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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1916
Page
10
Billy Sunday drew a huge crowd as Fall River voted dry by 1400 to 1800. Governor McCall praised Sunday’s sermons and simple Saxon words, saying faith can move mountains and the preacher galvanizes the masses.
The Boston revival draws 729 attendees with 238 in a late service led by Billy Sunday. Judge Clarence Hale of the United Circuit Court sits among 491 trail hitters, while Governor McCall and large temperance and Vermont minister delegations energize the event.
The Rev Billy Sunday recounts the healing of a frail woman who touched Jesus in Capernaum amid the Gadara hog business debate. He links the episode to fasting faith, Jairus daughter, and the need to seek Christ now rather than postpone. The message urges personal venture toward Jesus as the essential first step.
The report shows yesterday afternoon and evening collections with a daily total of 495.73 and a day’s total of 814.97, bringing the year to date to 37,907.24. Comparative figures list Boston and other cities for the first 20 days of campaigning with varying totals.
After a sermon in Boston and New England the governor told a Post reporter he was deeply impressed by the fervor and stamina of the evangelist. He noted the strenuous handshakes as converts flooded the platform pit and apostles moved through the aisles.
The record notes Sunday evening attendance 9 000 with 16 000 total for the day and 600 000 to date. A sermon emphasizes Christ saves, not theology, citing the poor woman who touched Jesus garment in Alaska theology aside. Join the church and seek Christ rather than perfect doctrinal knowledge.
Invitations from Mrs. Rich of Brookline invite friends to a meeting that echoed similar gatherings in other cities hosted by society leaders. The events have drawn attention and sparked numerous calls for Mr Sundays services.
A Berlin Tageblatt article cited by Amsterdam dispatch predicts peace negotiations may begin soon. It says a business peace will be possible for allies and central powers given their securities and notes that Poland’s independence is proclaimed. It also notes fewer Germans favor annexing Belgium.
Billy Sunday will meet Boston Back Bay and Brookline society leaders Thursday at 10 AM as part of his campaign town visits. Each week he will be guest of a prominent local pair, drawing limousines and social interest to the event.
Fragmentary line notes pan-Germans' waning momentum and today's readiness to hear the term pacifism without protest, indicating shifting attitudes in the audience.
The resignation of Miss Ethel May Bowen of Malden known as The Pretty Brunette disclosed she wed secretly last October to Chester A Horton of Somerville. The ceremony was performed by Rev Horace Blake Williams at the First Methodist Church parsonage in Lynn.
Boston attorney W Edwin Ulmer who was suspended from practice in the United States District Court for one year filed a petition for leave to appeal to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals yesterday.
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