Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1915-05-08
By Randolph E. Brown

Billy Sundays text to special meet
mo of high school students at the
Paterson Tabernacle Friday nght'
April 30.
Mr.. Sunday had set aside this even
ing to speak to the boys and girls
from the various high schools IN TINS
section of New Jersey. Each school
had section reserved for 1t, and
with the various factions thus bunch
ed. there was plenty of good, con-
centrated cheering. The big audi
forum. which is supposed to hold
about 5000 people, was taxed to the
limit, and at least 5000 must nave
made themselves small and squeezed
into the building.
The house was we'll filled at seven
O'Clock. and from then until 7:55,
when Mr.. Sunday began his sermon,
the cheering was incessant. Brother
Rodeheaver, or "Rody," as he is more
commonly known, received the hrst
of the cheers. Each school in turn
barked out it's greeting to him.
"Rody" is trombonist extraordinary,
leader of the choir, and general
master of ceremonies. Billy himself
came in about 1870, and the ovations
he received were enough to carry
away the roof The business OF the
evening started seriously then.
"Rody" opened up by asking the
representatives of each school to stand
up as he called for them. Of course,
no school could stand up and not
cheer both Billy and "Rody," so there
were more school yells for another
twenty minutes. When he called out
Englewood, the forty from that school
stood up and gave the sharp, stacatto,
"Rex, Cock" for Billy, and the long,
rumbling, "Boom, Chick-a-Boom" for
"Rody."
When Paterson High was called
for. the students sprang very orig
inal cheer for Billy:
"MONDAY,
TUESDAY,
WEDNESDAY,
THURSDAY,
FRIDAY,
SATURDAY,
SUNDAY. SUNDAY, SUNDAY :! ~
A few announcements followed,
among them being notice OF the
Paterson High School-Newton High
School baseball game the next morn
ing. Mr.. Sunday, after much urging
from the Paterson students, agreed TO
return to his first love and umpire
few innings.
Mr.. Rodeheaver then held up an
enormous bunch of carnations, ana
read a letter from the teachers OF
Paterson High School which accom-
named it. The flowers were beng
presented through Billy Sunday to ~
Rhinehart, the Principal OF the Hlgh
School, who was absent on account
Of illness. "Rody" spoke a few APP
propriate words, and then Billy took
his place and made an announcement
in regard to his services which were
to come. ,-
The famous ''tin-pan" offering was
then taken up. 1t was as systematic
a procedure as | have ever seen
There were boys with small pans lof
every two rows of the vast throhs'
After they had covered their territory;
thew stood at attention, ana poured
the contents of their plates INTO the
large pans of the head-ushers, VINO
walked. two in each aisle, down TO lne
platform. -, abs+ro
was present at the meeting, but
have forgotten which school IT came
from. They played an offertory
HYMN. and accompanied the cholr
and congregation in the singing OF
"16" and 80" the two hymns which
are sung invariably at every meetihs
in the Tabernacle.
Before / take up the sermon, !
would like to call attention 10 .he
big-lettered notices which were n, muhS
IN in the front of the building. mere
We're four of them: "NEW JEKSE4
FOR CHRISTI" GET RIGHT Will
COD" "CHRIST FOR NEW JEK.
SEY" and SAVED FOR SERVICE
These portray the spirit whlch per
vades the whole meeting. -
Mr.. Sundays talk was dlstinctly
evangelistic. He spoke about salva
ton and how to be saved. ana DIS
have stated, his text for TINS was. was,
whatsoever things are true, thinN
on these things" At this point the
ancient and the modern seemed
REGULARLY closely related. Paul send
mo the message of salvation to the
Philippians; Billy Sunday sending II
to the Americans: not much diifer-
ence, is there? , ,,n
Of course / could not take down MI
Sundays entire sermon word Tor
word, but l managed to get many
pithy paragraphs from it.
"All good things come to us DC
cause somebody has taken time to
think, and we get the benefit!
shouted Billy right at the start IN
the unfolding of his text. He urged
the young people before him to think,
plan, and save when young and
strong in order to escape poverty and
the devil when they grew old. tie
urged foresight in order that both
physical and moral safety might be
obtained; in short, the sermon might
be well summed up in the two words,
SAFETY FIRST"
Mr.. Sunday has the most wonder