fool to defy God's will. You say, "Look here, can't I dance with my own wife?'' Dance with who? You old lobster, you would just as soon go out and husk corn all night with the lantern hanging on the endgate as dance with your own wife; it's some other fellow's wife you want to dance with. At Springfield, Illinois 13 H. Sutbr ONE of the most at- tractive features in the tabernacle ser- vices is. the singing of Mr. Charles Butler. It seems to fit in at the right time and place. After the big chorus under Conductor Fischer has sung the great audience into sympathy with the re- vival spirit, the announce- ments disposed of, and decks cleared for the .evangelist's message, "Char- ley" Butler springs on the platform, steps to the left .of the- pulpit; tall,- erect, straight as an .arrow, and perfectly still, his hands usually crossed behind him, the sheen of the electric light accentuating his at- tractive personality, and captures his audience before singing a note. It is all so simple and unaffected that you. can't separate the singer from his song. And so well does this favorite soloist rest the audience and introduce the evangelist, that it all suggests the con- summate art with which Mr. Sunday plans the win- ning of souls. In the judgment of those competent to make the com- parisons, Mr. Butler is un- surpassed as a solois.t in the evangelistic field. His voice is a rich baritone with a register of two octaves, from G to G sharp. He subordinates the fads and tricks of his art to perfect articulation. He seeks not so much impressions as results. He is a conspicuous example of the limitless possi- bilities of high class solo work in revival meetings. He has no gestures, but the full, round tones, and almost faultless em- phasis of his marvelously flexible and well trained voice, and kindling eyes, express what all feel to be the message of his heart. For Mr. Butler is not only Mr. Sunday's soloist, but one of his most aggressive workers. When the invitation is given he leaps into the crowd where his modest, gentlemanly bearing and lovable personality are used in utter self-abandon in the win- ning of souls. For several years Mr. Sunday had been searching for a solo- ist who measured up to his requirements. Charles Butler is an exemplar of the high ideals of the famous evangelist. His rep- ertoire is varied enough to suit the themes and to stand the strain of a six weeks' campaign. Frequent requests are made for many of the songs which Mr. Butler has made famous by his 14 W. A. Sunday Meetings peculiar interpretation. "Shadows/' "Is He Yours?" "He Lifted Me," and "The Sparrow Song" are among the favorites of the public, and which Mr. Butler loves best to sing. "Charley" Butler, as he is affectionately named by his friends, was born in the Southland, in Camilla, Georgia, December 30, 1879, on a farm. His father was a merchant and banker in that town. His mother was a native of southern Illinois, her father being a Scotch Presbyterian clergyman. Mr. Butler attended college in M'acon, Ga., learned the trade of an iron moulder, be- came a foreman in the shop where he learned his craft, and has a singular passion to reach with his voice the man who toils. He was converted in February, 1902, through Evangelist R. V. Miller at Macon, and convinced he was called to sing the gospel, Mr. Butler took a special course in literature, history and the classics, then studied voice culture under Arthur J. Hub- bard, one of the most noted teachers in Boston. While singing at a religious conference at Northfield, Mass., in 1905, he at- tracted the attention of Charles M. Alexander, which resulted in Mr. Butler's engagement by Dr. Torrey during the world fa- mous tour of Canada and the United States. "The Man with the Orange Blossoms in his Voice," as Mr. Alexander felicitously spoke of him in a souvenir book published after the Cleveland meetings, joined Mr. Sunday in 1907, and has been with him in all his great meetings since, with the single exception of Bloomington, when he was obliged to rest. ifcsL (fUprta Intorfomilt lutbr THE latest enrich- ment to the al- ready strong de- partment of music in the Sunday party is the charming bride of Mr. Butler. Rarely do two such apparently com- patible persons agree to walk together, or Cupid arrange a more roman- tic alliance. It would be superflu- ous to speak of Mrs. Butler, and her accom- plishments in this place, were it not that this souvenir . will be so widely distributed out- " side the city of Spring- field. There are many, however, who will be in- terested in the following items who do not live in Illinois. Mrs. Butler was born in Springfield twenty years ago. She is a graduate of the high school of this capital city, class of '07. Her father, Superintendent Ander- son, was superintendent of the city schools for several years. Mr. Anderson is now superintendent of the Mer- chants' Delivery Transfer Company. Possessing a voice of rare At Springfield, Illinois 15 quality, Miss Anderson was anxious to acquire the best obtain- able musical training. For a while she .enjoyed the privilege of attending the Rogers Park Conservatory and took voice culture under the famous Madame Johanna Hess Burr, in Chicago ; afterwards taking a course in Liberal Arts under the tutelage of Madame C. E. Elliott, in the same city. Miss Edith Anderson, now Mrs. Charles Butler, has a most attractive personality. The grace, ease and artless simplicity which is so characteristic of this lady in private or in public, her superb poise and stature, her large, luminous gray eyes and blonde complexion, all combine to pre-dispose an audience in her favor. But it is the proof, attested by Mrs. Butler's presence at the tabernacle, that these gifts and graces are now consecrated to the service of religion that has, and will continue to, increase the affection of the public for the handsome and accomplished bride of "Charley" Butler. Arklwj THIS gentleman lives up to his middle name, suggestive of great things in wireless telegraphy for he can do things as remarkable as sending messages through space. He operates the typewriter faster than most speakers talk ; writes short- hand like a jackrabbit runs; composes almost classical music for gospel songs as rapidly as anybody wants them ; writes letters for Mr. Sunday to sign that read exactly like Sunday himself writes ; succeeds at the fine diplomacy neces- sary in conducting the cor- respondence of William A. Sunday, a correspondence which is among the most interesting things in the world ; and does all the piano accompaniment work in the tabernacle for Fischer, Butler, chorus choir and local soloists, of- ten carrying on a conver- sation with reporters or other workers at the same time. His position on the staff of Mr. Sunday makes that of private secretary to Theodore Roosevelt seem a sinecure ; and he is al- ways ready, with the great- est cheerfulness, to do a lot more work for news- paper men and others hav- ing a real right to his assistance. Such a man as Ackley is an absolute necessity to Mr. Sunday to relieve the latter of a burden of work important 16 W. A. Sunday Meetings to others, but routine to the evangelist otherwise Mr. Sunday would have no time to preach, for his mail equals that of a member of a president's cabinet and is as varied as that of Andrew Carnegie. Ackley's parents were both school teachers, and the father avoided idleness by in addition teaching singing school and lead- ing a brass band in Pennsylvania. B. D. Ackley was born in Bradford county in 1872. At the age of eight the youngster was playing a horn about as big as himself in the band, and two years later was assisting his father in musical conventions. The son kept busy also by working on a farm until he was seven- teen, when he moved to Philadelphia and later to New York City, where he lived until 1903, when he went back to Phila- delphia. He was a stenographer for railroad officers and for business men and was also a church organist