The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1917-01-26

Boston.-Closing, as he had begun
his Boston campaign, with a SMASH.
ing OF previous evangelistic records,
Billy Sunday preached to $4,000 PED
pie and won 5i96 trail hitters. Fully
100000 came to the old ball grounds
during the day, and nealy 10000 In
the evening were barred out Of the
tabernacle after the final entrance
had been shut
The parting was heart rending Billy
was in love with "old Boston" and
his voice broke as he bade her adieu.
His people didn't know how big
place he had made for himself In
their hearts until they saw him for
the last time and heard him tell
them that he would meet them
again before the Great White Throne"
then they choked up and hundreds
let their grief pour itself out in
tears. Their affection and apprecia-
tion expressed itself in a material
way in the free-will Offering Of more
than $4,000
Storm the Tabernacle.
AS early as o'clock in the morn
ing, the light OF approaching day re-
vealed the presence OF little group
OF people who were determined that
tardiness should not keep them out
OF the 10 o'clock meeting. BY
o'clock crowds were pouring into the
old baseball grounds in two steady
streams.
Before the morning service was
over a throng was standing outside
the tabernacle under the cold gray
sky stamping its feet and chilled
with waiting for the doors TO open.
The morning audience had filled the
auditorium. without overlooking, but
when the first afternoon congregation
poured in, it packed the building and
forced the opening Of the corridors
for standing room.
Shortly before 8 o'clock. when the
tabernacle was cleared OF it's occu-
pants. there was a third crowd that
completely surrounded the big shed.
The police opened lanes thtongh
this: otherwise Il would have been
Impossible for those inside 70 force
a passage through the blocked and
buried exits The tabernacle. as
soon as IL was emptied, filed again
within a few minutes. and dense
cloud OF dust veiled the electric
light. for the conmotion stirred up
In the sawdust by those going out
had no time TO settle before the In
coming crowd scuffed up another
log.
For tho Last Service.
Meanwhile thousands more we're
arriving at the grounds, and when
they failed TO get into the taber-
nacle, they prepared TO wait for the
evening meeting. while darkness was
falling, and with IL a light snow,
other thousands. the people who In
tended 10 be on the spot early for the
o'clock service. descended In an
avalanche from the sidewalks and
street cars on Huntington avenue.
Many OF them didn't stand a chance
OF obtaining admittance. for the tab
ernacle was already surround
BY s O'Clock the space betv - the
main building and the restaurant
was crowded with people and the
general congestion OF the grounds
was like that OF circus day. These
conditions continued long after the
final meeting had begun. when the
multitude around the tabernacle was
IS ranks deep IN many places.
detail o, about 30 policemen. assisted
bv fremen and gatemen, had
difficulty In handling the throng.
People pleaded. threatened and
pounded on doors and windows. all In
vain. for inside there were already
awards OF IS 900 persons.
So many persons became separated