Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-01-09
THINK OF GOD
WHEN YOU SIN

expect good crop OF wheat n YOU do
rot r plow the ground and SOW the seed.
% hou nave never stood where you stand
today In the history of the world. Never
have you had so much behind YOU.
Never have you stood so near the grave
You never have had so much to be
thanktul Tor. You never have had so
much to regret. You never have had so
much to enlighten or disgrace you
There are times when all OF used to
have these thoughts take hold Of u.s.
stop and think, then take a new grip on
life.
VIII you make better use OF the future
than YOU have of the past? What have
YOU learned from your mistakes and your
piunders7 Are you going to keep on sim
ming the same old sng going to con-
tinue to be the slave of the same habits;
going to keep on stumbling over the Same
mines of opportunity and never pick up
nugget7
us GOD WITH Us7"
us God with us where we stand? Has
He brought US TO the place where we
stand2 Can you count on His help in
what you are dolng7 Think Of this when
you are about to go home, where no
child of God should be found dead-when
about TO do something that will not stand
the test of the Golden Rule-when you
are about to crowd some unfortunate to
the wall-when you are about to say
something about another that you know
is lie. Can you pray for God to help
you to do what you are doing with the
assurance that He will help you do It?
II that be true, then nothing on earth
can block you any more than the rush
Ing, unbrldged River Jordan could keep
the sons of Jacob out of the God-given
promised land7"
The pleasant weather Of the afternoon
and the half holiday attracted a great
thrOnR fahnrnnOln.
was again an inspiration to all who were
there, and "Rodey" kept everybody
happy until BILLY" appeared by guiding
them through those beautiful revival
songs
The advance guard of today's audience
at the BILLY" Sunday tabernacle sousht
to amuse themselves by whlstling anG
singing TITS a Long, Long Way to Tip
perary." Albert Peterson, of the evan
gelist's party, found a copy of the song
under the piano and started to experiment
with IL on the instrument. The first row
of the audience helped him out by whis-
Ting. Then the second and third rows;
finally all present were whistling and
hummlng the song.
As many proved that they were not
familiar with the air, Peterson left the
piano. He was coaxed to try 1t again, and
all went we'll until some old men, mistak-
ing the song for hymn, burst into it.
Peterson vainly tried to stop them.
Cheese 1t, 'Billy's' coming" someone
shouted, and that ended the concert.
"Great! Greatl Greatl Great!" was the
way Billy Sunday described the meet
ing, when he arose this morning. And,
while he smiled and talked to Ma" Sun
day and other members of his party and
newspaper men, he wrung his hands in
Joy over it's success.
Nothing else was discussed around the
breakfast table in the Sunday home, at
1914 Spring Garden street, for the party
had never before seen anything like last
nights meeting.
out when he fought the devil and all the
sins that are flouting into the faces of the
students of the country, he was feeling
immense" as he put 1t, when he had
finished his mornings mail and started
to meet his workers in conference.
The police told members of the Sunday
party that the crowd inside the taber-
nacle and the mob trying to beat its way
in from the four walls would have num-
bered 5000 men and women at one time
during the evening.
Following the conference with his as
sistants. Billy planned his topics for
tornorrows s meetings. He anticipates that
great throngs will be unable to gain adj
mission at each of the services. and plans
have been made to have members of the
Sunday party address overflow meetings
in nearby churches,
Tomorrow morning, at 10:30 o'clock, Mr..
Sunday will preach on the subject, "In
the Beginning God" His afternoon topic
at o'clock will be 1.-THE Hour Is Come"
and In the evening he will repeat the SER
mon of the afternoon
At the overflow meeting in the Spring
Garden Street Methodist Episcopal
T4IY oil oh will
preach; In the Spring Garden Street Bap-
list Church, William Stover Is to speak,
and in the Arch Street Presbyterian
Church an address will be made by Will
lam Asher.
other members of the Sunday party will
speak in churches throughout the city.
Mrs Sunday is to talk in the Frankford
Avenue Methodist Church. Miss Gene La
Monte will be at the Falls Of the Schuyl-
kill Baptist Church, Miss Frances Miller
Is scheduled to talk in the Oak Lane
Methodist Church, the Rev. Mr. Welch
will preach in the First United Presbyte-
rian Church, and other members OF the
party have been assigned as followsi
East Allegheny Avenue Methodist
Church, Mrs. William Asher; Beacon
Presbyterian Church. Miss Alice M. Gam
lin; Seventh United Presbyterian Church,
Miss Florence Kinney, and Dutch Re-
formed Church. Miss Rose Petterolf
Never In the history of Philadelphia has
there been such religious service as that
held in the tabernacle last night. While
10, 900 or more men and women were storm
ing the outside OF the big structure trying
to gain admittance. more than 10000 OF
the young men and women OF Philadel-
phia educational institutions were In
spired. interested, amused, enthused, en-
couraged or were made to feel ashamed
that they had been foolish, or sinned'
1t was a magnificent tribute to the
thrilling work OF the evangelist. That
great "bunch"-as Billy delights TO call
the University OF Pennsylvania students
led in the demonstration. But there was
not an institution OF higher education In
the city or for many miles around that
did not have its representatives In the
throng.
AN INSPIRING SCENE,
Banners of all colors were waved high
into the air, college musical clubs, the
ITnIyersity OF Pennsylvania hfe and drum
eorps and the glee clubs of many schools
and colleges played and sang stirring mu-
gic ana songs that made the rough rafters
and strong pillars in the taoernaeie
vibrate. -. A. -,
Cheer after cheer rose up from the null
titide OF happy youths and dri1ted our
through the ventilators ana eould De
bsard az far away as City Han.
T,na after time the cheer leaders from
-, ,.,,,sad tha 5000 or more men 10