The Washington herald., 1915-01-20
SUNDAY LIKELY
TO RETURN HERE
Committee Friday Night Prob
ably Will Favor Inviting
Evangelist to City.
MOST PASTORS PLEASED
Rev. William Wade, Lutheran, How
ever, Voices'Opposition to BilIy's
Methods of Preaching.
MOST PASTORS PLEASED

BILLY" Sunday, the baseball evangelist,
probably will return to Washington to
conduct a series Of revival meetings
Clergy and laity of the city are enthust-
! astic over the famous preacher and it is
almost certain Billy will be invited
here for additional bouts with Satan.
| The committee of fifty laymen which
had charge of arrangements for the even
! gelist's trip here Monday will meet Fri
day evening at the Y. NJ. c. A. to con-
slider the advisability of extending an in
vitatiOn to the preacher. A formal call
for the meeting was issued yesterday by
! William Knowles Cooper. general secre-
! tary of the Y. NJ. c. A.
Pastors Federation to Act.
If the committee votes to extend an IN
vitatiOn to Sunday, the matter then will
be submitted to the Washington Pastors
! Federation for approval. This Organiza-
ton holds its next meeting February :,
! 1t is believed local clergymen wcr: 50
| favOrably impressed by "Billy's" ser
mon Monday afternoon that they will
vote almost unanimously to have him
| come here. 1t is said that practically
the sole opposition would be voiced by
4 few Lutherans and Episcopalians.
1T would be cinCh to snatch Wash
ington for God" declared Billy during
his visit here Monday, and he said yes
terday in Philadelphia he would be de-
lighted TO come to the Capital should a
general invitation be extended MIN.
Il heard absolutely no criticisms OF
Mr.. Sundays sermon here" yesterday
remarked II. 5. OmOhundro. chairman Of
the committee on ushers for the mass
meeting. Il have talked to scores of
men who were at the meeting and those
who had been disposed to critcise Mr..
disarmed by his straight Gospel mes
sage"
My impressions of Mr. Sunday are
most kindly. said Rev. DR. Samuel II.
Greene. pastor of Calvary Baptist
Church. 1T was n good meeting. and MI.
Sunday left behind him a good influence.
He sometimes lays himself open to criti
cism because of his methods. but it must
be admitted that he acCOmplishes
vast amount of good"
Wade Condemns Methods.
Mr.. sundays sermon was effective and
impressive. remarked Rev. Dr. Ran
dolph Mckim. of the Church of the
Epiphany.
Mr. Sunday preached an earnest evan
EelicaI sermon, remarked Rev. Henry
Anstadt. of Luther Memorial Church.
His coming here should be productive
Of great good for every one"
Il was pleasantly surprised on hearing
Mr.. Sunday remarked Rev. William a.
Wade. of St Marks Lutheran Church
'HOwcver. my opinion concerning his
method OF dealing with things holy ana
sacred has not changed He does good
in his own way, but he might do much
more good without the Objectionable fea-
lures that characterize his meetings. I
personally am opposed to his scheme and
methods. and so are Lutheran preachers
"f the city as Z body"
"BiIIy" Invited to New York.
Philadelphia. Jan. 19-'It was the
greatest day spent in many ways" SAID
Billy Sunday today. when asked how he
had been impressed by his Washington
trip yesterday.
Then. the word that the Methodist
ministers of NV York had voted to ask
me there came as a delightful climax to a
wonderful day I would like nothing bet
ter than to conduct a campaign in New
York, but the call must be a general one
from all the Protestant religious bodies
before | will accept"
1t was learned today that Miss Mar
Garet Wilson. daughter of the President,
had been much impressed by the serv-
ice and that she had expressed a keen
desire to come to Philadelphia and at
tend one or more services in the taber-
nacle toward the end OF this month