Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-05-28
OMAHA NO WORSE
THAN OTHER CITIES
Billy Sunday Says Stories About City
Being More Wicked Are All
Pure Bunk.
TO RETURN IN SEPTEMBER

Say for me that all these stories
about Omaha being more wicked, or
worse than other cities are pure
bunk and that there is no truth H.
hem. Then ray that the devil is busy
all the time-twenty-four hours
.-,u 60. IN Ike cast he sticks up
lis head through Unitarianism, aad
"A the west he sticks up his head
through the saloons and the liquor
traffic, remarked Billy Sunday yes
terday morning.
Billy Sunday has closed his meetings
In the east and is now enroute to his
fruit farm in the Hood river valley.
oregon. where with Mrs. Sunday he viii
reinsin until September. when he will
etart east on what he calls his cam
paign against tie devil" Omaha being
the first city where meetings will be
held.
Coming from the east on Northwestern
Union Pacific No. II. Mr.. Sunday was
met at the Union station by g.. =. Bailey.
state secretary OF the Young Mems
Christian association. Rev. II. h. specr.
pastor Of the Central United Presby ter
ian church; Rev. r. T. Rouse. pastor OF
the FIRST CONGREGATIONAL: G. r. Fisher,
pastor OF the Dundee Presbyterian; Il. ID.
wead ana r. II. Chlckerman, laymen.
who constitute n portion Of one OF the
committees to arrange for the coming
Of the evangelist
Rapid Fire TaIker.
Mr.. Sunday occupied a compartment
in one OF the sleepers and there the
committee met him. and during the NJ
teen minutes that he remained In Omaha
he did lot OF rapid fire talking ana al
the same time told the committee what
he wanted done. saying:
Joe Spies, my architect. will be hero
in August TO commence work on ths
tabernacle. When he comes | want you
20 have everything ready for him to &c
10 work. He viii have the plans fol
the construction and he will want Il
start work at once. He will employ unior
labor and the construction will be rushed
30 that when ! arrive there will he notlp
ing remaining but for me TO step into
the building and commence the meetings
The tabernacle will be similar TO thos,
In other cities. Plans are the fane a,
those for all the other tabernaclcs
though some are larger. while others ar,
smaller fancy that here we Will hav,
pretty good sized one. / want you Il
have everything ready for me, for I viii
not have any time to look after details
Advance work Done.
Asking what was done to work up 10.
terest In the meetings. members of IN.
committee told Mr.. Sunday that prayer
meetings were being held. the city d.
vided into work districts and that four.
teen committees we're at work, all re.
porting to a generei committee
That looks good" asserted Mr. Sun
day, and II looks as " Omaha was get.
ting ready 10 fight the devil on his owr
ground and help to carry on a vigorous
warfare. OF course. YOU understand thai
we want 10 make this a victorious fight
but in doing so. much depends upon you
You can make II victory. or you car
mako Il a defeat II Is all up to you
gentlemen.
II want you to understand that when
accepted the invitation to come to omahs
! turned down n dozen other cities tina
wanted the meeting. l had invitation
from clties Of $4,000 10 10000 lnhahItant
when decided to come 10 Omaha. Thes'
cities were Just az wicked as Omahe an,
the people were just as anxious for sal
walton. but felt II was my duty to COM
here.
Where 1 hold my meetings the ad