Evening journal., 1915-03-22

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contempt.
mount the platform. despite the beck
oning of Sunday, the cheering con-
tinued Mr.. Wanamaker stood upon
chair and waved greeting. Finally
Sunday called to MA" and she
mounted to his side. To her. as well
as to the other members Of the party.
the crowd expressed its appreciation
the revivalist.
At the evening meeting, as at the
others held yesterday, Sunday an
bounced his decision not TO accept one
dollar OF the collection other than
checks of the contribution envelopes.
The total cash collection, amounting
TO S2,S95.73 will be contributed to
! charity The checks and envelope
offerings totaled S1.061.71. This brings
the "thank Offering" OF this city 10
Sunday up TO total of $52.19S.O2
Checks for this amount we're turned
over to Sunday before he left the city
last night
Campaign Is Lauded.
Prior 10 the sermon by Sunday last
night, "Rody." DR.. Buckley. DIR. Dewey
and others spoke of the success Of
the campaign. DR. Buckley declared
that the advent of Sunday has created
new atmosphere of moral things,
\ new emphasis upon the teachings of
Christ He said:
"As the representative of the near
I ly 400 churches under whose auspices
this campaign has been held, I wish
to say how much we appreciate and
b, how greatly we are indebted to Sun
/, day for his work. IL is far beyond
any gift that we can make TO him,
I, and 1t will be cherished as one of the
!, great memories Of our lives"
!. New standards had been introduced
10 the preachers by the movement.
he declared. and while many had been
found wanting. this was now a thing
OF the past. Referring to the effect
/ of the movement, he said:
MARK you. If the Legislature pass
ed the Local option bill no one viii
be able TO estimate the effect on the
vote which has gone out from this
campaign
Foss Lauds Evangelist.
Cyrus ID. Foss. secretary TO Mayor
Blankenburg, expressed on behalf of
: the city the appreciation of Mr.. Sun
days work. He said:
1--WE arc gathered to say goodbye TO
a man who stands deep In our hearts,
who is the friend of about 100000
Philadelphians. He chose a queer way
TO gain our friendship for he trampled
on our prcjudiccs, he exposed our
sins TO our own consciences. he drove
the sharp arrow of conviction into
our hearts. am one of those who
while confessing TO be a church mem-
Der yet have been unworthy.
IF l had had sufficient manhood /
would have come down the trial |
owe a debt of gratitude as do many,
to Mr.. Sunday for the work OF the
past eleven weeks. Philadelphia to-
! day is a different city from what II
was last December"
AS soon as the trail hitting began
Mr.. Foss climbed from his seat upon
the platform and took his place in
the line which fled past Billy. Then
from the front row of the penitents
, benches he watched the proceedings
Sunday worked a charming rus,
upon his four audiences. During eacl
service "a member Of the local com.
I, mittee went to the rostrum and an.
/, nOunced that final collection. TO b,
added to the evangelists thank-offer
' ing, would be taken up. Rev GeOrg,
II. Buckley, Joseph NJ. Steele and BoT
D T. Welsh were selected as the goats.
: Dr. Buckley made a humorous pies
that all who hadn't contributed to IN,
eyangelist's offering might wish I,
have a last chance: Mr.. steele declar
cd the people OF Philadelphia weren'
! quite satisfied with the amount the,
had given him, and Mr.. Welsh advised
the women 10 go down In their pock
cts, as they could find them better
than men.
After the collection in each case hat
been taken up. Sunday announced thai
{ he would not touch a cent Of tn,
;. money turned in, retaining onl,
e checks or envelope contributions
:, Everything else. he declared. would gc
4 to local charity. philadelphia, no
z Belgium" added he. The statement
n was in each case greeted with franti,
z cheers. Nine hundred dollars was col
IS lected at the first service. $500 at tn
n second and estimates place the tota
IS at between $1,000 and $4,000.
N Philadelphia has given me all / cal
't A'Nf noiN 0uhAd1t anu you nave boo
and needy people OF your own TO loo
N after"
a. Crush at MOmen's Service.
lg A dangerous-looking crush resulte
Is At the women's service Women tough
H. scratched and kicked one another IA
lr a while. until they found they had
r. use what energy and breath they ha
a left 10 gain access 10 the buildin
n and the seats. The tabernacle wa
is hlled within seven or eight minut,
ne after the doors were opend
a. IL then occurred 10 the committe
r. as the crowd kept on piling up. tn,
n. II might be a wise plan to leave tR
IS. or three hundred men in the buildin
es TO take control in case anything hal
a. pencd. Lingerers in the place. theri
10 fore. we're not elected. Tniforme
rs nurses had already been stationed
n various parts OF the building. an
ID everything was ready for emergency
Hundreds we're accommodated bl
s. meath the pitch Of the built-up choh
r strueiure-as many as could be Al
mitted without blocking the aisle