Evening star., 1918-02-17

The evening subject has not
8 been announced
Fathers with sons in service }
and sons with fathers in service 5
are especially urged to attend the
afternoon gathering.
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The attitude taken by the ship car
penters in walking out on strike yes
terday was yehemently condemned by
Billy Sunday in his strongest terms IN
his sermon last night at the Tabernacle
The evangelist characterized this ac-
tion as hampering the government in
its war work, saying THAT bunch is
trying to put a pair of handouts on
Uncle SAM
of the spacious Tabernacle. loudly ap-
piAuded the evangelist when he called
the stand Of the strikers unpatriotic-
$500 Is Still Needed.
An urgent appeal to clean up the
amount needed to meet the expenses of
the campaign here was sounded again
last night by a member of the finance
committee of the local committee 1t
was stated at last nights services that
$500 was still needed. This does not
include last nights collection.
Billy Sunday drive committee. has sent
thruugout the city letter calling atten-
ton to the deficit and containing an
urxent appeal for liberal contributions
to the Tabernacle on Sunday will put
a dollar bill or more in the collection the
deficiency will be wiped OUT reads the
lettsr.
Treasury Employees Present.
Several branches of the Treasury De-
paxtment. including the war risk insm-
/. ancs bureau and the internal revenue bu-
reAn, were out in large forces last night
A delegation from the Baltimore police
department also was present in bood1y
numbers
-Miiy sunday will preach his second
s0ooee'' sermon at this afternoons sery-
ioe at the Tabernacle at O'Clock His
e,b5ect Is THE Trail Of the SERPENT "
Tho three meetings today, 1890, and
T:3o O'Clock. will be open to everybody.
Dsfends Sudden Conversions.
f.And he arose and followed Him" was
the text on which Mr.. Sunday based his
sermon last night, in which he made an
ardent defense Of sudden conversions.
BILLY claims that there can be sound
and thorough conversion in an In
fuss necessary. However, he promised
heswin never turn the hose" on those
who wish to shout, sing and clap their
hands.
Mr. Sunday emphasized the conversion
Of Matthew. tax-gatherer for the Ro-
man government. and promised his
az quickly as was the evangelist
Matthew'S Quick Decision.
s~Matthew stood in the presence of
Christ" he said. in part, "and he real
t8ed what 1t would be to be without
Christ; to be without hope, and it
ne arose and 70 Ki% nee'si0n
How long did that conversion take? :?
How long did it take him to accept
Christ after he had made up his mind?
While Matthew was sitting at his desk
he was not disciple. The instant he
arose he was That move changed his
attitude toward Cod Then he ceased to
In the kind of salvation that I am
preaching today
Saved in an Instant.
God says, Let the wicked man for
sake his way % The instant that
ID done, no matter If the man has been
. lifelong sinner, he is safe. There is
no need of struggling for hours or for
days-do it now. Who are YOU strug-
Cling with? Not God. Gods mind was
Of the earth were laid. The plan Of
salvation was made long before there
was any sin in the world. Let the
wicked man forsake his way Whenc
Within month, within a week, within
a day, within an hour No, now,
The instant you yield Gods plan of
salvation is thrown into gear You
will be saved before you know it, like
a. child being born.
Rising up and following Christ
switched Matthew from the broad to
the narrow way. He must have counted
the cost, as he would have balanced
his cash book. He put one side against
the other The life he was living led
TO all chance of gain. On the other
side there was Jesus, and Jesus out
weighs all else. He saw the balance
turn as the tide of a battle turns. and
then it ended with his decision The
sinner died and the disciple was born"
Billy put his ideas in a nutshell when
he announced:
when man turns truly to God, in
conversion, I don't care what form his
conversion takes"
Tra1i-hitting is not usually on the pro-
gram at afternoon meetings except on
Sundays. but Billy gave a cordial and
earnest invitation yesterday afternoon to
which several score persons responded
They ranged from an old and bent man on
crutches to very little girl, and include
three solid benchfuls Of soldiers from a
delegation present from the Army hTe1icaI
School in this city.
Converted Gambler Talks.