Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-30
HOTEL KEEPERS WORK
WHILE SERVANTS HEAR
BILLY SUNDAY PREACH
Three Thousand B ellboys,
Maids and Porters Asked
What They Will Do
With Jesus
1863 AUDITORS HIT TRAIL

OCEAN GROVE, N. J., Aug. s0.-Three
thousand employees of the hotels and board
Ing houses In the twin resorts ATTENDED
the BILLY" Sunday meeting In the Auoi-
torium last night. Space for half that num-
Der had been reserved and when was
found those invited could not be acconmo'
dated Homer Rodeheaver made an appear
to those who had already filled every seat
In the big structure to provide room tor
the hotel help. Those wi.o had alreaoy
heard the evangelist, he said. should oe
willing to give UP their seats to others'
Hundreds left their seats, which were I'M
mediately occupied by the employees,
To enable their help to attend the meet
ing proprietors of hotels, members OF thelr
families and their guests pitched In ana
did their work
Hundreds of those who gave up their
seats were recompensed with an excellent
concert given in the Young Peoples rem
pie adjoining the Auditorium by Mrs.
Asher and Miss Grace SAKE, singers with
the Sunday party.
Billy preached on what Shall L Do
with Jesus7" and at its close made his APP
peal for trailhitters from atop the pulpit
what Is Ocean Grove going to do with
Jesus CHRISTI" he shouted as he stood
Rstride the Bible, his body bent over at
perllous angle. what Is your answer is
II Jesus Christ? Do you want the cross? III
you do, stand upG' Virtually the entire au.
dience was on it's feet when Billy asked
those who wished to be saved to come for
ward. There was an immediate procession
to the seats reserved in front for the con-
verts, and before the meeting had conclud-
ed 169 had been converted. This made
total of 3l1 for the day and $50 to date
Delegations were also present from Long
Branch and Red Bank the latter delegation
presenting Ma" Sunday with massive
floral piece.
BILLY" put hts audience in a good humor
at the outset, when, while the Criterion
Quartet was singing, he advanced to the
front of the platform and curleusly exam
ined the bright red neckties the singers
wore, and shifted:
There is not a man in hell who did not
have a chance to goto heaven Billy
declared. "If you are not man enough to
be decent because God wants you to be
decent, then you ought to go to hell"
BILLY" characterized PLATE as the great
est "standpat, free-lunch, ward-heeling. tin
horn, two-by-forr, pliable, plastic. grating
politician of HIS day" Like PLATE, he
| said, there are folks today who are will
ing that Jesus should go on the cross to
| save their jobs Some of you are just
like Plate" he declared. you would slap
Him in the face and turn Him down.
"If / had my way I'D sentence about so
of the popular writers of today to terms
In the penitentiary for some of the wlshy-
washy trashy stuff they write into now
els.
when you say no when you are asked
to be saved. you drag others down into
hell with you, and when you say yes, you
sweep others along with you into heaven.
Your veal or woe depends on what you do
with Jesus. If you have trouble believing
in the divinity of Jesus Christ, that's be-
cause you are a fool"
at isn't necessary to go back 1900 years
w fnd Tnen vile enough nail Jesus Christ
on the cross. 1t wouldn't even be necessary
to leave this~audtorium. There are those
who find time for everything but Jesus
Christ Some men even find time to look
at woman who hasn't enough clothes on
her back to make a pair of leggings for a
humming bird"
A hundred and forty-two persons hit the
trail