Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-09-23
BILLY sunday
EVDSCAMPAIGN
INNEW JERSEY
Fifteen Thousand Hear Evan
gelist's Last Sermon at
Ocean Grove
FREE WILL OFFERING
ESTIMATED ATT $4,000
Famous Preacher Says Would
Not Accept 'sMoyie" Offer
for SIC, 000, 900

AsBuRY PARK, N. y. Sept 81
ats13illy,t Sunday on september 4
brought his campaign IN Ocean Grove
tbsansend. Fifteen tllopsahd persons
crowded into the auditorium 70 hear
him preach his concluding sermon, and
13e. hit the trail 70 the platform and
shook the eyaneelists hand. The
total number 81 converts Tor the three
meetings during the day was 4S5, max
ing the grand total for the 10 days
sunday bad been conducted the meet,
infs 1916.
Just before he made his appeal for
trail hitters "BIIiyr. offered up q fery-
ent prayer for Ocean Grove. & Lord,
I'm through with Oeean Grove, he
said. II don't know whether Ill ever
tread the streets here agafn, but I
thank the Lord FOR the delightful time
i have had and Tor the splendid re-
suits that have been accomplished"
Ere Will Offering 5000
Entelopes Containing the ffee.wiil
cfh6f4ng FOR tie evangelist we're hand
ed IA at Tic mai services The
amount was not announced, but It IS
said TO have been close 70 5000. The
wooden pulpit used during the cam
paign here Is 70 BE sent 70 the Eastern
District Gospel Mission IA Brooklyn.
In his sermon s'Bllly' expressed his
belief In the kind 0f 3 he'll described
Al the Bible There are those who
doubt that slhe fire IN he'll is literal
he. said. Then be shouted You big
fool, would you live 4 life Of Ind ifter.
enee and 20 t01ntli to find oft n the
tire Is literal or not? / asked q man
y he believed there was he'll and
he replied. Maybe. i think lisa good
idea to get ready for the maybe On
that verEt maybe 4 carry thousands
Of dollars In insurance so Ma Sunday
won't have to manicure sher finger
nails on q washboard
III and the man who doesn't be
hefe In hell should die and We should
find out that there was no hell. he'd
have nothing on ne. But II We should
find there was hell, whore would
be get of att I've got him skinned
\ mile any way he looks at It.
Men Threna Auditorium
Before an audience of 10000 men In
the auditorium In the afternoon
billy" preached his sermon to men
only on "Chickehs Come Home to
Aopst It was the largest body of
men Exclusively ever gathered to-,
Eeiher In Ocean Grove. and probably
along the Jersey coast.
One of the most interesting attend
ants at the service was Pat Powers,
L0rIners president of the Eastern Base.
6en League. II was. the first time
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and from a seat on the platform he
followed the words and actions OF
Billy" as he recalled numerous Incl
dents OF his career as second base
mum OF the Chicago White 6ox.
He's doing first rate. Hes still.
1il(ing the bases AT a i4-setohd cIip. =.
remarked Powers at the close Of the.
e11nRelist,s sermon. s.s.S g
The evangelist kft6r che r1eetinS
referred again TO charges of grating
he had heard had been made against
him. II have been offered &10D, 600
n cash and large royalties 10 pose for
moving pictures be said, tsand I have
refused $1,000 a day 10 90 on the Ckau-
Ollqua circuit" SPEAKING Of the
uo5ing picture offer. he said he could
not accept II for $4,000. 600. Not be-
cause ] am opposed to nloyine pic-l
lures he FASTENED TO explain. 'sbut
because could not put Gods cause
oIIn On sochkd ltYel = lilly, said
be never again would eixe up any Of
~ vacation to 50 .preachins This Is
ne first time hare ever telseh any
tine rom my Vacation and / win
never 90 Il again, ''fhe said N y work
n the winter is so strenuous and i
an so exhausted when Get THROUGH
thai Z need q rest Hereafter a am
eoi1g 10 get ST. 3 6 - q