The evening world., 1917-04-20
BIGGEST Devils
ON EARTH SIT IN
PEWS,' SAYS BILLY
"If Christ Came Here Some
Would Treat Him Worse
Than a Saloonkeeper."

"casting out devils" was the text
OF Billy Sundays sermon this after
noon and most Of the 1000 who gath
cred to hear him were women. The
men had probably gone to the nail
game. The Rev. DIR. Hoadlcy OF the
Greenwich Presbyterian Church Of
fered prayer and after the collection
had been taken up 1t was announced I,
that the amount given yesteday was
S1,445.
Jesus Christ had a hard time
Of il on this EARTH" Billy began.
1--WE troat saloonkeepers better
than he was treated, and II he
came back to-day he'd get the
sams kind Of treatment from
some people and you wouldn't
have TO 90 outside Of New York
TO find 'sm."
There was good deal Of coughing
among the women and three times
Sunday had TO stop.
70 one woman Sunday remarked,
You don't have TO make that noise,
sis"
Reverting to his sermon, Billy de-
clared some OF the biggest devils on
earth sit In church pews and nave
their name in the registers.
when Jesus came down from the
Mount OF TRANSPORTATION with Peter.
James and John" said the evangel-
ist, "and reached the valley below
he saw the remainder of the disciples
surrounded by a multitude OF people
questioning them. There were the
ethical culturists. the highbrows OF
the day: the Pharisees, who were the
hypocrltical churchy knockers the
sadducees, who were the heretics and
higher critics.
AS Jesus came nearer he noted
a --ther who had brought his little
boy. who was possessed Of an evil
spirit which had thrown him in fire
and water. had caused him to have
commissions ana made him to fall on
the ground and gnash his teeth and
foam at the mouth. Tho disciples
had each tried to drive 1t out. but
all had failed.
Now notice. First. the disciples
thought they had big crowd around
them. But what did IL matter II
there was a big crowd and there
was no devil east out? That's the
trouble with many to-day. They think
that God isn't within ten miles Of
meeting unless there is big
crowd.
There are some OF you right here
to-day that have tho devil in you
Maybe you don't treat your wife
square. Maybe YOU cheat in your
weights. Get rid Of the devil
What does 1t matter II you pack a
church to the roof II nothing happens
to turn the devil pale? What is tn,
use OF putting chairs in the aIsles II
there is no devil to chase down the
alsles and out the doors?
"The object OF the church is to cas-:
out devils. | hope God will never let
me forget that there is somebody IN
\ every one OF my audiences, big ol
small as they may be, he wants m,
" ittiNH
How quickly all changed wher
Jesus came on the scene. II Away
does. The Scribes and the Phariseei
stopped their qui2zing the disciple
when Jesus came on the scene. S.
will you all, The father saw Jcsui
and he forsook the crowd. That
what always happens when any onD
sees Jesus.
"Have you a boy who IL drunk
ard. a girl who is frivolous friend
who are going wrong, a husband o
wife who is untrue? II you have som
relative like that you will know hoy
that father felt when he said, 'HaN
compassion
He knows what it is 70 be friend
less, TO have every one desert him
to not have place for his head n
matter what your lot, Christ will hay
compassion. The father was hcipIos