The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-03
Quaker City Crowds
Cheer Billy Sunday
Evangelist Says He Will
Fight All Kinds of Vice
Hard for Ten Weeks.
NEW TABERNACLE IS
BUILT FOR MEETINGS

PHiLADELPHIA, Jan. Billy Sunday
the evangelist, who will begin ten weeks
campaign here tomorrow. arrived in this
city from his home in winona Lake. Ind,
this afternoon. Thousands OF people. in
Guiding delegations OF ministers of all
denominations, University OF Pennsylvania
students and admirers. thronged the train
shed in the Broad Street Station and ac-
corded him a hearty welcome
The Sunday campaign committee. eighty
strong, met the evangelist as he stepped
from the car and escorted him through
solid lines OF cheering men, women and
children TO the street. where he entered
an automobile for his home. Sunday
will preach the first sermon OF his cam
paign tomorrow morning in the taber-
nacle which has been erected especially
for his services He will also preach In
tho afternoon and evening and twice n
day each weekday during his stay ex-
cepting Mondays
The evangelist was amazed at the size
ard temper OF the crowd which packed
the entire train floor OF thu station and
shouted and sang welcome. The two
lines OF one hundred police finally were
swamped under the rushes OF 5000 men.
women and children of all classes.
MY. my" said Billy, this is more than
/ expected. IL looks as II may be able
to do some good work here"
To Fight Every Evil.
As Sunday left the stateroom which he
occupied on the all night trip ne said
that he intended to fight every evil in
the city to talk to every class and sec
ton and to deliver especially an address
at the University OF Pennsylvania be-
cause the university students had given
him kindly reception on former occa-
sions
Sundays trip all the way down the
Pennsylvania main line was a sort OF
informal ovation. At Harrisburg and AL
toona crowds assembled at the stations
to peer at the train and endeavor to get
glimpse OF the evangelist Mrs. Sunday.
who has become known as Mother" Sun
day in the cities where her husband has
conducted his extraordinary REVEALS. was
his companions on the trip here and was
cheered as her husband was.
The moment Sunday Jumped from the
car steps he was ensulfed by the swarm
OF waiting enthusiasts. Everybody cheered
everybody yelled. Hello. Billy! 20 and
everybody tried TO get near enough to
shake hands.
A section OF one OF the tabernacle
cholrs which took "A place In the train
shed to sing welcome to the man who
has Just converted 10000 persons at Des
Moines vas scattered under the pressure
OF the crowd.
From Broad Street Station Sunday was
whrled To the tabernacle at Nineteenth
and Vine streets Several interesting an
nouncements were made to Mr.. Sunday
while the house was being inspected.
The news that 1000 students from the
University Of Pennsylvania wanted to at
tend every meeting pleased him greatly.
"Tell 'em I'm coming sixty miles an
hour in the name of God" was the word
Sunday sent as he neared the city.
II thought Of the thousands being
poisoned by the rum bund In Philadel-
phia OF the thousands that haven't ever
| lamped the light from the Throne, and
I said. God, they are poor. and they are
| forsaken. and they have no one to show
them the way
What are you doing lying in bed Billy
| Sunday? The Grand Voice said to me,
| Kick in. Billy! Kick in" I'll kick IN.
God, said.
II shall attack every form of vice in
! Philadelphia without fear, but ! shall
not bawl out any individual. There will
be some ministers who may not like what