The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-10

Tils seven QiNS anu seven ulBnNS
- the city Of Philadelphia has
rocked and throbbed, aughed
and cried. as never before in its
1nc and cvcntiul history. Forty thou
sand me-. and women, in the most con-
..rya.tr most self-contained. of the
er,a, c.' .cs OF the New World daily have
crowded INTO "A huge building to sing
.lmus % pray, to listen with tense
faces and fast beating hearts while
former baseball player Familiarity called
El.y sunday has dared the devil to do
is worst has called upon Alnighiy
cd to come right down there among
that vast audience and set those men
nd women on fire with determination
.o turn rom Wrongdoing, from licen-
Hou-n, SIS. dishonesty, hypocrisy, and to
tar. uu the straight and narrow path
4 k.adne s, sympathy, righteousness,
which leads To that peace of mind
which passeth understanding"
Daily has great army of 100, 900 earn
est men and women, I'm groups Of five.
en-, fifteen. met in multitude OF
.umbe homes to beseech the God OF
.le.r "a hers To uphold this extraor-
binary man who is conducting a six
weeks campaign of spiritual revival. BE
added. furthermore. that like meet
mss for private prayer have been held
IA homes far from humble; in homes
ul han rs. merchant princes, lawyers,
manufacturers.
VIVA is the secret of It? What Is
me reason Billy Sunday can step out
90. train at the Broad street station.
vhlrl across town to an enormous
NIIdmg especially constructed for him,
enter while a choir of eight hundred or
thousand trained voices sing an in
spring hymn, Dol, down the aisle to-
ward the platform while a great gasp
sweeps over the audience, raise his hand
Tor silence and then fire a battery OF
slang, eNhortatlon. denunciation and. APP
Yea. with the result that the next day
churches are closed, business is inter-
r4p.ed, social engagements. go by the
board theatres are deserted and men
and women everywhere talk. not OF poll
LES, tariff. war, dances, receptions
'pors but Of life of prayer. or hope
for future existence, and determined to
stop gambling, to cut out liquor, 10 try
Co. bring happiness and love into their
ooines and To lead their friends in the
rev way
what is that tingling, intoxicating
hsnly communicable mob spirit which
sweeps across an audience. a city, a
'au"n with consuming fire? The ques-
.oo is impossible of answer in definite
FORM for ii Is ineXtriCaby bound up
Mth the most powerful force that has
TO up with the race of mankind-the
psychic which as yet is barely com
pretended.
ASK any OF the self-sacrificing mission
workers i'm New York, ask those In
charge VI the old Alaska Street Mission
h Philadelphia, for example. what the
my s'crlous power is which revolu-
tonnes men and women and they will
l.L You that II il the spirit of God.
Men pf sceinCe who have followed the
phenomena usually attribute such ref
ormIuCm Of physical, mental, spiritua
LIE 10 psychic force"
Take he testimony given some TIME
AGO before the British Association FOL
Advancement of Science by the super
'."ud"nl Of the West Riding Institute
n'" I'd. The most extensive hospitals fol
''. insane in the world. After a quarter
century of experience with those Of
'..u"rmll mentality this man gave 1
"S Hs deliberate opinion that for thos,
suffering mcntal'and nervous disorder
Boot me- is 50 important nothing s.
''' nHpus as sincere prayer.
'Hno nearer home. Listen TO tn
words n so eminent pathologist a
' 1and Jeifreys in an address de
.t"''d before the University Club o
lutyille, n. Y.
do not know what religion is
'ta Dr Jeffreys. ~ do not pretend I
Boo. H. But barring exceptional case
lis 70" result Of my observatOh tina
'uly permanent cure for chroni
'". ISM Is for the patient to 'ge
ana get ii hard"
n order to arrive at some undeV
dug of the means whereby Bill
IiN makes 50 powerful an impress
'' upou one community after anothe
.. necessary a. know something abou
man himself. In the first plaC
t1l' name * William Ashley Sun
''N ana ne was born in Ames, lows
."no years ago. At the age of
.I PASSED through the high schoC
q. 'tdl, Iowa; had studied al North
Torn University and mad married
l-' arl Miss Helen A. Thompson
'n rly boyhood he had been ir
''..'.d in baseball and from 1888
.'" was professional player on IN
'.'so. Pttsburg and PHILADELPHIA
.''.n- Of the National League. An
.gn omething happened.
ono warm spring afternoon MOI
'Aan twenty years ago Sunday har
a