Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-02-02
"HELP REDEEM CITY"
is SUNDAYS PLEA

/ NOHtnucu from faEe One
| and delegates to the United Presbyterian
| Soul-Saving Conference. a. j. Drexel
Biddle and Mr.. and Mrs. Alexander Van
Rensselaer, occupied seats near the plat
form. Prayer was offered by the Rev. DIR.
John Grant Newman. The attendance
was tho smallest since the campaign
started. there being less than 1900 per-
sons present
II was stirring sermon for the church
members to apply what talents they mad
to soul-saving through personal work
Time and again Mr.. Sunday pounded the
pulpit and stamped his foot on the plat
form with crash as he drove home his
denunciation of the Indifferent and care
less persons who do nothing and ALLOW
the world to 20 straight to hell"
Billy" taught his lesson from the story
in the gospel according to St Luke in
the 5th chapter and the sixth verse, where
II is told how Jesus went into a syno-
Eogue and found there a man with
withercd hand. and healed him"
He compared the Incompentency OF the
man with q withered hand TO men and
women who are accomplishing nothing
because they are only partially able to
do Gods work, due to their lack of sin
cerity and faith in Christ
"wITHBRED HANDS EVERYWHERE.
"You can find persons with wlthered
hands everywhere" Sunday shouted.
THE drunkard can't do what he ought
to do because of drink; the woman who
lies causes her womanhood to wither; she
can't live the kind of life she would live
because she Is withered. In every church
there are persons who cannot do what
they would because they have given
themselves to the devil; they are
withered. You say that you can't do
personal work; it is because you are
withered"
Don't be like the priest who saw the
Levite lying injured and didn't turn aside
TO minister to his needs. If he had he
might have been as famous as Paul. or
Peter; but he didn't. This man had his
cnance ana missed 1t. You have a chance
such as you have never had before to win
men and women to Christ. 1t Is an awful
thing for church and its people to miss
such a chance"
The dark morning and threatening
clouds could not keep the crowds away
from the tabernacle. Two hours before
time for the afternoon meeting to begin
found hundreds of women sitting in the
rough-bOard seats sewing, knitting and
reading, while they awaited the arrival of
Homer A. Rodeheaver, the choir leader.
AS soon as "Rody" stepped upon the plat
form the music was begun, and a pro-
gram of singing was carried out before
Mr.. Sundays arrival.
The audience received "Billy" with loud |
applause, and, during his sermon, he
was compelled to wait many secondswhile
the audience applauded or laughed heart.
ly at some of his ''sledge- e-hammer''
blows at sin and the devil.
Another honor is coming to Mr.. Sum
day. Ex-Governor Robert B. Glenn, OF |
North Carolina, will come here at the |
end OF this week and attend the taber-
lacle meetings. The Ex-Governor is a |
eading opponent of booze II is prob
able that he will address the young people |
II the Saturday afternoon service on the |
harm done by alcohol.
During his stay in this city ex-Goy-
,rnor Glenn will be the guest of the
Rev, DR.. Homer w. Tope. district super
of the Anti-Saloon League Mr.
Glenn has been much interested in the
work of billy" Sunday for many years.
md is enthusiastic over the opportunity
o hear him before the largest crowds the
evangelist has ever addressed Next Sun
lay afternoon at 3:45 o'clock the former
Governor will speak in the Hermon Pres
'yterian Church, Frankford avenue and
harrison street, He will talk on "The
Nations Call to Temperance"
Following one of the most restful of
lis days on" since coming to Philadel-
'hia, Mr.. Sunday was feeling fine today,
he could not help discuss the con-
ltions he witnessed at the city's hos
'ital for the poar and insane at Blockley,
lowever. His comment on the institu-
ion. following his visit, was:
TITS the oldest thing PHILADELPHIA has
ext to the Liberty Bell, out of date; out
4 date"
In starting the hfth week of his nine
,eeks campaign, today "Bllly" and
Ma" Sunday feel much encouraged with
he excellent results OF the campaign. IL
as been record-breaking revival from
he first day. Already there have been
1ore "trall-hltters" during the four
'eeks' work than Sunday has usually
IeeIeu curing an entire campaign in
mailer cities In less than half a dozen
tues In which he has conducted cam
alsns have the totals been greater than
he present enrolment. There have been
lore than 1900 "trall-hitters" here.
The collections have also been good
r. Sunday declares 1t is always much
asler TO do effective salvation work after !
le money for the expenses has been
royidsd. To date S4s,I5IIs has been {
aeeiYed toward the expenses, So h is
elieved the expenses OF about $50 600 win I
ave been paid In by the end OF this !
eek.
Mr.. Sunday said today he might extend 1
10 Philadelphia campaign 10 ten weeks {
o Is already working on new sermons In
der that he may be supplied II he ex- Z
nds the time for closing the revival :
'rYiees until a week later than was
-lgtnally planned.
Discussing the plan OF 1850 to 1000
rineston students to come here to at
nd q service, Billy said he would be
slisntea 70 have them II arrangements
'uid be made 50 that they could get in
de the tabernacle. It 10 probable, since
ltside delegations cannot get resergR-
ons Of seats, that the Princeton men
AZ Be admitted AZ some time when
student night u observed
M Sunday left early today Tor the Z
lnday home at Winona Lake. Ind. but J
ans . return b. Saturday night. The
iangellst's mother has net been IL good Z
'alth for some tine. and because of fhis
fs sunday made the tourney
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