Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-05-24
PATERSON BIDS
BILLY SUNDAY A
FOND FAREWELL
Thousands Line Streets as the
Evangelist Leaves After Seven
Weeks Campaign.
From a STAFF Correspondent.

fohA ~ 1ihn correspondents.
PATERSON, May 24.-Paterson to-
day bid farewell to Billy Sunday, the
evangelist, who last night completed
a seven weeks revival in the big
wooden tabernacle in Broadway. At
his temporary home in Park avenue
all was hustle and hustle this morn
ing. Befores9 o'clock a crowd began
to collect near the home ready to give
the evangelist final reception before
he left on his way to the West, and
at noon the street was black with
people, hundreds of whom had been
Won to God by the stirring appeals
of the man.
AS the various trunks and boxes
were taken from the house to wait
ing vans those in the street would
surge forward, anxious to lend
hand to help the man who had helped
them. The police detailed at the
house were kept busy opening a lane
for the trolley cars and wagons to
pass through. Everybody was good
natured, however and the officers
had no difficulty in keeping order.
Three Cheers for Sunday.
When Billy and the members of his
party appeared on the front porch
just before entering the autos which
were to take them to Newark the
crowd sent up three cheers for the
evangelist, and then as one person
rushed forward to say last personal
farewell.
Billy smiled with delight and waved
his hands to all, calling a 'good-by
and God bless you as he entered his
car. The people crowded about the
machine, many reaching in to shake
hands with Billy. The aid of the
police was necessary before a way
could be cleared for the auto to start
on it's journey. Hundreds of persons
ran after the cars for some distance,
shouting a final good-by and good
luck, and they last they saw of Mr..
Sunday was when he stood in the
machine and waved back a farewell
to them. The evangelist stopped at
the City Hall for a few minutes,
where he bid good-by to the min
listers, city officials and crowd OF
many hundreds.
All through the city as the cars
passed crowds stood on the edge of
the sidewalk and cheered and waved
good-by to Mr.. Sunday. Even though
the outlying towns the word of his
coming had gone ahead and crowds
collected to see and cheer him on his
way All through 1t was an ovation
for Billy and the work that he had
done in his seven weeks in Paterson.
Following the close of the meeting
last night the word went out that
Mr.. Sunday was to be serenaded at
his home. A big crowd made it's way
Quietly to the East Park avenue resi-
dence and then the hymns that have
echoed through the tabernacle for al
most two months were heard again.
Billy was on the third floor receiving
a draft for $4,000 VIXEN the first notes
Of the hymn reached him. Dropping
all business he hurried over to win
dow and stood there for over five
minutes while the crowd below sang
lynn after hymn.
5eaning out of the window, the
evangelist called to them good night
and then returned to his business,
which was quickly ended, and very
tired man. he climbed into bed, but
1t was almost half hour later before
the last group of singers had gone
from in front of the Sunday home.
In Paterson Fifty Days.
Billy's stay in Paterson was fifty
DAYS, and in that time he has collect
ed S61, ,741.49. OF this sum $31, ,4S2.1
WeHI lOI campaign S-APSiit7So' P't@oo.'p
was for charity and $25,O00 for the
evangelist. He has won through the
sawdust trail $1,000 converts, while
$4,000 persons have shaken his hand.
During his campaign in the city
500, 900 persons have heard him in the
tabernacle.
Sunday will preach in Bethany
Church, which John Wanamaker at
tends, in Philadelphia, this afternoon.
He leaves for Oregon tonight and ex-
poets to be at his Hood river ranch
next Saturday. MA" has already
gone with the small Sunday boys to
her daughters home in Sturgis, Mich.
Paterson is the last work of the
season for Sunday. He will rest until
the autumn, when he opens cam
paign at Omaha, early in September.
In November and December he will
he in Syracuse; in January and Feb
ruary, 1916. in Trenton; in March and
April of that year in Baltimore. He
is dated for Boston and Providence
in the fall of 1916 and Chicago in
January, 1917,
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