Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-10-20
OFFERINGS FOR
SUNDAY TAKEN
IN TABERNACLE
Collections for Payment Of Billy"
Have Already Begun Instead Of
Waiting Until the Last
Day.
sPEER EXPLAINS CHANGED PLAN
Says Many Might Not Be Reached
if Opportunity Deferred Till
Next Sunday.
SAYS CAN'T REPAY EVANGELIST

Vengeance Is mine: will repay,
saith the Lord" BILLY" Sunday
quoted in the course of his sermon
yesterday afternoon and then he
added grimly; Just you watch the
Lord get busy on some OF the old
liars in Omaha that have been
maligning me. Just mark down their
names and watch them drop out"
The offerings for "Bllly" were
started yesterday instead Of being
confined TO the services next Sunday.
Envelopes we're distributed through
out the audience and many checks
and pledges placed in these envelopes
will go to BILLY"
This is done because many arc hero
today who will not he able TO be hero
next Sunday Rev. Hugh II. Speer said
In speech explaining the plan for get
ting together the evangelist's compensa-
ton. 1--WE can't repay Mr., Sunday IN
mere dollars and cents for the wonder
full regeneration he has brought 10 Omaha
and this money will be not so much an
offering to MIR, Sunday as n thank offer
ing to God that we have been privileged
to have him here"
Billy preached on the promises of
God to his people and how they take
away the sting of all troubles II people
will but accept them. The sermon
bristled with score of verses containing
definite promises to all who will believe
M
II was an optimistic sermon and not
without its humorous touches that set
the audience In ripples and gales of
laughter.
Read your Bibles" he said, "and see
the promises. Some OF you never open
them except to fill in the famny record
with births or deaths. You lose your
specs and can't find them and there
they are. six months later. in the Bible"
FriEhten wife with Kiss.
Again. he spoke OF cheerfulness. Go
home..' has said,, land speak kindly to
your wife. Kiss her; never mind II Il
does frighten her at first. Why. II some
OF you old devils would go a day without
cussing your wife she'd think you were
sick"
Worry. he characterized as not only
foolish and life-sapping, but 'as big n
sin as stealing chickens"
"Worry Great Caesars ghostF' he ex-
claimed. What dreadful thingl You
worry about everything, like the old
woman who said, L feel bad when feel
good because know I'll feel bad again.
Some people worry because they think
the Germans are going to lick us. They
haven't got enough people over there
altogether. including the Japs. to lick this
bunch. Calamity howlers Rely on the
promises OF God. Don't worry In time
OF trouble. Don't throw away your ticket
when the train goes into a tunnel. It'll
come out again all right. Some people
go round with face so long they could
eat oatmeal out of gas pipe"
Responsive Reading Useless.
Faith. reliance on the promises and
having the Spirit OF God, he said. are
requisites. Singing and going through
responsive reading are of no avail. he
declared.
Responsive readingp he exclaimed.
They just drone through 1t. What good
does II do them7''
The audience was large for an after
noon service, numbering about 1900 A
collection for the International Evangel-
istic ass0ciation OF which Mr.. Sunday is
an officer, was taken.