TABERNACLE SERVICE RULES AND REGULATIONS, c 1912

Location of tabernacle—Second and Washington streets.

All hats must be removed within building.

Members of choir required to be in their places promptly.

Tabernacle may be entered from any side and ushers will look after all.

A section of reserved seats is provided in the front for those whose hearing is defective. Another block, in direct center, is for the children.

First to arrive have choice of seats, except those in the choir loft which are reserved by checks for members of that body.

No one is permitted to walk through the aisles of the tabernacle while Sunday is preaching. All are expected to refrain from talking or making other unnecessary noises during the services.

Those who attend services are expected to start early so as to not create a disturbance by entering late. Late comers are admitted, but are required to enter building from rear doors. The purpose is to make as little disturbance as possible.

Ushers, officers and firemen, detailed by police and fire departments, will be on duty at all services to prevent disorder or accidents.

Hand books of the campaign, giving detailed information concerning transportation facilities, telephones, committee headquarters, prayer meeting districts and many other important items of information are distributed gratuitous at the tabernacle.

Changes in the hour of holding services, or any other important development, will be given in the Evening Review.

Sept 1912 paper

A Human Dynamo

The Evening Review (East Liverpool, Ohio) · Mon, Sep 16, 1912 · Page 4

A Human Dynamo.

That is Billy Sunday in action—a human dynamo working for the cause of religion. No one could listen to the evangelist, yesterday, without absorbing some of his wonderful energy as he sent it out in great dynamic waves through the huge tabernacle. The air of the big structure was saturated with it.

Billy Sunday literally pumps religious enthusiasm into people. And no matter how much of it he pours out, the supply seems inexhaustible. It is almost incredible that one man could have such a lot of vim and vinegar stored up in his one little body and his brain.

Billy Sunday believes in a Christianity that does things, that is carried out into the lives of people, that accomplishes results, that “delivers the goods.” This is the core of his evangelism. This is why he is so vitriolic in his denunciation of the Christian who sits back and is satisfied with announcing that he believes in the Lord but does nothing for the Lord.

Nothing in oratory could be more impressive or effective than the evangelist’s word painting of histrionic scenes, especially those of the battlefield, and the application of some striking incident to the life and work of the soldier in the Christian army. It is the very essence and soul of eloquence.

The audiences that met yesterday to hear Sunday’s first three sermons, would have been most encouragingly large on the pleasantest of days. On a rainy day such as it was, they may well be regarded as remarkable, and as most auspicious.

Campaigns of Billy Sunday (published June 1913)

Location
South Bend & Mishawaka
Wilkes-Barre, PA
Columbus, OH
McKeesport, PA
Toledo, OH
Whelling, PA
Springfield, OH
Newcastle, PA
Erie, PA
Porstmouth, OH
Canton, OH
Youngstown, OH
Beaver Falls, PA
Lima, OH
East Liverpool, OH
Converts
6,391
16,584
18,137
10,022
7,684
8,300
6,804
6,683
5,312
5,224
5,640
5,915
6,000
5,669
6,354
Contributions
 $      10,500.00  $      28,188.90  $      20,929.58  $      13,438.00  $      15,423.00  $      17,450.00  $      14,800.00  $      14,000.00  $      11,565.00  $      12,554.00  $      12,500.00  $      12,000.00  $      10,000.00  $         8,000.00  $         7,000.00
Approx. Pop.
75,000
150,000
200,000
60,000
163,497
65,000
46,921
36,380
66,525
23,481
50,217
79,066
25,000
30,508
25,000

South Bend Tribune. Mon, Jun 16, 1913 ·Page 12