The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-06-16
INA" SUNDAY BACK;
GIVEN BIG OVATION
Bushes at Cheers Of Huge
Crowd in Tabernacle.
2,743 PERSONS HIT The TRAIL
Nearly Half Million Expected in
Free viii Offering.


day stepped into the record breaking
class herself last night when she
made her official Tabernacle come
back after four weeks illness In
all the ten weeks OF the world beat.
ing revival there has been no such
| crowd as damned and fought and
pushed its way into the great pine
meeting house. nor in the two months
and a half has there been such a
complete and unstin;ed outpourirg OF
applause as Ma" received whom she
trimmed IN IN the Preep tanned Mat.
! -.
her cheehs we're rosy with olushes
at the demonstration. and when
Rodey handed her a great bouauet
of rod ao,,-ers that ,ha cboir bsd con,
do.-r 20 hor sba co,,t1 -. s,,iia
,hon 80 -. s,ar,o, 49,. .pra;.o
COD Fron, Wbop, An PIassines t.iou, :.
and Thai led 10 more rbce+ipg Final.
! Iy- when the annIauxs rsd sof:ened
she said in a few words the thing
that was in her heart. I'm most
St u 70 Hou MAJ ne mas ~ ne
nacIe and again IoolE into The faces
of the hundreds of thousands Of my
friends. Oh, / thank you all"
Offering Cro,x. R,nIdIx
rL, -, -. -.
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10 De shasheu AT the laDerhacle-lh
tact In another day II Will probably
go by tie boards, and then New York
will have a chance to hang up a
hrieb, ,oyr on. for the ros, -, tb.
'O" us III the "oriu 10 shoot at Loi
generations TO come. that's the per-
sonal free will offerings for Billy.
which UP TO his coming to New York
was around 100000. Probably to-
morrow at this time this will be an
eN-record, for last night \. NJ. Harris,
chairman Of the Sunday finance COM
mittee. announced that not including
yesterdays contributions the fund had
already climbed 10 the very respect
able hgure OF S6O.oOO and had every
indication OF giving the hoped Tor
halt million mighty tough race.
10000 Turned Away.
With Ma" on hand as a little in
,,i-,,ro, .Io,z NTH mia, u,.s n-ob.
AMY 'he greatest crown 'nat ever mas
been wedEed into any building In New
York. Billy fairly topped the crest OF
all his deVll CHASING exhortatlons. y"
Iess man IOIVoV peoPie were t1rn ,t
&c., boto-s o,cIocL ond bund-sds
squatted on the sawdust in the aisles.
overlooked the choir and platform
steps. and massed ten deep around all
the open windows and exits. For
OF an hour Billy poured
into his tremendous audience shot
after shot OF hot. molten SundayiSms
in proving that God Gives Everybody
a Chance to Re Saved" And then he
stepped close to the edge OF his plat
form. pinched shut his ewes, and with
cupped hands acting as trumpet
shouted forth a PRAYER that only Billy
Sunday could make.
We've been here almost ten weeks
now. Jesus" he began. land | want TO
thank Won for the strength and mover
that You have given me. Your blood
was NOT shed in vain so far as old
New York is concerned, Jesus. WHY.
New York has rushed at You with
open arms. Lord, until she's almost
swamped You. And ! can hear the
angels flaming their wings as they
tune up their harms. Jesus. getting
ready for the crowd"
2-4a M, IN. Trail
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Billy leaned ana MS tone changed 10
one of hate. WHATS that growing.
he snarled "Oh, it's you in hell. is
4, deviI9 I-vb, Won Thought Won
had 3 Nrst mortgage on New York
and we're about 10 forecIose- didn't
YOU deyiIc You thought you'd get
tbat moor girl didn't you7 And YOU
We're sure you'd be able to break that
mothers heart whose boy WAS hitting
the booze. weren't YOU? We'll. he |
hasn't had a drink in seven weeks. |
and he's been here every night. And !
that fellow who had his eye on an
other woman-you thought YOU were |
a bout TO start a divorce. didn't you? |
SAY. devil. that man and his wife ar |
here tonight I don't wonder you're |
pale around the EiIIs and have peri !
.onitIs and appendicitis and pneu- |
nonia and need a little digitslis to !
keep you going"
he great fan shaped sounding board /