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THE MEMORIAL SUPPER CELEBRATION

So far as reports have reached us the celebration of the Redeemer’s death this year has been one of the most interesting, most impressive and most widely observed. Naturally the larger number of reports represent small gatherings—fully in accord with the Master’s promise that where two or three were met in His name, He would be in their midst.

The reports show a steady increase in every direction over last year’s reports. Be it remembered that these are not the names of persons or households that have been standing on a church register for a decade, and many of them dead and buried. Neither do these reports represent merely nominal church attendance. On the contrary, they represent people who with intelligence and deliberation have counted the cost and made a full consecration of themselves to the Lord and His service, even unto death.

We give the showings of reports thus far sent to us where the Memorial was celebrated by thirty or more persons. On account of the fact that The Temple is being used for the PHOTO-DRAMA OF CREATION, the Tabernacle was used this year, but was taxed beyond its capacity. Suburban gatherings were proportionately larger; hence the real increase in the Brooklyn congregation was the less apparent:

Brooklyn, N.Y. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 842
London, Eng. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .741
Chicago, Ill. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 693
Barmen, Germany . . . . . . . . . . . . . .500
Glasgow, Scot. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 464
Boston, Mass. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 425
Forest Gate, Eng. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385
Los Angeles, Cal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362
Pittsburgh, Pa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .345
Philadelphia, Pa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .317
Seattle, Wash. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .219
Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minn. . . . 206
Toronto, Ont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Cleveland, O. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .203
Vancouver, B.C. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Washington, D.C. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .192
Portland, Ore. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .159
Indianapolis, Ind. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Columbus, O. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Providence, R.I. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Cincinnati, O. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Copenhagen, Denmark . . . . . . . . . 140
St. Louis, Mo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Liverpool, Eng. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Buffalo, N.Y. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Houston, Tex. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Dayton, O. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .121
Oakland, Cal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Milwaukee, Wis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Kingston, B.W.I. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111
Bristol, Eng. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110
Winnipeg, Manitoba . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Baltimore, Md. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .102
Sheffield, Eng. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100
Louisville, Ky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Oldham, Eng. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Edinburgh, Scot. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90
Denver, Colo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Birmingham, Ala. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Binghamton, N.Y. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Richmond, Va. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Bellingham, Wash. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Worcester, Mass. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Allentown, Pa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Toledo, O. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .74
Tacoma, Wash. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .74
Spokane, Wash. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73
Camberwell, Jamaica, B.W.I. . . . . . . 72
St. Joseph, Mo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69
San Francisco, Cal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Hamilton, Ont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Tampa, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65
Youngstown, O. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65
Birmingham, Eng. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64
Springfield, Mass. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63
Grand Rapids, Mich. . . . . . . . . . . . . .61
Atlanta, Ga. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Memphis, Tenn. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Newark, N.J. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59
Altoona, Pa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Hartford, Conn. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57
San Diego, Cal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55
Nottingham, Eng. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Lynn, Mass. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54
Cumberland, Md. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50
Pasadena, Cal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Dundee, Scot. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Wichita, Kans. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Schenectady, N.Y. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Valenciennes, Nord, Fr. . . . . . . . . . . . 48
New Brighton, Pa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Akron, O. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Jackson, Mich. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Easton, Pa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46
Port Limon, C.R. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46
Calgary, Alta. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Ancon, Panama . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Victoria, B.C. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45
Port Huron, Mich. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Middlesboro, Eng. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44
Scranton, Pa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Rochester, N.Y. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44
Tamaqua, Pa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Saginaw, Mich. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Topeka, Kans. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Terre Haute, Ind. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Jacksonville, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Knoxville, Tenn. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Des Moines, Iowa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Oklahoma City, Okla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40
Norfolk, Va. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Edmonton, Alberta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40
Wheeling, W.Va. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38
Sharon, Pa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
York, Pa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Duquesne, Pa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38
Erie, Pa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37
Chester and Moore, Pa. . . . . . . . . . . . .37
Everett, Wash. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Gloversville and Johnstown, N.Y. . . . . .37
Lowell, Mass. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37
Belvidere, Ill. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37
Greenock, Scot. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
South Bend, Ind. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36
Chattanooga, Tenn. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Riverside, Cal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Paterson, N.J. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34
London, Ont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34
Syracuse, N.Y. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34
Wilmington, Del. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Warren, O. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Sacramento, Cal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Johnstown, O. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32
Canton, O. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Johnstown, Pa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32
Brantford, Ont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
East Liverpool, O. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31
Bradford, Eng. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Brockton, Mass. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Mattoon, Ill. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30
Houston, Tex. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Santa Ana, Cal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Watertown, N.Y. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Reading, Pa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30
Tiffin, O. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Fort Smith, Ark. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

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— May 1, 1914 —