The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-12-19
PITTSBURG READY FOR
EVANGELIST "BHiLY" SUNDAY

Plans Complete for His Eight Weeks
Campaign, Starting Dec. rs
Hundreds of Thousands Will Hear
Him, See Him, and Never Forget
Him.
Billy" Sunday completed his
great work in Johnstown for Christ
| by converting over eleven thousand
souls in that city, representing men,
women and children of every voca-
tion of life. A large number of
professional men hit the trail, also
the mayor of the city, chief of police
and many of his subordinates.
Mr.. Sunday has done a wonderful
good for Johnstown and at one meet
ing recently 1000 workmen of the
Cambria Steel company, led by their
general manager, John w. Stick,
marched to the tabernacle in a body
and with thousands of other Johns
town enthusiasts listened to Sum
days able discourse.
Mr.. Sunday has been termed "the
greatest ambassador of Christ in
modern times"
Mr.. Gill, who has been advance
representative of the BILLY" Sunday
party in Wilkes-Barre, and has COM
pleted all arrangements for the re-
vival and cleanup of Pittsburg,
speaks in highest terms of the hearty
cooperation of its people. Cottage
prayer meetings have been held and
over 10000 people attend in single
night.
1t took 100000 feet of lumber to
complete the tabernacle which is
now ready for the occupancy of
thousands upon thousands who will
throng the place day after day and
night after night. The people will
not sit in chairs, but on long wooden
benches, which are made comfort
able. The choir ofiover 1000 voices
will occupy chairs arranged in tiers
behind the rostrum from which Mr..
Sunday will preach. A large sound
ing board invented by Joseph H.
Speice, who supervises the taber-
nacles, is used to carry the sound of
the preacher to the thousands in
every direction.
Nine miles of bunting was used in
decorating the interior of the taber-
nacle in covering up the rafters and
beams.
Mr.. Gill, the advance representa-
tive, has completed all arrangements
for the opening, as instructing ush-
ers, looking after quiries and various
committees which necessitate hun
dreds of willing workers.
1t is also necessary to- have the
building well protected with fire
hose, wide aisles and many exits in
case of fire to insure against STAN
pede. Hundreds of thousands of
people in all parts of the United
States have their eyes upon Pitts
burg, awaiting the result of a big
undertaking in a city of over 500,-
600 population. Billy Sunday is
known from coast to coast and as a
rule holds his meetings in smaller
cities, but is is hoped Mr.. Sunday
will be as popular in Pittsburg this
time as he was over twenty years
ago while on Pittsburg's diamond.
He will play ball and his audience
will catch it. Mr. Gill said, in a re-
cent address before the business men
of that city: There was time when
Mr.. Sunday was welcome here on the
base ball diamond"
Some of his friends of those days
are still here in Pittsburg," said the
speaker, "but not all of them have
the same feeling toward BILLY" Sun
day. Some of them are knocking
him because they believe he will hurt
the business they are in. But wait
until he comes, he'll wake them up"
Referring to criticisms of the evan
gelist Mr.. Gill said:
IF what they say about "Billy"
Sunday is true he ought to be in the
penitentiary. If what they say is not
true then the man who says it ought
to be in the penitentiary."