Evening journal., 1915-02-18
ASKS RAILROADERS
TO Speed TO God.
After Sermon PennSy Men
Present Chest of Silver
10 Sunday
TALKS TO WOMEN
ON LIQUOR SUBJECT

PHILADELPHIA. Pa, Feb 49,
Full speed ahead for God"
This, one of the latest rhetorical
creations OF Billy Sundays mind. was
flung out across the big tabernacle
last night to thousands OF cmployo os of
lhe Pennsylvania Railroad and by
hundreds Of them adopted as their
motto of spiritual safety.
To revert to the language of the
evangelist. he set the scmaphorc for
safety. cleared the track for Christ.
and opened wide the throttle OF re-
ligion and turned the faith of a vast
following toward Heaven.
The meeting was one of the most
remarkable OF any held throughout
the entire campaign. Long before
sunday appeared on the rostrum. the
large building was crowded TO its ca
pacity and finally the police were
I forced TO turn away thousands of men
and women who arrived in numbers
1 great enough TO FIJI another iabcr-
nacle the same size.
/ The red danger signal Of the road
was nowhere In evidence. In his
/ sermon Sunday had TO deal principal
/ ly with the green signal OF caution
and finally at the close opened the
way for the conversion of tho large
audience by raising the white safety
I signal and switching the entire body
on the main track towards life OF
truth. peace and fear in God.
556 Hit Trail.
With only few exceptions the 321
persons who professed their faith in
Jesus Christ and promised TO live bet
ter lives at the close OF the meeting
by grasping the hand of the evangel-
ist, were employees OF the railroad.
Four women were among them.
During the afternoon sermon the
call for trail hitters was responded TO
by 229 persons. tho majority Of them
women. after Sunday had completed
his famous sermon on the liquor busi-
ness. Nearly $4,000 men, women and
children have promised Sunday to live
cleaner. better lives since the cam
paign opened
The railroad men. marching eight
abreast and nearly 1,1O0 deep. formed
at six O'Clock last night at City Hall
and proceeded from there TO the tab.
ernacle. accompanied by a large band
I Nearly all wore the red, white anC
green badges Of the railroad and occu.
pied reserved sections in the place.
When the evangelist and Mrs. Sun
day entered the tabernacle the large
wooden structure shook with thl
cheers of the men.
4 "Rahl Rail- Rahl
Here we are.
, oo-chOo-choO-choo,
= "P. r. r.
r. This cheer completed with III
4 name OF the evangelist. his wife, q
other members OF the Sunday part.
sounded again and again before th
o close Of the meeting.
n Give Evangelist Silver Chest.
4 As a token Of their esteem and AZ
I probation. the men presented Rev
, and Mrs. Sunday with large chest O
: silver. each article marked with th
I seal OF the company by which the
! are employed.
! Although no collection was to hav
been taken az the meeting. the men a
ia body requested that the ushers wal
/ upon them, with the result that nearl
$4,000 was obtained to aid the Societ
for Organizing Charities.
Opposes Sundays Plan.
Liquor suffered TO a certain extent
the tabernacle during the afternoo
when Billy pounded the traffic and ga,
his opinion Of lis results with speei.
i. reference TO the plan advanced to rein
, burse the saloon owners.
Directly he attacked the plan of
Clarence Gibboncy, president of the la
and Order Society, TO reimburse u
people now in the business II il is take
away from them by law. Recently NJ
Gibboney offered to meet the evangelii
in public debate on the question, bl
received no response TO his communici
tion. Sunday declared yesterdays
There is no more reason for rein
bursting the hcllish rum business tina
in rcimbursing nighwaymen and thug
! Whiskcy is all right in its place, and i
!, place is in hcll. That's where Pm tr,
,, ing to put IT,"
Prohibition he classed as questic
of good citizenship and not only one
religion. When praying at the close
! the address he asked that Goycrn'
{ Brumhaugh be aided by the people
7 the state TO establish local option
, every community, giving the people
right TO settle the question for then
= selves. The club women he told TO woi
! for the issue and not allow cvcrythir
G 10 rest on the shoulders of the Women
Christian Temperance Union.
Several times during the address
= was interrupted by applause from q
r women and few men scattered amor
= them. At ono time he lost patient
when several of the audience started
walk out He stopped preaching ar
directed the choir TO sing. He TN,
- yelled for all who were tired 10 lea'
!. the structure.
4 When the evangelist pleaded with Il
q women to help him drive the liqu
; business from the country. adding for
2 TO his talk by explaining several /
y stances which he had encountered. maj
faces became streaked with tears Sc
cral women tainted, either from em
tion or ventilation. or lack of a., duri
f. the afternoon.
H. Eleven urchins from the sire
et shared the rostrum with Sunday
st ono time during the sermon. playing
d. silent but important part The eva
golist, waving an American flag ov
- his head. yelled defiance TO the liQu
p business. while pointing his hand
n the group OF smiling. roughly-cli
\ youngsters lie said
ID 81 don't know who these kids an
They came in here TO listen to my tal