Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-04-23

Democrat:
Billy Sunday preached the gospel. mot Of hades
but OF he'll plain old hell" to wildly en-
thussstc bunch OF gospel fans in old Calvary Bap-
ust church, West Fftyseventh street, this morning.
lie tore the fastenings Of high-prced New York
pews and upbraided the theory OF evolution and all
modern PHILOSOPHERS bresthed out by a bunch Of
professors over beer in Leipsic and Heidelberg
He told the ministers that for preaching such phloso-
phes they are all going to slide into hell together and
he gave them taste Of the burning by racing across
the platform and ripping sizzling spit ball that
landed squareiy in the teeth Of the ministry. Then
ne neatly tucked this thought the end Of his dem
onstration
You're going to he'll for It. that's what's going to
happen TO you The church is rank with the rottenest
isms and csms that ever crswled out OF the pit Of
hell I'm preaching the truth and I'm radically ortho-
dox. The average preacher prays five minutes a day
and breaches sermon that's reprint or the latest
novel, And all this Billy did while the preachers
rooted 'hurrahs. "amens," incoherent cheers and
concerted applause that ratified and banged the colored
glass windows
Billy tried stop preaching after he had been at
It for nearly for fory-fve minutes and he turned
DIR. Charles A. Eaton, asking how much t1ie have [
got" and got the response from all Tie house.
Go on go on" SO Billy on. and when he had
preached some more, his collar whiting and his face
streaming with perspraton. he tried another get
away: Gotta quit this preaching he said Want
to get some lunch. and n amt too tired I'll 60 10
the ball game-see the Phiries and Giants"
Go on. go on" was the cry again. and Billy went
back az IL after eNclaming, with a smile. We'll, /
guess I'll be too tired"
Billy took the preachers at their word and. to
their increasing delight. hit even a hotter pace. He
mtmcked the way New York churches received a
well dressed sinner in fine clothes and huge roll OF
bills He seized OF the red plush pulpit chairs and
oonversing affably with IT, to front Of the
platform by the side Of the pulpit and asked his
Imaginary rich man to sit down and be comfortable
while the preachers reared
But II a poor guy weary wife panhander.
came along and wanted 10 sit in Of your pews,
you'd say this way" whereupon Billy seized the chair
and rushed II along the side of the to the side
door exit as though he making tor home from
second base infield single.
To start with Billy announced that he was not in
town TO overcome any preudices the preachers might
have against him. He said; az would not cross the
street for call to New York That calls in the hands
OF the Lord and have not been trying get ahead
| OF the Lord for the last twenty years"
At the close OF hts talk Billy, and his wife had
luncheon, and after that they decided they were not
| too tired to see ball game Before going to tho
Polo grounds Sunday motored with Mrs. Sunday and
Bishop" Callahan OF the Bowery Mission to Mis-
Ftndley J. shepards home at IrvIhston to meet the
woman he said he always thought Of 81 Miss Helen
Gould. He was back at the Polo grounds in time "a
see six innings OF the game hold brief tanning party
with John.J McGraw, heft bat and look Iongngly
at the diamond. Then he called It a day and mo-
tored back to Paterson to rest