The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-15
KANSAS CITIANS
ANSWER CALL OF
BILLY SUNDAY
Thousands Turned Away From
the Crowded Tabernacle.
Largest Meeting of Men in His
tory of the City.
HUNDREDS WERE CONVERTED
Mrs. Sunday Addressed Over
flow Meeting of Women.
Total of Converts for Two
Weeks Is 1862.
HUNDREDS WERE CONVERTED
Mrs. Sunday Addressed Over
flow Meeting of Women.
Total of Converts for Two
Weeks Is 1852.

Total number converted at all meet
ings.. 1851. Total collections. $172I5.15.
Total attendance at Sunday meeting,
59.fOO. Grand total, 3S1.3O
And straightway many we're gath
cred together, inasmuch that there
so much as about the door; aud he
preached the word unto them.-Mark,
Kansas City, Kan. May 15.-If a
man were going to preach a sermon
about the Billy Sunday meetings that
would be a good text for it. Eighty
thousand went out to hear Billy sun
day and members of his party preach
but there was no room to receive
them, and twenty thousand were
turned away. At the Tabernacle were
ten thousand In the forenoon. twenty
thousand in the afternoon. twenty
thousand at night. and at least seven
teen thousand came and found no
standing room, mot so much as about
the door" for there they stood ten
deep. with umbrellas up. rain dripping
down their necks, straininS to hear
even word now and then.
Mrs. Sunday Also.
Mrs. Sunday had nine thousand
women in Convention Hall, which had
been cut in two by curtain, no one
expecting so many. but Louis Shouse,
were turned way. Seven hundred
boys and girls were at the meeting in
the Grand Avenue Temple. where Miss
Gamlin spoke.
The harvest of converts for the day
was Ar, making a total of 1851 in
the two weeks since Sunday began his
campaign.
And he preached the word unto
them" speaking in the tabernacular
he threw the harpoon into them good
and proper at the great mems meeting
in the afternoon. To use Billy's own
words he knocked 'em down, skinned
EN- and dragged 'em out.
Biggest Ever Held.
1t is a certainty that so many men
never gathered together before in
Kansas City to hear the gospel. Six
or seven thousand of the twenty
thousand stood up all through the
sermon, and the rain dripped on some
of them, and it was sOdden underfoot
out there in the vestibule, but it was
so quiet throughout that every word
uttered by Sunday was heard by all.
At the close of the sermon Sunday
said he had never preached before to
so quiet and attentive an audience.
Mr.. Sunday said the gathering in
Convention hall was the largest audi
ence of women the sunday party has
ever brought together.
Mr.. Sunday prayed one of his char
acteristic prayers in the afternoon, as
follows:
our Father, we thank thee for the
manhood of Kansas City and of Mis-
souri, and of Kansas We're thankful
for this great outpouring of men,
Lord. Help them tonight, Lord, and
tomorrow in the office. in the shop, in
the store and in the factory. Help the
fathers, the grandfathers and the sons.
Boys, live anew in Christ and quit
breaking your mothers hearts. Boys,
turn from the goddess gang. Hus-
bands, don't break your wives hearts,
Not Asking Too Much
Thank you, Lord, for what this
meeting means. May it be the begin
ming of the most remarkable spiritual
awakening this country ever has seem
Lord, we're not asking too much. You
can't ask too much of old Kansas City.
She's in the front rank. She's got the
financial ability that others envy
She's got the punch. Here she is sit
ting in the hills, foremost in education
al advantages, in riches, in commerce.
She'll not fail, Lord. because she's
not built that way. We want to win
Kansas City for you because it's the
most typical American city.
Make a record here. Lord, advanc-
ing Your cause through Christ until
what Kansas City does will permeate
the whole south and southwest, reach
ing down into Oklahoma and Arkan-
sas and flowing back into Kansas and
over the line into Colorado and back
to Iowa, and not stopping. Lord. until
it breaks against the shores of the Rio
Grande.
"Hclp Us TO Hate the Devil"
BLESS us, Lord. and when each man
goes nome to his wife ard tomorrow to
his business, let him be able to say
that he has shaken hands and prom
Used to live anew in Jesus
Help Us, LORD, to hate the devil.
Help us to stop cussing. Help US to
cut out the booze and get on the wa
ter wagon. Help us to cut out the old
crowd.
Here us, Jesus. we pray. and We'll
never forget You in the memory of the
first great meeting for men in Kansas
City. Amen! Goodby,"
Crowd Stood Up.
In his prayer last night he de
nounced and dcfied the devil. He
leaped upon chair at the close of his
sermon and shouted:
How many here have broken al
lease some of the ten commandments
Stand up
Instantly the whole audience arose
Not a person remained sitting. Mr.
Sunday closed his eyes and prayed: