Evening star., 1915-01-19
OVER 5000 PEOPLE
HEAR BILLY SUNDAY
Congress, Cabinet and Su-
preme Court Represented in
Convention Hall Audience.
TYPICAL SERMON GIVEN
BY NOTED EVANGELIST
Is introduced by Speaker Clark and
Discusses IF Christ Came to
Washington"

yesterday afternoon, when he describ-
| ed what might be expected to occur "If
| Christ Came to Washington" Senator's
members of the House, cabinet mem
bers. justices of the Supreme Court of
| the United States. in fact, representa-
tives of every department and branch
| OF the federal and District government.
were included in the audience that
crowded the big hall to the limit of its
capacity
The evangelist took as his text Luke
1871. Jesus entered and passed through
Jericho"
What would you do II Christ came to
Washington today?' he asked. would
you take down and throw into the
waste basket any of the pictures on
your walls? Would you change any
dates you have made? Would you write
note saying you couldn't be there
tonight? Would you tear up any let
ters you've received. SO your wife
wouldn't find them? Wouldn't you
make a good many quick changes in
your manner of living? Isn't there
something in your ice box that yo d
take out? Would you phone the brew
cry not to send the wagon around this
afternoon? Would you tell the grocer
you wouldn't need any wine or bottled
cocktails-at least, until tomorrow
Typical Billy Sunday Discourse.
mon, delivered in gatling-gun style
and with the accompaniments of facial
contortions and gymnastics which
speedily caused the speaker to rip off
collar and tie and sent rivulets of per-
spiration trickling down his face. to
be mopped off with handkerchief that
soon became soaked.
THE finest thing I ever heard" he
shouted, mounting upon a chair and
placing one foot on the reading desk
while he waved clenched fists in the
lish official a few years ago when.
think it was, Spurgeon asked him:
What would you do If Christ came to
London tomorrow" Why the Eng
lishman said, I'd go ahead and do my
duty Wasn't it great?"
Standing beside the reading desk and
drawing one foot up in exactly the at
tttude OF Hughey Jennings coaching at
first base. Mr.. Sunday denounced sin,
no matter where 1t is found.
"Christ's judgment of you isn't based
on what he reads in the Congressional
Record or in Who's Who in America"
he exclaimed. IF there's anything in the
idea OF Christ's coming to washington
that worries you. it's because you know
in your own heart that you're not living
square. acting square, playing square
with yourself. with your wife, with your
neighbors and friends. with your God"
Mr.. Sunday showed the effects of the
strain under which he has been work.
ing for some time. His voice was
husky, and persons in the back part of
the huge auditorium had great diff
voice lacks carrying power. but his
gesticulation and the platform gym
nastics through which he goes divert
the attention Of his hearers from any
lack of oratorical ability.
Base Ball Reminder.
All Of Hughey Jennings but the ia
nous grass-pulling and the "E-e-e
Yah" was there: every movement
every gesture. was of the base ball
field. When the speaker threw himself
back and with voice and body hurled
his message out over the audience. it
was with the exact effort man would
use in throwing in from center field.
he edged along the platform the atti-
tude was that of "a runner getting a
lead off first base, and when he stepped
back and lifted both hands as high as
he could reach above his head one
saw the fielder in the act of catching
a hard-driven ball.
God help that poor sinner" he shout
ed, who thinks he isn't bad enough to
go to hell and hopes he's pretty nearly
good enough to go to heaven. 1 tell
you, it's either heaven or hell; there's
nothing else for you. God isn't run
ming any halfway house for any bunch
of Weakened sinners in this world"
| Mr. Sunday paid his respects to the
ministerial profession with the declara-
tion that there is no room today. in
the church or out of it. for men with
out convictions
| '"rhe time has come" he declared,
\ when the men who think they have a
call-whatever that is-to preach Gods
| word have got to be something more
than a bunch of ossified mummies.
That kind of preacher has gone out of
fashion; they never did amount to any
thing, and today they're not getting
anywhere, and God and the world
hasn't any time for people who can't
| put it across"
Song Service Precedes Sermon.
| Preceding the speaking Homer Rode
HEAVIER, singer and trombone player.
led the chorus choir of more than 800
and the audience in a song service
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