Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-03-29
RACK BILLY SUNDAY
WILL LEAD ANTI-RUM
HOST PARADE TONIGHT
1000 Temperance Advocates
Will March in Support of
Local Option, Inspired by
Prophetic Voice of Black
Evangelist.

v,,s thousand men and women are ex-
,.cted to participate tonight in the temp.
..,rcc parade to be led by the Rev Alex
,,der Willbanks, the negro evangelist,
"a the Rev. sylvester l.. Corrothers,
sgro pastor of the Narick A. NJ. r.. Zion
sbyrch. 10th and Catharine streets.
Tbe route of the parade has not been
erailv mapped out yet, but 1t probably
viii lead cast from the church on Cath
.r;pe or Christian street, to Broad
,henco north to city Hall and return
The procession will leave the church
=, 7.SO o'clock. Upon It's return there
Iii he the usual revival sermon in the
sdldce and arrangements may be made
,or second sermon from the steps to ac-
sommodate those who cannot get into
the church
no "The Devils Hog Killing" In this the
svangelist gives q demonstration of how
the devil treats his victims when he gets
them where he wants them,
A second service for White people will
no held next Saturday night. Wilbanks
and Corrothers decided on this last Sat-
nrday night when nearly a thousand
white persons filed into the church.
A conference of religious workers who
will lead bodies of men in the parade
tonight will be held at the church at 4
o'clock this afternoon. 1t will be ad-
dressed by Bishop Alexander Walters.
Of New York, who spoke twice yesterday
at the church, delivering the morning and
afternoon sermons.
Bishop Walters is the man who is in
dIrectely responsible for donation OF
5000 TO the fund being raised by Mr. Cor
rothers for the founding of the Industrial
Institute at the church. The donor is I.
w. Allston, wealthy business man and
phanthropist of Massachusetts
Allston and Bishop Walters met early
yesterday morning on a train from New
York The phllanthroplst said he was
coming to this city to make donation
to church, and the Bishop told him
Of the work being done at Varick and
asked him to help out there.
At the morning service, Alston put $3.50
into the collection plate. He put SS5 into
It last night, and later, when shown
promise of $4,000 from Andrew Carnegie
IL similar amount Is raised, for the
purchase of a new organ, said he would
give the church a check for s5OO0
Alleton also promised to give one dol
lar 70 the church for every dollar raised
during the next year. He will be in the
parade tonight. The phlanthropst is said
to give about $4,000 a year to church en-
terprises
Wil!banks demonstrated his right to be
called an energetic revivalist yesterday.
After the sermon Saturday night to his
white audience, lie took a train at mid
night for Washington whore he preached
at the funeral services for the wife of
one of his church officers there.
Willbanks got a late afternono train
from Washington and arrived in this city
at o'clock last night. He hurried down
In tho nltirph n "a NIpnh 0ttf of
overcoat on the way to the pulpit. and
Immediately started TO preach on Daniel
in the Lions Den"
The so1n.n was one of the most realis-
tic he has delivered since he came to this
city. Hc initiated the roaring and growl-
ing OF the lions until he had the entire
congregation on it's feet.