Evening journal., 1915-01-30
SUNDAY MAY extend.
CAMPAIGN TILL Spring
Philadelphia Religious Cam
paign Assumes Wider Scope
AS Meetings Progress
TRAIL HITTERS
INCREASED BY 317

llNCKEASEU By 0lI
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Jan 3O.-De-
claring that be would stay here until
spring if Philadelphia wanted him,
Billy S Iuday preached yests,oay amt
last night TO audiences as large as
good sized towns. and added 3l7 more
to the $500 trail-hltters who comprise
Philadelphias contribution to the
evangolists power over the hearts of
men.
An audience SO large that it over
flowed the tabernacle, heard him last
night a decidedly smaller one was
at the afternoon service. The audi
ence last night included delegations
from churches, societies and factories.
Ladies' of the Maccabeos, the philadel-
phia Wholesale Shoe Distributors, the
churches of Clifton Heights and
others sent large numbers, each one
approved by Homer $. Rodeheaver's
solemn "Hurrah for YOul" as II stood
up and announced to the rest of the
audience its favorito hymn. A dolega-
tion of several thousand employees
from the factories of the John b.
Stetson Company also attended.
Among the first of last nights trail
hitters was George W. Bradley, a po-
liceman of the Twenty-sixth and York
streets station and former third
baseman for historic Cleveland
team. Somewhat "wobbly' in his
movements as the result Of fall
down the choir steps on Thursday, he
was greeted with Il hilarious Hello,
old scout" by the evangelist as he
stood in his "jack-box let into the
/ floor of the rostrum. shaking hands
right and left with a double line of
penitents
Twelve marines from the navy yard
were brought into line by Edward Ev-
erett Evans, a musician on one of the
big battleships, who hit the trail two
weeks ago. and who has since been
serving as an usher whenever he can
obtain leave
The civilian penitents yesterday
and last night were of slightly moro
varied type than has been general
throughout the campaign. Well
dressed and well-grOOmed women sat
side by side with one or two speci-
mems of the down-and-outer. Per-
/ haps the most impressive of all, how
over. were two couples, one man
ana wife. who came down the aisle
( first of all the penitents last night
and sat speeChless but happy through
/ the singing and the prayer and the
talk which followed. and an aged
mother and son. who appeared at
! tho afternoon service the mother OK
! claiming as she placed the young
! fellows hand i'm the evangelist's. 1--WE
brought him to you at last, Mr.. Sun
dayl'
Back and forth tho preacher played
over the stops and keys last night
OF that sensitive instrument. a hui
man multitude lie first compli-
mented the audience upon its size and
appearance:
your crowd is the largest and FIN
est i'm personnel that I've ever seen
Z come into a tabernacle Thank you
| your gifts"
Three minutes later he was telling
/ the same persons:
Some o. the biggest heather this
: side of hell are i'm this tabernacle to-
night | don't care whether YOU dive
i'm a big house on Broad street OF
where you live, you're a heather #
/ you don't accept the Word Of God.
You so out o. here worse than
YOU came i'm if YOU refuse to accept
/ Christ while you're here"
Later he applied this emollient
If you and | had what we de-
serve. we'd have been in hell long
ago. Hell's q square deal FOR sin
nCrs."
Laggards upon the road to regener-
alton were told:
You can't prevent the birds from
flying over your heads. but you Ger
tainly arc gink if you let'm nest il
your hair"
Unitarians came in for the follow
ing:
Il Whoever denies that Jesus is IN,
Christ is Anu-Christ. A Unitarian
isn't even in the Church of God.
Some O. these old Unitarians hav,
been worryin' because ] don't motto,
EN-. But just wait awhile"
I'm The middle of an eXpository pas
sage knockers" were suddenly re
momberod.
'lf there's one class of man I des
pise, it's the man who throws into hi
teeth the past life of another"
Plenty of seats were TO be had il
tho tabernacle yesterday afternoon
the cold weather apparently keepinl
many at home. The great structur
q was warm and comfortable. however
the corridor surrounding il bein
heated with old-fashioned coal stoycs
= and the air within was neither chill
h nor stagnant
a l1ighty-three persons hit the trai
b yesterday Afternoon; among tho frs
half dozen or so was newspaper
man. the first recorded during tn
campaign I'm reply 90 a question n
said he represented a New York dail
, paper. and had been i'm Philadelphi
as its correspondent for some day
past. Yesterdays sermon was to
much for him and he came quietl