in both New York and Philadelphia. In 1905 he was converted and began evangelistic work in the Northwest, later joining Mr. Sunday at Bloomington during the last week of 1907. Not forgetting that Ackley does the work of a whole team as secretary to Mr. Sunday, it still may be said that his most important work is musical. Ninety per cent of the best mu- sicians are poor accompanists, and good accompanists are as rare as grand opera stars. Ackley is a good accompanist so good that he has no superior for both chorus and solo accom- panying. But even above this is his ability to write religious music. His "Sunshine Song" and "I'm Going All the Way with Jesus," are probably the most popular, unless they are sur- passed by "Somebody Knows," which is always sung with suc- cess at each series of meetings and is always whistled by the boys of the street it was his first success in that line and was written at Sharon, Pa., in June, 1908. Ackley's song compositions entirely lack the wishy-washy, in- fantile quality which has caused so much adverse criticism of the usual Sunday school and evangelistic music. It is real mu- sic he writes and every composition is not only classical in form, but very expressive of the ideas in the words. Mr. Ackley is accompanied by his wife a part of the time. She takes a deep interest in the work. You may hide a sin from others, but you cannot hide it from yourself and God. My voice is my bread and butter, but I never worry over the time when it will fail me, should I be unable to withstand the strain. I will not stand by and let a woman travel over the country with a costume like a fly-net doing the Salome dance without raising my voice in protest. All sinners are slaves ! And what a brutal master the devil is ! If you are not a Christian, you have made a flat failure of your whole life. You cannot teach an old dog new tricks, but you can a pup. The time to give your heart to God is now. Don't let anybody fool you by saying that you are too young to become a Christian. No man or woman, I don't care what he or she tries of his or her own power to do, can escape from the effects of sin. At Springfield, Illinois 17 3Fntnr?H TRUE today as it ever has been, the title, "church member," or "Christian," are not syn- onymous with "soul win- ning." Miss Miller, with Bible in hand, finger on chapter and verse, per- suades you yes, convinces you they should be that they are. To make "soul winners" out of church members is her business with Mr. Sunday's party, and she does it. Skilled herself through years of study and practice, she stands before her class of hundreds, each afternoon at the close of Mr. Sun- day's sermon and schools them to meet the excuses and questions of the sin- ner, not as the quack with the patent cure all, but as the trained physician who diagnoses, then prescribes. With clear, logical reason- ings, deduced from Scrip- ture, carried by a clear, far- reaching voice, she in- structs how to diagnose the sinner's heart and apply the specific Scripture rem- edy with chapter and verse. Miss Miller herself was not always a soul-winning church member. For five years she was not. A church member, simply, she thinks, because she was asked to be. Reared in a Christian home, honest at heart, she was ready. When Billy Sunday, about sixteen years ago, broke the truth to her in a sermon on "Personal Work," she surrendered to it. Mr. Alex- ander led her into Bible study and Grace Saxe made her want to do Bible work. She was born in Minnesota, grew up in North Dakota, lived in Illinois, was educated in the high school at Waterloo, Iowa, and college at Fargo, N. D., and afterwards taking a two years' course and finals in the 'Bible Institute in Chicago. She spent a summer with Mr. Williams and Mr. Alexander, organizing Bible classes, etc., one of which at Vinion, la., still continues, and that is over ten years ago. Her first year out of college she had charge of two Congregational churches near Valley City, N. D., and later was ordained a member of the Congregational church. Besides "personal work" classes she teaches systematic Bible study classes, special prayer meetings in Y.M.C.A., laundries, 18 W. A. Sunday Meetings shops, high schools, etc., at times and places convenient for the many who cannot attend the regular services. Morning and afternoon she does it, conducting four or more meetings a day and plunges into the vast tabernacle in the evening hunting for someone to lead to her Christ. Her Bible is pre-eminently a part of a great revival cam- paign in supplementing the preaching by preparing intelligent workers and grounding converts in the Scriptures. Thus two of the weakest spots, two chief causes of failure in modern revival work, are cared for. THE genial counte- nance of Fred Seibert, the cus- todian of the taber- nacle, will never be for- gotten by those who attended the meetings. He wears "the smile that won't come off," and it is the real thing. Fred is known as "The Soul Winner," "Broncho Buster," "Per- sonal Worker" and nu- merous other titles. He has the characteristic peculiar to every mem- ber of the Sunday party, terribly in earnest and no limit to energy. It is said more than 7,000 souls have been touched and won to Christ by his personal work. During Mr. Sunday's sermons Fred is usually sitting in the choir, looking over the audi- ence, on the alert for someone who" would come under the influ- ence of the meetings, Soul Winner and at the close of the sermon, and almost before the invitation could be given, Fred would be down in the aisle hustling among the people, climbing over the seats, if necessary to get to some needy one. It is only necessary to talk a few moments to him for one to be convinced of his sincerity and effectiveness in his personal work. Fred tells a unique story of his conversion. He says : "Fif- teen fears ago at Springdale, after fixing up a crooked horse race for a buck Indian, and painting white feet and a star on the horse's face in order that he might be entered after being barred, the race was easily won. "Soon after this I was taken sick, and I prayed about like this, 'Lord, I don't know much of anything about this religion, but if you will give me strength to get home, I will give my life for your service.' Well, I soon forgot this promise, and At Springfield, Illinois 19 for three years I hated to hear a church bell ring. Finally, one night while losing heavily at poker I went out to buy a cigar and tried to change my luck. I went past a church, heard the singing, and stepped inside. It seemed as though the minister was preaching directly to me. In twenty minutes I said to my- self, 'Old man, you need not go any further, I am going up front/ So when he gave the invitation, I went up front. On the way up the aisle, I saw my brother Ed, and hollered at him, 'Come on, Ed.' 'Where are you going?' he said. 'Up to give myself to God,' I answered. 'Here,' said Ed, reaching out and grabbing me, 'don't you go and make a fool of yourself. God cannot do anything with a worthless cuss like you.' But I got him, praise God ; I got him even before I got myself. I started in with my personal work right then, and praise the Lord, I've been hitting the grit ever since." During the Springfield meetings, Mrs. Seibert visited her husband. She is also an earnest "personal worker." ilt00 Atmt? NATIVE of Edin- burgh, Scotland, who started in religious work in 1903, through the influence of Charles M. Alexander, who was much pleased with her ability as a gospel singer, having heard her during his tour around the world with Dr. Torrey. At his urgent solicitation, she spent a year and a half at the Moody Institute in Chicago, and then went back home and traveled through Scot- land with different evan- gelists. Then she came back again to this coun- try and became state evangelistic singer for the state of Iowa, under the auspices of the Con- gregational church. She remained in that posi- tion for nine months, and resigned to go to Scranton, Pa., and take charge of the social set- tlement work under the Second Presbyterian church of that city. Later she again went to Scotland and did evangelistic singing, came back in January of this year, had one engagement in Toronto, Ont., and joined Mr. Sunday at Spring- field, in which city she has done very creditable work among the students, and in Bible teaching. 