The Washington times., 1915-01-06
SUNDAY PRAYS FOR
CITY, 10000 APPLAUD
Four Hundred Ministers Hear
Him Call Churches ''lce-
boxes" Members Mummies.

day was Off on the fourth day Of his
campaign at 10 o'clock this morning.
and at the same hour Members OF tho
avangelist's party began services IN
twenty.one churches. In his automo-
bile, Sunday will visit factories,
wharves, warehouses, meeting workers
and urging all to 'smite the devil
Getting his audiences by the heart
strings and tugging at them. the Rev.
Billy Sunday continues to electrify
nearly every person who hears him
preach.
In the two days the evangelist has
spoken he has held more than 100000
persons spellbound. has set men trem-
bling and women rocking backward and
forward In their seats. Although de.
claring that ministers need conversion.
the revivalist has succeeded in win
ming the unstinted approval OF hish ana
''He Ii remarkable; remarkable en-
phatically declared the Rev. Thomas J.
Garland. bishop suffragan of the Frot-
estant Episcopal diocese Of Pennsyl-
He has not yet said anything that is
Objectionable. His address is entirely
free Of Objectionable utterancee.
'of COURSE" he added, Sunday can ;n
witch Wy sy he ywouldn't ufs say ~ in a church"
Probably for the first time in the his
tory Of this city, q prayer meeting last
night was greeted with hand-clapping.
cries of approval. and even peals OF
laughter.
Climax of Busy Day.
It happened at the close OF a meet
ing in the tabernacle, and II there were
any in the vast audience Of nearly
10000 who thought It irreverent or out
OF place. no one gave sign: II was =.
the Sunday revival campaign. which
has now drawn audiences totaling 5000
to five meetings.
-Four hundred preachers sst in = re,
Sstea isst nisss: ss:'S so in the % atternoon They
heard churches called everything from
"mlldewed'' to "iceboxes;" church
members were "four-nushers'' and
''mummies." But the climax came
Of the night sermon
When Billy Sunday prays. he talks
to God as though he saw him standing
by his side on the platform. You have
no leave. of preaching and begins
praying. It was SO last night.
He had been bounding about the plat
form. leaping over the pulpit. standing
on q chair, and lying nat on the car
and his hands formed into a trumpet,
shouting to an imaginary man down in
the imaginary pit of an imaginary coal
mine.
He had his audience in the grip Of hi.
Of his sermon. the characters in the
tale. which corresponded to the vii
iains In q play, were 50 real to his
hearers that the climax was greeted
with q sound that swept over the taber-
nacle like the roar of an angry sea.
Snapped His Fingers.
As suddenly as the snap Of finger
he was in the middle Of his prayer.
"Oh. Lord" he began. we're glad
we've come into a State where they've
elected q Christian man for governor" "
fact that the evangelist had his eyes
closed and faced turned upward. YOU
would have thought he was continuing
NJ. sermon.
went on. you can damn % that % as QUICK cs
a. you want to. but save the bar
tender the owner. the brewer, and the
distiller." He prayed for the traction
cSSmpaSsy' s1s the tbs bpreaeh;ers and the
come come up. Up to the house with the milk and
Don't miss anybody. Jesus. from the
MAJOR MAJOR to the man who sweeps the
OcIeHuS his Speecn.
He referred to how some complained
that his remarks and his manner o.
speech were at times offensive, ant
said:
81 only preach the way your bunch
lives. that's all. Don't Spread YOU
feelings all over the tabernacle II yol
don't want me to walk on them. Som,
Of the fellows who think I'm vulga,
won't be In 1t when we get Up there
'rhe Lord'll say. Step to the left ant
they'll pass out.
''some Of you are so proud that whel
you walk down the street you imagin,
the world is going to tip UP, and tina
all tho sewage Is going to run the othel
way
Billy Sunday also devoted part of hi.
time to a discussion Of monetary mat
ters; Prefacing the taking Of the col
"Nineteen-twentieths Of the wealth 1,
the United States Is in the hands o
protesting Christians. That ought t,
mean that It is in Gods hands, but un
fortunately 1t DOESN'T
And again, following his vivid por
trayal Of what he would do to any on
who called him a CRATER to his face
he remarked:
II scrupulously set aside nine -tenth
in tho bank and check It out in tn
name Of Cod
The collections at the three session.
in the Tabernacle yesterday amounted
to $7,A42o.