Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 308, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 December 1910 — Monticello Evangelist In Demand AU Over the United States. [ARTICLE]

Monticello Evangelist In Demand AU Over the United States.

W. E. Biederwolf, formerly 'of Monti cello, has become an evangelist for whose services there is a constant demand all over the United States. He goes to Boston, Mass., on Jan. Ist, to conduct a meeting and is in receipt of an appeal from the churches of Lorain, Ohio. The latter church sent a petition to him that contained what would make two columns of names if printed in a newspaper. The petition was 8 inches in width and all the sheets of paper pasted together 'made the petition 24 feet long. Rev. Biederwolf is. a striking example of the modern evangelist and has received some recent notoriety by reason of the fact that while conducting a revival meeting in Ohio, he went to a boxing match after services one night and opened the contest with prayer and then acted as referee at the sparring fest. It is stunts of this kind that get long petitions and fat returns, and Rev. Biederwolf seems as sensational as any of the modern evangelists.