20 W. A. Sunday Meetings Albert (gill WAS born of Chris- tian parents in Waukesha, Wis., September 10, 1854, and was "born again" October 25, 1894, at Lawrence, Kan., in a meeting conducted by Charles Crittenden, of New York. He is the first of the "Sunday Party" to arrive on the scene of a pros- pective revival campaign. As soon as he enters a town he puts the local forces in- to action. He organizes all necessary committees, de- signs and superintends the erection of the tabernacle, answers thousands of ques- tions that present them- selves, and in an incredibly short time, "Every clod feels a stir of might." He goes at his work in a winning way, meets men on their level, is a genial good-hearted fellow, makes strong and lasting friends for the cause ; advises with the several committees, makes addresses, and puts ginger and backbone into everybody connected with the movement. Before the tabernacle is completed the pastors love him, the carpenters love him, the committees admire him, everybody is on ^^^^^^^"^^^^^^" 1 ^^^^ B speaking terms with him, yes, everybody knows Gill. He is the forerunner, the "John the Baptist," the first inspira- tion, the all-round booster, the fit-in-everywhere, the foundation layer for the party. Mr. Gill has a true helpmate in his wife, who accompanies him from place to place, when health permits, and who is al- ways ready with words of sympathy and encouragement. If the whiskey gang is for a man then I'm against him. On the booze question I'm not a partisan. I'm against the dirty business. Who supports the jails and madhouses which the whiskey business fills? The taxpayers. At Springfield, Illinois 21 . 3. C&btw Jfawk MR. FRANK has the distinction of being the youngest lyceum lecturer in the United States. He joined Mr. Sunday at Springfield less than ten days before the close of the meetings, and has proven himself fully equal to the occasion. The overflow meetings are handled by him with skill and tact. He is a most brilliant and attractive speaker with a marked personality; by no means an imitator. He was born in Schuyler county, Missouri, and his mother is a cousin of Oliver Wendell Holmes, his father belonging to an old American family which migrated from Virginia to Ken- tucky and later to Missouri as did so many of the descendants of the Old Dominion colonists. Not altogether from necessity, but partly because of an independent spirit, little Glenn Frank struck out for himself when only a baker's dozen years old, worked on a farm summers and went to school winters. When he was fifteen years old, he was called away from home to preach a series of revival sermons. After working his way through a college or two he became a young man of su- perior refinement, fine culture, remarkable learning and extraor- dinary eloquence. He is only twenty-one years old, but is already a chautauqua manager and lecturer with contracts covering all next summer, based upon great success during the last year or two in that line. His life history is so extraordinary as to have special interest. Only a trifle over twenty-one years old, Mr. Frank has the maturity of mind of a man of forty. He has a vocabulary al- most as large as Sunday himself; the range of subjects upon which he is accurately informed is extremely wide. He is a good deal of a poet in his mental makeup which gives him great polish of diction and refinement of manner. He will accom- pany Mr. Sunday to Marshalltown for the meetings to be held there at the close of the Springfield campaign. Whether he will postpone his graduation from Northwestern University in order to be an assistant of Mr. Sunday during next year is a matter which they are discussing now. Ill mum Drnrnrralr OSnmhlm; They are just as much degenerate blackleg gamblers as the gambling hell. They ought to be put in the calaboose with the rest of the gamblers. You have no right to find fault with the city officials when they don't suppress gambling, when a thing so near akin to it is carried on right in your own home. I believe that society as it is constituted today is doing more to damn the spiritual life of the church than the grog shops. You can't accuse me of being a friend to that stinking, dirty, rotten hell-soaked business. fott. (SUtftfltt DURING the unprec- edented revival meetings of 1908, the Reverend C. P. Pledger was the trusted and almost indispensable assistant of the Rev. W. A. Sunday. His rare executive skill, winsome personality and courtly bearing were inval- uable assets in meeting committees and deputa- tions, and in attending to the countless varieties of details and arrangements incident to each day while the meetings were in pro- gress. Besides "oiling the machinery" of the organ- ized forces, and warding off needless intrusion upon the time and strength of Mr. Sunday, Mr. Pledger held meetings in all kinds of places, and for all kinds of people. It is a rare oc- currence for so young a man to become so widely known and so well loved, in so short a time and by so many people. Clifton Pryor Pledger was born at Tupelo, Miss., in 1875. He was converted when eighteen years old at Henrietta, Texas. Con- vinced that he was called to be an evangelist, he at- tended the Moody Bible In- stitute, graduated from Northwestern University, and then took a special course in Harvard University. During all these struggling years he earned his own way, supported his parents and younger brothers and won success in various and difficult pastorates in the M. E. Church, of which body he was a member. His heart was filled with joy when the invitation to become assistant to the Rev. William A. Sunday was received. In January, 1908, this self-made, chivalrous, scholarly, ambitious and versatile young man became one of the famous "Sunday Party" at Bloomington, 111. During the summer months when he should have rested, and .on Mondays, when the big meetings were in progress and all were supposed to rest, Mr. Pledger wore down his fine body to the danger point. At Latham, Monticello, Tallula, Argenta and other places hundreds were converted ; for, like his master, he spoke as one having authority and he was in great demand. Then came the summons, at the age of his Master, in far away Spokane, February n, 1909. His last words were: "Go on with the work" Mr. Sunday says of him, "He never made a mistake." At Springfield, Illinois 23 Ifarnj THIS gentleman, well remembered by the Springfield a u d i- ences, has followed Mr. Sunday's big meetings for years, and is regarded by him as "one of America's greatest Rescue Mission Workers.'' In his sweet singing lies one of his great powers with the fallen. Of his conversion, Mr. Monroe says : "For years I lived in the realm of the gambler, prize fighter, poli- tician, booze fighter and all- around sport. On February 6, 1880, I woke up to find I was all in. Booze and the attendant condition and go- ing the pace that kills, set me to thinking. That night I happened to pass by the Pacific Garden Mission the dearest spot on earth to me and had a little talk with Mrs. Clarke. I re- turned the following night and 'dear old Colonel Clarke, the apostle of love and mercy to the lost and sinful,' took me by the hand and said, 'Young man, Jesus loves you and so do I.' That put me out of business. I was all broke up, to think that Jesus did really love even me and with the old colonel by my side on our knees, I asked God to 'have mercy on me, a sinner,' and I know that eventful night Jesus saved Rev. W. A. Sunday says : "Harry Monroe, of the Pacific Garden Mission, Chicago, has probably taken more criminals, more drunkards, more 'down-and-outers,' more thieves, more 'dead game' sports, and more people by the hand and helped them to Jesus Christ than any man in the United States. Twenty years ago, corner State and VanBuren streets, Chicago, I heard this prince of mission workers tell how Jesus saved him, and there and then I gave up all for Christ." Personal liberty -that cracks your safe, ruins your daugh- ter, personal liberty is all the anarchist wants. Personal lib- erty murdered Lincoln and Garfield. I stand for civil liberty, every time ! 