The Washington herald., 1918-01-21
BILLY PLEASED
WITH RESULTS
OF D. c. DRIVE
First Two Weeks Here Es-
tablish Record; Trail
Hitters Total 1900.
BY ARTHUR JOYCE.


his two-month$ campaign against
the devil. Billy Sunday is convinced
that when he breaches in Washing
, ton he's talking to the entire Uni
ted States through the long dis
lance telephone"
The evangelist expects his revival
here to eclipse any he has held and
indications already show he is
about right. By comparison with
other cities, several records have
been broken here.
Billy recognizes that there are in
Washington now more representa-
tive persons from all parts of the
country than at any time in its his
tory. He feels that through his
preaching in the capital he will in
directly reach thousands from every
section Of the United States. through
the newspapers and through testi-
mony of persons here who tell
about the meetings back home"
a0Oa Have Hit Trail.
The evangelist is strong for the
newspapers. He is particularly well
pleased with the reports of his ser
mons and meetings that are carried
in the Washington Herald
Il think your paper is, doing
wonderful work" Billy toH me yes
terday, "and 1 wish that every per-
son who comes to the Tabernacle
would make it a point to send
copies back home to their relatives
and friends. My hats off always
to the army. the navy and the news
papers OF the country. With these
three mighty influences fighting
H.ZHa ~kNaN
we are going to come out in Gods
war against sin and in the world
war against inhumanity and auto
cracy. as exemplified in Kaiserism
and Prussian militarism."
To date. approximately 5000 per
sons have walked the "sawdust
trails" and have publicly expressed
themselves as ready to go over
"on Gods side" The opening
trail hitting" service brought 52O
men and women to the front to
shake Billy's hands. This is Billy's
best record for an initial Invitation
night" in any city the size of
Washington
The throngs that attend the Tab
ernacle meetings are breaking rec
OTds. There's hardly a vacant seat
anywhere the big building at
the evening sessions and in the
afternoon there is always a IalrIy
large crowd. The attendance night
" has averaged about $4,000, while
on Sundays hundreds have to be
turned away because of the lack
of room.
Again, the interest being shown
in the meetings by the general
public is unusual. Everybody's
couraEing to the evangelist. He
declares he doesn't give rap
whether people are against him
and his methods or for him-so long
as they talk about him. He's got
the P. T. Barnum idea-every
knock is boost!
They're singing and whistlinE the
Sunday revival hymns everywhere
thanks to ROdy, the efficient
choTister who has taught Wash
ington what real evanEelistic sing
ing can be. Women hum the
tunes" on the streets and men and
boys whistle them. You can hard
" 20 more than a block in Wash
ington without hearing someone
singing Brighten the Corner" or
since Jesus Came Into My Heart"
The only drawback to the meet
ings so far has been the illness of
Mr. Sunday. His throat is in bad
shape. Indications are that unless
he takes exceptional care of it just
now, there's likely to result a per-
manent set back to his preaching.
He missed three afternoon talks
during the last week-and that's
another record broken. Only once
before-down in Atlanta-did the
of Illness in about % years.
Public shows Interest.
The individual members of the
Sunday party interested in various
plans for outside work" announce
unusual support on the part of the
public Miss Saxe's Bible study
classes at the Tabernacle each
afternoon are being well attended.
Miss Frances Miller and Mrs. Will
liam Asher have started their work
among the business women and
sirls of Washington, and several
thousand have already taken ad
vantage of their methods of spread
ing the message"
Miss Gamlin has started Off well
with her work among the boys and
girls and Miss Florence Kinney is
Lining up" the girls in the higher
schools and colleges. The MONDAY
meetings for men under the direc-
tion of DR.. Isaac Ward are being
well attended and workers are
showing unusual interest.
On the whole. the results of the
campaign so far have been re
markable," in the opinion of the
sunday campaigners.
And you can put it down In
black and white" commented Billy
yesterday. that we're going to put
il over for God in great shape here
in Washington. And from this cam
paign you may ultimately see
America on it's knees"