New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-14
ENGLAND CALLS
BILLY SUNDAY

d.v was a abatement by George Arnold
that he had been threatened by the
7 ". w. gang and its adherents. 10
night. after the meeting, he SAID;
ats come to a pretty pass, ism H.
when a man who has brought such
great force for good as Sunday mere
ebould be threatened because he's done
il >"
He left the Tabernacle with the Sun
DAYS. guarded by Jack Cardiff and two
detectives. but said he did not lntend
20 take any precautions IN the shape OF
personal bodyguard.
The |. W. W. meeting 10 be held 70
night preliminary to the one scneduIed
for Thursday did not come of. There
wcre few huskies standing outside o.
Instituto Hall. in Market Street. but
no l. ". W. stars appeared, and the
hall remained dark. The manager or
Turn Hall said to-day he had received
no application from the /. W. W. Tor
a meeting there Thursday night.
The Tabernacle meetings to-day were
in no wav sensational. There was
lack Of interest in the afternoon, and az
night. although the great frame build
inc was bullying with its crowd, neither
, Sunday nor his hearers seemed TO
warm up, particularly. There was no
fame in Sundays talk. AT the close
Of the meeting, when he asked how
many were willing 70 raise their hands
and say Here's my heart IN pledge 20
Jesus Christ" not more than 1000 out
of the 1000 raised their hands.
Man Faints in Tabernacle.
man tainted during the service
and was carried out b. the mead and
fee Sunday showed considerable
nervousness because the crowd craned
it's collective neck to look around.
"Listen to me-" he said; IF you'll
listen. I'll preach, but if 500 OF you
turn your heads all around, | posi-
lively wont. We are prepared for ali
emergencies here. There are 10000
persons here That's a city. I'd like
TO live i'm a city of 10000 where only
one person gets sick. We are pro-
vided for all emergencies. If YOU
don't believe it, start something" He
ended with a grin, which set the
crowd laughing.
Some Of the Sundayisms during the
day we're:
"You can pack room to see show
where people don't wear enough
clothes TO make a pair Of breeches for
a humming bird, but you can't get men
After God made the toad, rattle
snake and vampire bat, he had some
awful substance left and made the
knocker."
Fake Letter from Elijah Third"
Sunday received fake letter to-day
from John Alexander. Elijah Third
to-day. dated "23 Bunk Street, He'll"
One part read:
Here ! have been for a long time
since | left Chicago. and no evangelis-
tic news which has reached this place
has caused half the excitement and in
terest that your campaign in Paterson
has done. The graft was good with
me. but couldn't hold a mark 10 the
stunts you've been pulling and COP
ping the coin you are with 1t. 1t is
great lemon game. this eXhorter act,
especially when you hand out those
double back action. repeating flap soak
ers with the combination, raise HI,
and fight old devil with the coin move
ment. That gets 'em, and when they
don't produce why another straight jab
corkscrew and the plate comes back
with the green"
Charles Haas, of Philadelphia, who
was arrested while distributing the
Lid Litter" outside the tabernacle last
week. was due before Recorder James
F. Carroll to-day to answer the charge
of peddling without license. He left
town instead. The Lid Litter" con-
tanned Francis Porter's statement that
there was $4,000 unaccounted for from
the Philadelphia campaign.
Four scrubwomen up before the same
recorder for drunkenness were "seL-
fenced to go to the tabernacle tonight
10 hear the sermon
The collections to-day were s277.6S
and S534.70. making the total for the
campaign thus far SS.417.O7. Trail-hit-
tiers are expected tonight, in all prob
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