The Washington times., 1915-01-17
THOUSANDS BRAVE
= STORM FOR SUNDAY

PHILADELPHIA Jan. 17.-'Chick-
ems Come Home to Roost' was tho
theme OF Billy Sundays sermon to men
in the tabernacle this afternoon. Thou
sands of his auditors have been In their
deats since o'clock this morning when
the doors opened for the morning meet
ing. which began at 1920
1t was pouring rain when the first
hundreds entered the tabernacle today.
By $50 every seat in the auditorium
was occupied. There were hundreds of
women In the thropg who worshiped
with the baseball evangelist instead of
attending their regular church serv-
ices.
And it was a new Billy Sunday who
hurled into the faces Of the upturned
thousands this question: Are you with
J'.das and the mob that crucified
Christ, or are you with Him? Have you
sold your Saviour for thirty pieces Of
silver. or do You stand with those at
the foot Of the CROSSE
sical. the comic. the genial preacher
was gone. In his stead there stood
man lashed' by passion and torn with
emotion. who grippel his fists and down
whose cheeks there trickled tears.
Enacts Passion Play.
The evangelist's morning sermon was
on the crucifixon. 1t was in reality
a drama OF Mt. Calvary. a passion play
enacted by a single performer. one who
In turn took the part Of all the dramatic
personae Of the great tr: gedy OF
| Christianity.
From the outset he made his point un-
derstood. He started with the end In
view Of putting the men and women In
the audience on record. making them
announce to themselves and to the
world whether they stood with the mob
that crucified Christ. whether they were
perpetuating the attitude OF Judas or
whether they were willing to be on the
side of the Crucified.
As result of his preachments Mr..
Sunday reaped a harvest Of converts.
At one point he produced an almost
hysterical effect on his audience by
depicting Christ hanging on the cross
heaven and imploring for the sign 10
release him. There was not breath.
not q stir in the vast tabernacle when
the long. wiry figure Of the preacher d
when he Law flat on his face and In
hollow voice cried, as II from heaven
to the suspended figure on the cross;
Jesus, Jesus: give the the sign and III
And in reply the hands that were
transfixed. clinched the nails tighter
and the head fell forward in agony.
Then the preacher swung up and piv-
oted about. facing the. crowd;
And whom was the suffering for;
| for whom did He refuse respite and ease
and relief? Whose sins was He atoning
on the CROSSE" he shouted. Yours,
yours, yours. How many of you tonigh Mt
are willing to admit 1t. How many or
| you, like the disciples in the garden,
are asleep while the church Is lying In
| sin?
Calls Crowd C0warts.
"I believe there are many here who
| will 20 with Christ to the last ditch,
many who are as brave and as fear
less as the martyrs of the Coliseum
| many who will say as Christ said to
| his Father, Not my will. but thine, be
done There are other thousands who
are afraid. who are towards. Yes
| they are towards; l throw 1t into thciI
| teeth. They are towards. 1t Will cost
them too much. too much In pride
they will have to give up too much
They haven't got the courage to stand
| with the Lord tonight
Then he counted the cost in sacrifice
the remuneration OF pleasures and pas
sions and caprices. and yet again he
called upon the crowds to come for,
ward and take a stand at the foot oi
the cross.
The repentant swept down the saw.
dust aisle. They came from both d.
rections. sursing and swarming abou,
the evangelist, whose limp figure Leaned
from the steps from the foot OF the
stage. Come on he shouted. Come
on! Don't be a coward. Don't be
afraid! Remember Judas and come on
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