The Washington times., 1917-06-04
BILLY SUNDAY WINS
.l,OOOBLUEJACKETS
Evangelist DenOunces Enc.
mics Of Consumption.
PATRIOTIC OUTBURST FOLLOWS
Three Sermons Of Day Net Total Of
2,S29 Trail Hitters.

NEW YORK, June A-"Oh, GOD,
paralyzs the tongues and strike dead
In their tracks any man or woman
or clique that dares to raise damn
able, infamous hands against our
country and the duty Of our boys at
the registration booths on Tuesday"
That was Billy Sundays prGyerful
contribution to Americas new fight
ing spirit at the tabernacle yoster-
day afternoon. And Billy meant Il
with all the fire and power and ain
certify that he could give to it-and
more &c was q prayer as fervent and
pleading As any call for sinners to
repent.
with the last word q mighty shout
sweIled up from all parts of the
great audience, q shout that fairly
made the pine structure shake with
its reverberations- One thousand
bluejackets from the navy yard
lighting men dear to Biliy's heart
left their seats and shouted and
whistled In a drowning din Of ap-
proval such a. no other prayer ever
said in New York has received.
When the high tide of cheering had
sbbed Billy reached to his platform.
threw open the little .trapdoor that
leads to the flight OF stairs and the
foot OF the sawdust trafl. and shout
ed for these same bluejackets to
come down the paths that lead TO
glory" In ten seconds the long
lines were making their way down
to the front-hundreds Of sturdy
sailors lads, and for each Billy had
. smile and q word and maybe q slap
on the back. Before the meeting
these same boys had been the guests
Of the Y. W. c. A. at dinner in the
Cafeteria
BIny . Coed Reeruiter.
Altogether II was quite a day for
good oId-fashioned patriotism. and
Billy proved that he was fully a.
good a reeruiter for the army and
the navy as for the forces Of the
Lord. And by the same token he de-
monstrated that he can hit just a.
hard at an American Stacker as he
can at his particular pet enemy. the
saloon keeper.
81 think these people who are rails
ing their voices against registration
and CONSUMPTION come pretty close
to being traitors" he said At the
opening Of his afternoon address.
ana L nave no pALcnNo win SHe9~
so-callsd paeifist meetings. We've
passed that stage now. and there's
nothing to do but to stand pat and
20 the limit We've got TO do some
hard scrapping, and that's all there
In about II. We didn't want this war.
but when they erAmmed II down our
throat we couldn't 40 anything else
but fight. You can't let q man con
tinuaIiy spit in your face without
coming back at him"
Later on in the sermon the foreign
born anarchist came In for some OF
the same treatment. we've got .
dirty. rotten gang In this country who
brought their .damnable Continental
custom Of Sabbath breaking and
pack Of personal liberty lies with
them, and every drop Of blood in their
nIthy veins beats against America and
our ideals. They come here with tags
pinned on their coats, waving their
red flag Of anarchy and shouting their
Infamous doctrines.
Great Day Fer EvaaEelist.
II say, rip the tags off them and
ship them back where they came
from II they don't like our country
and when they sail away we'll climb
on the statue Of Liberty and sing
Praise God, From Whom All Blessings
Flow"