Evening star., 1918-02-26

Evangelist w. A. Sunday got back IN
| harness today after his weekly rest.
preaching at the Tabernacle in the
| afternoon before a good-szed crowd on
the topic. Gods Promises" The re-
suits of the day Of rest plus the orac.
| ing weather, filled the preacher so full
| of pep" that he came down to the ofHce
| of The Star to look over the plant,
greet old friends and shake the hands
| of new ones. His tour of the various
departments was necessarily rapid
| one. but he seemed to enjoy every
minute of it. He fingered longer in the
| lair of the sporting writer's than at any
| other point. it was noted.
marvels Of modern newspaper many
times before. but i never get tired OF
them" CALCULATED Billy as he peeped
into The Stars composing room, with
clicking the days news into metal.
Billy, Jr., Operated On.
Billy and ma" Sunday are in par
tfcularlr happy frame of mind today.
Yesterday their son. Billy, jr.. was oper-
ated on at the Episcopal Eye. Ear and
Throat Hospital, and this morning, al
though suffering from an extremely
sore throat. he is doing fne. Hence the
parents smiles.
It's peculiar how Billy's former call
ing sticks in the minds of citizens
When he talks with a crowd Of people
the usual remark is not, "Mr. Sunday, Il
heard your preach yesterday" Cor in
Omaha, or wherever and whenever II
might have been). It's usually. Mr..
Sunday. + saw you play center field here
thirty years ago."
Billy's text this afternoon was
Whereby are given unto us exceeding
great and precious promises: that by
these ye might be partakers OF the di-
vine nature, having escaped the corrup-
tion that is in the world through lust"
Have Stood Times Test.
These promises. Billy declared. are
great. because they mean what they
have stood the test of time. These
promises must be used to be OF any
value. There are multitudes that
scarcely know there are any promises
in the Bible and in this connection the
preacher told the following story:
"A man was addressing An audience
Of 1000 protesting Christians He said:
I will give copy of the Scripture like
quote ten promises in the Bible ac-
curately and tell me where they are To-
Gated
Il will bet you 1 can take a freight
car full Of Bibles and / can start at
New York and go to San Francisco and
make that proposition and when get
to the Pacific coast I will have half Of
them left. Yes. and I wouldn't rule the
Ends Talk With Story.
The idea of the whole sermon, per-
haps. may be best exemplified In the
story with which Sunday ended his
talk. Here 1t is:
and she couldn't become interested in
it at all. She made several Intellectual
attempts to do 50. but failed.
Some time ran by, when a bright.
the west like Lochinvar and she be-
came infatuated with him. She found
that his name was the same as the au-
thor of this book in which she couldn't
asked him IL he ever wrote q book.
He said: Yes It was this book that
her aunt had given her.
"She could hardly wait until he'd
grabbed the book and never stoned
until she finished it at o'clock in the
morning. Same book, Same girl, but
she had fallen in love with the author,
You get to know God and the Bible
will be new book to you. If it is dull
and dead ana has no attraction. inst
you get in love with the author. sec
Thursday Is Navy Yard Night.
Thursday night q delegation Of 5000
employees Of the navy yard, led by the
fraternity band and the yeowomen OF
the yard, are to attend the service in
q body and occupy q reserved section.
Members of the Board Of Trade ana
their families have been extended .
special invitation to attend tho Satur-
day. night service at the Tabernacle,
A section of the big auditorium has
been reserved and members may obtain
tickets at the Office Of the board. nth
floor. Star building.
Mrs. Sunday will speak at a meet
ing of the Woman's Interdenominatfonal|
missionary Union Friday afternoon at 3
o'clock at Mount Vernon Place NJ. q.
Church. Her topic will be How Shall
We Conserve the Spiritual Results Of
the Sunday Meetin4sr
Musical Night" At the Tabernacle
participated in by the three big choirs.
was q distinct success. A feature was
the presentation Of gifts to members
Of the Sunday star who have been
headliners in the musical end Of the
campaign. Rodsy drew $50 in gold and
q bouquet Matthews got q watch chain
and Brewster D patr Of diamond os,fY