Evening journal., 1915-03-12

the audiences attention toward an 4
other quarter nobody noticed him for |
a minute or two. when he was seen |
tc stretch his arms upward to the |
platform where Sunday sat. foot I
or more above his head. and heard !
TO cry out. over and over again. "Oh, !
Cod Oh. Godi Oh, Godi"
The evangelist in a moment leapcd
TO his feet He seemed uncertain, for
a moment. of the strangers words.
He then asked him. as he moved along
the face OF the rostrum;
Are you reportcr?"
As II dazed. the young fellow passed
his hand across his forehead and re-
piled. In tremulous voice. Il want 10
know II i've done wrong I want TO
know IL I've done wrong!"
Sunday took immediate control OF
the situation. He replied to him. very
gently, so that no one could hear him
except the very front row of the aud
ience:
Just wait till we're through we
can take that up afterwardsl"
J. W. Welch. Sundays assistant.
went to the young mans side and led
him away with the same half-consci-
Gus look upon his face to the side Of
the building.
The stranger gave the name Of
Charles Hoinks. He declared that he
had seen a picture Of the evangelist
yesterday in moving picture show
and that he wanted to "come right
down and be converted He had been
to the Y. M. c. A.. he added. to seek
employment; finding none, he wander
ed about town until he drifted into the
movie show, and had come thence di-
rect TO the tabernacle.
He said he had come from Muncie,
Arizona, where he had a girl" and
that he though Sunday would be able
10 find her for him. He was taken TO
the station house at Twentieth and
Wood streets for examination by
police surgeon.
Another stir was given the audience.
or at least the front rows of il, when
the trail-hitting began.
The first pcnitont to accept the
evangelists call to salvation was a
sturdily-built young fellow. Of much
tho same age. who came from a cross
aisle with his mothers arms about
him.
Here ye arc. Billyi" shouted he.
before the preacher was able to open
the trapdoor in his platform: "We
\ want victory. Billy: We want victory"
In a moment he had taken Sundays
4 hand and had been shown to a middle
place upon the "mercy-seat." his
mother sitting beside him. Alternate
/ laughter and tears consumed him un-
! til the secretaries began 10 move i'm
along the benches and take the names
of the newly accepted.
Many delegations we're present In
tho afternoon. One. consisting of ten
clergymen. led by Rev. George o
Tamblyn, came all the way from
Bridgeport. Conn. The largest of the
afternoon was that from the Dunbar
Home and School Association, 4O(
strong. Narberth and Bethayers SEN
Representations. chiefly made up o
women.
Yesterday afternoons music suf-
fered somewhat through the absenc'
from the piano Of b. +. Ackley. 4
substitute insisted upon hurrying tn
hymns through at a tempo, impos
sible for such an enormous choir. an,
w. A. Stover who substituted 70
"Rody," was unable to hold then
back.
"Barabbas" was the official title O
the sermon, which dealt with the Incl
dent of the liberated thief. in the gos
pei of st. Matthew. More impersOnal
perhaps. than recent sermons. /
formed an excellent medium for an
occasional fling at an audience frank
ly delighted TO be told il was made uT
of sinners. Two hundred and fifty.
three persons at the close OF it re.
sponded to the evangelist's invitation
to come trooping down the sawdusl
paths to a changed condition Of life
Obviously saving up his strength
for tho night sermon, Billy appeared
less emphatic in his manner than has
hbeen usual. Laughter and applause
followed when he told the audience:
Don't stand and wall, is marriage
failure? If it's a failure with you
it's because you're miserable sim
neri"
Mrs. John G. Grooms of the Emer-
gency Aid Committee. was an attend
ant at the afternoon service. Charl'
ton Yarnall was also a visitor.
A single contributor sent $40 and 6
local motor truck company sent two
toy trucks. which were duly wound az
by the trombonist and sent scurryinl
around over the platform. These con
tanned sums of money.
Commemorative as we'll as simply
useful" gifts were also sent up tC
the rostrum. One firm sent two "flex'
ible flyer" sleds TO. Sundays younger
children. These made bill" wish
that he could "just take a belly
buster" himself. Another company
gave the male members of the party
each a pocket electric flash" ant
surbuban poultry farm contributed
box OF two dozen eggs, which ,
voice from the audience averred were
"just off the nests"
A gavel made from wood OF tre'
that had fallen in independence
Square was another odd contribution
as was an order for a raincoat upoI
Philadelphia firm. This carmen
was for Jack" Cardiff. A photo
graph Of MA" Sunday, made upon
FURNISHED copper plate. was present
ed TO Mas" distinguished husband.
Trail-hitting delinquents we're en-
couraged last night when "Rody," TAX
ing an American flag from a stan'
Of colors. which some visiting delega
tion had placed in front Of the res
trum, waved il TO and fro above tn
heads of the nearer audience.
: The evangelist advised last night
audience 10 "get right" with Divinit
! before the campaign closed.
"You better quit tonight" said hC
"and you'll see the blessings thatl
food your old soul if you do it,
The envelOpe-contributio instl