The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-10
SUNDAY OPENS
42-CENTIMETRE
FIRE ON DEVIL
Bangs off First Big Assault
on Emotions Of POten-
tial Trail Hitters.
TELLS HOW HE BEAT
GATE AT THEATRES


sav banged of his first A2 centimeter
assault upon the emotions of Patcrson's
! ntential trail hitters at the conclusion
n, his sermon this afternoon.
His shot his head forward and down
rard until his livid face and closed eyes
,ers out over the edge OF. the Tabcr-
rscle stage. And sweatdrops spattcred
ana HE voice grew hoarser as he yelled
| = prayer 20 God and punctuated Il with
mighty thumps that numbered upon the
drumke sides OF the implanted pine
desk bcsid, him.
"All YOU vino are willing" he had
shouted abruptly before this AT the end
Of his sermon, "to make your hearts the
temple Of God let mo see YOU. Raise
your hands J" he yelled. as he raised his
own, and with a Jerky, reckoning mo.
ton 70 the crowd 10 rise he cried huskly.
"Lei me see you. stand up! stand up
II stood the greater part OF an audi
srce. chiefly made up OF women and chill
dren, which tilled about three-quarters "
the Tabernacle And amid the groaning
OF Amen :" Praise the Lord =. Amen
Amen " Billy crouched forward with
closed eyes and Numbered forth his
prayer
Lord Lord I know You're going to
to great things. Iio, Ho' Mr. Devil
don't wonder you turn pale and your
teeth are jogging loose. You're wor-
led. Mr. Devil. You've had your heel
on the neck OF Paterson Tor a long time.
You've broken enough hearts. blighted
enough lives 81 men and women. and
you've Killed enough mothers with the
sayvardness of their boys and girls.
Leads ~ to Laugh.
you've sent enough people home with
sinking breaths, Mr.. Devil, puking and
vomiting and spewing, vile enough to
stink a polecat out of its hole You've
stood long enough choking the throat Of
New York till you've driven out of New
YORK every sense OF decency. driven II
commercially crazy and drunk, till New
| York thinks It's immune from God AL
mighty's truth.
You've done the same TO Brooklyn,
| the same to Boston, sir. TO Cincinnati.
Cleveland. Minneapolis. st. Paul, Los
Angeles a voice whispering among ir-
reverent ggglers. And all points west
on track twenty three-e-e-e - and you
stood with hands clutching Philadel-
9hia until they tore loose your old grip.
| pevil--until they stood w. sir, and told
you to so TO hell with you"
Amen Amen moaned the Taber-
fac.e.
IN Strengthened Billy and smartly
hoppej around behind the desk beside
watch h. had been standing and holding
onto while shouting his PRAYER. He
ducked beneath the desk quickly and
ysnkei out into view half gallon Of
mineral water.
With both hands Billy tilted the bot
D. 10 his lips. and while he grinned
0travagsntly--Billy. knows we'll the art
o. Leading to the laughs he seems TO
value as much AS any actor does-he
threw his head far back and gulped and
ruped the water. And as quickly as
Billy had plunged his crowd into emo
tonsl "Amens," during his hoarsely
shouted prayer quite as abruptly he now
hat them all cackling joyously.
"a Great Actor"
n fact. he would have made "a great
actor az Billy during the discourse that
! rreceded his prayer quoted Tom keene,
the actor. AS having said about him.
u used TO hit the booze and lie and
cheat like YOU people" Billy cried TO
his afternoon crowd when leading up to
lis own hlstrionic abilities. And |
used to 60 TO theatres too when | was
ball player" and Billy added some in
formation that when they read 1t here
viii probably spoil the whole day for
lot OF members Of the Lambs Club
Who have TO pay their way into the
Polo Grounds.
y every theatre in the country" said
Billy. My face was good at the door
N every theatre In New York. Boston,
Cnlcago, every place. And actors al
ways get into bali games free. Ball
y Mayors are broke during the winter
ana nave money during the summer and
actors are broke in the summer SO
diyVy back and forth. But In the
N.-.y years I've been a professed Chris
,4a I've never darkened the door of a
'hea're except to preach the Gospel In
u applause from the section devoted
TO clerSymen and from others.
Disconsolate groans OF bod CAST II
anyway Don't We do anything right
were heard from sad faced young men
Today when word got around to them as
they came up for air that now Freddy
sei0ert. janitor OF the Tabernacle. Is IN
c!snant at the reporters who wrote yes
hrday that Freddy's convert had been
pnch"i 50 indignant that Freddy, "a
quj'e Freddy, is thinking about giving
Nose reporter guys a good lift In the
J lose
Coming Here Monday.
Everything a fellow says when these
reporters from New York interview
nm protested Freddy, who gave the
IMPRESSION to-day of one cropping for the
outdoor sunshine after having been
'...''' az Oh IN" carpet ny lll' bbSS l'i
hlkns too much. "they go right ahead
ara print. You don't hear me say q
word 81 au Interview 10 you from this
OF. Get me- And furthermore" Freddy
continued The interview before resumint
,.' work Of prddlng Rody's hymnals ano
Us own booklets, that convert | made
- b" ntrNslider. Hes ON the wagon now
ana 1'I b" back here all right. all right
\ good lttr N the nose is what some
&. ,."-" reporter guys II gel" concluded
~" "' angels'. "liymEals, lady? only
e cents. ilymuals. Hymnals -
Nur' cut Justly lunsed youngsters by
- '."u-tui ylpprd their school Sells "a
'"-h.s1'.E meeting This was Schoo
'.l' At the Tabernacle and the mai
AMI '.ualc young idea of Paterson an'
oI' wing towns, together with all tn
OBJ '.r, that could crowd IN, hlled ever
H'a' Hl the 900 I'm the building, witt
.''.HN lined up many deep around Tn
WI.
I' .'r"iy, concrete fashion Billy sho
'I' r'1l advice - the youngsters abou
t'Ts nigh IN life.
".'' -nIi Tonight that nc VIII go u
"f.'H'ttu nrNt Monday ana tax. Tn
'.' ''ou came from the New nori
'f-- club while Billy was in Phlladel
pa nu' Ne did not accept then. Nov
~ Says hr viii speak 10 the Press Gu
''''n I"r9 Il ;h".r New York cluphous