Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1916-01-03
SUNDAY BEGINS
IN TRENTON BY
TALKING ON WAR
Not a Democrat, Says Evan
geIist, but Stands for Any
thing President Wants.
from a stafr Correspondent.


by deviation from his religious sub
iect. He declared that he believed in
preparedness with a capital "P."
Balanced on the sole of his left foot,
a stunt peculiarly his own, he shout
ed, II am not a Democrat, but [ will
stand for anything that President
Wilson wants, and I am not a Demo-
erat--don't forget that"
The declaration in favor of pre-
pared ness came during Sundays dis
eussion of the patriotism of Amer
leans, the prosperity of the country
and the heaven-sent blessings be-
slowed on the United States. He de-
eiared that II anything happened to
one of the ambassadors of the United
States the transport would be
iammed to the rails. and all Europe
would tremble. Yes; and we would
wipe some of them from the map"
ne shouted.
Sundays plea for preparedness was
repeated at the afternoon service,
when he said he stood for the real
thing in preparedness-big guns and
The men to man them. His subject
on this occasion was appropriate to
tho injection of the preparedness talk,
because he spoke upon Gods Grena-
diers." In showing that the religious
life called for Gods grenadiers he
used as a simile the fact that the ma
lion also needed soldiers to fight its
battles, and here the patriotic plea
was made.
Gods Hand in War.
Sunday spoke of the European war
during the night service, and said
he would not pray to God that the
war should be ended. Don't you
dare stand up and say God has moth
ing to do with wars" he said. How
do you know God doesn't mean for
The allies to punish Germany for the
miserable heresy that Crawls out of
f.eipsie and Heidelberg? How do
YOU know that he doesn't mean for
Germany to punish Russia for Rus
sia's persecution of the Jewsf God
won't stand for the persecution of
The Jews. How do you know God
doesn't mean for Germany to punish
France for Frances tearing down of
the monasteries?
Sunday said that although Ire
would consider it "A wonderful honor
ne would not accept an ambassador
ship if offered him by the president.
IF my friend. the president, should
come to me and ask me to change
Jobs with him, ! would say, Nothing
preach the gospel of Christ as long
rs there is breath of life left in
my body
"The other day a man came to mo
and offered me $4,000 TO pose before
a moving picture camera. ] told him
I would not do it for a cool million.
Yet they say / ana a CRATER. You
come up hero and tell me SO, but be-
fore you do | advise you to get your
picture taken because when / get
through with you your wife won't
know YOU"
Good Start Despite Rain.
The Sunday campaign opened
uspiciously in every way with the
exception of the weather. A cold rain
was falling at the time the morning
service started, but there we're fully
5000 persons in the Tabernacle, built
to hold 1850. The full Sunday organ
ization was on hand and the cam
paign got off to a good start. The at
tendance OF tho night service was
fully 10000, every inch of sitting and
standing room being filed. The after
noon service brought out 10000 The
total Of the first day in Syracuse was
30 600.
. The evangelist made his first ser
mon TEEN with patriotism and upon
number of occasions he almost had
tho congregation in cheers. Abiding
To those who do not like the ways
and methods of this country. Sunday
said: "If you don't like our ways,
beat It back across the Atlantic.
There's a ship sailing from the port
of New York every day. There is no
people ON Gods earth who are better
clothed. better fed, better educated
than the people who live under the
stars and Stripes. | believe that we
are living in the greatest religious
awakening that America has ever
known" These statements caused tho
audience to break into loud applause.
Paterson Most Liberal Town.
In making plea for large collec-
tlons he said that the most liberal
town he has ever visited was Pater-
son, where the crowd could be counted
on any day for at least $1,000 in the
collection. philadelphia was not in it
proportionately with Paterson" he
said. Don't just put your church en-
velopes in the Offering. You are eX-
pected to do that much, and you are
dead beat if you don't. All right,
ushers, go to it."
Sunday said he believed that men
ought to carry their religion into poll
tics as much as anywhere else in the
world 1.-THE trouble with us today"
he said, 'is we have no God in our
politics, don't believe in the union of
church and state, but l would like to
see a political party, without fear,
with manhood, Christian manhood.
brave enough to place a plank like
this in their platform, we believe in
Cod"
The evangelist treated the Trenton
churches about the same as he treats
all of the churches of the cities in
which he conducts his revivals He
said they were organized to death;
that when you entered one you could
hear the wheels creak under the load.
Trenton churches, he said. were no
exception, and he proceeded to give
an imitation of what he called the SER
vice in the average church of today.
Fiays Social Sins.
The evening sermon on 1.-The Sins of
Society" was a scathing TRADE against
cigarette smoking, drinking, spooning
and various other common practices
which Billy flayed as the ills of
humanity. He said the society women
of today are selfish, priggish, content
ed in their comfortable quarters, with
Il little joy ride, a little bridge whist
a game of polo, a fine gown and a
hat now and then. Their lives are per-
fectly meaningless because they do
not take part in any human enter
prise. If something would come up
and sweep away a lot of people in
every community the world would be
well off without them.
The evangelist declared that the
daughter of society woman is a
''penciled eyebrow, painted, frizzy-
rag-time, fiirts and, II you kiss her.
you are in danger of dying with the
painters collie"
In the afternoon Sunday renewed
his remarks, made in every city, that
he doesn't preach against Catholics
because he finds too much dirt and
r.nftanl1css in his Gown hreNarN