New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-12
Cheer Sunday on n. n
turn from NewburS |
and West Point
Billy Tells of Jos!
Says He Told Marshal U,,,
Sam Is Coming [.
Million Strong

Last night tie Tsbernsel. =.
fairly RATED. for 5000 high xs..I !
and girls came 70 see and h.,, =
Sunday, and there was a great
Of cheer leaders arms and Ii,
Of many "rahs" for alma mat, -,
evangelist.
There were cheers for Valdez,
and Morris High and De Wiz, c.
and Harris and Yonkers and b.,
Childs, and a song for Washing.
wing and tapping banners, and !,
Sether it was such a scene =, .
usually associates with a football =,
rather than a revival.
Into this atmosphere cane Ba, J..
freshed b. his halliday outin, :,
Marshal Jofre at Newburgh sni T.
Point. and a. eager as any hish ~
boy 20 talk about il. lie va, -,
to report on the trip, anyway !, {.
was his audience Of the night ~.
that gave him permission to 70
Met No GroucheA
81 certainly want to thank 70, ~,
for letting me 90 with Marsha I,s,
to-day" he said. NY. | never ., !.
many famous people together, M
West we're satisfied If We ~ -.
famous man in a day. but 4 s,r,.
as though every one / met u-ay y,
a Governor or an ambassador Or q.
big Official. And there wasn't ro.t
in, the crowd.
II had the honor Of meeting u,
shall Joifre, and I told hin, hros,
his interpreter, that We we're q,
France had loaned him to Us tempoa
ily, so we could tell hin how We lov
France and him, put a garland on
brow. money in his pocket and Ire
courage in his heart.
Eyes. sir; and told him he cogld
back 70 France and tell the boys il 4
trenches that Uncle Sam was eomiis
million strong and put it over 4
bunch on the other side"
The gray-haired woman who cuu
a disturbance at the afternoon n..,
on Wednesday repeated her ps.ir,
snce last night. Billy was in tksra
Of his sermon when she rushed -
the centre aisle, dropped on her ~
before him and, joining her hnen
duplication, pleaded With BIN
Listen to me, for the sake q
manity."
She was still pleading hysusa'
when two ushers escorted her ssr
Harmless old soul" said BIZ
Several persons laughed, and ~
was moved to declare that IL the!r'
only get as excited about the -
who were going 10 hell as ufe
about a POOR old woman theyt1s
complishing something.
The high school spirit OF the 81
part of the evening broke out =
in a race TO the front when M'
was opened. Four girls from ID
College won, and close on Their !,
came twoscore smiling Schoolgirls 7
as many boys holding up the rear
woman teacher came forward VIZ
class of boys. A delegation Of o.
clad members of the Home De
League wound its way throuc
crowd, and eventually 1897 per''nl
taken Sundays hand.
One Thousand Hear Testimcr
The thousand men and wome'
came in the afternoon, despite Sgtii
absence. were rewarded for their u
fulness. for they heard two me
what the athletic evangelist had =
for them, and witnessed more q
tional scenes during the time fo' .
hitting than they might have see
one of the big meetings.
They heard the Rev. Dr.. y
Wheeland. of Pittsburgh, tell hos >
had won him away from drri
united him with his wife, and "a
how Wheeland the railroad az
came Wheeland the pastor OF Fp'
terrain church in Toronto. OhM !,
They heard A. B. Macdonsk y - -
torial writer on THE kaih ="
Star" say: 4
lone year ago didn't belx'
Bible was the word Of God, o. =
Christ was the Son Of God. a.
believe in the Bible, in God
Church. | knew Ingersoll, Ton =,
and other atheists by heart. ~
even have a Bible in my home.
Macdonald said all that e,Is
when he and his two sons, Dohs's =
Frank, hit the trail in Kansas !.
Among other reforms he stopped ''s
ing, and he had been as hueh. '
pirate, he declared. Homer Rods's,s
sounded the call to salvation, -
response four men and fourteen ""
came forward. All were yislop
fected and four OF the women v
weeping. :
you can reach more hssru
your music than with your yo'ee,
man told Rodeheayer. That's h'''
got me, bow"
The collections for both mteuop
Thursday amounted 10 sl,2io W
preceding Thursday the total Wa
o9i.67.