Evening journal., 1915-01-27
Police Confuse Orders and
Hold Great Crowd
DeadlOCked
555 MORE HIT
THE SAWDUST TRAIL

AAdlA a AiHihlAll Ui iiNll~NIiAiANf
five hundred and hfiy-hvc in all, paid /
tribute yesterday and last night to
the peculiar powers of the dynamite |
preacher before the largest weekday /
audiences. so far. of his strenuous /
campaign. The evident fear that they /
would not bc able TO hear him during /
his stay brought to the building /
thousands who had no possible hope /
of admission
a large number of reservations last [
night made IL impossible 10 accommo- /
date all who appeared at the general /
admission doors. A mistaken order T,
sent these TO tho doors Of The Nine !
toenth street end of the structure /
usually reserved for the clergy. the /
choir and the newspapers. In the
meantime the bearers Of the tickets
allotted to these three classes of
hearers had been admitted at this
side of the building, only to be held
up at the inner entrances of the
foyer.
In a little while the crowd here
became 50 thick that the police con-
fused by the conflicting orders of
ushers and super-ushers lost control
of the situation. The crowd could
not retreat, and the police would not
admit it. Not until women began
TO call for assistance was ii at last
released into the building.
When the Sunday party arrived the
outside police had TO force open
passage from the automobile TO the
door
Several thousand seats we're occu-
pied by delegations from the traffic
department of the Pennsylvania Rail-
road, the II. X Mulford Company.
Wanamaker & Brown, the Bailey,
Banks & Biddle Co., Heppe's and
dozen other establishments in Phila-
delphia Most of them presented the
evangelist and his wife with baskets
of flowers and fruit When an apple.
| falling from a fruit basket as big as
a suitcase. was tossed to him by
"Rody' the ex-baseball player failed
to catch it and was rewarded for his
muff with howls from the audience.
The trail-hitters hit last night, as a
Kipling hero moved. "by sections" ="
Forty members of a Boys Brigade
bugle corps came down together, and
came down in uniform. What was
more, the uniform was not the usual
-plastered khaki, but the full dress
regulation dark blue of the United
States Army, white shoulder knots and
all. Half dozen Sunday school
classes, pretty young girls and hand
some. half-grown boys, made their
way down the aisles with their teach
ers.
Before the regular call TO the trail
hitters. the evangelist asked last night
IL anyone dared come down the trail
alone and publicly acknowledge, by
this act, allegiance TO the teachings
and the cause of Christ. For a while
no one moved but within a minute or
so stalwart-loOking. middle-aged
man marched alone from the very rear
of the auditorium, grasped the preach
or's hand and took his place, still
alone, upon the "Mercy-seat." I'm a
little while others followed. the ush-
ors joining hands and splitting each
aisle into double channel for the
throngs moving in opposite direc-
tions
! AS a consequence, perhaps, of the
4 types of sermon preached yesterday
and last night, little emotion was visi-
bic among the penitents. beyond good
humor and satisfaction. The faint
ing-scenes of last week, when men
and women collapsed beneath the ter
rible thrusts of the evangelist were
not repeated.
Sermons Full OF NigOr.
Neither service yesterday. however
lacked anything in pungency nor in
vigor He said
"YOu can bring whisky and Jesus to
gether as soon as you can brinl
heaven and hell"
Taking the issues Of his labor bach
upon himself, he declared
BY far the greatest portion of yes
terday's audience consisted Of wom
en-. The trail-hitters. however. 13
in number. included many member
/ Of the "sterner SEX most with thl
pcrceptible sternncss all taken on
of them as they came down tn
golden path TO glory" red-eyed ant
swollen-lipped with tears coursin'
down their faces. and all but oblivi
Gus te what was going on arouni
them.
The evangelist left his afternoon
audience in no doubt Of his convic
tions:
Without Jesus Christ there Is NJ
salvation. Not for a king on throne
not for the President IN the Whit
House. not for the Governor IN IN
capitol
you cannot he redeemed by goo
books and 'culchaV. but only by sal
walton through the shed blood o
Jesus Christ There's nothing else {
t.
There's no second chance. That
ono of the rotten doctrines theyr
spouting now. one Of the heresies
- Russellism. The doctrine of redemI
ton out Of hell's no good.
Y "Win all the converts hold oui
l Nav! They never do hold out.
SOW the seed. that's all. Paul sa
of Demas. He has forsaken me-
Il don't know how to wear
Prince Albert coat ] couldn't prea'
in one just as the ordinary minist
i couldn't preach in a sack coat iii
mine.
= "One of the biggest assets you
= got is individuality, and it's one IN
YOU use the least.
Don't come 10 me and whine, N
Sunday ! never diu personal wor
You needn't tell me that--l knew
long ago.
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