The Washington times., 1916-04-10
MANY HIT TRAIL At
SUNDAYS MEETING
Evangelist Has Converted More
Than $4,000 During Stay in
Baltimore.

BALTIMORE. April Io.-with 500 trail
hitters yesterday the total for the Billy
sunday campaign here so far has reach
Today is a rest day for the Sunday
party, and Billy and Mrs. Sunday will
20 TO Gettysburg. They will drive over
the battlefield.
After depicting the horrors of hades
his hearers hold their breaths last night,
Billy Sunday told the 1900 men and
youths and two dozen girls and women
Who made up the Tabernacle congrega-
way you look at t." He explained:
What difference does Il make to you
whether hellfire is literal or whether fire
was Just the fittest emblem that God
could choose To depict the terrors of the
place of the damned7 What difference
does II make whether there are streets
OF gold In heaven. or whether God used
the term gold as the most fitting em-
S,em snd voi,dh,. Of that which T. most beautiful
"It Doesn't make any difference TO me
whether the Gre r. literal or not, don't
want to 10 to hell: II doesn't make any
difference whether the streets are Of
gold or not, want to 90 to heaven.
Put I'm Just ola fosy enough to believe
the Bible from cover TO cover lap
plGiisel, and when God says fire ] be-
lieve II will burn; when God says gold
believe he means gold"
He pau5e1 to let the applause die
down, then continues:
But where do you head in. you old
sinner? Suppose, after you die. you find
that hell really has fire. whether you
be lieved II here or not?
1--WE got you skinned, old devil, any
way you look at IL. Even II there Is nc
hell, haven't missed anything by be-
ing decent Therefore-well, safety
frpt.'"
Brings Them Up Trail.
This sermon brought up the sawdust
trail a2 men and two young girls. The
girls were In the feminine contingent
| which got into the meeting despite the
fact that Sunday had announced several
times from the rostrLm that it was to
be for men only.
Before tile evangelist arrived at the
tabernacle. before Homer Rodehcaver
was calling on the delegations to stand
up, was thanking those who had sent
gifts to the platform and was doins
other things as conductor of he pre-
linlinary song service. about dozen
women slipped past the ushers and took
their seats. One woman marched sc"
renely down the aisle while tire taber-
nacle sextet was giving a selection. and
the musicians almost stopped in aston
ishnent. The ushers appealed TO those
In authority, and IL was decided to let
the women remain; further. as only
side. II was decided to let them come in
also. Anyway. there was nothing in the
sermon which was improper for a mixed
congregation.
Man at Woman's Meeting.
By a noteworthy coincidence one
man. an elderly one, professed con-
version In the afternoon at the meet
ing for women only held in the Lyric
when Mics Grace SAKE was the prin-
cipal speaker. This man and sixty
nine women stood up when the invi-
Ia ation was issued for those who wish
ed to lead better lives to make the
announcement by arising. So the
mems meeting and the women's meet
ing were even.
Mrs. Sunday. who had assisted Miss
SAKE al the Lyric. later went to doUch
er College. where she addressed a
gathering of students. and six were
enrolled as converts. There were
twenty-six converts at the outside
meeting at night. Two hundred and
ffty-six men and youths hit the trail
in the Tabernacle in the afternoon,
and there were sixty eight men and
women converts there at the morning
meeting. so the days total was $50.