The Washington times., 1915-01-02
PHILADELPHIA EAGER
FOR SUNDAY REVIVAL
Evangelist viii Preach First
Sermon in Huge Tabernacle
Tomorrow Morning.

fHlLADELfHlA. Jan. "-onOTtiy
after 8 o'clock this afternoon Billy Sun
day will reach the city and tomorrow
morning at 1890 the first service Of the
great nine weeks evangelistic cam
paign for which the church people Of
the city have been preparing for weeks
will open.
Accompanied by Mrs. Sunday, the
evangelist will arrive at the Broad
Street station at 3:os this afternoon,
and huge delegation of men, includ-
Ing ministers. Bible class members.
and college students, will he on hand
to give him q noisy welcome
The Sundays and Jack Cardiff. Billy's
physical trainer. left Winona Lake.
Ind, last night.
Cardiff. who is an old-time boxer and
trainer. professed conversion at one of
Mr.: Sundays meetings in Canton. Ohio.
In 1910. Since then he has been physi-
cal director Of Y. N: G.. A: work at
Bible Institute at Chicago; to fit him,
self for evangelistic work. He Will
visit the workers in the Philadelphia
shops and factories at noon-hour meet
The initial service in the tabernacle.
gin at 1890 tomorrow morning: Mr.;
SUNDAY will preach on Holy Spirit.
the strength and appeal Of which Phila-
delphia already has heard much.
In the afternoon at 2 o'clock his ser
mon will be based on a text taken from
II Timothy. ii16. The evening meet
Ing starts at o'clock. He will preach
against the sins Of society.
Philadelphia Is Eager.
Keen as the evangelist may be for
the fray. it has been the part Of Phil
adelphia to display the last word in
eaEerness. For the last week the popu-
lace has awaited teh beginning OF the
revival with an impatience about like
that Of small boy or girl on the eve
OF Christmas.
There are certain to be big crowds
thronging to the doors Of the immense
frame building tomorrow. Something
in the very atmosphere Of the town is
truth OF that. The Rapid Transit Com
pany has felt it. and has made all prep
arations to handle traffic never before
experienced srSp in that part Of the city:
tabernacle have felt it., too. and the
word has gone out for the young army
OF ushers to be on the ground at in
the morning. l in the afternoon and 6
In the evening.
From Other Towns.
Another indication in line with that
lies in the fact that petitions have been
pouring into the campaign headquar-
ters for q week or more. requesting
reservations for delegations from out
OF town. One such request came from
the pastor of a Presbyterian church in
Newburyport Mass, where repose the
ashes Of George Whitefield, the famous
evangelist. who did a great and in
estimable work in this city more than
q century ago. An evangelist of Rich
mond. Va. is planning to bring party
of friends here with him for the Sec
ond week Of the campaign, while stu
dents of innumerable theological semi
naries and schools have signited they
care nothing about mere distance
A talk with any Of them divulged
that the personal workers corps Of
more than !, 400 men and women is Just
itching" to be at their duties OF cir
culating in the audience and passing
out the words of encouragement and
exhortation that are necessary to make
the efforts of the evangelist prompt
the greatest possible harvest Of con-
science-smitten "trail-hitters." But. OF
course. it will be days-a week or more
Sunday never asks repentant sinners
to profess faith until he has arrived
at that point in his early preacnln !;
where he sees the time Is opportune
As for the readiness Of the taber-
nacle itself. the great empty interior
Of the place seems simply to yawn for
the prospectiye crowds; Joseph II.
has looked over the structure, from
sawdust to rafters. and his is the hap
paness and satisfaction of the man
aware OF work well done. 1t was his
largest enterprise, and nobody who
saw the magical way In which the car
nee together can blame him for his
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