The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1917-06-22
billy sundays
Greatest meeting
NEARLY 100000 PERSONS HIT
THE TRAIL IN NEW YORK
MEETING.

New lOrk CITY rose IN HubIty uNNtH
10 Pity sunday Sunday his last day
IN the now historic Tabernacle on
Washington Heights.%
Records IN evangollstic campaigns
we're smashed by the vast throngs
which poured all day from subway
surface cars and buses TO storm the
Tabernacle Attendance. trail hitter,
contribution records went BY the board
one after the other.
Sixty thousand persons heard Billy
Sunday In his three sermons
Altogether 4 ,22s persons nit the saw
dust trail. Never before have 50 many
done 30 In n single day, Thirty three
hundred and twenty.slx OF them came
forward al night. in weeping peninent
groups whose aggregate surpassed ans
nights trail hitting yet registered
When the last man had reached up and
graspcd Billy's hand the enormous mum
Der OF 6s.26f persons had hit the trail
during the campaign. The previous
largest number was In Boston, where
ts.e0s profcssed conversion.
$4,000 For Evangelist.
and bounteous New York poured in
10 the fgee-will offering more than
sli4.t00 10 be given 10 Mr. Sunday. He
viii IN turn donate every penny OF this
70 the American Red Cross and the
army and navy work OF tho y " G. a,
This greatest OF collections exceeded
that Of Boston by more thnn 100000
Envelopes yet 10 be opened may swell
the sum considerably.
Voice trembling. bis eyes shut tight
In prayer Billy Sunday bid his fare
well in his closing prayer last night.
Dreaded His Las. Prayer.
~oh, Jesus, thank YOU he prayed.
Thank You for Your plan OF redenp.
tlon, for your salvation, which ! have
been the poor medium 10 express; ]
have 80 dreaded this. 10 pray for my
last time here, but, Jesus, l am thank
full fer what YoI have done. My poor
words cannot express the glory due TO
You fos this manifestation Of Your
powers, which mas uAde tho dcyil NUT
ter.
Thank You. Jesus Christ. for This
great thronR. for the men OF the Navy
Yard. the shops, stores. black and white
native born and ilhteruNe, that have
pressed down hero TO broadway 70 this
Tabernacle.
Sunday continued:
'1ss beautiful picture Jesus, but
I'm sorry I've got 10 paint another part.
To think that, with all your blessings.
men have steclcd their hearts to You
and are still beyond the pale OF Gods
mercy Jesus. I'm about 70 say good
bye. but don't know what to say.
Good bye, We say II when ships
snil out, when friends depart, when the
hearre drives up but We never Will Say
IL ia Heaven. We have learned 20 love
every Ugh, in this old Tabernacle.
Thank yon. Lord, for the newspaper
boys. the editors. I wish could tell
you how much they have helped us.
Maybe we all will hang around the gate
and I'll learn you arc from New York
and you hit tho trail back there, and
wen talk Il over In Heaven. Lord, won't
II be great
Good bye, preachers. II said any
thing that hurt you--well, maybe YOU
deserved II Goodbye ushers, choir.
secretaries. boys at the door, cops
you're good sconts---firemen. too Good
bye. John--I mean Mayor Mitchell.
woods Adamson, Interborough, Fifth
Avenne buses, thank you for the lot.
whoever owns IT, Spcers Rockefeller
and all the rest.
Hasten the day. Jesus. when Prus-
sian militarism shall como down, and
bloodshed shall ccasc the dove OF peace
pluck the olive branch and fly over
from Europe to say. They've settled H."
They have given Alsaco Losraine to the
French, and tho Jews back In Jerusa
lem and Poland is free. SO goodbye 10
New York. Jesus. and bless her always.
Amen"