Evening journal., 1915-02-06
sunday invites
satan TO LOOK
Strenuous Evangelist Re-
peats Belief in Physical
Coming OF Christ
STUDENTS WITH
OTHERS HIT TRAIL

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PHILADELPHIA. Pa. Feb. c.
Leaning far out over the edge of his
rostrum in the attitude Of a gargoyle
ON church steeple. Billy Sunday last
night shouted down through the saw
dust floor into imaginary depths OF
hell invited the devil to come up from
the neither world and gaze upon your
work" among the people of Philadel-
phia and the placid audience Of his
tabernacle.
This came as a climax TO the second
preaching Of the eyangelist's sermon
upon the Second Coming of Christ -
and received the tribute OF the audi
ence to the extent Of four hundred and
siXty-thrce trail-hitters, fifty OF them
students OF the Pennsylvania Military
Academy at Chester, Pa, who filed in
body down the golden path Of
glory from their reservation at the
side OF the great building. One hum
drcd and cighty-two hit the trail at
the afternoon service
The evangelist last night reiterated
his belief In the physical second conf
ing of Christ upon earth, in the Millen-
mum. and in the Antichrist, who, ac-
cordng to his reading Of the New Tos-
lament, is 90 represent as a living
personality, the more modern forms
of experimental religion Christian
Science. Ethical Culture. New Thought
and the like.
That Christ. and not God. will sit
in Judgment upon the world at this
time. was declared by the evangelist,
and criticisms TO the effect that the
preaching OF a second coming IS per
uicious" we're characterized as non
sense.
God isn't going TO judge anybody,
said Sunday. "Jesus is going to judge
this world And I'm going TO sit ON
ono of the thrones with the Lord. ]
don't know which, but it's going TO
be one of them"
Another almost uncomfortable
crowd assailed e-doorkeepers of the
tabernacle last night and hundreds
had to be turned away for lack OF
room. Women tainted in the crowds
which surrounded the various doors,
and were treated at the hospital or
removed by friends. Although every
effort was made to accommodate the
throngs. and the utmost patience was
shown by the police in handling them.
the capacity OF The building was not
equal TO the demands upon it.
To give the public "a chance, few
reservations were made last night.
Each one. however, paid TO the evan
gelist some special tribute; the usual
alr 90. a
up at the rear of the stage, and the
donors of each requested TO stand ur
and show themselves ia receiving his
ihauks. With these he declared that
-the present revival was attracting az
much attention in the regilious world
as the great international war was IN
the world of temporal things.
Allusion 10 the war led the evan
gelist TO assert his own neutrality in
the conflict:
"I've said nothing about the war
situation in private or In public,
said he. "and I never WILL
Sunday last night appeared almost
excessively nervous, but he stated
and re-stated his convictions with un-
failing energy. Unlike Dante. who
left Ia the middle of his inferno a
pleasant green space for the great
pagan philosophers. Sundays cos
mogony left little hope for the 1900
600, 600 living inhabitants of the World
and the innumerable dead ones who
did moi profess Christ.
"The Day of Tribulation may breal
upon you tonight. 1t will be worst
than the Flood it will be worse thar
the bondage IN Egpyt; Il Will b'
worse than the destruction OF Jeru
salem. when men, women and chill
dren were torn pieces; 1t will b'
worse than the night i'm Rome whel
the Christians were wrapped in pitcl
and made to serve as torches 10 II
iumine the way for the terrible
chariots of Nero. the damned: 10 vii
Dc worse than the destruction of tn
.Aztecs under Cortez: It viii be wors
than the French revolution. when
harlot was placed upon the throne o
France"
The temptauoH TO give the Unitar
ians q "swipe" was apparently to
great.
''1here won't be Unitarian 20 "a
to meet Christi you can depend upo
that Nobody can be member of th
BODY of Jesus Christ that repudiatf
His divinity"
lrec-Nill was for once forsaked tc
lebatable ground
~cod knew before came here th