Bridgeton pioneer., 1916-02-24
after BILLY
SUNDAY-WHAT?
Trenton Now Discussing
Question.
UNITED EFFORTS
Newspaper Tells What the People
Are Expecting in the
Future.

Ihe trenton State Gazette yester-
day printed the following
After Billy Sunday, what?
That is the question that tens of
thousands of Trentonians are asking.
Will Trenton go back to the old
order of things, or will it enter upon
new era? Will the spiriT of the
tabernacle meetings survive, or will
it perish? Will all this interest and
excitement of the past seven weeks
result in a lasting reformation, or
VIII there be a reaction?
You could ask questions like this
by the score The fact of the matter
is, the future of the Sunday move
ment in Trenton is one great big ques
ton mark. The foes as we'll as the
friends of Billy Sunday want to know
Here, crudely stated, are some
things that are likely to happen:
Some preachers in Trenton are
likely to lose their jobs.
Billy Sunday has set new stand
ard for the pulpit in Trenton. The
preacher who is afraid to slam the
truth into the teeth of his congrega-
ton will have to answer for his COW
ardice. On the other hand, su:ne
congregations are likely to get angry
if their preacher talks too plain fat
urally, therefore, there is likely to be
a shake-up among the ministers AL
ready there is talk about resignations,
new pastors. etc, -
The questions of amusements will
receive particular attention. The
card-playing, dance-going parishion-
er will hear from headquarters.
The theatres will receive attention.
Objection will be made to any and ev-
cry show that is unfit to be seen by
an innocent child or the purest wo-
man.
Clubs that have the reputation of
being gambling dens" or Booze
joints" will have to reckon with the
Billy Sunday sentiment The fight
will be made within the clubs, not
from the outside. Either the vice will
go, or the trail-hitters will go.
The tabernacle may be maintained
as a permanent institution. 1t may
be preserved as meeting place for
all nterdenominational gatherings and
as a sort of rendezvous for trail-hit-
ters. A union service will be held in
that building next Friday evening. 1t
is probable that the Y. NJ. c. A. meet
ings will be held there hereafter The
sentiment of the Sunday followers is
against using the place for anything
that is not evangelistic. The cost of
maintaining the tabernacle is small,
and the lost of the people for the
place is great.
A permanent organization of Chris
tian business men will be formed. The
evangelistic committee, which is COM
posed of the members of the commit
tee that had charge of the Sunday
campaign, will unite with this COM
mittee.
Every effort will be made to look
after the spiritual welfare of the new
recruits in the cause of Christianity;
also, to provide them with honest
employment.
An effort VII be made to enlist the
trail-hitters in active Christian work
Efforts will be made to get every
Sunday movement to get out of it's
own circle and to aid in every scheme
for the moral and religious better
ment of the community.
Denominational barriers will be
broken down.
Differences of creed will be for
gotten.
Bible study will be encouraged in
every home.
The fight against the saloon will be
prosecuted more vigorously than ev
er. Sabbath desecration will be
frowned upon.
And all this will be backed up by
the thousands-old and young-great
and small-that have enlisted under
the banner of Christ as held aloft by
Billy Sunday.