The Washington times., 1917-04-25
SUNDAY ADDS 1852
CONVERTS TO LIST
Women Overwhelmingly in the
Majority Among Trail
Hitters of Day.

NEW YORK, April 25.-'Lord. aren't
you proud OF New York;" Billy Sun
day exclaimed from his pulpit in the
big tabernacle last night at the close
OF his evening service. You knew
what was in her. You knew she
wanted to come to you. Lord. let
hundreds come forward tonight al
take their stand for you"
Holding forth his hands. Sunday
stepped down into the sawdust as the
lines of converts began to form. A
delegation of young women from the
Colgate Club OF the Jersey City Y. W.
c. A led the way. Three sailors
headed the men converts and behind
them came long files OF men, women.
and children. The press was so great
that the organization which the Sun
day workers have perfected to tighten
the strain OF handshaking was almost
disrupted. Homer Rodeheaver, the
Shoirmaster. shouted directions to
clear the front seats and after a
momentary halt the lines began again
to move slowly forward.
When the official counter looked at
his tally at the end of the trail-hit-
ting it registered 1,467. making the
total for the day 1,732. an unexpect-
edly big showing. The women, as
usual. were overwhelmingly in the
majority. Twelve delegations helped
to swell the total.
Suffers From Bad Throat.
Sunday warmed up early in the
evening. although he had started out
mildly and plainly suffering from a
bad throat. He did several new
stunts. the one which delighted his
audience most being q race in which
the winner fell dead as he reached
the goal. He picked up imaginary
stones and pretended to hurl them as
an illustration OF the attitude OF some
people toward the word OF God,
chuckling with the memory of base
ball days at his own adroitness.
DO you suppose I'd stand here and
work the way I do he gasped at one
point during his sermon after he had
been working particularly hard, "if /
didn't want you all to be saved?
There isn't money enough in. all the
banks to make me do II. The doc
tors tell me i shorten my life by
twenty years by this work"
Sunday used story after story Of
drunkards and unbelievers to illus
trate his text, that a man must pray
II he is to be saved. 81 have no pa
tience with a man who becomes snip
pish when you ask him to go to
heaven instead of to hell" he said.
eff my prayers could save New York.
there wouldn't be a sinner in New
York to pray for.
aMuSt All BE Ameri6ans.-
'1f you don't repent you will go
to hell. whether you are a millionaire
on Fifth avenue or hobo panhandler
In a stale beer joint. The politician
doesn't care for your soul. You may
vote for him today and tomorrow
you may go to hell for all he cares.
Many Of you would spit in the face of
Jesus Christ just TO keep your name
on some old double-chinned DANES
calling list Heaven and earth and
hell are all interested in this cam
paign. Heaven wants to save you,
earth wants to cheat you, and hell
wants to damn you"
Addressing the devil, he began to
pray. Haven't you, devil, dug graves
enough, haven't you brought misery
enough into the xorld7" he said, and
then Jumped into the following
dialogue:
1--WE are Americans, prepared to go
20 the last ditch, Lord"
. 'I'm in the midst Of a war myself.
Bill"
What with, Lord?"
Against the devil"
lord, we take our side with you
IN the tight"
Lord" he continued, "aren't you
proud OF that Judge who sent a man
to the penitentiary for. six months for
erfticising the President: We need
such men In these trying times. We
must all be Americans. We must for
get that we are Jews or Gentiles,
Protestants or Catholics, and remem-
Der that we are Americans, pledged
by our noble President to go to the
last ditch in the defense Of democracy
and for the small peoples of this
earth"
The tabernacle was filled at the
evening service, and about 1000 per-
sons stood about the walls.