24 W. A. Sunday Meetings NOT a service was held at the tabernacle but that the man- ner in which the crowds were handled called forth words of commendation from those whose work brought them in touch with throngs of people. Not in the history of the city, probably, have daily evening throngs of from 8000 to 10,000 per- sons been handled so quietly, so quickly and so effectively as by the corps of ushers at the tabernacle. The success was due to the effective organization among the men in this part of the work. The plan was worked out by Chief Usher Spaulding and Archi- tect Gill, together with the few advisers who held meetings prior to the opening of the campaign. Each section and aisle had its captain usher and he looked after the work of the men in the section. The men doing this work and those to whom credit for the manner in which the crowds were handled, were as follows : Chief usher, Irving Spaulding; assistant chief ushers, George W. Wright and J. D. Edmond; aisle captains, George E. Coe, Jacob Appel, William Bradford, W. A. Orr, Nelson Allyn, F. R. Gehlman, E. R. Ulrich, Jr., G. B. Thornberry, John Hoenig, H. A. Butler, A. G. Murray, Robert Patton, W. R. Bailley, John Maldaner, Robert McClinchie, Dr. I. H. Taylor, James H. Hood, Mr. Kauffman. Assistant chief usher for afternoon services, W. R. Bailley. Ushers G. Wallace Marshall, W. R. Bailley, Thomas L. Jarrett, Harmon Brown, George Hemmenway, Walter S. Satt- ley, John Graham, Sam Willett, F. W. Rheinhart, A. H. Rankin, Arthur Poorman, William W. Barrett, O. B. Caldwell, D. J. Wright, Frank Hunt, George W. Wright, George J. Kable, Lewis E. Wood, H. N. McVeigh, Charles Reid, F. R. Fehlman, Irby Shepherd, George Jack, Joseph B. Ruckel, H. Y. Pollock, W. B. Robinson, F. F. Davis, B. F. Sprinkle, Edgar Stevens, Winfield Barber, F. F. Thompson, J. J. Foster, J. L. Terry, Robert Terry, Sidney Cargie, F. W. Carter, Wilson Boysel, J. F. Norveil, Thomas H. Green, Devillia F. Hocker, Louis Coe, George L. Taylor, M. D. Irwin, C. J. Christopher, Henry labusch, C. P. Strickland, Arthur Haenig, Chester Vigo, W. E. Sampson, Henry Haynes, Ralph Stevens, J. H. Byers, Sherman Black, A. W. Cantrall, George A. Bickes, John Swezy, G. B. Wade, H. W. Hart, J. Robert McKinney, Walter Odell, George Brown- ell, H. T. Allen, S. F. Earl, George Owens, J. T. Pennington, Ed Cochran, F. J. M. Moor, Clarence Handley, Joseph W. Wright, W. D. Fowkes, J. H. McReynolds, Ed Dawson, C. W. Utt, T. H. Troxell, Sidney Smith, Frank T. Kuhl, Lloyd Davis, Elmer Wright, C. H. Jenkins, Carl Melin, J. L. Fortado, Joseph Meline, S. P. Larson, George Fitzgerald, William Applett, George Booth, John Ferreira, Clinton Early, John Fernandes, Ira Boyd, E. J. Card, M. V. Chamberlain, Leslie Burch, John Green, C. E. Ford, Mr. Maxey, C. O. Foster, Amos Phillips, J. Omer Book- out, A. H. Phillips, Frank Gould, Galen Richey, C. Smith, J. D. Huffman, W. R. Thompson, Frank Knapp, J. A. Coleman, Rich- ard Lyon, W. P. Jones, Frank McCord, C. H. Carmeny, George F. Pettett, Henry Clanney, W. D. Stacy, Howard Lowey, W. H. J. Cribb, James Burns, C. E. Bode, E. S. Mann, W. B. Hemlick, Joseph Stotzenburg, E. L. Chapin, E. E. Staley, W. S. Barber, J. H. Neher, W. E. Riggins, J L. Scott, W. E. Coleman, R. W. Gough, J. C. Skoog, F. S. Springer, J. P. Springer, J. M. Appel, Edward Anderson, H. C. Streiff, Dr. A. P. Wakefield, Passell Rottger, H. E. Brittin, Leslie Burch, F. T. Lister, Edward Mc- Cullough, A. H. Davidson, A. E. Hanes, Dr. R. E. McClelland, E. C. Pruitt, J. W. Cain, George Mills, O. L. Lingole, E. W. ( 7 26 W. A. Sunday Meetings Raines, Warren Lewis, Elmer Hamilton, Frank Halpin, Bert Hallam, U. S. G. Hill, Ray E. Simmons, Harry C. Williams, R. E. Hambaugh, W. W. Walker, A. W. Hillier, W. C. Grant, Walter Cline, Lance Watson, Claude Owens, F. O. Knapp, W. H. Hunt, Samuel Fabble, R. H. Rogers, J. W. Wright, O. B. Kaup, H. B. Carley, F. J. Moor, Emery Kalb, Luther Vigal, George A. Thompson, Floyd Campana, Myron Garber, J. R. Mitts, W. H. Fenstermaker, C. A. Meador, Fred Jordan, H. F. Clendennin, D. A. Killin, J. S. Lewis, C. C. Rupp, H. N. Offer, E. W. Sampson, F. W. Gough, R. T. Jefferson, W. E. Ray, C. J. Vigal, Ernest Haywood, L. A. Van Daren, Frank Lindsey, C. W. Barker, Max Kaden, Geo. P. Ayers, G. A. Hulett, Wil- liam Edmonds, John W. Solomon, H. E. Barker, W. P. Fawkes, G. Blauvelt, Charles Reisner, Joe Acton, Chester Vogal, Fred Judson, W. S. Crowder, P. H. Howard, C. Hopper, W. C. Down- ing, J. W. Mitchell, G. A. Konetz, J. A. Adkinson, S. Follis. attfc 3lt0 rgamzaium ON December 2, 1907, about seventy pastors and represent- ative laymen carried a petition to Mayor Roy R. Reece, urging him to enforce the Sunday closing laws and ordi- nances. It was evident on all sides that to stem the awful tide of lawlessness and immorality a mighty revival of religion was needed. A delegation was appointed January 6, 1908, to visit Mr. Sun- day in Bloomington and try to secure his services for a cam- paign in Springfield, preceding their election. The delegation visited him but could not secure his services for more than one day, so on March 3 Mr. Sunday addressed a mass meeting in the Armory, where it is said 12,000 people heard him speak. At a meeting of the Ministerial Association on March 16 there was a unanimous motion carried to again invite Mr. Sun- day to their city for the purpose of holding a series of meetings at the earliest possible date. The question had been submitted to the various congregations and on April 20 the following in- vitation was drafted and signed by all the churches : "We, the undersigned pastors of the various churches of Springfield, 111., hereby extend to the Rev. W. A. Sunday a cor- dial invitation to hold a series of evangelistic meetings in our city, at such date as shall be mutually agreed upon, pledging him our fullest support in all things he may deem necessary, and in this invitation we bring to him the pledge of every such church here represented.'' There were so many other calls for Mr. Sunday that it was hard to convince him he ought to come to Springfield. The members of the association realized that if they secured the coveted leader strenuous efforts must be put forth. On July 24 a special meeting of the association was held at the Central Baptist church, and on August 31 another meeting of the same body was held at the First Congregational church. At this meeting the signatures of business men to the petition were added, and on October 9 a delegation armed with authority went to Jacksonville, and finally prevailed on Mr. Sunday to name February 5, 1909, as the date for beginning a meeting in Springfield. Steps were then taken to perfect the organization, and a capable Christian business man, Mr. W. A. Pavey, was selected as chairman of the executive committee. On Mr. Payey's re- quest two men from each of the churches were appointed to At Springfield, Illinois 27 J .5 at -d d, D wtfoag*B QHfriattatt Character ALEDO, ILL., April i, 1909. Mr. C. U. Williams. I have often wondered, when reading the various char- acter sketches of Rev. Sunday, what he, himself, thinks of them and whether, after he has read them all, he really feels that he is ac- quainted with himself. . This uncertainty acts as a brake on any impulse I might have to indulge in any fine- spun character analysis of him. I am therefore fully content to express my absolute confi- dence in his big, lovable, Christian character. I fail to see where anything else can possibly be in issue, for his power in the religious world is established. To this fact his enemies unintentionally pay tribute by the very in- tensity of their opposition. I only wish that I might be able to present on the final day a life as religiously de- voted as his. HENRY E. BURGESS, County Judge Mercer County. at BLOOMINGTON, ILL., March 25, 1909. Mr. C. U. Williams. The Sunday meetings at Springfield are marvelous. A year ago Mr. Sunday was not in high favor in that city. His meth- ods were not generally approved. His results were criticised. His sincerity was questioned. There was little interest in the object he sought to attain. To-day, Springfield, from the police force to the legislature and executive, is at his feet. Mr. Sunday recorded an old fashioned army musket indict- ment against the whole city and the great number of "pleas of guilty" that are coming in show the truth of the charge. Church members have been awakened to Christian duty. Sinners have been brought to repentance. Men who have not seen the inside of a church for years have been converted. Lawyers, doctors, business men and politicians are convicted and publicly acknowledge that "Bill is right" and they are wrong. The governor has honored the movement, much to his credit, by his presence. Nothing, that she has ever done, speaks so well for Spring- field, as her inviting Mr. Sunday and his wonderful aggregation to come there. R. L. FLEMING. At Springfield, Illinois 39 Whiskey has a place and that place is in hell, and I'm going to try to give it a push to-day that'll send it into hell. Seventy-five per cent of our idiots came from drinking parents. The saloon of Springfield is the sum of all villainies. It is the principal source of crime. You whiskey gang, you've been cussing and damning me all up and down this land. Come on ! Come on ! I defy you to walk up and defy me to my face. 40 W. A. Sunday Meetings . OL A. Nam THE matter of a Y.W. C. A. was brought into prominence at a meeting held at the First M. E. Church, March 29, led by Mrs. Muirhead. It was a wonderful gath- ering. Springfield never saw the like of it before. There they were the earn- est, hard-working, toiling girls who are an important part of our municipal life and our city's progress. The great sanctuary was crowded with them, and their bright, hopeful eyes sparkled with delight as they surveyed the scene staged for their benefit, and for the one purpose of ad- vancing fheir moral and material interests. Mrs. Deneen sat upon the platform with Mrs. Muirhead, and was visibly impressed by the presence of so manv girls and their hopeful expressions. It had not been planned for Mrs. Deneen to talk to the girls, but she was so interested she wished to say a few words to them. Much earnest applause greeted her, but there was a far more eloquent evidence of appreciation in those faces of the girls indicative of a flow of heart, of responsive sen- timent, of deep, genuine sentiment in devotion to lofty ideals. Mrs. Deneen urged upon her hearers that she wanted to con- vince them that she was interested in them, and that she hoped the day would soon come when there would be a greater degree of co-operation between the members of her sex in Springfield for their general advancement spiritually as well as materially. The response to the suggestion that they establish a Young Women's Christian Association in Springfield was spontaneous. When Mrs. Muirhead asked all to stand who were willing to pay a nominal fee into the general organization of the Y.W.C.A. and to make possible the organization of the association here, hardly a girl remained seated. Then Mrs. Muirhead asked them why they favored this organization. Many arose. There were many explanations, among them that they would have a place to go to during the noon hour, a place to go to lunch, a place to spend spare hours instead of on the streets or in a cheap place of amusement, etc. Many good reasons were ad- vanced. MRS. CHARLES S. DENEEN Wife of the Governor of Illinois At Springfield, Illinois 41 QIoniiertH Number (ne-ttjirii of Entire Mr. C. U. Williams. March 30, 1909. It gives me pleasure to express my opinion of the effects of the Sunday meetings in our city more than a year ago, as follows : As president of the Ministerial Association of Bloomington I was very enthusiastic in our two-year-long endeavor to bring "Billy" Sunday and his efficient corps of workers to our city for special evangelistic meetings. Now, that over a year has elapsed since those memorable meetings I find my enthusiasm in no wise abated. We have had time to "try out" the new converts. Of the more than 3,000 that united with the sixteen churches, after the meetings, over 200 united with the church of which I am pastor. As a rule they have "made good ;" and a large percentage of them are now fervently engaged in the Master's work, and are worthy examples in Christian devotion and church loyalty. These new converts, numbering one-third of our membership, show their sustained interest and fidelity by their church attendance, and support to the extent that more than one-third of the pres- ent supporters of the church locally, and more than one-third of the recent contributors to the Home and Foreign Missionary enterprises of the church are among this number. Never has the city had such a moral and religious awaken- ing, as during these meetings, the splendid effects of which are still felt. Never, in the history of Bloomington, has there been such unity of effort and splendid Christian fellowship, among the various churches here, as now. Never before have there been such large and efficient organizations of men in Bible and church work as at the present time. While the meetings did not accomplish all that we desired, yet they were so eminently beneficial to the community, to the churches, and to a vast num- ber of families and individuals in the promotion and cultivation of godly and sober living, that it seems to me that no fair- minded Christian could regret, for one moment, the great reli- gious campaign of last year. Very sincerely yours, R. CALVIN DOBSON, Pastor First Presbyterian Church, Bloomington, III. 310 ion* uritf| a (Eommunttg, nig cUunir Cnur Mr. C. U. Williams. The influence of a Sunday campaign is 'felt in every depart- ment of the life of the community. It promotes good citizenship ; exalts the Book and the Christ; strengthens the backbone of Christians ; makes drunkards sober ; cleans the municipal life, and will last as long as time. Mr. Sunday is fair to all religious bodies and has learned the art of courtesy to all who preach the gospel. When he is done with a community only those who love darkness oppose. RUSSELL F. THRAPP, Chairman Executive Com. Jacksonville Campaign, October, 1908. 