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Newspaper
Canon City Record
Location
Canon City, Colorado, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1905
Page
15
We have a limited run of The Record Souvenir copies. Act fast as supplies are short and demand is high. Each copy costs 1400c and is available for quick sending to the East.
A series of business and professional leaders praise Rev. William Sunday for his evangelistic work in Canon City. They describe his skill, practical preaching, and impact on diverse groups, noting strong attendance and order in large meetings while highlighting his deep faith and ability to reach everyday men.
Local readers praise W A Sunday sermons at the Canon prison and city Tabernacle. Commentators and former preachers extol the evangelist for truth marks, heart to heart talks, and moral uplift, noting lasting influence on inmates and community.
A note from Guy U. Harpy expresses deep gratitude to more than a thousand readers and advertisers who funded and backed the Tabernacle Daily souvenir issue. He notes costs over $500, 2700 extra copies ordered, and many sent to friends with advance payments, reflecting strong community confidence and success of the venture.
Subscriber asks if The Record can be sent regularly and mentions a yearly $1.25 price.
Fragment begins with a preacher railing at hypocritical church members and hypocritical worship. It cites reactions to sermons on amusements and the need for real faith, charity, and honesty, contrasting orthodoxy with living Christ. It critiques complacent church culture and urges repentance and active service.
J E Barron says the town improves with Mr Sunday’s arrival in Canon City, noting an exponents of the scriptures has just arrived.
Converts totaled 934 at the tabernacle gatherings with 225 penitentiary inmates promising to reform. Across Canon City 7 churches averaged 113 converts each, Dixon 184, Sterling 1647, Mason City 1100, Pontiac 1085, Rockford 1000. Meetings included Sunday, Mr Honeywell, Mrs Sunday, and cottage prayer events totaling 125000 attendees and raising funds.
More than 5,000 copies of the issuer have been printed and distributed nationwide from Canon City. Extra copies are sold in small orders with one buyer purchasing over 24 copies. All copies will be mailed within a week by a Canon resident to Eastern addresses. Ten cents per copy.
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