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3.000 AT DEPOTBID GODSPEED 10t •BILLY SUNDAYCROWD WAITS TWO HOI IIS FOR j I *HIM TO APPKAR. '•‘God Bo With You TUI Wo Mwf j lt;jn Again” l« Sons: Tribute—•! I |Conversions Fust l)«y. I»!• **♦ %♦ *t* *t* A A '»* A A *!* A v v v v v I H,\$5,286 Is Given Sunday ... ,for Six Weeks’ Kevival * wt^ ‘ labvthelt;•A\ IT i;» *i t i on nt 111 nf't i ’ *. vn*U A * 'Total n imbet of com ersinns... .1.937 A OITI • Tot.il amount donated to Sunday A coc exclusive of sum coll **ot cd forin.1illurrent expenses ............A 'pj,a I 1Amid the smiles hikI (ears of 3,000A Number of meetings........... M AA Total numbm of pei sons atttnd- AA in’, .....................273,lt;iO» •Average ai tendance evening m*et- tip A nt ................t.,lt;•■! ♦ OkAverage attendc tlt; * after noon meet- A the•5* tngs ..... ^ I ]ahA Average nuti'bt ■ conversions even- Alt;• Ins meeting?* .......... •••lt;•» lt;• ft aA Average amount Sundnv received ‘eapt vvi t'k ......^ Average amount Numb y re« eP ed A bigA each d. v ...................$1 i.*12 A •'* fA Average miii for each sermon. $**3.tU A j tolt;• *A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A '** '!• mointivrcll-wishors, as they good naturedly wa, Jostled and elbowed one another In a win last effort to grasp the athletic 0,,l evangelist by the hand. William A. Funday and his family left yesterday ! C€»e morning for his home In Chicago. j con'! o catch a glimpse of the “Joplin-for-Chr'st leader, who closed the most successful series of revivalmeetings In the history of Southwest t()1iPsotiri at the huge temporary t.aber- | gta nacle Sunday night with a stirring jf0 sermon, the crowd gathered for two hours before “Billy’* put in an appearance. It was the biggest gathering ever seen at the Frisco depot. .After a week’s recuperation from his arduous labors he will inaugurate a gimllar campaign at Youngstown. O., next Saturday night. As the train I gif m pulled out ihe crowd sang. “God bo, Mwith roil till we nice1 again. 18a v\1'prohi a1 t it i\vi*iertifortenHM o.Moet Gratifying Hecv Mon.“I have been preaching the gospel twenty-three years,” Sunday said, a-s lie bid the crowd a last good-bye, but never have I been accorded such g remarkable demonstration as this. It is grand and will always live long in my memory. My reception here has been so gratifying that 1 can never forget old Joplin and will always have a warm place in my heart, for its people.'*At the tabernacle last night a freeit inNHoivialA]froiA.M n d113Ain..busiVtowitoniVconcert was given by the musicians lion iwho have been assisting Sunday. Sev-eral hundred persons attended. The ‘ cprogram was replete with good mini-Tiers and included solos by Miss Mc-:Claren and Mr. Rhodebeaver.*T’ni sure T don’t know what I frill do with my afternoons and evenings now that Mr. Sunday has left.” wras the general expression of women •who have been regular attendants nt the six weeks’ meetings.Overflow on Fast Night.For his last sermon Sunday saved ^is strongest, most logical and con-wincing address. Its theme wa*: And he said tomorrow.” With all jthe oratorical power, gyrations, dra-jmatic and pathetic incidents garnered • from twenty-three years’ vicissitude of experiences as a preacher, Sunday (leld spellbound an audience which jfllled every pew and available space !Jn the tabernacle as lie hurled broadside? at. those who had wavered in Accepting Christ as their personaleavfor.M fro i Kui At hon In 'Cat:FlaaivialMCarMMinCltiMMisyesMwa ftartMMardavCIbus J-WeMJ i mI wo hundred and eighty-seven con- | Beuverts, at the conclusion of his sermon and prayer, came forward with anew look in their eveg as thev an-• ^.nounced their determination to lead henceforth Christian lives. it was the largest number of converts wrought at a single meeting.“God is calling upon von to forsake the bondage of sin and you have eaid ‘tomorrow* bv your acts and byyour words,” Sunday said in the course of his sermon. “You are sim-jply inviting God to push you into hell, and 1 1 ell you if you do not heed IIis word, that’s where vou‘11 e;r In spite of the fact that He is trying to save you from perdition.His Fast Plea.Regard less f f the tears and theTorda yMH aiy e sfrie( «pleading and i ravers that have been for you, this, my last mee ing in Joplin, finds you unsaved. I’rlenda, you make a lasting mistake when you steel youi hearts again* God. Cometo him now, because you never willhave similar influences to bear upon you—this might be your last chance. A Vi 11 you come?”Sunday afternoon he took for his text, “It is appointed unto men to die but once, and after that the judgment!” It. was a text, he said, which every person in the world believes in 1 art. The meeting was for men only. It resulted in 212 conversions.Individuals who contributed $25 or more to the “Billy Sunday subscription fund were as follows:$100—Air. and Airs. J. M. Evans. J. W. Freeman, Gilbert Barbee, Fred n’ish, J. S. Walker and wife.$.10—J. B. Hodg/on. W. F. Spurgeon, A. H. Rogers, Dr. S. H. Miller.130—Oecar DeGraff.$25—Mrs. ,T. IT. Taylor, H. H. McNeal. Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Boss. E. A. Potts, J. F. Dunwoody, H. E. Dangerfleld. Mrs. O Spence. S. C. Fones. A. B. McConnell, A H. Waite, J. G. Starr. Mrs. A. H. Wraite. C. E. Yates. C. G. Sellars, O. H. Pielier, W. H. Picher. Airs. H. E. Dan-rerfleld. A. B. Thomas. F. E. Butcher, H. C- Humphreys. J. P. Wa Ik e i\__WB(AriiWil sWeBofdayMa ft € AirsyesMmo’JopPMuhonrestheMMi?exeyesTuniresJlt;herlor.FWr.we:SlUchaWevopcshefirsthetara-gr*me113,
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Joplin Daily Globe

Joplin, Missouri, US

Sun, Jan 02, 1910

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