The midland journal., 1916-04-28
$4,000 Hear
vALEDICTORY
Sundays Campaign Ends in
Tears and Cheers.
FINAL DAY FITTING CLIMAX

Song Service Begins the Day, After
Which Silly breaches On Hope
Men Only Admitted To Early After
noon Meeting Mixed Crowds Al
Two Succeeding Services -7iiIy's
oratory At Its Best.
Baltimore over. And the end
ing was great
Billy Sundays eight weeks of evan.
gelistic effort in Baltimore whirled up
to a magnificent climax shortly after
/ 8 o'clock Sunday highland then
ended.
Less than an hour later Billy Sun
day stepped from the platform after
his last sermon, after the last of near
ly 1000 trail-hitters had shaken his
hand, while $4,000 men and women,
swept from their feet by the most Won
derful scene old Baltimore has ever
witnessed, sang and shouted, GLORY!
Glory! GIory!"
.Good-by!" called Billy. as he de-
scended the pulpit steps for the last
time.
aGood-by! Good-by" came the
answer, laundering back from those
thousands of voices.
And then the shouts of GLORY!
Glory! Glory" continued
Billy, tired, his clothing soaked with
perspiration, fatigue showing in every
line of his face, was smiling with a
happiness that inspired. He pushed
his way to his room and there listened
to the shouts of the great multitude
which filtered through the door.
Baltimore did it up in major league
fashion!" he exclaimed Characteristic
ally.
And Baltimore did Sunday. that
great last day, saw $4,000 people at
the five services. True, fully 10000 of
these were men and women at more
than one service. But, at that, all at
tendance records were smashed.
These $4,000 brought Baltimore's
total for the great campaign up to
nearly million and half people who
heard the evangelist.
From this million and half peo-
pie there came more than $4,000 trail
hitters-1,843 of them Sunday; 914
of them at the last service at night.
And Baltimore expressed its graft
tuds as best it could to Sunday, when
it made its free-will offering. Balti-
more's committee believes it will show
Its appreciation in figures as large as
did Philadelphia. Philadelphia gave
$51, 900.
Monday morning at S.55 o'clock Billy
left Baltimore
But Baltimore's informal, Balti-
more's rousing. widely enthusiastic,
rip-snorting, siambang, heartwhole
farewell was given few minutes be-
fore o'clock Sunday night 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 the afternoon. Then Billy
prayed. He prayed prayer of thanks
to God, of thanks to Baltimore. He
prayer prayer of thanks to indi-
viduals and thanks to churches. He
prayed prayer of thanks to the news
papers, of thanks to the city and state.
1t was brief. but an eloquent prayer.
1t was prayer that touched the heart
strings of those who heard
And then came the last Invitation
for trail-hitters.
The invitation was issued at 20 min
utes after 5 o'clock. Before the sec
ond hand on Billy's watch had made
one revolution, there came from out
of the great throng of $4,000 men and
women hundreds who had been stir
red; hundreds who had resolved to
heed the warning. there is no tomor-
row." and to take their stand for Christ
then. They jammed the sawdust aisles
In their rush to grasp the hand of the
evangelist who was in his little pit for
the last time. The tears Of these hun
dreds blinded them, and many stun
bled and had to be assisted to the front
OF the great tabernacle.
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was found that 914 had pledged their
lives 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 With
the King" But It was only partly a
solo. The audience was under the
spell of the great enthusiasm. and
those thousands just had to sing.
Rodehever sang only "a part OF one
verse alone, and then thousands OF
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 whirled against them.
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