The Washington times., 1915-04-20
LASHED BY SUNDAY,
n. Y. PASTORS CHEER
Clergymen Shout "Amens' as
Evangelist Asserts Many Are
in Peril Of "SIide to Hell.'

NEW YORK. April 2o.-Ninc hundred
preachers and theological students In
the Calvary Baptist Church. heard
Billy Sunday describe the Internal re-
gons and picture the fate awaiting
those who exploit false doctrines and
schisms from the pulpit
The evangelist warned the clergymen
that they will slide down into he'll to-
gether" unless they preach the true
word of God. He criticised their meth
DDS. accused them of "tcmporiZing with
and warned them lest they wreck their
own faith and that Of their followers
with rank isms and schisms that have
wiggled out of the pit of hell
ITO hell with the twentieth century,
he shouted. The church is rank with
false doctrine. I'm preaching the truth
and I'm radically orthodox. Ministers
who preach false doctrines and higher
criticisms will go to hell IL they don't
look out"
Billy Sunday visited the Polo Grounds
Yesterday afternoon and watched the
Giants and the Phillies play five inn
ings. He spent most of the sixth inning
on the Giants bench at McGraw's invi-
tation and was introduced to the play
crs. For FIVE minutes Billy hade one
arm around McGraw and another
around Rube Marquard. McGraw was
smiling all the time. but the Rube look
'u uh'oiiii
Tries Out Bats.
Before leaving the Giant bench Billy
tried out all the Giant bats, and finally
got one which suited him, and took his
batting practice in n lot of imaginary
balls. He says he had not been on the
Polo Grounds since 1891. when he played
there as a member of the Philadelphia
club. He thought 1t a strange coinci-
dence that Philadelph should again be
playing there.
Sundays address in Calvary Church
lasted more than an hour. Many of his
auditors for the first ten or fifteen min
utcs sat with half-amused smiles, but
all finally suCcumbed and before he end
ed his sermon hehad them intoning
"Amens' and shouting "hurrahs." Once
when he wanted to stop after speaking
about forty-tive minutes they urged him
to continue.
THE church of God is facing the
powers of darkness as she has never
faced them before in her h story" said
Sunday in beginning his address.
There never was time when the
people were SO sclf-satisfied and com
placent as they are now.
So some of YOU ministers think with
your higher criticism you will be able
TO reach heaven; but you will 60 to
hell II you don't look out. Whatever
our creed SAYS about he'll. mighty little
OF the preaching and still less of the
practice carry the conviction that any
one Will ultimately reach hell"
kow-Tow To Rich.
Billy ridiculed the way some ministers
kow-tow to wealthy parishioners.
But Il a poor guy. Weary Willie
panhandler. came along and wanted
to sit In one of the pews." Sunday re-
sumed. you would go this way"
whereupon the evangelist seized one of
the chairs, kicking at 1t toward side
door exit
Il don't wonder SO many people are
going off on tangents. ] am trying to
DO my best to keep them straight
whether it meets with your approval
or not. I am radically orthdox Some
people don't like my methods. All
right, | don't like yours Some of you
don't like my vocabulary. What do
care? This is free country.
I'm the church you have preachers
who pray five minutes and church
members pray about three minutes and
are absent from church all the rest OF
the world wouldn't lose anything as
spiritual force. | do not believe that
half tho" church members have been
converted.
The liberalizins tendencies of the
time have poisoned the fountain head
of religion. Many preacher is re-
viewing some fiction. and his sermon
is a reprint of the last novel he read
instead of reprint of what God had
to say on the subject The higher
Christ Is too crude for the twentieth
century. Then to hell with the TWEEN
tteth century!
Some people think New York is too
Weehawken and Hoboken all right, but
not this city. Well. you just give God
a chance: and you will find out what
He can do