Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-03-06
STUDENTS CHEER
"BTLLY" SUNDAY


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live forever. The Bible says heaven or
hell, so why do you resist?
Religion was the first need Of the
world he continued. Religion will he
your last hope In your dying hour. When
you lie down to die you won't care about
your money or the things you have
priced. You will crave for assurance that
you are saved. Don't be hoodwinked.
Believe and you will never say you are
an alien TO God"
In closing he made an earnest plea FOR
his hearers to come forward and profess
their faith In Jesus Christ
Now it's up to you" Billy shouted.
"On the Judgment Day the Lord will
array the blessed on His right and the
damned on His left 1t is up to you to
say where you will stand. BY your voice
you can fix your eternal destiny with
the saved, or can make yourself one Of
the lost and 20 to hell What do you
say? Come and give me your hand
young people; do 1t today while you are
young and give the best Of your life
to Him. There are few who find saliva
tion after they reach their declining
years"
Billy began his activities this morn
ing, when he addressed 400 employees of
the Reach sporting goods factory at Tulip
and Palmer streets. He was at home
in the "baseball atmosphere" as he
termed it. and was enthusiastic in his
praise of the part the men and women Of
the plant played in making possible what
he declared to be one OF the finest sports
ever devised.
"A good many people don't realize what
n fine lot of people there are in the fac
tories of our country" he said In the
course of his address, ~ tell YOU the
working classes are the malnstay of
nation, and without it no country could
last very long"
When informed that the company was
forwarding dozen OF Its finest baseball
bats and balls to Winona Lake. Ind, to
his two young sons, Mr.. Sunday replied.
o.'Well, they'll he appreciated all right.
Those Youngsters are crazy over the
game, and the youngest one seems to
be pretty good. lie has the wing, you
know. You can always tell n baseball
man by that"
After Mr., Sunday had completed his
address, Mr.. Welsh and Jack" Cardiff
spoke on various phases of the revival
work being conducted in this city.
Sunday dedicated big motor ambu-
lance to be used in the European war
zone this morning before going TO the
Reach factory. In his dedication address
no depicted the horrors of war and
prayed that the vehicle might bring much
relief to suffering and dying soldiers.
The ceremony took place in the pres
ence of large delegation of prominent
society people and representatives of the
Emergency Aid Committee, in the head
quarters OF the Buick Motorcar Com
pany, 235 North Broad street, 1t was
very Impressive,
The ambulance will be sent to the
American Ambulance Hospital in Paris
by the British Relief Committee of the
Emergency Aid. II was bought by the
committee with the proceeds from the
sale OF a car given 10 Mrs. Bessie Dojson
Altemus after the "Made-in n-AmeriCa"
bazaar last December. Mrs. Altemus and
Mrs T. Burd Grubb were among those
present at the dedicatory exercises this
morning.
There has never been a car OF the
same kind shipped TO the war zone. it
is said. This ambulance is a miniature
hospital IL has capacity for six wound
ed. seats for physicians and nurses, and
is equipped with cases, closets and hos
pital supplies.
Although he had tooth drawn shortly
after midnight. the evangelist was feeling
fne this morning, and is in trim for his
strenuous work today, and tomorrow
Policeman Bradley, the old-time baseball
player and friend of billy" who guards
Door No at the tabernacle, was a guest
with the evangelist at breakfast today
The sermon this afternoon will be for
high school students. and ii Is expected
that tho meeting will be one OF the most
since the campaign opened,
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