The aegis & intelligencer., 1916-04-28

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Men Only Admitted To Early Aftel
noon Meeting-Mixed Crowds A
Two Succeeding ServIoes-Bllly'
oratory At Its Best.
Baltimorc.-It' over And the ent
| Ing was great
| Billy Sundays eight weeks Of evan
| gnlistiC effort in baltimore whirled VI
| to II magnificent climax shortly afto
& O'Clock Sunday night and thel
| ended.
| Less than an hour later Billy Sun
day stepped from the platform aftc
| his last sermon, after the last Of near
hand. while 2i,0O0 mon and women
swept from their feet by tho most won
| dcrful scene old baltimore has eve
| Witnessed, sang and shouted, GLORY
Glory! Glury!"
| Good by," called Billy, Az he do
seconded the pulpit steps for the las
| time,
| Good by! Good by" camo Tn,
answer, laundering back from thos,
| thousands of voices.
| And then the shouts of GLORY
Glory Glory" continued
Billy. tired, his clothing soaked viii
perspiration. fatigue showing in every
| line of his face. was smiling with I
| happiness that inspired llo pushcC
| his way to his room aud there listenct
| 10 III" shouts Of the great multitude
| which filtered through tn" door.
Baltimore did it up In major League
| fashion," he exclaimed characteristic
ally.
| And Baltimore did Sunday that
great last day, saw $1,000 people al
| the five services True, fully 10000 %
these were men and women At more
| than one service. but at that, all at
| tendance records were smashed
These %. 900 brought Ballimore't
| total for tn" great campaign up Il
nearly million and half people VIII,
| h"nrd III" evangelist
| From this million and half pcn
| pie there came more than - 1000 trail
| hiltors l.Si2 Of them Sunday; 9li
| of them NJ the last s"rNir" At night
| Aud baltimore expressed It's graft
| tud" n best 1t could tn sunday, whoI
II made Is fir" will offering. Balti
| murc's COmmilic" believes II will show
~ appreciation in figures as large n
lid Philadelphia. Philadelphia gave
| 81 900
| Monday morning ut 4 30 O'Clock Billy
left Baltimore
But IInltimOre's Informal. Baltl
| mOrn's ruu.ng widely enihuNlaBtir
rip snortlng. Hlambang, heartwhol,
| farewell wns given few minutes BE-
| fore O'Clock Sunday might In the
| tabernacle.
| Billy had Just finished his last ser
mOn the sermon on the text, He said
| Tomorrow" which he had given The
men In tho afternoon Then Bill'
prayed He prayed prayer Of thank
| 10 God, of thanks to Baltimore. III
| yidunls aud thanks to churches. III
| prayed prayer of thanks to the news
| pHprr4, Of thanks to the city and state
II was II brief. but an eloquent prayer
II was n prayer that touched the heart
| strings of those who heard.
| And then came tho last invitation
Tor trail hilters.
| The Invitation was issued Mt 20 min
| nies after O'Clock. Before tho ser
| Ond hand on I'illy's watch had mad
| one revolution. there came from out
| Oi IA" great ihronp Of 24.OOO men AM
women hundreds who had been stir
| red hundreds who had resolved T.
heed the warning, there Is no tOmor
row." and 10 take their stand for Christ
then They jammed the Aawdust nislcs
| In thoir rush 10 grasp tho hand Of The
evangelist who was in his little pit foi
the last time. The tears Of these hun
| drcds blinded them, and many stun
| bed and had to be assisted to the from
| OF the great tabernacle.
| when the count had boon made, 4
was found that 914 had pledged theiI
| IIveH TO Him Whose resurrection from
| the dead was being celebrated
Billy. still In his pit. called on Rody
| TO sing his last sOlo-"I Walk VIII
| the King" But It was only partly 9
solo The audience was under thu
apsll Of the great enthusiasm. am
| &. Iu q, ia ~
Rodchcver sang only part Of one
verse alone, and then thousands O
voices joined his.
The song finished. the great host
spontaneously broke into The Old
Time Religion and the tabernacle raft
ers literally shook as the great volume
OF singing whirIcd against them
| BiIly, sim In his pit. Blill shakinl
| the hands Of trailhiiters, he called Or
| ROdy and Mrs Asher to sing tOgethcl
| that old swInging. rOusing campmrct
Ing hymn Of the southern plantations
| "I'm Coin TO Sing and Shout II
Glory This was all that was needed
The call to shout, the call to sing tn,
| DI1 negro UlflbIN III 'I' ibp VI DHb
| voice, wa IA insi-tent a. II was ua'ur
al The duet didn't last AZ long as th'
| solo. The whole audicnc" was sing
ing. and singing a. a Baltimore audi
| enre has never sung befOr"
"rm COMA sing an shout in glory
| some o these days. iIaIlcuiah,"
| Thfu old chnrita rang mt a1nIn N M
again. gaining In volume with eacl
| repetition.
Then Billy jumped up from his pl
and dropped the door on It for the Las
time. Only 30 minutes had pasBe,
since he had jumped down into tn
little box. But. 1t was the mos
crowded, the most wonderful 30 min
utes that practically all Of those "a ,00
BaltinnnraaAa had sva< NaAsad threumh