Saturday, July 5, 1919

Overcast. Very hot in A.M. Thunder showers in P.M. Cleared up at night. Up early. To grounds to get Pageant tickets. Wrote letters etc. To Sec. Daniels speech. Saw Pageant "The Wayfarer" at 3 and 8 P.M. Wonderful. To bed 11:30 P.M. Thankful.

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The pageant Stanford saw was very well received. Here is another descriptive passage from The Asbury Journal 68/1:125-129:

One stunning success of the Methodist World’s Fair was a pageant called The Wayfarer written by a Seattle minister, James E. Crowther. This pageant required 1,500 actors, 1,000 chorus members, and 75 musicians from the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, and included well-known actors from Broadway and the silent film industry. The stage was built in the New York Metropolitan Opera House and shipped in ten railroad cars to Columbus. The pageant covered the history of Christian missions from the early days of the Church through the Reformation, John Wesley, and included a patriotic conclusion with Presidents of the United States. The Wayfarer was so successful it later played for six weeks at Madison Square Gardens.

Below is one of the pictures included in the journal article, "From the Archives: The Methodist World's Fair of 1919":

The above photo is one of 26 glass lantern slide plates of the Exposition on display last year at the Asbury Theological Seminary's library.