Omaha daily bee., 1915-10-18
BILLY SWAPS
IMMENSE THRONG
WITH HIS APPEAL
Nearly Two Hundred Men Hit the
Sawdust Trail at the Afternoon
Meeting at Taber-
nacle.
STARTS OUT ON LAST WEEK
In His Morning Sermon Evangelist
Assails the Empty-Hesded
Society Woman.
NEXT SABBATH THE LAST DAY


Billy Sunday went after trail
hitters yesterday afternoon, and he
got them-197 of them. With every
appeal and every art which he knows
he created such an effect that the
entire audience of $500 men was
under his spell and one bearded man
past middle age was seized with a
temporary mania.
The man, who had been seated on
the platform, rushed up to Sunday
Just as the evangelist opened the
trail. He fell to his hands and knees,
his body twltching and shaking as
though in an ague, and his lips NUT
tering prayers.
Ushers took him in charge, over
came his desire to grovel on the floor
by placing him in chair and held
him fast until tho attack spent its
strength. In half an hour he had re-
covered.
The victim of "Billys" eloquence de-
rlined to give his name He said he was
member Of the Methodist church and that
he had hit the trail several days ago
start of Last Week.
"Ruly" was at his best yesterday. 1t
was the beginning OF the last week OF the
campaign and of what he hopes Will be
Che successful week IN point of number OF
trail-hitters.
His sermon was accompanied by all the
acrobatics which have made him fa-
NOUS and was 6 direct and powerful ap-
peal to sinners to be saved. II was en-
titled How To BE Less Than Man
1t appealed in turn to all the emotions
of men on which Sunday found 1t posi-
BILE to play.
do you want to know why lot OF
YOU fellows have not come down the
sawdust trail7'' he demanded. ITS be-
cause you're not man enough to do 1t.
You have not come down and shaken
my hand and gone out and told the world
you're a Christian, because you're not
man enough to do It,"
Not Man Enough to Re Chriztinn.
"I hurl it into your old teeth" he
shouted. you're not man enough to be
a Christian"
To be saved, BILLY" said, means to be
man.
IF you want to be less than man.
20 to hell" he told the audience. He also
said:
ITS a disgrace to your manhood that
men fill the haunts of vice while three
fourths Of the membership of the churches
are women.
'It is contemplate after man has
drained the cup of life to throw the
dregs in Gods face, but God is SO good
that he will take even the fragments
In the midst of pathetic story which
caused many to shed tears, BILLY" said;
"And he went from bad to worse and
from there to Chicago"
Attacks IngersOII.
BILLY" attacked Robert Ingersoll saw
agely. After describing him as man OF
supreme ability and genius he called him
nothing but mouthful of sWeetened
wind" and "a wrecker pure and simple"
He declared Ingersolls preachings OF
skepticism had done great harm and as
serted he would prefer being vile out
cast to being Ingerson.
Morning Service mt Tab.
when a girl lives for the vain flat-
terry of a thing we mistakenly call a
man, God pity her empty head full of
Rev William A. Sunday In his morning
sermon at the tabernacle.
ITO me the emptiest thing on earth
is the mere society woman, who lives for
frappes and dances"
Yet this was not frappe sermon, or
dance Sermon nor yet a society ser
mon. MIR. Sunday was preaching on the
subject of preparedness" one might
say-that is preparedness at ali times
10 give a reason for ones faith in Jesus
Christ. That material happiness cannot
bring peace, that wealth cannot bring
peace. that splendid equippages. costly
liveries, rich robes and flashing dia-
. nonds cannot bring peace to the soul
the evangelist pointed out with many a
rocket OF eloquence.
World Going Mad.
''The world is going mad today" he
said, looking for rest Of soul. II the
ratio of insanity keeps pace with the
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