Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-03-16
SUNDAY PLEADS FOR
VIGOR IN RELIGION

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in italics. All some folks are good for
is to make up crowd. and / don't want
YOU to be like that. If you so from
these institutions with wealth of knowl-
edge and haven't got something else, your
life has been a failure.
"Remcmber." he continued you have
two educations the one given YOU in
school and college and the other you get
yourself You viii be astonished when
YOU graduate to discover how much YOU
have learned that won't be Of any use
to YOU and you'tl be amazed to find out
how much they haren.. i"" l that
would have been of use TO you"
BILLY moved the auu.cn,c 80 laughter
many times 0y the use Of picturesque
slang when he was relating phases Of
school life. At one time he spoke OF the
"Chauts de Elysees." and brought rOars
of laughter when he explained he would
speak in French.
"Of course" he said. you young folks
know what ! was talliiu" about, but these
older folks didn't get it,"
At another time Billy warned the col
legu and school girls not to be like "the
fri2zled headed sissies" who sit down at
their pianos and sing Does the Spear
mint Lose Its Flavor on the Bedpost
over Night"
GROWS SUDDENLY SERIOUS
Tho laughter which followed this sally
died quickly when he said:
Have an aim i'm life. Don't be re-
vanp Know your own business better
than any one else does. If. when you
graduate, you are only as good A
thousand other people you'll find the
competition pretty keen. But If you
are better than the thousand, you will
be in a class by yourself, and it wont
be very hard to leave the others behind
"To be ready is half the battle OF sue
cess he said Have faith in yourself.
Never rest until you can rate your weak
est quality as hiRh as YOUR strongest.
Develop the virtue Of kIndlness. Grow
up to he good men and women, and
you will not have anything to worry
about in the battle OF life which lies
alead of you"
vt the conclusion of the sermon Ma"
Sunday spoke a few words. Billy" then
shook hands with those who gathered
around the pulpit and then went to his
automobile to return to Philadelphia
MESSAGE FROM SICK FRIEND.
A telephone message from a man who
said he wouldn't die happy unless he saw
Billy" Sunday, caused the evangelist to
be several minutes late at Bryn Mawr
Or. Isaac Welsh Brown, 3OS South 5lst
street who has been confined to his home
by an illness from which he does not eX-
peCt to recover
Mr.. Sunday went to Doctor Browns
house in his automobile and spent some
minutes at the bedside of the invalid.
Doctor Brown formerly was an cnthusi-
astiC follower of the Athletics. and for
years Travelled with the team on many of
its trips.
Notwithstanding the unusual strain
Sunday has been under during the 10
weeks he has been conducting the long
est and most strenuous campaign of his
career, he said he was feeling fine, this
morning, when he arose and was ready to
plunge into the 18th and final week Of
the revival work. This is the week he
has simply thrown In for good meas
ure." II he opens his campaign in Pater-
son on March 2S, as IL is planned, he will
have less than a weeks rest between the
two revivals, Originally, he had planned
| for two or three weeks of rest, az he
knew the Philadelphia campaign would
| tax all his strength
Sunday will preach this afternoon on
| "rhe Conversion of Saul" The subject
of the sermon for tonight is THE Incar-
nation" or "Christ's Divinity" Billy
has announced from the platform that he
would help those who may have some
doubts and difficulties in feeling confident
| OF the divinity of Chriyt
| As usual, the members OF the Sunday
| party are busy with special meetings
during the week. These meetings in fac
| tories, shops, stores and schools will be
] held every day during the week except
| on Saturday,
| CHESTER MEETING PLANNED.
Plans are being made for Sunday TO
| talk at Chester on Friday. Although they
| are not completed. II Is understood that
| he will address the students of the Penn
sylvanIa Military College and other stu
dents of that town and Vicinity. His trip
| will be made in the forenoon.
/ Billy and Ma will leave this city
| for their home at Winona Lake, Ind, inn
mediately after the close OF the meeting
next Sunday evening. when the eyange-
| list will preach his fourth sermon on the
closing day. Their plan Is to catch the
train due TO leave Broad Street station
| at 1925 O'Clock.
President Rea, OF the Pennsylvania
Railroad has made arrangements for
I this train 10 stop at Winona Lake.
! Homer A. Rodeheaver, the choir leader.
went to SwarthmOTe this morning and
spoke 10 the students. He conducted
/ the noon prayer meeting at 1915 Market
( street. at 1915 o'clock. Mrs. William
J Asher was at the John b. Stetson fac
| tory at noon and spoke to the employees in
u