New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-10
Christ No Purist,
Declares Sunday,
Quoting Bible
Asserts Jesus Would Have
Elders Pulling Hair if
He Preached Here
BIuejackets Hit Trail
Women to Hear Temperance
Sermon; Billy Meets Pop"
Arson To-day
BIuejackets Hit Trail

From a page Of the Bibc that has
apparently been overlooked by other
students, Billy Sunday last night quot
ed these words Of Christ to "some OF
the biggest guns of the synagogue:
you miserable old Holsters, you're
fine bunch Of guys the way you skin
widows. You ssnctimonous rascals,
you're like H scpulchre outside,
rotten inside. The whole bunch OF
you ought to be in jail" The evan
gelist didn't offer the quotation IN an
attempt to justify his own use Of what
he calls pepperino, but TO convince
Some 10000 persons who heard him
last night that Christ was no purlst.
"Oh, I'm sick and Disguised at hav-
ing Christ pictured as a dough-faced
milksop," he shouted. "Why, the sting
Of His investive burned like a lash.
He shot His preaching into the biggest
guns Of the synagogue. He handed the
hot end of the poker to the highbrows
of His day, that's what Jesus did. II
He took the paatorate of fashionable
church in New York to-day and
preached like He did to the fashion
lble set of Jerusalem, He'd have the
elders pulling their whiskers out"
Interpretation Unchallenged
Sunday shot out his hand and as
sumed belligerent pose, as il await
ing a challenge to his Interpretation Of
the Saviour's habits of speech. But
nothing happened; few person
laughed, some stared, and one elder ~,
ascetic looking man studied the
preacher intently through opera
glasses. Delegation after delegation
arose last night, in accordance with
Homer Rodeheaver's custom of count
ing noses before the sermon, until 1t
seemed that there could be no room in
the Tabernacle for independent, unor-
gained spectators.
There was a Standard Oil group. a
Grace NJ. +. Church section with band,
900 from the Guaranty Trust Com
pany, and big delegations from James
Railroad, the Liverpool, London and
Globe Insurance Company. the Airing.
ton Junior Boys Club, Girls Club Of
borhood Club. Summerield Methodist
Church, Junior Auxiliary of Dobbs
Ferry, Van Ness Presbyterian Church,
State Industrial Commission, and then
some.
Billy settled a mooted question Of
the last few DAYS when he announced
last night hat women would be admit
ted to the Sunday evening meeting at
which he breaches his famous philip
pic, Booze; or, Get on the Water
Wagon"
This is the sermon" he explained,
that has caused me to be villihed and
threatened from one end of the land
to the other. II has cost the brew
cries $200,000,000 and turned that
money TO the families of the working
men,"
Trail hitting started slowly, but it
didn't cease until 1.187 had gone for
ward. Several bluejackets and two Boy
Scouts were among the first to reach
Sunday, and among those who followed
were many members of the Standard
Oil, Guaranty Trust and McCutcheon
delegations.
To Address Rotary Club
Before Billy addresses the Rotary
old times with Pop Arson, his team
mate in the days when he was with
the Chicago White Sox
The evangelist often refers to the
days when he could run the bases in
fourteen seconds, and many of the
gestures that put flourish on his evan
gelistic uterances can easily be traced
20 his training on the diamond. He is
looking forward TO a fine reunion this
morning with Pop Arson, who tele-
phoned him last evening before the SER
mon.
A mddle-aged woman caused a mild
futter in the largely feminine audience
at the afternoon meeting when she
came TO the front while Sunday was
preaching. She WAS in a semi-hysteri-
cal state, and the message she tried 20
give the nervous evangelist was unin-
telligible.
"Wait. sister. let me DO the talking"
Billy admonished
Rides Trail in Wheel Chair
An usher appeared and led the wom-
an aside, where other women quoted
her. She was one of the first 70 take
Sundays hand when the trail was
opened. Another was an elderly
woman in a wheel chair, and she was
received with unusual courtesy. In all,
275 came up to take Sundays hand
One OF the many side trips in Sun
days sermon in the afternoon was a
criticism of volunteer work by church
members.
81 have been in but one place
where a man came forward and volun-
teered 70 help out the meeting. and that
man was a jew" he said. "His name
was Rubens. and he had a store in Nc
keesport, Penn. The committee there
had rented an unfurnished house for
our party. and this Jew came forward