Evening journal., 1915-02-03
salvation ONLY
THROUGH PEN|TENCE
Sunday Says the Churches
Should Discipline
fragrant Sinners
CONVERT LIST
INCREASED BY 220

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. Feb. S..-Two
hundred and fifty persons responded
yesterday afternoon and last night 70
The call for penitence and the way OF
salvation laid down upon the saWdust
Trail by Billy Sunday. OF this number
which was exactly one-siXth of last
Sundays figures, 1873 were received az
the evening service.
The evangelist last night dealt
chiefly with doubters of the Bible.
Gains wife. the Immaculate Concep-
ton and a few other subjects regarded
by some as difficulties in the way OF
belief. were dissipated for his follow
efs i'm a few sentences That Cain had,
BY calculation, almost 5000 Of Adams
descendants from whom to choose
wife. was averred. with proofs, in
half-whimsical. half-serious style that
bore to the audience. if applause was
any index. a conviction quite equal to
his own. The phenomenon of pathen-
ogenesis. or virgin generation, known
among biologists. was applied. if not
originally. at least forcibly by the
evangelist. to the parentage of Christ
DELAYED repentance, with all its train
Of evils leading down TO utter damna-
ton was perhaps the real theme Of
the evenings sermon.
The usual delegations were present
last night: the largest were those from
Kensington Bible classes, and from
the Maintenance of Way Department
- che Pennsylvania Railroad. Nari-
ons financial. insurance and CONNER
cial establishments also were repre-
scented.
Many Of these brought gifts to the
evangelist. one a fine silk umbrella,
another a huge bunch of roses and
cut glass vase TO hold them. and
others. half a dozen or more. flowers
IN clusters too big almost for Sunday
10 hold. Some OF these, he declared,
would be sent 10 his mother. who is Ill
at his home IN Winona Lake. ILL.,, and
to MA Sunday. who went there yes
tcrday to look after her and her own
children.
"Rody," the choirmaster and from
b0nist, also received two great
bunches Of carnations from the choir.
each member contributing a single
bloom.
An introduced visitor last night was
W. r. Edgar. editor OF the Northwest
crn Miller, who is on his way TO Bel
gium to look after the distribution
to the war sufferers of the steamship
South Points 100000 cargo Of wheat.
the gift OF millers throughout the
West and Northwest.
Fairly launched into his sermon
Hell and It's torrors were prescribed
for one sin after another. Hypocrisy
was inclusive and foremost.
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preacher and officials. but he's boun'
90 stop at He'll. A hypocrite is on
OF your own dirty bunch who's go
into the church without being borl
again.
old Tom Paine's been in Hell sine
1SOSI think"
Liquor and the church received tn,
following bomb:
III there's anything in this Worl,
that makes me spit and sputter anS
puke like a woman that's swallowe,
fly, it's TO hear some old pus-guttel
bartender say that he wouldn't keel
in business II the church members
wouldn't vote TO give him a license.
The evangelist averred that the
newspapers we're contributing to th
intellectual and moral life of tn,
city, and that there never was a tim
when they had given more energy Il
tho propagation of the religious life
Fifty-seven penitents hit the tral
Yesterday afternoon at the tabernacle
after the smallest afternoon attend
ance of the campaign The bad wealth
er apparently kept away a great mum
ber. but those who had courage q
attend We're rewarded by one Of Ia
most brilliantly. incisiYe. and vet q
DO same time one of the most I'M
man Giscourses Of the revival
The Illness Of his mother. and th
absence OF Mrs. Sunday, had lttl
apparent effect upon the powers {
ihe evangelist. Casting away for one
however. the bitterness with whic
he has assailod the social evils
the hour. be preached. as the olde
evangelists eay. straight into th
heart The effect upon his hcal
crs was by no means measured b
the comparatively small number VII
responded TO his call and took the
seats down at the front OF the gre,
rows OF benches.
Reservations were made yesterda
for two hundred and fifty delegat,
from the Conference on Soul Win
ming. now being held in philadelph
by the United Presbyterian Churc
The Postofice Clerks also sent rel
resentation. The Hatboro His
school also sent a delegation, whic
in response to an invitation fro
Rody," delivered up q decided
complicated school yell.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alexander Va
Rensselaer,, A. J. Drexel Biddle an
Mrs. Bessie Dobson Altemus. wi
has been an almost daily attenda
at the services. were in front sea
yesterday.
II is believed that no more aftt
noon collections will be taken up
the tabernacle. the amount necessa
to meet the cost OF the building a
the running expenses being alm'
subscribed or contributed. Yesterd
the evangelist declared he wol
lake a chance" and so the ushe
with their tin basins, were given
afternoon on
II hate like sixty to take any mi
collections" said Sunday at the
ternoon service. 81 have no fear
Philadelphia, and that's perhaps