42 W. A. Sunday Meetings dunurrtrit. All (Hussr^ Slrarlfrfo, iLuith anfo How. *raUunti (Outlaiurii OTTUMWA, IOWA, March 30, 1909. Mr. C. U.Williams. DEAR SIR: I count it a privilege to state that I believe Rev. W. A. Sunday to be the greatest of living preachers, after hav- ing observed his work in two of my pastorates. It is one of the greatest privileges of a lifetime to go wth him through a tab- ernacle campaign. The tabernacle meetings are a theological laboratory where one may not only hear things but see them accomplished in the name of Christ. While other preachers may be as consecrated as he they have not the gigantic powers of mind and heart and body to lay upon the altar for the Lord of hosts. He has the ability to see the truth, not only as it is in the Bible, but also as it is in men and in their institutions, and having organized the facts into a tremendous gospel sermon, he hurls it with such might that both high and low are moved by the thousands to life and service in Christ. He is not a reck- less speaker, but rather most sensitive to all of the finer feelings in man, while at the same time he shows himself to be a giant foe of all forms of evil wherever found. He speaks in the words, phrases, and terms which the people understand, and uses them only as the channel of truth and purity. Thousands of converted and refreshed souls, the united forces of righteousness and the outlawed saloons are some of the manifest fruits of his labors in Ottumwa. I am a much better preacher since I have worked with him. Sincerely,. W. H. HORMEL. Satlg During this great campaign, one of the most important and forceful features were the Cottage Prayer Meetings. Under the direction of the chairman of this committee, Rev. Inman. these meetings were brought to a success both in numbers and attendance, and there were hundreds of homes in the com- munity thrown open to prayer meetings that had never before been offered for such a purpose. There were weekly meetings at the executive mansion, and they proved a great success in every sense of the word, Gover- nor and Mrs. Deneen cheerfully threw open their residence for this purpose every Wednesday, and the attendance and influence were very marked and notable. The influence and endorsement in this campaign by the Governor and his wife have been highly appreciated by the Christian people of the community and state. These meetings were led by Mrs. Sunday, Mrs. Muirhead, Miss Miller, and others. These Cottage Prayer Meetings were attended by as many as 1,500 people in one day. This is quite remarkable, when the duties of all who attended these meetings are considered. At Springfield, Illinois 43 rgamzattott William A. Sunday is above all else the prophet of the Lord to the church today. God's message to him as it was to Isaiah, is : "Cry aloud ! Spare not ! Lift up thy voice like- a trumpet, show my people their transgressions, and the house of Jacob their sins." And he does this as no other man, and the Holy Ghost uses him and honors his obedience. Mr. Sunday's chief work is to overturn the low, false standards of righteousness, which a worldly church has adopted, and to set up God's standard of right- eousness. In so doing he must use a plainness of speech that naturally shocks over-nice people, but this ruggedness of speech is a necessity. He impresses me as a sincere, faithful, consecrated man of God. S. W. THORNTON, D.D. Pastor Kumler M.E. Church. Pres. Ministerial Ass'n. S. W. THORNTON, D. D. The dance brings vice and virtue in such a grip that virtue is powerless. Any man on earth knows that it will do a girl no harm to keep away from a ball room. It's enough to make a man catch cold to look at the cos- tumes worn in a fashionable ball room. Do you go to the dance with your wife? You see man after man claim her and you stand there and watch your wife folded in his long, voluptuous, sensual embrace, their bodies swaying one against the other, their limbs twining and intertwining, her head resting on his breast, and you stand there and tell me there is no harm in it. 44 W. A. Sunday Meetings G. A. HULETT Evangelist Sunday and party have given me the greatest inspiration of my life. They are God- sent servants of inesti- mable value to Spring- field. Watch co-opera- tion for righteousness continue to grow in Springfield. Just study the results in the Capi- tal City and other "Sun- day towns" in Illinois. IRVING E. SPAULDING, Chief Usher. I have never listened to a more earnest and fearless speaker than Mr. Sunday. His success is due to his honest conviction, his set- ting forth the truth as laid down in the New Testa- ment and his courage to tell the truth to all peoples at all times. Some men tell only a part of the truth, but Mr. Sunday tells the "trtith, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth." He talks to men as no man ever talked, and it carries conviction to men's hearts because he tells them the truth. His work in Spring- field would be a great suc- cess if he had no converts at all just for the moral uplift to the city that would follow. His preaching causes people to think along moral lines and brings them to a realization of their own religious needs. G. A. HULETT, Chair. Music Committee. L. H. WILLIAMS Pastor South Seventh St. Baptist Church At Springfield, Illinois 45 The only disappoint- ment we have had in Mr. Sunday's work is that we didn't know. The half has never been told. We cannot tell it. You must hear him and see the results to know. God knows, and if He knows and cares about what has been done here under condi- tions different from what Mr. Sunday has ever before experienced, there surely is a place waiting for him "over there." Such grit and such determination as he has shown has made the impossible, possible and apparent failure, glorious success. He is a wonderful man and an example of what can be done with right and God lined up together. His plans are wonderful in the details and his organization is made perfect by the . GUY I. COLBY Secretary Executive Committee helpers with which he surrounds himself. His individuality is apparent everywhere and he appeals to men and gets them and holds them. Springfield Christians honor and praise him for what he has done for us and are praying that he will overcome his physical ailments which have almost brought about a col- lapse, and that he will be spared to do the Master's work for many, many years to come. The world needs him. Sincerely yours, GUY I. COLBY, Secretary Executive Committee. Nine-tenths of the gambling done today is done by cards. The Christian's home is the gambler's kindergarten. Cards are society's contribution to the penitentiary, the scaf- fold and hell. Eighty million dollars changes hand every day through gambling. Progressive euchre means progressive steps to hell. I believe that more people in the state lose their religion over cards and the dance than over the saloon. As long as the dancers will do as they do, Bill will be there to talk about them. A man has got to be pretty old when he cannot enjoy a good hug. 46 W. A. Sunday Meetings W. A. PAVEY In my opinion Mr. W. A. Sunday is one of the greatest men on the Amer- ican platform today and his influence for good in Springfield will be felt twenty years hence. JOHN E. GEORGE, Treas. Ministerial Ass'n. Rev. W. A. Sunday will impress anyone who hears him with the fact that he is terriblv in earnest that he believes thoroughly in the doctrine which he preaches. The keynote of his great power with men is that he has great power with God. Mr. Sunday is the greatest soul-winner of modern times. Mr. Sunday is an actor, an orator, a scholar, a profound thinker and one of the most finished artists ever seen in the pul- pit. W. A. PAVEY, Chairman Exec. Coin. JOHN E. GEORGE At Springfield, Illinois 47 I believe Mr. Sunday is chosen of God, baptized with the Holy Ghost and fire, and his trust in His Maker makes him fearless to preach the truth without compromise. FRANK T. KUHI<, Chair. Entertainment Com. FRANK T. KUHL Chairman Entertainment Committee I consider Rev. W. A. Sun- day a genius of the highest order, an expert in winning men to Christ, and the most successful evangelist on this continent. He is certainly God's chosen instrument and a great reformer as well as evangelist. C. P. MASDEX, Pastor First M. E. Church. REV. C. P. MASDEN Pastor First M. E. Church 48 W. A. Sunday Meetings A man of contrasts ; January and June, Niag- ara and Lake Placid, Vesuvius vomiting lava, now raining daffodils, judgment incarnate^ mer- ciful and mild like .the Nazarene, as slangy as a hobo, as chaste as Ad- dison, Billy the ball- tosser, the Reverend William A. Sunday, the holy man of God. Ver- ily a man of contrasts. EUCLID B. ROGERS, Pastor Central Baptist Church, Springfield, III O. O. INMAN EUCLID B. ROGERS Mr. Sunday is in a class by himself. No one can be compared to him. He is the Mt. Everest towering high above all the surrounding peaks. He stands up among the mountains of God, and with a majestic sweep he reaches down into the quag- mires of iniquity and men and women are snatched away and donned in the garments of righteousness. Every