The Washington herald., 1918-02-13
BILLY PEEVED
WITH SINNERS
Evangelist Raps Those Who
Fail to Respond to
Appeal.
By ARTHUR JOYCE.

lTall nlttlnH at Ine 1aDefnaCle Is
still below the records of every other
large city in which Billy Sunday has
campaigned with the exception of
Omaha. To date s,6S1 persons have
walked the aisles" over at the big
pine building opposite the Union Sta
ton, according to official records kept
by Fred Buse, the Tabernacle post
master.
Washington's "slowness" in coming
across in the Tabernacle collections
has already got under Billy's skin
about SIS 600 is yet needed to clean up
the revival expenses. And the laxity in
trail hitting" is also apparently peev-
ing the evangelist, since he tread hard
last night on the toes Of many per-
sons in his big audience when he
likened those who won't accept my
invitation tonight" to Mr.. Hyde. and
declared those who planned coming to
"the front" represent the dominant
Mr.. Jekyll influence"
Billy II Peeved.
Billy referred to DR.. Jekyll as a
pure. clean. sympathetic, God-like
character" and Mr.. Hyde ne termed
vile and licentious" There were
about 1900 persons in the audience.
Two hundred hit the trail" 1t was
apparent that many in the big crowd
were peeved at the comparison.
IF you sit in the benches when l
give the invitation" added Billy. ''you
are throwing your influence on the side
of the devil"
In Billy's opinion. there's a touch
of both the Jekyll and Hyde influ-
ences in every man and woman.
And it's up to each of you," he
declared. "to figure out for your
self just which will be dominant in
your life. Take your choice. Jesus
Christ representing the heights of
purity or Judas, typical of the
depths OF hell; Abraham Lincoln or
John Wilkes Booth"
Mention Of Lincoln led Bill to
eulogize the mArtyred President. He
said someone had asked him during
the day whom he considered the
three greatest Americans"
And I replied" said Billy, that's
one Of the hardest questions an
American could answer. After some
thought. however. I answered him,
Washington. Jefferson and Lincoln.
And 1 think you'll all agree with
me-"
What's the matter with Wilson"
platform guest asked in a low
tone. Billy didn't hear the question,
so IT got by the evangelist.
Billy declared Atilla the Hun to
have been the "scourge of God. until
the Kaiser appeared on the scene" "
Scores Society.
He blamed society" for much of
the evil that exists today and de-
clared that "if society allows decent
men to become wrecks under the
strain of starvation wages and per-
mits the unripe child to be thrown
into the hopper of toll to be ground
up into corporation dividends. So
ciety will he responsible If these
men and women become criminals s
and drunkards."
The evangelist declared that the
church should throw its influence
on the side Of the square and with
the under dog, and thus incorporate
into modern life the principles of
the teachings of Christ"
We'll have the old devil in a hos
pital by the Fourth Of July" declar-
ed Billy, IF we'd observe the prac-
tice Of never CHASING a man or wo-
man as hopelessly bad until we've ex-
hausted all of our energies trying to
make them good"
Rotary Club Present.
There were about 100 members of
the Washington Rotary Club, with
their families, in special reservations
at the meeting. About a dozen of
them ''hit the trail" Billy pleaded
with them to "come forward in a
body. The Rotary Club is the only
organization in this country of which
the evangelist Is a member.
There were present also about 1000
employees Of the Ordnance Department
and various church classes from diff
ferent sections OF Washington.
The Rev. DR.. Courtland Myers, pas