The sun., 1916-12-20
EPISCOPALIANS WON
TO BILLY" SUNDAY
Doubt Church Will Support
Revivals Removed at Meet
ing Of Clergymen.
FIFTY AT THE GATHERING
Results Obtained by Evangel-
ist in other Cities Are
Told by Visitors.

There was no doub. after the meet
ING Of Episcopal c,ergymen In the
Church Club yesterday that Episcopa-
Hans. both CLERGY and laymen would
support the Billy Sunday campaign
watch starts on April /. 1917. Even
sems Of those who had mol been in favor
Of the evangellstic movement were
brought Ground to a different way of
thinking after hearing from out Of town
clsrgymen Of the lasting good that had
resulted from Sundays REVEALS In other
cities.
Bishop Frederick Courtney was one of
those who before the meeting was
net convinced that the Episcopal Church
should support the campaign.
Nov I know what side OF tho fence
! am on" he said later. "and l shall d.
all ! can TO further the success OF the
movement. MIR sunday. It appears. Is
providing a banquet for hungry souls.
Many Of our congreg itions and CLERGY
should go to hear Billy Sunday for the
good they can get out OF H."
The Rev. Gus'av y. Christensen OF
Chftst Church. Riverdale. and Everit.
p. Wheeler were the only ones at the
nostinf who said they were not in
DyHupAtuy WIN tHe Sunuhy plans. LII.
Christensen said he had been through
80 Billy Sunday campaign and was
NJ IN favor Of one In New York.
AAoat 60 At Meeting.
About nifty were at the meeting. most
- them clergymen. DR.. Henry NJ. Bar
So0r OF the Church Of the Beloved Dis
/. ciple was chairman of the meeting. He
read many letters from Episcopal clergy
men who were unable to be present.
One was from Bishop Greer. who said
he was too busy. Another was from
Dr.. William 7. Manning Of Trinity. who
aid he would like to near the plans dis
cussed. but could no, find the oppor-
tunity to attend. Neither said whether
he favored the movement.
C1ergymen from Paterson. Philadel-
pAia and Syracuse. where Sunday has
Ash revivais. spoke enthusia stically OF
the permanently good results Of his
campaigns. TIL Rev David s. Hamii.
ton OF St. Paul's, Paterson. said the
churches had benefited greatly by the
sunday revival there. and that the con
vorts were for the mos part loyal and
steady c~hurcheoers.
AT St. Paul's we took In 2l9 new
mombers.' he said. There are no more
wretched Monday mornings caused by
0IIu8. to-day. TWO years a1ter SUNDAY
held his revival in Paterson. church con.
ditions are healthy"
Letters from other %clergymen tellini
OF the increase In church membershiI
after the revivals aid that most Of tn,
mambers who had Joined because of tn,
revvals were still loyal members.
DR.. Christensen. who used to he al
evangelist. asked DIR. Hamilton after tn,
lattsr's enthusiastic description OF wha
Sunday had don for Paterson:
IT ! could give testimony In regard {,
Christian Science similar to that 20,
have given about Billy Sunday. woult
you indorse Christian ScienceT"
NO." replied DR.. Hamilton. "If I in
dorsed Christian Science l would be in
dorBing a cult"
DR.. Hamilton told OF some NJ the par
lor meetings, one OF which was held a
B home Of Mrs. Carrot A. Hobart, an,
at which Sunday madesa profound i'm
peoesion.
u !" sSr"'e'
Or. James Empringham OF Syracus
aid that before Billy Sunday went I
mis- city the lid was on and in the down
town sections Sunday night meeting
q to be abandoned as not safe. Ate
hustpass an mn n.rsons .tron .