The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-06-18
BY J. SUMNER STONE

| watched ia" Hon. ChnunCnS l'Tr"w. the
IL rrl.SS nrHiu". who once remarked thhl
pulpit cl"qu"ncr was ii last art. thaun-
rcy Dcp"w sat with Mrs. Helen Gould
shepherd on The platform near Tile
preacher. II the face shows a h"arcr :
interest ChaunCcy was Eaatly I'M
pressed.
! y few days before saw Rabbi Wise,
who after the sermon hurried forward
! I" congratulate thr preacher. This "l"-
ulicnt lew began Il series OF sermons on
he failure Vt religion az represented by
ally Sunday. before the evangelist ar
rived rho Ercat rabbi has had nothing
/ adverse In say since he heard BILLY. ono
evening l Snw Dr. Lyman Abbott tn
veteran editor Of The Outlo9E. who rep
rcsHnts the old New Ems LAID school Ut
ictecrs. Il hiShhruw oft hr' hIEhhrows.
according Ia Billy. Dr. Abbott is mn Ad-
Olson IN his literary s;yl" and Just
enough nn in his orthodoxy To suit the
, modern taste.
Readers Of tho Outlook will lind good
and rdifying reading III the pernSul or
pr. Ahhctts leader entitled. AN Eve"
ming With Bill! Sunday." 'rhc preach
essentials. The fact of a great preacher
SINGER ely believing and pr"mulGaslnE
tho oidtim" dOrt"in"sof the aftherS I'M
pressed the great editor AZ Il fart Of vast
import. Irving B&tch"ll"r was In the
/ Grdiencc enc evening. n" remarked To
personal friend. Il am profoundly i'm
pressed by two things about these
meetings; first. by tho hungry look in
the faces Of III. trail hi,tcrs': second.
b; the remarkable command Of splendid
English exhibited by III" speaker.
About results: he wrrr IA daring man
who would attempt an estimate pro or
, con.
Figures arc worthless in measuring
the effects of Billy Sundays visit I"
New York. Seventy thousand trail hit
trrs" il but an expression: Il collection
OF KS" standing for unknown quanu-
ties. l. az Anew York pastor. must say
that. while hav" had number Of
cards sent to me, the results In addition
lu my church membership have been
u'rag"r so far. 1t is early t" say much
rs TO thar. This | know, that sine" the
mrs, IF April new atmosphrr" has
been hrcathcr by IN" members of my
congregation. l preach once on Sunday
during this campaign. Almost every
sabbath since ihs campaign h"san poo
pile have come ofrwa<d 10 confess Christ
in Response 10 my invitations. Men we'll
known IN the community as having for
years manifested M interest. never APP
pearing IN Il church. have como out and
hnelt att h" altar. The Sunday cam
pRign has made religion popular in New
York. He hns done for Goshen what h"
accomplished in Wheeling. Syracuse
Canton and EuNRlo. maybe on smaller
scale.
II is M 10 the preachers AMI churches
! t. conserve the results in religious i'm
| prs SslnnS nf the frrtitd prcachnGs OF
! III" ono and only Billy Sunday. Fl" is not
Il fakcr. hr Is not Il CRATER. Mon rather
| than women and children respond 10 his
| appeals. Billy is Il unique genius. COM
| hininE hard work with great talent. To
| multituhcs In Goshen l." iS.H man sent
! from God. a. voice crying ~ ihr wilder
! ness Repent for tn" Kingdom Of iieav-
on is ~ hand" Governor Whitman. IN
thr or,nninE night. ton weeks ago said.
MY business is To Study my state.
| find that every city Visited lay Kitty sun
day is cleaner. better richer. NOR" godlY
! rifer his prcachinEs. Drunkenness. vice.
| crime diminisheS. | as governor. COM
| m. nd Billy Sunday"