IV
When the Sunday School campaign was finished, Babbitt
suggested to Kenneth Escott, "Say, how about doing a little
boosting for Doc Drew personally?''
Escott grinned. "You trust the doc to do a little boosting
for himself, Mr. Babbitt! There's hardly a week goes by
without his ringing up the paper to say if we'll chase a reporter
up to his Study, he'll let us in on the story about the swell
sermon he's going to preach on the wickedness of short skirts,
or the authorship of the Pentateuch. Don't you worry about
him. There's just one better publicity-grabber in town, and
that's this Dora Gibson Tucker that runs the Child Welfare
and the Americanization League, and the only reason she's got
Drew beaten is because she has got some brains!''
"Well, now Kenneth, I don't think you ought to talk that
way about the doctor. A preacher has to watch his interests,
hasn't he? You remember that in the Bible about—about
being diligent in the Lord's business, or something?''
"All right, I'll get something in if you want me to, Mr. Babbitt,
but I'll have to wait till the managing editor is out of
town, and then blackjack the city editor.''
Thus it came to pass that in the Sunday Advocate-Times,
under a picture of Dr. Drew at his earnestest, with eyes alert,
jaw as granite, and rustic lock flamboyant, appeared an inscription—
a wood-pulp tablet conferring twenty-four hours'
immortality:
The Rev. Dr. John Jennison Drew, M.A., pastor of the
beautiful Chatham Road Presbyterian Church in lovely
Floral Heights, is a wizard soul-winner. He holds the local
record for conversions. During his shepherdhood an average
of almost a hundred sin-weary persons per year have
declared their resolve to lead a new life and have found a
harbor of refuge and peace.
Everything zips at the Chatham Road Church. The subsidiary
organizations are keyed to the top-notch of efficiency.
Dr. Drew is especially keen on good congregational singing.
Bright cheerful hymns are used at every meeting, and
the special Sing Services attract lovers of music and professionals
from all parts of the city.
On the popular lecture platform as well as in the pulpit
Dr. Drew is a renowned word-painter, and during the
course of the year he receives literally scores of invitations
to speak at varied functions both here and elsewhere.
