Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-01-25
BILLY SUNDAY MEETS
WORKERS IN MILL

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speaking to the men, Sunday shouted,
with all the power OF his piercing voice:
81 tell you, gentlemen OF Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania blot on the map when
It comes to the whisky proposition"
And after he had yelled this sentence
there went up long, loud cheer that
made tho rough pillars and rafters Of
tho tabernacle tremble, The evangelist
waved for silence. but for almost half
a minute his audience kept on cheering
and applnudng. When there was quiet
he continued
~ tell you Pennsylvania Is the worst
whisky-domnAted state In the Union"
Then came another burst of applause,
at the close OF which "Billy" said: "rhe
reason you haven't got laws to prohibit
the liquor traffic In Pennsylvania like
you've got to prohibit murder. stealing
and seduction is because you've got
lot Of politicians who are just pawns on
the chessboard OF that filthy liquor gang"
And again there was n cheer.
The preacher made n strong appeal 10
the clerbymen and church members 10
practice what they preach and to help
bring Pennsylvania into the dry"
columns $50 that her name may be
cleared OF the stain that has come upon
It through the liquor made laws" stand
on the pulpit, BILLY" waved his arms
and declared:
when Pm through with Philadelphia
you can take me to the Schuylkll or the
Delaware and after tying "A milestone to
my neck, drop me overheard When the
water covers me you can say there goes
a man who wasn't afraid 10 tell the
truth And / intend to keep on telling
tho truth so long as God gives me breath
to preach His word'
CHALLENGES HIS AUDITORS.
Once in the evening sermon Sunday
again swayed the great thrOng OF men
when he jumped TO the top Of the pulpit
and fired this challenge into the faces
OF the audience:
mo man alive can say that / preach
from the pulpit anything | don't practice
in my life. | defy the whole gang!"
And then followed more cheering, He
had the audience with him both during
the afternoon and evening. for he was
keyed up TO his highest pitch, and his
acting aroused great enthusiasm. once,
I'm order to illustrate a point In his ser
mon, he plunged 10 the sawdust aisle In
the front OF the platform, taking the
seven feet at a single leap
This incident occurred when BILLY was
explaining the need OF men becoming
active in the interests OF all that is good.
Some of the kind he has designated as
being "better dead than alive"
"What that kind OF men should do"
ne yelled '1s TO go down to the river and
get aboard a ferryboat and ride out 10
the middle OF the river Then they ought
10 dive into the middle OF the river,
shouting as they go over the rail. Here
goes nothngr" " AS he said these words
The evengellst took the leap, landed In
the sawdust on his feet and then trotted
up the steps and continued TO throw his
hot-shot into the devil.
His talk on 1.-THE DEVILS Boomerang;
or. Hot Cakes on the Grlddle," was a
plain man-to-man talk. He talked Just
az plainly an though he were discussing
the subject with little circle In the back
room OF a pOolroom-a place where II ~
not considered bad form TO speak plain
Iy. In defense OF his unvarnished Ian
guAge, "Blly" said:
"There are too many tackasses VINO
can't find Il possible 10 talk TO men along
plain lines, and that's why ! have asked
YOU 10 come to the tabernacle" lie de-
| ned his critics to give single reason
| why he should not talk plainly 'when
| there are so few ministers who dare
| In his attack on the liquor business Ai
| Sunday was supported well by the ch"lf
| ana audience, which Joined In singing me
| great "antl- booze song, DE Brewer
| BIE Horses Can't Run over Me" The
| evangelist became 50 enthussh Whsh ~, y.
| hIt the liquor topie that he almoAt iors9'
| 10 preach, according 10 sehedule' on mA
set subject.