man and woman who loves decency in Springfield is with him. He is doing a great work here. Sin is toppling on its throne, and if the Christian people would work as hard as he does, I believe there would not be one left to advocate the cause of the devil. O. O. INMAN, Pastor United Brethren Church Chairman of Prayer Meeting Committee. At Springfield, Illinois 49 I have now worked with Mr. Sunday through two meetings, so I feel that -J know him and his worlj. Ilr is a preacher of righteousness, and his voice is heard] against sin and for a better life. He stirs the consciences of men as no other man I have ever heard. He hurls the truths directly at men, and knowing men he hits them where they are living wrong. Under his preaching men quit their wickedness, and live a cleaner life. He drives the church members to a higher life and many begin active work in the church following his meeting, who before did but little for the Master. A meeting led by him dors two things : It produces a re- vival in the churches, and a reformation within the city. In fact, he brings about the very thing he says is his pur- pose, "to make it easier for men to do right, and harder for men to do wrong." I am glad to have labored with him in two meetings. J. R. GOLDEN, Pastor West Side Christian Church. J. R. GOLDEN Mr. Sunday is in a class to himself. There is none other "just as good." Inquirers should ask for the original and accept no substitute. He makes good. His work will abide. F. W. BURNHAM, Pastor First Christian Church. F. W. BURNHAM 50 W. A. Sunday Meetings Mr. Sunday is more than a great preacher, more than a great evangelist ; he is a great reformer. And just as in the days of Ahab, Elijah appeared to recall Israel from Baal to Jehovah, and in the days of Tiberius Caesar, John ap- peared to call God's people from dead formalism to re- pentance in preparation for the Coming One, and in a later day Savonarola appeared as a power for righteousness in a corrupt age, so in these days of greed and graft and vice in the world, and of worldliness and formalism and skepticism in the church, there is a man sent from God, and his name is Sunday. D. G. CARSON, D. D. REV. GILBERT W. CLAXON Pastor Elliott Ave. Baptist Church REV. D. G. CARSON Pastor Fourth Presbyterian Church It has never been my privilege to be in such a religious campaign as the one now being waged in Springfield. I set no limit on the final results. As it now ap- pears in the fourth week of the meeting this will be the greatest meeting of W. A. Sunday's evan- gelistic career up to the present. In my judg- ment Mr. Sunday has no equal in the evan- gelistic field in this country. He courts no man because he holds financial or political power, which is no doubt one evil that has crept into modern church circles. To Mr. Sunday there is one book, the Bible, the inspired word of God ; one Saviour, Jesus Christ, one way to be saved by the blood of the crucified, buried and risen Christ. GILBERT W. CLAXON, Elliott Ave. Baptist Church. At Springfield, Illinois 51 (great Uter at Saterttad? fiardj 21 While Sunday and the cause which he repre- sents were the two big factors in drawing the thousands to the tabernacle night after night and day in and day out, it is certain that hundreds attended the services more for the pleas- ure they derive from listen- ing to the selections of the magnificent chorus choir and the soloists. Chorister Fischer's ability as a trainer of voices has been proven beyond a doubt and the skill he has shown in getting the sing- ers, representatives of the churches, who never had sung together before, is a thing which is amazing. He showed wonderful con- trol in the leadership of that mighty throng and each day showed marked progress and a proportion- ate degree of pleasure in hearing the choir sing. Mr. Ackley, presiding at the piano, is a big factor in Fischer s success. He tick- les the ivories up in the clouds and thunders down 6n the base notes with a touch that is delightful and his accompaniments are exceptional. The climax, however, was reserved for the night meeting. Responding no- bly to the leadership of Chorister Fischer, the cho- rus choir, 700 voices strong, rendered Sullivan's "The Lost Chord" in a manner which evidenced careful drill and extended and persevering study. Probably never in the his- tory of the city has a cho- rus of such magnitude ap- peared before the public. Those fortunate enough to hear the anthem, de- clare that never, anywhere, did such a chorus render such a song more effect- ively. The volume of song as it was lifted on the cli- max of Sullivan's master- piece was soul-inspiring. The mighty throng swayed under the leader's baton with supreme unanimity and the closing measures were rendered in a man- ner wlrch brought forth deafening applause from every portion of the tab- ernacle. Just prior to the sermon Mr. Butler, in response to a request of a traveling- man, who by chance was in the city, and who had heard him sing the song years ago, sang "The Spar- row Song." Although sung several times since the meetings opened, the song has lost not a whit of its popularity and Mr. Butler was applauded loudly as he finished. REV. WILLARD N. TOBIE Pastor Doug-las Avenue M. E. Church 52 W. A. Sunday Meetings Put your hand in the fire and it will get burned. Monkey with sin and you must also pay the penalty. Sin never pays anybody. Cards and dancing are worse enemies of the church than the saloon. I hate the saloon good God, how I hate 'em but the church loses more members through the influence of cards and dancing than by the saloon. At Springfield, Illinois 53 (Cmttiereuma The number actually con- verted through the instru- mentality of these meetings will never be known. It is not confined to Springfield alone. The influence is felt thousands of miles and there have been, people gloriously . co n v e r t e d through reading reports of this campaign. The total number of con- versions to date, April 8, is; 3,'26l. - The probability is they will reach 4,500 or more. These are simply the ones recorded in the meet- ings, and by no means in- dicate the total. Of the outside influence of these meetings, Rev. Leo L. Trotter says, .and it is just as true of Spring- field as Spokane: First, they have demon- strated that revival meet- ings are a good thing, a popular thing, a worthy thing for men to engage in. As far as the attention of the surrounding country is concerned these meetings have been the biggest thing of the season. Big- ger than state fairs; corn shows, or anything of the kind. Second, these meetings have turned /the popular thing along religious, lines, arousing discussions and promoting interest therein. Third, numbers have at- tended and in the meetings have been aroused to a white heat in religious en- thusiasm. Many who were not Christians have be- come so. Fourth, Billy Sunday has established precedent for plain and pungent preach- ing. Fifth, It has taught the preachers to preach in the popular tongue, in the lan- guage of the street and the shop and the mill. We all say, "God bless the Sunday meetings." REV. F. H. GIVEK Pastor Third Presbyterian Church MR. G. H. SCHANBACHER Chairman House Committee 54 W. A. Sunday Meetings Qfabmtarl? IRVING E. SPAULDING Chief Usher GEORGE E. COE Chairman Finance Committee This immense building was built especially for the campaign at a cost of about $5,000, with a seat- ing capacity of 8,000 peo- ple in the main auditorium, the choir seating more than 800 in addition. This building in size is about 200 feet square, and was built under the direc- tion of Architect Gill, whose vast experience in building structures of this kind is distinctly shown in each appointment. The seats were so arranged that the entire 9,000 people are in a position to see the speaker's platform without any difficulty, and the acoustic' properties are marvelous. There were frequently 10,000 people packed in this structure, and the speaker could eas- ily be