Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1915-01-29
BILLY SUNDAY
By william B. GraueI, Jr.

Billy Sunday and his wonderful cam
paign in the interests of Christianity
was written exclusively for the FIVE
MILE BEACH JOURNAL. 1t will be
remembered that the writer served as
Associate Editor of the Journal during
the past summer:
Your Wildwoodian citizens, who are
struggling under the difficult rule of a
supposed leader, that is a cross between
a domineering Turkish Sultan and an
overbearing uneducated politician, may
not fully realize the importance of the
name and the man, but here in the
Quaker City where thousands upon
thousands are clamoring 10 hear this
wonderful evangelist speak, the name
and the man is a household topic.
Philadelphia's great population is SO
taken up with the "Moses of the TWEEN
tieth Century that there is little time
for anything else. The entrance of
Billy Sunday to the "city of homes,n
has been the signal for a wonderful
demonstration of Christianity.
From figures obtained by the writer,
a total of approximately 790, 900 per
sons have gathered at the spacious
tabernacle, built expressly for the Sun
day meeting at 10Th and Race streets.
Thousands have been turned away
nightly. Since the day Mr.. Sunday
and his associates reached the city,
which was on January 3D. of this year,
they have been welcomed with open
arms, and the enthusiasm for him and
his style of preaching runs just as high
today as it did at the opening exer-
cises.
Billy Sunday has been in the city a
little more than three weeks. During
this period of time he has preached A
sermons. AT the close of his eight
weeks campaign, he will have trounced
the "deviln and sin more than seventy
five times in the Tabernacle alone. A
few records are offered to serve as evil
dence of Mr.. Sundays great work and
the interest shown in his campaign.
On opening day, Monday, January
4th, the dynamic evangelist addressed
mor than 65, 900 persons. In the morn
ing there was an attendance of 10000.
The afternoon audience was close to
2 1000 and approximately $4,000 heard
Sunday speak in the evening. At least
10000 men, women and boys were
turned away on this date. The collec-
tions the first day were about $500.
AT the time this article was written,
January 25th, three weeks following,
Mr.. Sunday has earned a splendid
record. The approximate record of at
tendance is 10000. The Sunday NOM
ing January oath, attendance was
$4,000; in the afternoon 10000 gathered
at the Tabernacle, while in the evening
81 200 persons heard him speak. Con.
verts is Sundays speciality. The total
list of converts to date, as announced
officially from the Sunday headquarters
is 8 1908. At the morning service, yes
terday Sunday the 24th) there were
813 persons who shook hands with
Sunday, thus publicly protesting that
they would return to Christ and fight
the "devil.n 607 persons were convert
ed at the afternoon service, while 52a
of the audience became soldiers of God
at the night meeting.
The entire collections to date have
reached the sum af $83, DOB. so. Yester.
day mornings collection was $712.62,
In the afternoon the collections were
1924. SO. The evening receipts were
$689. so. These figures are offered pure
ly to show the wonderful manner in
which Billy Sunday is making good.
The records of his campaign here are
being heralded throughout the country,
Billy Sunday has made good before, as
the average reader is well aware, but
never in the masterful fashion that he
has here in Philadelphia.
During MI. Sundays stay here he
has attacked everything, that to his
way of thinking, helps the devil and
di-pleases God. In his own particular
manner he has trounced the liquor
business daily, which he claims is the
greatest evil of all. He has preached
special mt galore He has talked
aud begged young girls to avoid dances
and the present forms of dress, that in
Billy's opinion are not only indecent
and vulgar, but a sin against God.
Yesterday he took advantage of the
monster crowds to hammer home some
hard blows against the liquor business
and the liquor controlled politicians in
Pennsylvania. There were about So, 000
persons in attendance at the three SER
vices and 1443 men and women shit
the sawdust trail.U and pledged them