Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-09-06
OPENING DAY OF
REVIVAL SEES THE
STAGE WE'LL SET
Continued from Pago one)

NContnueo rom foke Onel
her husband. After the hand-ciapping
had ceased she said;
After that you can figure out about
how old am. And II has been a battle
all the time. not so much between our
selves as with sin and tho devil. We are
glad to be In Omaha and We know that
God is going to give strength to our work
hero. God bless Omahar"
! Then Billy started in on his sermon
D (Which Is printed elsewhere in this paperl
II was a plea for more OF the power OF
the Holy Spirit in the church and less
formality and half-hearted organization.
| Ratio of Sermons and sinners.
AT Pentecost 1900 were converted with
one sermon" he said. Nowadays u
/ takes about aOOO sermons TO convert one
poor sinner"
! The evangelist wore a blue serge busl-
ness suit without vest. white silk shirt.
! low collar. black bow tic and low patent
/ leather shoes.
! He didn't sit down from the time he
first rose on the platform until his ser
mon was brought to sudden conclusion
with the simple statement:
II will preach again at o'clock. Thank
lands while he offered prayer; he stood
beside Ma" while she spoke and he
stood while Mr.. Brewster and Mrs Asher
sang their duet.
He Never stands StilI.
The familiar smile. "a human dy-
namo," seems 10 have been made to fit
Billy Sunday. You can't conceive OF
him taking a slow. deliberate step, He
rushes like a runner on the bases, he
strikes attitudes like batter at the
plate and one of his most characteristic
attitudes Is standing on one leg, lifting
the other at a right angle and raising
his hand high in the air. like an in
fielder reaching for a high hit
He rushed from one side Of his sixteen
foot platform to tho other and stamped
resounding stamps within ten inches of
the intrepid reporters heads. He took
the wooden chair and placed Il beside
his pulpit, mounted It. put one foot on
the top OF tho pulpit and shook his fist
at the audience as he drove homo a
point.
! lie never stood still a moment. He
lodged from side TO side Of the pulpit.
He advanced to the front Of the plat
form so that his foot was half way
over the edge. lie shook his fists on
high and bowed himself down nearly to
the floor. He made a trumpet with. his
hands and shouted TO the rafters of the
building. The perspiration poured from
his brow and his collar was wllted and
his silk shirt was soaked. He set him
, self with one foot forward and the other
far back, like a man pushing a heavy
load.
Consummate acting and mimicry de-
lighted the audience and held them 30
that in his periods they sat with mouths
open and eyes devourfng him and heads
moving with him as he moved from
place to place.
AZ Young Peoples Meeting.
One of his pieces Of acting was in a
description of what he called 'the aver
age young peoples meeting In
church"
"You go in there" ne said with a
chuckle, ''and the leader says: We have
very interesting topic for tonight I
haven't made much preparation, but I
hope you will all feel free TO take part
Then someone says, Let us sing No. 10
ana they sing oh. to Be Nothing, Moth
ing"
Sunday clasped his hands in front OF
him and, leaning back. raised his face
and in a squeaky voice chanted the line
yhile the audience laughed.
Then" he continued still chucltling
with contempt, someone reads a verse
of poetry from the Christian Endeavor
World and then someone else says.
Shall we sing No. 4S? and they sing
Throw out the Life Line Huh. they
haven't got enough strength to string a
clothes line There is no vital. COM
polling power in our churches, no per-