Evening journal., 1915-03-01
local OPTION AGAIN
URGED BY SUNDAY
Evangelist breaches to TO-
900 Men on Subject DeS-
pite a Severe Cold
AMONG SPEAKERS SOON


severe cold through the carelossness
of ushers in opening and closing the
ventilators of the building, the
evangelist came TO the platform Tor
the night sermon with a voice little
more than audible. At first he
thought he might not preach, in a
little while he became uncertain
whether he would preach or not, and
he finally preached.
Renewing his attacks upon all forms
Of independent religious belief, at the
close of his sermon, which left him
almost too tired to pray, he added
$50 penitcnts to his record for Phila-
delphia. With 301 in the morning and
272 in tho afternoon, this made his
days total 1853 persons, almost all
of them adults.
A big mass meeting has been an
ncunced for Monday, March 10, the
day after the Philadelphia campaign
ends. William Jennings Bryan and
andrew Carnegie are announced as
speakers at the meeting, which is 10
be held under the auspices Of the
Church Federation.
Sunday struck out yesterday for
local option in Pennsylvania, calling
the attention of his hearers to. the
bill now before the State Legislature,
and requesting them to write to their
representatives. or to go to Harris
burg i'm person. or TO sign one of the
innumerablc petitions TO be circulated
in the churches throughout the State.
DR.. George G. Dawdy, who made the
opening prayer at last nights ser
vice, declared that he wanted 10000
men to so TO Harrisburg in support Of
the bill
PAY your own expenses, suggested
Di. Dowdy, "and take day Off"
Last nights service began early.
Delegations from the Wanamaker
Friendly Inn. from the Whosoever Mis-
sion, the Y. NJ c. A. and other insti-
tutiOns reaching the tabernacle before
o'clock At an even earlier hour a
small boy who said he came from
Camden TO try and induce Rody TO
go over and address a meeting ther,
mounted the rostrum and began
TO lead the singing. He had hardly
been taken away when a man, bear
ing the American flag lcapod upon
the platform, nearly smashing Sun
days pet globe from the sounding
board with the end of the staff.
The newcomer was moro successful
taking charge until "Body" appcarc'
with the trombone of authority. an'
Jimmy" johnson. who invoked the au
licnce to sing until the Kaiser coui
hear Leadership for a while was en-
trusted 10 "Jimmvn who was paid fO
his services in dumb show by Rody, Z
che high delight of the ASSEMBLY
Drive Out the Booze Shops" "Ih
| Brewers Big Horses and ~ Better Da
Is COMM BY and BY the iast-namc
as an encore solo by Jimmy himscl
kept everyone in good humor until Sun
day appeared.
The evangelist last night called hi
sermon Nuts TO Crack for Skcptcs.
Simple doubtcrs of religious dogm
were grouped together with scientific ~
vcstiqators and consigned 60 hell /,
gethcr. Evolution, spiritualism, noI
| Bible history, scraps OF last gcneratio
science, were bundled out OF eNistcn,
together with "frccthinkcrs and libor'
Holsters who crowd the road to hell"
Sensational features were lacking ;
the morning service, everything PR
cccdng with true Sabbath dccoru
and the trail-hitting itself eXliibitn
so far as appearances were concerned,
rcyerential spirit not invariably show
at the weekday services.
The mornings audience consists
chiefly of women. The building WI
filled, but not TO the point of diseor
fort.
The sermon for the morning dea
with the Iwcnty-third Psalm, and q
) evangelist, evidently rcserving hims,
I for The heavier tests Of the later 81
5 vices. kept himself we'll within his ph
b steal limits. Only once did he brei
e. loose-whcn he repeated his characte
? zation so often heard before. of /
good old saint" who had gone alo
! in the good old way for forty year
r Now and then the audience caught
e sudden iab; on the whole, however,
$ was spared.
Christianity and morality we're ma
{ synonymous for the moment;
= "You bereave the world of Chri
= tianity, and you'll sound the deaf
r. knell of morality.
= The afternoon crowd swarmed in
the building rapidly as the mornil
d congregation left. Il amused itse
+ during the wait between service
!. which really was very short one,
g singing the usual Gospel hymns, al
by the way of change, America, al
"The Star-spangled Banner"
The sermon, entitled Solomon,
Thirty-second Degree Sport" recour
ed the delights Of the ancient palace
more especially. perhaps, those
l multiplied luxuriousness. Solom'
himself was treated as the worl
weary "King over Israel in Jer
:. salem" of the Book of EcclesiastC
c from which the text was taken.
e Solomon had 5000 concubines," d
= clared the evangelist, "and you
= breaking your neck to keep one (
a the side"
= The animal prOpensities of the we
+ wived monarch were among the el
C ments which brought about his la
condition of mind.
10 Solomon loved many strange woT
4 en-that's why he dropped his cand
c Solomon loved many strange womel
r that's where they go, his goat"
Song was omitted from the evang'
e lists trinity of things evil; but VIII
n so TO speak. did not get away for {
G afternoon unnoticed:
$ III I had my way every drop
alcohol would be on fire before {
sun would set"
: Hits Unitarians.
Unitarianism got a lick Of the Ct
O'-nine tails.
"ThOse who create mistrust in {
minds of mon ahouf tho diyipif,-