Book-Business

"Infidel books shall be burned in bonfire," said Charles Winters, evangelist, at Morristown, N. J., threateningly.

But local authorities warned Winters he would be prosecuted if he started a bonfire in his meeting hall; the resourceful evangelist changed his plans.

Around his pulpit he piled high the stack of books and magazines which God had destined him to annihilate. He preached a sermon to light the fires of faith. His organist and full-voiced choir fanned the flames of wrath with hymns of the Church Militant.

At a sign, the congregation, mostly female, rushed forward to the books, fell upon them, tore them page from page, and carried them, disiecta membra, to an incinerator in the rear. The organ played, the choir sang, the evangelist continued to lead the exultant cries of the good Christians.

Publications destroyed were: Science and Health by Mrs. Eddy, The Christian Science Hymnal, the Unitarian Leader, Forbush's Life of Christ, books by Pastor Russell, and a magazine, Unity.

"A good thing for the business," said local booksellers.