Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-03-05
SUNDAY ASSAILS
EVOLUTION THEORY

Continued from Pnge Ono
Of them covered with tears, frightened
Smiles played around the corners of hun
dreds Of lips and there was n sigh OF sat
isfaction as he took his listeners into tn
cabin Of the old ship and let them lister
TO the evidence OF love and devotion
Nolan gave when he pleaded to hear al
about the rise and glory of the United
| states. Vividly the audience saw the tit
! tie American flag draped by the old mar
| round the portrait Of George washington
! and It seemed they could trace the crude
! lines Of the rough map Nolan had
| sketched to keep in his mind some faint
recollection OF the country he had dis.
owned
PLEADS FOR SPIRITUAL
At the conclusion of the dramatic re-
cital. Billy" jumped into the lesson OF
his sermon He compared the life OF
Nolan to that OF the man or woman who
refuses to acknowledge allegiance to the
realm OF the spiritual
"The average man looks after his cit
izenship in the material world fairly
we'll" he said, "as far as It applies to
temporal material personal qualification.
In the world of dust and dollars the aver
age man lives most OF his citizenship
This is all right A man should look well
after his citizenship in the world OF the
material II Is a good world 1t is the
best, | say II reverently, that even God
could make. 1t is not to be desplsed
and hurried through. But the man who
never gets beyond his cook, his tailor, his
barber, club or limousine is nothing but
refined animal.
There is the greater world of the spir-
itual, just as real as the world of the
material" continued Sunday. "The man
who ignores his citizenship in the world
of the spiritual and spends his time and
energy and his citizenship in the world
of the material is the consummate idiot
and fool OF the centuries"
Sunday asserted that "a man may
swear away his citizenship in the world
of the spiritual, by one dramatic act. as
Nolan did by his love of money, by his
love of lust by his unbelief or by allow
ing his spiritual nature tc lie dormant
so long that all the best in him is para
lyzed, so that he has no thoughts of God.
no prayer, no religious duties to per-
form"
In closing, the evangelist pleaded with
his audience to consecrate themselves to
Christ.
Whenever YOU cancel your citizenship
In the world of the spiritual you take the
crown from your brow, you dash the
scepter from your hand and stink back
with the rest of the brutes," he yelled
Christianity appeals to you to throttle
the animal In you and give the angel
4 chance 1t is an appeal for you to
pray TO recognize that you are a citizen
of two worlds to prepare you for your
citizenship In the world of the eternal
oy accepting Jesus Christ as your Sa-
Gour."
Crowds began to assemble at the
.abernacle this morning before o'clock |
N order to gain admittanCe for the |
afternoon meeting. Not since the early |
lays of the campaign has there been |
such rush o women in the early hours
,f the afternoon.
Tonight Billy" will preach n great
alvation sermon entitled What Must I
Do to BE SaVed?"
Tomorrow promises to be another great
lay for the young folk. Sunday has an
ounced that he would welcome the High
school students in the afternoon. Three
weeks ago, when the High School pupils
TENDED, more than 100 Northeast High
chool boys "hit the trail" in a bodv
nd hundreds of the young peonte
marched forward and assured the evan
elist that they would live for Christ
IS a result of the meeting, the Central
iish School men decided not to hold their
nnual dance. This is the first year in
ecade that 1t has been omitted.
That Sundays influence against the
quor business is bearing fruit is again
ldicated by q letter he received this
forming from the Philadelphia repre-
of New York liquor firm.
he writer Of the letter said he 'snit
ie trail' and is going to get out of /
le dirty business" He wrote the let
r on letter head of his firm which
ivertises various brands of whisky.
lie letter head.
Another letter received by the evan
Hist today conveys the information a
ON Thomas V. Booze. of 5l2l Folsom S
rect, West Philadelphia, that he and {
s wife have named an infant son "Wil- /
I'M Sunday Booze" Mr. Booze ex- r
esses his hope that the baby may grow ]
to be as good man as Mr. Sunday is, s
Following last nights meeting which I
rs attended by Mayor Blankenburg and b
Ore than $500 City Hall employees, a
Billy was surprised when a man who Il
d "hIt the trail" rushed up to the f
ltform. grasped the evangelists hand, b
d told him that he had come 3tOO miles
hear him. and that he would find a o
eek for $500 in the collection which he q
ntcd Sunday to use for himself q
The preacher extended his thanks An a
Ter check for $50 was presented to Mr.. Y
nday by the Associated Councils of ,,
> Royal Arcanum of Philadelphia, n
ich was represented by about 1902 q,
mbcns, The lodgemen also sent Billy q
beautiful new Bible ~
OVATION FOR MAYOR.
Iayor Blankenburg was given a great
luon'by the city employees when he
ived at the tabernacle. He was es- m
ted to the platform by James Quirk. 81