The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-04
BILLY SUNDAY
EXPORTS $4,000
IN PHILADELPHIA
I'll Make Town Turn Over
in It's Sleep He Says as
Big Revival Begins.
ARGUES WITH SLANG
AND BASEBALL ANTICS

AND BASEBALL ANTICS
PHILADELPHIA. Jan. 3.-The fastest /
h.,s runner the National League evcr
.s~ leaned ~ n bound 20 the top Of
table on tho stage Of his. B,ly sundays.
brand new tan, rnacle At Nineteenth and
pine streets tnis morning. smacked bis
5snds together with report Ike a RTE
sno, and raised his voice 10 a shrek:
Com, ON. YOU forces OF evil in Phiia-
se,rra that have made the church a
soorrnst q wipe your dirty feet up n!
Come on. YOU triple extract OF tnia ny
Come on. YOU assassns OF cnitacter'
Come on. YOU defamers Of God and enc
mics 81 His church! Come on. sou bull
recked. bcetie hrowed, hog jowied, pea
nut Drained. weasel eyed fourilushcrs, false
alarms and excess baggage! In the name
% Almighty God I challenge and defy
YOU! I'm here for nine weeks. Come
On. and I'll deliver the goods, express pre-
paid
Billy Sundays voice died away 90
whisper. His breath came in sasps. The
sweat st-eamed from his face. lie let
himself down from the tabletop, caught
up a pitcher OF water and drained glass
At Gull?
Tacre was just moment OF silence
.hen the quiet was smashed by a Jr"-
mend1us roar Nearly 10000 persons rps,
W from the raw pine benches and eascd
their feelings with shout that must have
Jared Father Penn so high and mighty IN
- all
vas such q crash Of heavy vocal art.llc"y
As Is mighty seldom heard outside Of = ma
tional convention when MIR ISyan, let us
say. or Col. Roosevelt. swings ir,u the
ronverii,n hail AZ the well kuowl ana
neenIy calculated dramatic moment
Approved by Crowd OF 10000.
Tie way the 10000 expressed approval
u B,ilys or to give him his more d!gn.-
led and proper churchly title, the Rev.
D. william \. sundays method Of
preaching tho Gospel and Jerating thu
wi one. was more than interesting. II
Fas startling FOR This old city, where the
word OF God il not usually bawled INFO
he hurraE ear and where doctors ~
.!v.n.ty do not mud it part Of their pastoi al
.oal9 or turn handspriugs through New
ana Old TeStamcnts.
But the thing that countcd--tnat OK
plsinrI ;ho Rev. B,y's preserve in PM
de'pha was the paipable satisfaction
10y, and even cXaltation Of the hundreds
70: scholarly faced. gentle spoken clergy
.o-n scattered throughout the yongreka-
ION There were 800 OF them. repre-.
-entlng most OK the Protostan, churches
Of the city, and their "Amens :" and the
.ervent cries and gestures endured lone
after the uproar Of the laymen haC
Jvindled to a murmur
DO YOU understand now why Billy sun
lay has exploded from the small towns
10 beat the old Nick around the bust
Tor nine weeks in Philadelphia and Il
emit language that seems actually t.
Use NJ and curl like blue smoke amouI
he rafters? II you arc In any doub
TIE doubt can be resolved speedily.
Billy won over the preachers of tn
'.ty Ions before he ventured 10 com
acre and essay the Job Of awakening
Ihladelphians to a sense OF their sins
How 1t came about is more or less OF
srcret which Tue Sun IL able to reveal
How BilIy Entered Philadelphia.
Along last March. when the once fas
'entreiielder Of Pop Anson's White so
nd now speedy, very speedy cvangells
wRs DINING the echoes In Scranton u
uS business of converting sinners an
making teetotalers, good many Yer
thoughtful persons in this clty-aud the
included many level headed bushes
men and ardent church workers Gang
the conclusion that the city of Hrothcrl
.-ov" ought TO examine the state of II
soul
A lot Of people decided that IN
rhlrches weren't eXerting the right so
~ lntuenc" with the masses TheI
wasn't any team work and tango parti,
we're considerably more popular tina
PRAYER meetings, The Protestant minis
rs mad heard Of Billy SUNDAY OF cours
mt 10 put II frankly they hadn't an
cry strong regard for him or his metl
DDS for all they could see at long rang
There was too much slang and acrobat,
bout the evangelist to suit them.
One of the newspapers suggested, how
YER, that "A delegation Of clergymC
irRVel 70 Scranton and study the Re
Hll,-look him over and fgure out
Ills sincerity and forcetulncss wnuldr
%" good things to inject into Phi!adt
HAS lackadaisical religious attitude az
they wouldn't outweigh his slang al
e'ouaing manner!sms.
est ana they went to Scranton. filed IN
R''iN'S gospel tabernacle listened, II
erred aud were impressed. When tn
returned 20 the city and talked thin
.yer they decided that Phiadelph
'"ded a dose OF billy sunday
They took up the project vigorous
Nearly 400 congregations organized I
revival that was to wake up the eli
'Is.uoss men got together under Jose
steele a. chairman of the gcnel
0mmt'ee OF the evangelistic canpaif
lac cost was figured al about $500
sad the expense was uudelWrltten cas-
lNr sale of 81 shares.
There Is no report here that Rite
olse square or the Main Line W
edty Impressed. bat II Is certain IN
Ne suburbs. whore the plain people II
-" to the project
Lnid BusinessIiLe Plans.
Eignt weeks ago the Rev. Bily's st
appeared I'm the city. "A stan as adequ'
md busiuessike as the stan Of "A 10
oucern or a prosperous department sto
Hns-N Il INFtsI aA .4f hat a a.