The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-01-04
Come On, You Forces of Evil
in Philadelphia He Shouts,
Leaping To Table
Twenty Thousands
Cheer Thunderously
Great Reception Given World
Famous Evangelist AT First
Meeting-Ministers of City
Are With Sunday

Philadelphia. Jan. 3.--The fastest
base runner the National League ever
saw leaped at a bound 10 the top Of
a table on the stage of his. Billy
Sundays. brand new tabernacle at
Nineteenth and Pine Streets this
morning. smacl.ed his hands together
with - report like rifle shot and
raised his voice TO a shrek.
Come ON. yoa forces of evil in
Philadelphia, that have made the
church door mat To wipe your dirty
feet upon: come on. you triple ex-
tract OF infamy."
Come on. YOU assassins Of char
acier' Come on, you defamers Of God
and enemies OF His church, Come on.
you hull-necked, beetle brnwed, hog
towled peanut Drained weasle-eyed
four-fiushers, false alarms and excess
baggage. In the name of Almighty
God I challenge and defy YOU I'm
here for nine weeks. Come on. and
III deliver the goods express prepaid
\ Tremendous Roar.
Billy sundays voice died away 70 Il
whisper. His breath came IN gssps
The sweat streamcd from his face.
He let himself down from the Ia bile
top. caught NJ pitcher Of water and
drained L. At "a guip. There was just
moment of si.ence-then the quiet
was smashed by a tremendous roar.
Nearly 20. 00o persons rose up from
the raw pine ben hes and eased their
feelings with "A 33out that mast have
Jared Father Penn. SO high and
mighty on his high perch on the City
Hall tower. Il was such a crash of
heavy vocal artillery as is mighty
seldom heard outside OF a nationas
convention when Mr.. Bryan. let Us
0r CfJg1pst TpunSexaf4 fv,s,,
the convention fall At the We'll known
and the keeniy calculated dramatic
moment The way the 10000 en-
pressed approval of Eiiiy's, or TO give.
him his more disuifie1 and proper
churtslly title. the Rev. william 4.
sundays. method OF preaching the
Gospel and berating the evil one. was
more than interesting. L, was start
ling FOR this old city
But the thing that counted-~-that
explained the Rev, Biliys presence In
philadeIphia-wa the palpabie satis-
faction. joy and even exaltation Of
'ae hundreds II scholarly faced. gen
tie spoken clergymen scattered
Throughout, the congregation Their.
were 400 OF them representing mos
~ the Protestant churches OF the
city and the "Amens" and their fer
vent cries and gestures endured Ions
after the uproar Of the laymcn had
dwlndied to a murmur.
Why SUNDAY Came.
Do you understand now Why Billy
sunday has exploded from the small
towns TO beat the old Nick around the
hush fer nire weeks in Philadelphia
and to emit language that seems actnv
ally 10 rise up and curl like hlno
smoke among the rafters? II you are
in any doubt the doubt can be resolved
speedily. Billy won over the preach
ers of the city long before he venturei
to come here and essay the lob or
awakening Philadeiphians to sense
OF their sins.
Along last March. when &he once
fast centerfielder OF Pop Anson's Colts.
and now speedy. very speedy. evangel-
list. was DINING the echoes In SCran-
ton al his business Of converting sin
ners and making teetotalers Il goo,;
many very thoughtful persons In this
city land they included many levcls
headed business men and ardent