Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-19
SUNDAYS WAR ZEAL
THRILLS AUDITORS
Saws Germany Has Turned From
Cross Of Calvary TO
Iron CrosA
New YoRx, Feb. 10.

NEW OWK, F0O. ~.
Rilly Sunday came back homo to Now
Nork last night-but It WINS now Billy
dcspltc the same smile and sAmo twink
hne eyes and straight shooting pictures
o,,r words. For it WAS wArInSpired
Rlv 10 whom patriotism and country
haye formed trinity with the Gospel that
he peaches.
Hundreds who had been drawn down
th,, hnr sawdust trail at the great taber-
n,cl, m May and June by this remarkable
mars power and message Crowded into
Camerle Hall with other hundreds who
,l,nnp tho ten weeks campaign in the city
I'D formed deep affection for him and
gave HIM an old time, old fashioned well
erme And after the songs had been
sung and the flags waved and some
800 had fairly clapped their palms off,
hllN talked TO them of war and duty
snd the great Job that awaits America.
oLp TINE SUNDAY FINISH.
And somewhere in Germany last night
us prcttv safe bet To make that a
certain other Bills ears must have done
quite "A considerable lot of burning For
nlst as our Billy's form was bully
and his control perfect and his condition
m the very pink 81 was his patriotism
smashing two fsted, uncompromising
one. lie was preaching the straight
gospel Of plain, SIMON pure American
ISM and there was little mncing of
words or, TO use Billy's new pet word,
camouiaging of pacil.sts or aliens or un-
Americans of any kind.
Dead men and dead women of America
get up'' he shouted with the final great
punch of supreme effort at the close of his
hours talk. ''Our country assaulted
let put it over for Liberty and for Jesus
Christ
Ii was an old time Sunday finish, and
Jus, as they used to do on certain mem
orablc davs in the great wooden tabernacle
nj l6Sth street. the thousands again were
pulled To their feet by the straight magnet
ism of the man. And last night, even be-
fore the cheering had died away and n
tlrcd, worn Billy had found his chair,
some one down below shouted America
and the next second the choir and audience
wcrc singing the battle song at the top of
InspIrrd voices.
QUIT CHRIST FOR kRUPrS.
Germany lost out when she turned
from Christ to Krupps; from the cross
az Calvary 10 the iron cross, he had
thrown out earlier in his talk. And so
today this same dear Cross of Jesus
Christ Is at stake The Christ and Ills
religion and all civilization and Christian
itv are being assaulted by German mill
tarism and the Turk. But America
will beat them back. | tell YOU that
Germany may whip England and she
m ay crush Italy and even win over Franco,
but she II never whip America.
But Bllly has something rs well TO say
about the mes and women OF America
e, tn n thor full ~.
Nothing but full 100 per cent patriotism
and contribution of loyalty and heart can
satisfy him.
sroP KNOCKING AND BOOST.
ut isn't fair" he solcmnly stated,
AL this knocking and crooking and
pumbling over q few little mistakes.
People overlook all the great things our
government has done. Don't worry.
THEY'VE got the finest, brainiest men IN
our country helping out down at Wash
ington. And They're going to deliver.
And you people want to stop your
darn knocking and get in and boost.
Thatl help win the war, and winning
the var will show the world whether all
we've been talking about liberty and
freedom is true or just hot air"
And then Billy swung time and again
inso descriptions OF German atrocities
ard spoke of the price that America
would have 10 pay in precious boys and
treasure in this holy war TO make the
aorld free But ii was far from dis
tressing evening despite moments when
the great audience leaned forward in
their seats and clenched their fists at the
recitals Rather it was a very happy,
yerv fine home coming celebration.
Nothing was lacking to make IT q per
feet evening Ma was there with the
biggest smile in New York this whole
season And Rodey even brought a new
cut trick vest all the way from Wash
nngton with his slip horn, and soldier
how song that he had the audience sing
mg IN three minutes And there was
George Brewster. who can put more
oeviltry in a modest old church piano
.han even Billy can take out.
rRoMBoSE DOESN'T BACKFrRE.
Lets Try this Methodist trombone to
sec If she is goin to backfre," Rodey