heard in each corner. The choir, seating nearly 1,000, behind the platform and the thousands in front, presented from the plat- form a vast sea of human faces oii every side, an in- spiring sight that never will be forgotten. The construction of this particular tabernacle is nearer perfection than any of the previous ones built for a similar campaign. The entrances to the choir were numerous and sepa- rate from the main en- trance. The seats were re- markably comfortable. The heat and ventilation was infinitely better than many of the permanent struc- tures. In all probability there is no other place in the state of Illinois where so many people crowded for six consecutive weeks as did in this Springfield taber- nacle. Some of the big days it is estimated that 28,000 people attended the meetings, to say nothing about the thousands that could not be admitted, and were taken care of at the overflow meetings. At Springfield. Illinois 55 Atten&attrr There have been various estimates as to the number attending the meetings of this great campaign, and the figures that we here- with offer are as nearly ac- curate as is possible to ob- tain : March 7 28,000. March 14 30,200. March 21 37,000. March 28 38,550. April 4 44,000. April ii 46,000. The total attendance up until April 8 had been con- servatively estimated at 520,000. Besides these fig- ures there were myriads of people unable to gain ad- mittance. Fred Seibert has said that some of the people were there trying to get in as early as 5 130 a. m. Sun- day mornings in order to assure them of a seat, and others would try and re- main in the building dur- ing the entire day in order to be sure of a seat for the evening service. We will not try to fur- nish any adequate descrip- tion of these meetings. It would require the pen of the poet and the seer, the philosopher and scientist, the theologian and moral- ist, the statistician and philanthropist, and then the report would fall far short of giving a creditable account. At these meetings for men, the enthusiasm ran high and the conviction deep as the evangelist vol- leyed the truth in real masculine style at the vices and virtues of men. Men traveled hundreds of miles to get to these meetings and failed to gain admittance. Scenes inde- scribable in and outside the tabernacle took place REV. J. F < McAUALLY Pastor Laurel M. E. Church REV. W. J. JOHNSON Pastor First Congregational Church 56 W. A. Sunday Meetings REV. J. M. SMALLEY UUmiru's Almost as remarkable as the meetings for men were these women meetings. They were conducted en- tirely by the women, usu- ally led by Mrs. Muirhead, who has a distinct indi- viduality, force and tact in conducting such a meeting. Women ushers seated the 6,000 to 8,000 who assem- bled for these meetings, and long before the hour for the service to begin. the street would be packed with eager crowds. In many cases, thousands were turned away unable to gain entrance. These meetings were fre- quently held in the Ar- mory, which was only a block from the tabernacle, a very commodious build- ing, well equipped for the purpose. The leader was able to make herself heard to the vast audiences that at these services. Men of all classes, from all quar- ters, touched elbows and listened attentively to the burning logic and facts of the evangelist. Mr. Sunday is most pow- erful with men and he never appears to better ad- vantage than when he is before 10,000 men. In these "meetings he would frequently lay aside coat, vest, collar, tie, cuffs and suspenders, roll up his sleeves, as though prepar- ing for a race or ball game, and even then, he would soak with perspiration ev- ery stitch remaining on him. The power and inspira- tion of these meetings was indescribable. Men of all grades yielded and sought Christ and determined by the hundreds to live better lives. REV. J. H. LEMKAU Pastor German M. E. Church At Springfield, Illinois 57 usually assembled. The plain truths were laid be- fore them in a most force- ful manner. March 7 $ 496.00 March 14 3715.25 March 21 1021.62 March 28 508.46 April 4- 715.17 The above figures pertain to these dates only, and were for current events of the meetings, such as building tabernacle, print- ing matter, lights, and in- cidental expenses. The to- tal amount of the collec- tions for this purpose to date, April 8, amounting to $9,483.83. THOMAS D. LOGAN Pastor First Presbyterian Church He preaches to the con- science, and his stirring ap- peals produce conviction of sin, and inspire a determined purpose to lead a better life. THOS. D. LOGAN, Pastor of First Presbyterian Church. REV. WM. H. NICHOLAS Pastor Grace Evangelical Lutheran CJ.urch 58 W. A. Sunday Meetings I first heard Mr. Sun- day in Fort Wayne, Ind., when he was with Dr. J. W. Chapman. I liked his work then and have since followed his career with sympathy and increasing admira- tion. He has been a growing man, because his heart was in his work and he has toiled unceasingly. He has climbed, by force of tal- ent and by dint of hard work, to the apex of evangelistic success. He is a prince among preachers, a master of eloquence, a convincing advocate, a consummate general. The results of his labors are little less than marvelous. In my opinion there is no greater evangelist. E. E. FRAME, Pastor Plymouth Con- gregational Church. REV. P. J. MARSILJE REV. E. E. FRAME Before Rev. W. A. Sunday came to Springfield, 111., I had very great expectations of him ; he has surpassed them all. Though not able to ac- cept all that he says or ap- prove all the methods which lie uses, I have learned to love him as a conscientious am- bassador of the cross of Jesus Christ ; for, he is no re- spector of persons or class of persons ; he exposes and re- bukes the sins of all alike, of Christians and of non-Chris- tians ; he labors to save the souls of men, regardless of who or what the men may be ; he preaches Christ and Him crucified, and salvation from sin through repentance and confession of sins and through personal, saving faith in Christ, the Son of God. He is another John the Baptist, preparing the way for the second coming of the Christ. P. J. MARSILJE, Pastor of Fifth Presbyterian Church, Springfield, III. At Springfield, Illinois 59 HENRY H. HANSEN Secretary Y. M. C. A. The Sunday saloon is run- ning open in defiance of the law. The deadliest foe of church, of home, of state, is the open licensed saloon. It gives you a free pass to hell. The Reisch brewery and grog shops of Springfield have been running Springfield long enough. 1 f you weigh want and mis- ery and poverty, squalor, crime, tears, wrecked lives and Mightcd hopes in scales with a few dirty dollars from the whiskey business you are too dirty and low down for me. The saloon is the stem around which gather all the festering vices of the country. The saloon is a coward, shielding behind stained glass and screens. C. C SINCLAIR Pastor First Christian Church 60 W. A. Sunday Meetings REV. A. P. HIGLEY Chairman Personal Work You might as well try to ' regulate a powder mill in hell as to try to regulate the open ; licensed saloon. Shut off the dirty business and then we can mop up the awful results of the saloon. Go to the saloon if you want to learn all the evils of the day. The farmers ! You say they won't come to town to trade if there are no saloons ! Then why does NOT your legisla- ture pass a county option bill and let the farmers vote with you on the saloon issue? The old whiskey gang are afraid of the farmer vote. They lie when they say they are for the saloon in the interest of the farmer. The old jackass lies and you know it. S. A. P>ULLARD Chairman Building- Committee Through reading Newspaper accounts of the 'Billy Sunday Meetings" there have been many conversions in distant States. Help spread the work by mailing a copy of this report to friends not so favored as you. On receipt of 28c in stamps, Publishers will mail a copy to any address. UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS-URBANA