Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-04-25
SUNDAY CLOSES HIS
BALTIMORE REVIVAL
Money and Trail Hitters Roll in on
Evangelist at Windup Of
Meetings,
HOME RUN" BAKER A RECRUIT

BALTIMORE. April 29.--(sps.
eial Telegram. l-"Billy" Sundays
eight weeks Of eyengelistic effort In
Baltimore whlrled up to mangnis
ficent climax shortly after o'clock
Last highland then ended.
Less than an hour later Billy
Sunday stepped from the platform
after his last sermon. after the last
OF nearly 1000 trail-hittera had
shaken his hand. while $4,000 men
and women, swept from their feet
by tho most wonderful scene old
Baltimore has ever witnessed. Sang
and shouted. Glory Glory Gloryi"
Good bye" called billy" rs he
descended tho pulpit steps for the
last time. Good bye. good bye"
came the answer. laundering back
from these thousands OF vocee.
And then tho shouts OF "Gloryl Gioru
Gloryl' continued
Sunday IL Pleased.
sunday. tired his clothing soaked with
Precipitation fatigue showing In every lima
Of lbs face, was smiling with happiness
that inspired He pushed his way to his
room and there listened 10 tina shouts u
the great multitude. which filtered
through the door
baltimore did Il up IN major league
fashion" lie exclaimed charaoteristieallN
And Baltimore today that great last
day, saw $1,000 people at the five aervs
Ices True, fully 5000 Of those we're man
and women, al moro than ons aaryics
But at that oil attendance records werA
smashed
TheFe 0so01 brought Raltimores total
for tho great campaign NJ 70 nearly
million and half people who heard the
evangelist
from this million and half people
there came mora than 1900 trail hitterS
i.si3 OF them yesterday. eii Of them az
the last service.
And Baltimore Expressed its gratitude
as best II could TO Sunday when n made
It's fire. Will Offering This money waa
eth being counted nj nm early hour. Hut
$1,000 had been received early Saturday
evening before todays collections. ami
tho greater part of tho offering. greater
by far hna always come IN that last days
collection because OF this, Baltimoraa
committee believes II VIII show it's ap-
probation In figures as large aa tia
Philadelphia. Philadelphia gae $4,000.
Great Moment This Morning.
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eBlly' viii leave Baltimore. Before hs
goes. however, he will be given Baltis
morea free viii offering Az soon az the
money has been counted a check will he
made out and that will be presented tn
Sunday nj the Mount Vernon Place home
at o'clock.
billy had Just finished his Last SER
mon Then Bully" prayed. He prayed
prayer OF thanks TO God. of thanks 10
Baltimore lie prayed prayer or thanks
10 individuals and thanks 10 churches
lie prayed a prayer OF thanks 70 the
newspapers, Of thanks TO the city and
state II was a brief. but an eloquent
prayer II was prayer that touched the
heartstringa Of those who heard u
And then came the last invitation for
trail hitters.
Rush of Trail Httters.
The invitation was issued nj szo
o'clock Before the second hand on
"Billyg' watch had made one revolution.
there came from out OF the great throug
1000 men and women, hundreds who had
been stirred. hundreds who had resolved
TO heed the warning, There is no to-
morrow" and to take their stand for
Christ then. They iammed tho sawduss
aisles in their rush to grasp the hand
Of the evangelist. who was in his little
pit for tho last time. The tears Of these
hundreds blinded them. and many Stun.
BLEED and had to be assisted 90 the 'front.'
of the tabernacle.
Home Run" Baker and six other New
York American league club ball pIayera
hit the trail.