Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-02-14
10000 YELL AMEN"
As "BILLY" breaches
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! order to come hero.
The meeting was held under the aus
pices of the National Temperance Union
and twice as many applications wcrt
made for seats as the officials OF the or.
! garizaton were able 20 distribute, thu,
Indicating that BILLY" has not been for.
/ gotten by the thousands who heard him
/ preach here and the 10000 and more who
/ took his hand as converts.
CHORUS OF 1000 SINGS
! II was real tabernacle crowd and
meeting, lacking only the tabernacle, the
I rough-board benches and the pleasant
| fragrance OF pine from snwdust and shaw
| ings in the aisles to complete the setting.
'Rodey." otherwise Homer Rodeheaver,
the "slip-horn" artist, was there: MA"
Sunday and her broad smile were there
and so were most Of the other members
OF the Sunday party and leaders in the
Philadelphia campaign OF last year About
5000 women singers had been trained for
the meeting by Harry Lincoln, and with
'Rodeys' smile as their guide they made
the building ring with the familiar re-
v!val hymns. Brighten the Corner Where
You Are" "If Your Heart Keeps Right"
and other popular melodies.
The doors were opened at about 10. 30
o'clock, and thousands Of old admirers
Of the evangelist stamped about in the
cold for an hour before that time anxious
to get inside the hall, as they feared they
would be crowded out, although they held
admission tickets. Hundreds Of other pes
sons stormed the doors on all sides OF
the building and tried to gain admttance
without tickets. A force of reserve police
men held them back
Mr. Sunday was welcomed by Joseph
NJ. Steele chairman OF the Sunday Cam
paign Committee, at the time OF his visit
here last year. The Rev. DIR. Rufus w
Miller, chairman Of tine meeting TODAY
sha Ft,n ,,,fe
aspect OF temperance. The Rev Dr.
George I. Webb vice president Of the
Pennsylvania Christian Endeavor So
clety. followed with a talk on the work
that young peoples societies do for chill
dren. At the end of this speech Mr.
sunday apeared and there was n tre-
mendous burst of cheering
TWO NEW SERMONS,
sunday preached new sermon this aft
ernoon, one he had written during his
stay in Trenton and he did not hesitate
to slash right and left with his stinging
words at non-active clergymen and
church members. The subject of the SER
mon was announced as Militant Chris
tianity." "Billys" title for It Is THE
Fighting Saint" but he deviated from the
sermon to suit the occasion and used mart
OF Gods Arrows" another new sermon
Tonight he will preach another new SER
mon, entitled Samson and DelIlah." and
chorus or $500 persons will sing Tickets
are all gone for this meeting, for which
the doors will open at $50 o'clock.
GETS WARM GREET NC.
Billy and his party were wen rous-
ing reception when they arrived in road
street Station from Trenton at II o'clock
today. Many OF the leaders of the Phila-
delphia campaign, as well as officials Of
the National Temperance Union, were
there to greet them. Among those who
shook the evangclist's hand was Samuel
Rea. president OF the Pennsylvania Rail-
road.
Immediately after their arrival the
members of the Sunday party were driven
to the Bellevue-Stratford in automobiles,
where suite of rooms had been en-
gagged for them by w. Greer, of Ger
mantown, one of Sundays warmest ad-
mirers, whose guests Sunday and his
party were at luncheon.
In his sermon this afternoon BILLY"
said. in part:
Recently a man sent me book writ
ten by my old friend Doctor Gordon, of
Winnipeg. It was that book which
prompted this sermon.
Each generation seems to produce new
types of Christians These we classify as
we would animal and vegetable life. Each
separate species has its name, like cult
ured. well-to-do. amiable, well-dressed,
educated wealthy and worldly The per-
centage, because of social, political and
economic conditions. demands new brand
of Christian which / designate as the
Fighting Saint
I'm looking for saint who will go on
the warpath for purity, sobriety and for
a saint who will draw the
sword and carry the war into Africa. We
have championships In baseball, In tennis,
in track and field sports and in golf.
even, and we ought to find a champion in
Christianity.
I'VE are hungry for believer who will
throw down the gauntlet and take up the
cudges for reforms in civic and social
life.
CITIES LIKE CARBUNCLEs.
"The civilization of the future will
centre more and more in the cities. Many
Of our cities today are carbuncles on the
neck of the body polite. They are like
huge magnets, drawing all elements and
conditions into their great crucibles to
melt them up into new and terrible forms.
What Is enthroned in the cities will give
tone 20 the country that surrounds them.
Therefore, a city with the lid off, a city
wide open, is a curse and officials who
permit such things are disgrace to hui
manity and to the parties that have placed
them in office.
1.-THE banner of the church of Christ
has two sides. Religion exists for
twofold purpose. The first Is to enthrone
righteousness. The second ls to overthrow
wrong. Jesus Christ intended His church
10 be militant as well as persuasive. II
must fight as well as pray,
Jesus said, 4 bring not peace but a
sword
Luther said: If you burn my books
will burn yours. ] never speak so well,
never pray so well, as when I'm mad.
"a man without a temper is a man
without force, Men of genius without
exception have been fiery spirits-lre eat
ers, Great souls of history, sacred and
profane. were all fighters.
"Moses slew an Egyptian, Joshua left
not one alive. Caleb said, We're able to
10 it, In other words. he meant deliver
the goods.
David was man of war.