New-York tribune., 1917-05-03
5000 Interborough En-
ployes, with Band, at
Evening Service
Rush Hour" Feelino
At the Tabernacle
Billy Enlists 1896 Person,
in the Days Toll.
of Converts

- y
hour atmosphere about Billy sr
days Tabernacle last night, when sn,
lnterborough motormen. eondu,,.
and ticket choppers advanced q, -.
timber temple, their white-coated a,,1
way band' blaring Brighten thu r..
ner" and the rest Of the deley,.,.
cheering for Sunday and SalvAtiOns
The thoughtful penitent approa.hi,,
warily to the trail" was brought -
with the injunction to "Step liv.l,.
Gatemen IN mufti guarded many Tak.,.
nacIe doors, proclaimlng "Interboro,..
only; pass along" Conductors. usb,.
for the nonce, reiterated the admoss.
ton watch your stepi"
Sylvester Dilts Smith. suner;n,..l
ent of the elevated system, openeS =.
proceedings by defining himself a, a..
first Billy Sunday rooter in this b,,..
and inviting "all the Interborou9h rs
TO come up here and show him .ss.
ne gets through how You intend % M l.sS
your life" 'sA'
Rodeheayer Talks TO Men
Homer Rodeheaver, musical dir.,,o,
told the delegates that it was "a grs..
thing 70 be identified with a eoroor..
tion which has a man like Mr.. Smir
urging his men TO take stand "a,
Christ, and / hope you appreciate 4,
Sunday continued the complimentsv
strain by declaring that he knew ",
Shonts very well-called him Theodor
away out in Iowa years ago"
Il like 70 meet capital and labor-
he continued, ito take YOU both nv n.
hand 70 a common meeting ground
the cross OF Christ. | know Of nothirr
that. can clarity the atmosphere a.
much as the cross of Jesus Christi
Sunday preached on Keeping Buy
for Cod" taking as his text II SAMUEL
xii, 13, and drawing a lesson from ID,
story Of David and Nathan. He oN |
Of the possibilities Of absolute.
through repentance.
1,ij2 Hit Trail
When Sunday prayed for trail hn.
ters, 1852 responded. VI. II. Vreslsndl
former president of the Metropoli,snv
Railways Company and now in charys
OF the welfare work of the Intsrtsr.
ougn company, was a trail hitter. An,
other was A. L. Merit, superintends,,l
of the subway lines. One hundred III
teToorough men who went 20 the Men
can border last summer marched dosI
the trail In body. The great mass
converts were lnterborough men.
Frank Hedley, general manager \
the lnterborough; George keegan, al
slstant TO the vice-president: w oil
Wood nragiIons 90 L..
lines; Vice. President d. ". Ross, JOIN
n. Campbell, treasurer, and a number
o. lnterborough directors occupied
platform seats, wearing the Whit.
badge of the company. Henu W.
Hodge, Public Service Commssiousr,
also was present.
Nearly 10000 men, women. chadr
ard infants found places in the Tsb.r.
nacle at the night meeting 0ss
screaming baby interrupted the sernoa
with its walls and Sunday found il dii.
tcult at times to make himself hear.
A dozen delegations, in addition 10 d,
lnterborough workers, taxed the seat.
ing capacity of the structure.
Tells Of Grace of Christ
The night sermon resolved itself iw
the most part into a recital Of b.
aosolvlng power of the grace of Iesu
Chrlst, the necessity for repen,ena
and the opportunity to acquire eteri
life presented by the present car.
paign. There was not the usual refer
ence TO phases Of present-day poIirs
or international crisis. The only ~
peal to patriotism was the singing n
America" to the accompaniment q
the subway band"
The evil effects OF idleness receives
great attention at Sundays hands. II
you want TO know how you can best
resist temptation / should ssy: Kes;
busy for God" he told his hesrer
THE devil can't get a busy man o
easily as an idle one. An idle mirf
is an instrument for the devil. In
man that stands around with his hands
in his pocket will soon be trying 70
get them into somebody else's.
mo trade-that is the passport H
which 90 per cent of the criminsli
enter the penitentiaries Of the eoun'
try"
Sunday preached on "Withersd
Hands" in the afternoon 10 1000 per
sons, taking his text from Luke W.. y
! and finding an analogy between the
man with the withered hand whom
Christ found in the synagogue and ne
Tabernacle audiences. Four huncn'
and forty-four hit the trail.
"Crazy Nuts" in India
There are punches Of folks vllh
withered hands" he said. There are
crazy NUTS in India who have held Dp
their hands so long that they can
move them. Those fellows remind ne
Of you New York birds. You've seps
your hand tucked down in you,
trousers pocket so long that you eah
pull it out and drop dollar ID h'
plate.
New York is trailing every otns'
city I've been in when il comes 70 oIs
ging down. You lead in other thlnss'
but, gosh all hemlock, you're eeon'"'
icali" =.
The collections are continuing 7"
disappoint the financial committee
Several hundred students OF Nes
York University heard Sunday .preAeh
on "Enlisting for the War At the Sns
versity yesterday morning. lie urssSJ
them 70 an aggressive fight for Wv
and country.
lCar1;pal Earlev Has