Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-05-21
SUNDAY FIGHTING ON,
DESPITE WEAKNESS
Pale and Worn Out, Evangelist
Continues Struggle in Taber-
nacle at Paterson.
BIZ a stnn corresrondent

PATERSON, n j., May 2t.-white al
a sheet, his every gesture showing his
exhaustion, Sunday started his sermon
mo Second Chance" in the tabernacle
this afternoon, preaching to an audience
that. despite a heavy rain, filled almost
every seat in the building.
Although he had wanted to sleep all
morning, sleep had been denied him, for
his wife and other members of the party
had been busting all over the house pack
ing up In readiness for departure
Sunday showed distinct nervous and
physical weakness at last nights service,
when he prayed Lord, I'm tired. I'm
all played out. Lord, help me to finish"
Nervous, fractions, irritable, he cut his
sermon short, having lost his lines a
dozen times at least in his prepared text.
a strange announcement was made by
campaign secretaries at the tabernacle
with regard to the trail hitters " cards,
12.3l2 of which have been signed by con-
verts in the seven weeks Of the cam
paign More converts, the cards show,
have given the Roman Catholic Church
as their preference than any of the evan
gelical churches uniting In the cam
paign. The Roman Catholic total far eN-
ceeds that of Presbyterian, Baptist or
Methodist denominations.
At noon today Arthur II. Dey, treas
urer of the campaign committee, said
that 200 personal checks totallng $1,000,
had been received towards the free-will
Offering to be made Sunday in payment
for his work in this city. Amounts col
lected ii the envelopes at the tabernacle
are not made public. Checks sent Mr..
Sunday direct at his home amount to
little more than $50.
The exact amount Sunday will receive
will be announced at the tabernacle at
the final service there, on Sunday night.
and a draft for the total handed Billy"
who will take it with him when he leaves
for Philadelphia on Monday.
AS at present planned, the evangelist
will board the train at Newark, Monday
morning, which will land him In Broad
street station at noon. The plan is SUBJ
ject to change. since BILLY" has been in
vited to address the Newark Business
mems Association at luncheon.
His Philadelphia program calls for a
call on John Wanamaker and two SER
mons at Bethany Chapel. Monday night.
He VIII leave for his Winona Lake bunga-
low that same night, on the 1880 express
from Broad street station. Although the
party isn't saying much about 1t.
1t is evident they anticipate a rouslnE
welcome on their return to Philadelphia
the city of their greatest triumphs
Rhodeheaver, 1t was announced today,
VIII spend next week and the week fol-
lowing In Philadelphia, conducting vari-
Gus revival meetings. Some time In July
he will be at Ocean Grove. N. j., con-
Quoting the chorus there. Cardiff Is to
remain in Paterson an extra week, talk
ing in the mills and making side trips
to speak to the convicts at Sing Sing
prison and to the down-and- cutters at
the Bowery missions.
A campaign to raise s125,OO0 for the local
Y. M. c. A. started moving today, and
Rhodeheaver fired the first gun at a
luncheon In the Christian Association
The first week in June Walter NJ Wood
executive secretary of the Central Branch
n Philadelphia, will be here to help
out in the campaign.