Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-04-18

Paterson, April II. Billy Sunday
addressed another crowd of. ten thous.
and last night which taxed every nook
and corner of the Tabernacle in Pat.
erson. Big delegations were present
from Ridgewood. Passaic and Tenafly
and from the Peerless Plush Company
Of Paterson, the Plumbers and Steam
Filters Union, No. 40, and the United
Piece Dye Works, also of Paterson.
work the Secret of Success was
"Billy's" evening topic. His text was
from the book of Nehemiah W., 6.
"The people had q mind to work"
The sermon was a castigation in char.
acteristic slang style of laziness in
the pulpit and the pew.
God wants workers, not critics" he
said. Gle wants builders, not a
wrecking crew. Ali the Congregation
al churches in Boston and Chicago
took only 1906 members into the
church, and saw more than two
thousand people take their stand for
Christ in one day in Columbus, Ohio.
Oh, of course, I'm crude and illiterate
and there Is a safe and sane evange.
lism that we hear so much about now.
adays"
Casting Out Devils" was the sub.
ject Of the afternoon service. The
crowd rather fewer than five thous.
and, though it included delegations
who had come in excursions from
Bloomfield and Bayonne, was apatilet-
ic and unresponsive. The jests and
quips that usually convulse the
preachers hearers brought only scat
tering filters and giggles. Chilly" did
not seem to concert pitch and once or
twice he spoke peevishly.
Mother Distressed at Rebuke.
A fve-year-old child while he
preached was walking to and fro in
one of the sawdust carpeted aisles.
'Now don't let children play in the
aisles," shouted "Billy." 1--WE don't
allow that. It's hard enough to
preach without these distractions. We
provide nursery and you can take
your children there free of charge and
have them cared for. never could
see why some mothers insist upon
bringing their babies to meetings..
An embarrassed mother restrained
the child, whose sole offense had been
to walk in the aisle, making no noise.
Before calling for the collection
BILLY" told his hearers last night:
''Fve had an offer of $150,O0O from a
firm for just one little thing, but re-
fuse to commemorative this work. All
that is made from the hymn book
give to 'Rody,' and Fred Seibert gets
all that comes from the sale of the
little pamphlet on personal work
which the ushers have for sale. l
have no individual interest in the sale
of any of these things, neither books
nor photographs. l could make $780,
900 year if l wanted to. had to
copyright my book on "The Real Billy
Sunday to Keep preachers from steal
ing my sermons, but all I make from
that give away"
"HeII Will Be for Rent"
Some of the epigrams and gems of
truth which evoked laughter or ap-
plause during the day were these:
"This isn't world of luck and
chance, old materialist; you've got
your head in the wrong swill BARREL"
''If you've got cold in your head,
you don't cut your corns to cure it"
IF everybody gets busy hell will be
for rent before the Fourth of July"
II don't give a picayune whether
you like my preaching or not; don't
lose any sleep over that, sister. You
waste a lot of ink writing postal cards
to me-" s5
"There may be some church pillats
here-or pillow shaws."
The service tonight is to be espe-
cially for Paterson's working women