Evening journal., 1915-03-09
sundays Sermon
thrills PRINCETON
Evangelist Wins 1000 Uni
verSity Students on
His Day OFF,
GIVES RULES
ON PREACHING

PRINCETON. n. j., March Billy
Sunday came here yesterday on the
invitation of the Princeton Theologi-
cal Seminary and held two meetings
instead Of taking Monday off as his
usual day of rest.
Princeton University had refused
the. use of Alexander Hall. so the
meetings were held in First Presbv-
terian Church. on Nassau street, ad-
joining the university campus.
The students reception of the
evangelist was at first chilly. but
warmed as Sunday proceeded in his
characteristic way to drive home the
truths Of Christianity. coming to a cli-
max when exhausted by his exertions.
he leaned over the rostrum and called
for converts.
How many are there here who
feel they haven't been living right ?"
Sunday demanded at the end Of his
sermon.
How many feel they need some
new CONSIDERATION to Christ. Put
up your hands"
die of the auditorium A few others
followed
There are more than that" said
Sunday
Gradually other hands went up. At
last almost every man in the audi
torium sat staring somberly at the
spent figure on the platform, one hand
in the air.
How many Of you will come down
and shake my hand and pledge to
Christi" cried Sunday.
Homer Rodeheavers Sundays choir
leader. waved his hand, someone I'm
the choir loft began singing, Just rs
I Am" and the stampede began. Sun
day leaned down from the platform.
The aisles clogged. A rushing line
went past him, and he grabbed a
hand where he could. One thousand.
il is estimated. "hit the trail"
Addressing those who had professed
conversion, Sunday said:
write to your mothers and tell them
what you've done. It'll make them hap
pier than it makes me. You are the
nerve force of the country. It's boy:
like you that arc the hope of the coun
try and the hope Of the race. You car
be blessing or a curse to the time yoI
live in. Christ shows the right road up
ward to every man."
"Oh. God" he prayed, finally, "helI
these boys; they have been mighty goot
TO me. They have been kind and con
sideratc. Their hearts are good, bu
they don't kno7 the pcrils Of the worl,
where they and their kind arc on IN
auction block"
Sunday delivered three sermons YES
| terday. The first, in the morning, wa
! largely for professors and students fror
the seminary and townspeople. Tn
sermons in the afternoon were for th
/ University undergraduates. The Univel
sity faculty, with very few cxccI
tions. held aloof froH all the service
Tho University and the seminary al
distinct organizations.
Mr.. Sunday arrived in Princeton abou
1915 in John Wansmaller's automObil,
and began his first sermon half hou
later. He talked for full hour and
quarter, giving advice to the futur
preachers of the Gospel. He warned thcr
against too much theoretical theology
and strongly advised practical religion.
\ Owing TO the fact that the First Pres
hyterian Church only seats about GOO.
was necessary TO give out only a lin
tied number of tickets to the student
of the University. who wanted to hea
the evangelist. At ] o'clock the door
were opened. and long before ] 80. whe
the speaker arrived. the church wa
crowded TO its capacity by the under
graduates.
u Women were excluded at the after