Evening journal., 1915-03-12
Gifts POUR IN
ON BILLY SUNDAY
Philadelphians Show Appre-
citation Of EvangeliSt'S
Work Among Them
TRAIL HITTERS
ON THE INCREASE

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, March l2.-Sixl
hundred and twenty -four patients we're
received by Billy Sunday at his two
services yesterday. Three hundred and
seyenty-One of these were men, accepted
at the evening service, which was held
for the sterner.s sex only; the remaining
two hundred and ffty-three, who hit thel
trail in the afternoon, were made up for
the most part of women.
Several hundred dollars in money and
checks were received by the evangelist
last night for his personal use.
Sunday preached again last night
upon "lhe AtOnement," the sermonI
upon this theme. delivered earlier in the
campaign, being repeated with all it's
original accompaniment of metaphoric
fire, smoke and lava. One of the largest
"houses" of his late campaign swelled
the tabernacle to hear him.
Last nights audience appeared to be
made up wholly of delegations. knights
Templar front various lodges, wearing
their full reealia, were given a large
section of the choir platform. Already
protesting Christians. none hit the trail
delegation from the b. & o. Railroad.
500 strong, was equally conspicuous by
virtue of size.
Veterans of the foreign wars, includ-
ing men who had served in the Boxer
troubles, in Mexico, in Cuba, the Phil
ippines, and in other places where the
Stars and Stripes have had to be car
ried. also sent large representation.
Both the railroaders and the former SER
vicemen took TO the trail freely. I'm ad-
dition 10 these, there were dozens OF
delegations from other sources, chiefly
from business houses and industrial es-
tsblshments,
Gifts Pour in for Evangelist.
The night was prolific in material as
we'll as in spiritual gifts TO the cvangel-
ist. Many of the delcgations-in fact
most Of them--brought him presents OF
some kind or other. Most of them con-
sisted of cut flowers, with money or
checks accompanying them in some way.
The Philadelphia Laundrymen's As
sociation, which when asked to name
its favorite hymn replied, Whittier
| Than the Snow" sent 800 with a
| humorous note in which il apologized
for its trade under the plea that
cleanliness was next to Godliness.y
and indorsed the evangelist's own
under the statement that soap and
starch would wash out shirts, but
not the human heart.
The b. and 0. men also dealt gem
orously, concealing within a great
bouquet of roses a purse OF gold,
They greeted Sunday and his party
/ with the yell:
"Oh, Oh, OH
B.-and-O.!
Safety firsti
We drink water
TO quench our thirst"
This was followed by vigorous
triple whoops for Sunday and for
MA"
A local leather company contributed
500 in a wallet OF its own manu-
| facture, and two checks for $50 each
soon followed. After the delegations
had been called, "Rody" asked If any
had been forgotten. II transpirod
| that one had, and that concealed in
the great bunch of roses il sent TO the
front was $50 in gold.
Weird things happened at the af-
ternoon service. In the silence which
J settled over the tabernacle as faint
I ing woman was carried out. the
| evangelist took his audience TO task
| for watching the operation instead of
listening to his own words. Shutting
up his sermon book, he sat down with
] It disgustedly in his chair at the
rear of the platform.
Suddenly-from nobody knew where
the figure of young man was seen