Billy Sunday Leaves Spokane with a $10,000 Thank Offering

Billy Sunday said goodbye to Spokane Sunday night. From the platform where for six weeks he has put inordinate strains on the carpet and furniture, he spoke to 9,000 people with a gentler tone in his voice than he heretofore has used, with sadness of parting instead of fierce denunciation of evil; and the people, on their feet and waving hats and handkerchiefs, sent him on his way with a thank offering of more than $10,000. In doing this they made a national record, for while Sunday has received one larger offering, it was in a city where the cost of conducting meetings was not half that borne by the people of Spokane. In six weeks the city has contributed, besides the thank offering, $15,000 for the expenses of the revival, including the building of the tabernacle, the greatest structure of its kind ever erected in the Northwest. Sunday said his words of farewell to all who could crowd into the auditorium, while hundreds outside, unable to get in, would not leave when the doors were closed, but thronged around to catch at intervals a few of the evangelist's words when the building was thrown open for ventilation. Many of those who could not gain admission brought their contributions to the thank offering, and managed in some way to get them to the treasurer in the tabernacle. Men were heard to offer $5 for a seat, and in one case a sale was effected and the money turned into the offering, while the man who had sold his seat crowded against the wall with hundreds of others who were there. Total number of professed converts during the six weeks' services were 5,666.