Show NOTED EVANGELIST BEGINS EGINS MEETINGS William Spurgeon Talks to Many at Y M. M C. C A A. A on Revival The Welsh William m Spurgeon a nephew of or Charles Jarles Spurgeon on the great English evangelist e and himself a a. noted worker in iii the tho same Held lectured for tor the first time in ill the city yesterday morning In Inthe Inthe the thc afternoon ho he a addressed a n. largo large gathering at tho the Y V. M. M C. C A A. and again In tire evening at the First M. M E. E church The Thc days day's work was a 0 forerunner of ot ofa ofa a 0 series of ot talks along evangelical c lines that will be glen given in the city for tor forthe forthe the thc next two weeks a a. regular service to be he hel held at tho the First M. M E. E church each evening e Mr Spurgeons Spurgeon's talk In Jn the afternoon was on The rho Welsh elsh Revival I the great groat religious upheaval al that swept over o Wales a J. J to few fow years cars ago and was given cn for tor tho the purpose o e of ot showing the great power of oC a a. revival al w whon cn once started Mr Spurgeon characterized the Welsh revival al us tho the greatest outpouring of ot the tho religious spirit that the tho world worM ha had known since sinco tho the days as a's of ot Paul One Onehundred Onehundred hundred thousand converts ha had been ma made mado e In tho the year cal following the first manifestation an and the speaker said that 95 per cent of them were still standing fitin in iii their tracks an unprecedented fact In religious hIstory lie said ald that the revival re had been ono one of at practical religion as shown In the Improved e moral moral mor mor- al attitude altitude e of entire people The speaker alcer took u up the history o otho of tho the revival re of oC Its start at the pra prayer er meeting in tho the village of ot Lougher where 22 people were gathered of ot tho the conversion con a few weeks later at r of oC Evan Ean Roberts the collier an And the tile wonderful results of his pl The movement mo swept over Wales alos without an organization said tho the speaker Thieve There were no l leaders no heads s. s the converts com were drawn not driven to Christs Christ's kingdom om The They got religion In their minds in hearts and In their pockets ets That is the kind of or religion that counts It is tho the 1 kind that should come to all of us is here Wo We Wom will m keep on telling the story of Christ Christan an and one by one you OU will listen and md heed hood |