The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-05-19
mrs. SUNDAY ILL;
FEAR APPENDICITIS
Physicians in Consultation
Over EvangeIist's Wife.
GLOOM OVER BIG TABERNACLE
Sermon on Second Coming
Brings 1854 Up Sawdust Trail.

W" AOfNhs may IVA new Ork
transformed in twenty-four hours by
the Hebrews turned Christians after
the second coming OF Christ in full
nlment OF the prophecy Of the Bible,
was part of the picture painted by
Billy Sunday last night In his SER
mon on THE Second Coming" Just
what job he viii have in the general
redistribution OF tasks. the rapId-fre
evangelist said he did not know, but
II he happened to be made mayor OF
this city you can bet your boots
there'l be something doing"
why, a. soon as this war Is over
we're going 70 see one OF the prophe-
cies Of the Bible fulfilled" Billy
shouted THE Infamous Turk will
be driven out OF Palestine forever and
Jerusalem will be restored to the
Jews under either the Union Jack or
the Stars and Stripes And when
Christ reveals himself to them. Gods
chosen people will turn from Judaism
70 Christianity and new nations will
spring up and the whole world viii
be converted"
Gloon Over Tabernacle.
Billy preached straight Bible last
night, and the 10000 who crowded
into the great pine meeting house
heard more theology and fewer pleas
ant ramblings from the printed SER
mon than at almost any meeting to
data The set. uncompromising Word
permits OF no deviation or demands
no apology or explanation in Billy's
eyes. and so. in talking Of the second
coming OF Christ, he followed hard
and fast the lines laid out by the an
Client prophets. II was avowedly an
old-fashioned theology, but one the
evangelist glorifes in. and its vitality
was attested by the 1,OS4 trail hitters
who came down the sawdust path aft
er the services With the afternoon
converts there was a total Of 1,52s.
A trace Of gloom hung over the en-.
tire Official party yesterday when Il
became known that ma" Sunday was
seriously i'll and that q consultation |
OF nve physicians had been called to
determine whether she was suffering
from appendicitis For the FIRST time |
since the meetings started MAG !
smiling, kindly face was not in its /
customary place right back OF the
platform last night
ChFist's Coming Described.
There are three distinct phases Of
the coming Christ, according to Billy. |
Christ will come back again. and the 4
believers will be changed in the twin
king OF an eye and meet Him \
In the air. Then viii come the seven
or seventy years OF tribuIation,
during which the Jews will 20 to
Jerusalem and build the temple, An
anti-Christ will come-who may be
the Emperor OF Germany or some
other ruler-and then Jesus will come
back with the saints and set up a mil
and He will reign for a thou !,
sand years. The Jews will accept I
him and nations will be born in q day. 1
Then will come the final reward in
heaven and the devil will be let loose
from the, pit where he has been i'm
prisoned for the thousand years"
In the afternoon Billy preached on L
The Conversion of Paul" 81 think
the Church OF God needs a little
he said. "Shs hasn't
smelled gunpowder for $50 years.
She's let a lot OF heresies and isms
creep in and she needs to go into dry
dock and have the barnacles scraped
IN"
New York Needs AwakenInE.r
New York needs to be awakened,
too" he went on. You've got the
biggest gang OF low down pups here
this side OF hell, but you've got some
of Gods noblest men and women as
we'll. I never saw a city where there
are such wide extremes. Why I
know one woman here who Is not
buying a new automobile or new
gowns so that she can support 500
German and 400 Belgian orphans.
All over the world they're praying
Tor the success of this campaign
here: even in the bloody trenches OF
France. General Bridges told me the
'oldiers are praying every day for
Is"
Following the close OF the evening
Meeting Billy motored to Terrace
;arden and spoke at the annual meet (
ng OF the police lieutenants OF
Greater New York.
This afternoon Billy holds his third ,
Kid Party. and tonight he repeats
sermon on THE Second
Coming"