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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Dec 5, 1912

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 89, No. 49.

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Illinois

By Chas. T. Everson

CHICAGO.—No one situated in a large city like Chicago can fail to realize the force of the stirring appeals coming to us from the servant of the Lord to warn the large cities of America.
A committee composed of twenty-five prominent citizens of Chicago investigated the condition of vice in this city. The mere report of what they found made such filthy reading that the postal authorities of the United States refused to permit it to be sent through the mails. One of the most aristocratic suburbs along the lake shore appointed a similar committee, and it reported that the conditions in that place were worse than in Chicago. The corruption seems to extend from the lower to the upper stratum of society. Such a condition as obtains here certainly can not continue indefinitely. Hence the need of a speedy work in warning this city.
I have had the privilege of joining in the campaign of warning the city of Chicago. As wickedness and sin abound, the people become more difficult to reach, and more intense efforts are required to arouse them. I have been engaged in this work here a little over a year. During that time we have had some very large meetings. Our attendance at the tent-meetings has at times reached over five hundred, while over three hundred have been in attendance at our hall-meetings.
A very fine class of people have attended these services. Lawyers and doctors of some prominence, quite a number of preachers, business men, including at least one millionaire, and people of other walks of life listen with marked attention to the solemn warnings given.
Because of the lack of personal workers, the fruits from these efforts have been comparatively small. We are just now in the midst of a series of cottage meetings, and expect to garner in a good number of souls. I am thankful to say that I have thus far had the privilege of baptizing thirty-two in connection with these efforts, all except one of them being adults. CHAS. T. EVERSON.