Evening journal., 1915-02-17
SUNDAY PICTURES
TERRORS OF HE'LL
Stop Blaming Church, He
Says, and Shoulder
Personal Guilt
500 CONVERTS
DURING THE DAY

Nearly five hundred persons answered
the call to "penitence, pardon aud
peace" at Billy Sundays big tabor-
naole yesterday afternoon and last
night.
Three hundred and thirty of these
appeared at the evening service. after
a good. old-fashiened. rip-rOaring,
re-and-brimstonc discourse upon the
terrors of hell. and the efficacy of
public profession of faith as a means
of escape Tears or penitence were
common-and very genuine tears,
too-on the faces of last nights con-
tingent. Among these we're a num-
Der of trced convivials.
Delegations were in evidence at
both services yesterday. AT the ear
lier service the Ushers Association
put IL over" what the evangelist
calls saints and bench-warmers" by
reserving the front seats in the tab
ernacle, which these gentlemen have
, been occupying almost TO the point
of usurpation, since the opening OF
the campaign. And at the night SER
vice, OF course, the usual reserva-
tions kept many of these at a safe dis
tance from the front to give some one
else a hearing.
The evangelist declared last night
that applications for charity were re-
ceived by him to the extent of So
100000 annually. This statement was
expressed after he had been presented
I by Germantown Bible classes in view
OF the audience, with the huge bag OF
/ nickels for charitable work.
pun find nlpnfy pf ttun Fpr 10
said he
Other gifts came from other dele
cations. The most notable was that
| presented by the Philadelphia Foun-
/ drymen's Association, which had for
borne a regular meeting schedule for
/ last night to 90 and hear Bill instead
This consisted of a beautiful 12-bOrc
shotgun.
You couldn't have picked out any
thing liked better" declared tn,
evangelist. wits been beggin me
for a shotgun. too
Hot shot abounded last night
How can it be well with you wher
the curse of God lies upon you, and i
you die you will go TO eternal damna
tion?"
The audience pondered this appar
entity, through the whole course OF /;
number of subsequent passages. Afte
a while came ray of light.
You can be born again in one min
ute without the devil in you. If you'll
only have faith in Jesus Christ"
AS the air in the tabernacle gre,
c'0se. the evangelist declared
You give me a stomach-aehe talkir
about the people in the church. ]
you don't like the way they live, com
down and show them the way"
AS the ushers opened the window
and the place grew cool again, he II
sumed,
There are not devils enough in he
( to make you sin If you don't want to,
initiating a sDorting drunkard h
brought smiles into the faces of hi
hearers. Five minutes later he ma
them in tears again by asking them {
name in his prayers those of their kin
dred, who in their opinion. needed i
Cries of MY brother" my husband.
my mother" my friend" went up al
over the place
Rather a mute audience greeted tn
Sunday party when it appeared fo
the afternoon service. Perhaps tn
cloudy weather was responsible. bl
certainly little singing went on in th
tabernacle before "Rody" and HI
, trombone came to the front The builC
ing was pretty well filled. as usual. b
1880, but the singing didn't seem
get started. Even after Rody got til
! audience together he told the audienC
that Philadelphia didn't sing half
well as Pittsburgh, and certainly M
any louder than Camden. In spite
this. however, luke-warmness pr
, vailed.
Twenty-four clergymen from Ricl
: mond. Va, led by the Rev. W.
), Christian, pastor of the Union Squal
4 NJ s. Church, of that city, attended ;
g special delegation. Seventy-h'
Buhalonians attended as another. al
4, four visitors from Washington as
a third. All typiied the rivalry betweC
r various cities for a chance to hear Il
t evangelist
! A new sermon-that is, new
T. philadelphia entitled "The Fig Tree
+ engaged the evangelist yesterday. TT
fir tree, and the myrtle tree. we
: taken as symbols OF the Christian i
dividual in two of his agreeable a
poets. Skeptics and infdels. Unita
ians and Christians Scientists repr