Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-24
WOMEN CENTER
OF ATTENTION
ATTABERNACLE
Rev. Billy Sunday Addresses Him.
self Especially to Thorn In Ser
mon, SThe Hour Is Gomez
BY GOTTA BARTHOLOMEW.

cRteS, several thousand strong
thrOnged the tabernacle last even
ing il g big rally to hear Rev. Mr..
Sunday deliver his message on the
subject, 'Tha Hour is Come" in
which he gave a powerful and con-
viEcing discourse.
It seemed pretty much a section
al meet-Rock Island, Moline, Dav-
export, East Moline-representa
tives from commercial institutions
of the various cities occupying sec
tons reserved for them. FIFTY
fifty" Billy Sunday remarked,
soto voce. to the press box, as
section after section rose at Mr. &.
Rodeheaver's request, that the rest
might see the representation from
each. ''In fact, he continued, they
are about as evenly divided as
have ever seen them. My! what a
hne-looking bunch OF girls"
There were present delegations
from the Modern Woodmen head
Office, McCate's store. Rock Island
arsenal, the NJ. L. Parker company
of Davenport, the John Deere and
Moline plow companies, Lundt &
Co., the ]. H. c. Petersen's store,
the Iowa Telephone company of
Davenport, and, as an appropriate
song for them to sing, Mr.. Rode
HEAVIER suggested Ring the Bells
of Heaven" and others in lesser
numbers.
AS girls in each section rose to
their feet, Roddy greeted them with
some pertinent remark, compli-
mented them on their splendid
showing in numbers. and passed a
witticism that kept the audience in
a constant state of laughter and
applause. EnthusA SIN, Roddy GER
~tainly can put it into a crowd if
ever anyone could.
This rally was the result of the
efforts of Mrs. William Asher in
bringing tho business women OF
the community in a closer personal
relation. In each of the cities a
certain number of volunteers has
been named by the business wo-
mems invitation committee as
council girls, who make them
selves personally responsible for
the other young women in the in
stitution in which they are en-
plOyed. Mrs. Asher, upon being in
troduced, spoke briefly of what the
rally meant, of the good work OF
the 400 women connected with the
invitation committee and council
girls. She spoke of the privilege
it had afforded her to meet the var
ious groups of girls, and added !:
''If you see me any place. any
where, just say hello that l may
recognize you and make you feel
that 1 am your friend" She an
nounced various meetings for wo-
men that are to be given during
the campaign: monday meetings in
Rock Island every Wednesday,
MONDAY meetings in Davenport ev-
cry Tuesday, 6 O'Clock luncheon
Wednesday evening at Moline Bap-
fist church; a meeting of council
girls and members of the commit
tee Thursday evening at Broadway
Presbyterian church.
Sure Fine Bunch.
In addressing the meeting, Mr..
Sunday said that this was one Of
the finest looking, cleanest cut,
most intelligent looking crowd of
girls he had ever seen, and he be-
lieved he was competent to judge
and appreciate the effort that had
brought so many from So varied
industries together. He spoke OF
the ten millions OF women who are
in industry, Of the burdens that
they took up during the war. of the
sacrifices that they made, of the
hsrdships that they endured. of the
pain that they suffered. No great
er work was ever done by any
man-no. never" he said.
A prominent object in the taber-
nacIe was a large Moline pillow
suspended above the middle Sec
ton draped with flags and pen
nants. 1t attracted Mr.. Sunday S
attention, and he said, q have
tickled many an acre Of ground
with a pillow; it's no stranger to
me, and / don't know which laugh
ed the loudest l have followed
the plow over many hilIocks; why,
1 can even now smell the furrow,
and when I hit stump or stone
and had to pull back a couple of
feet, said something else besides
my prayers"
Launching into his subject of the
evening, he dealt out some hot,
sizzling hot, epithets on the pro-
crastinator, on the scoffer, on the
doubling Thomases, as usual HaV-
oring them with a short story that
cannot fail to hold the interest OF
The audience.
"The hour is come for you to
realize first that you have reached
the crisis. l believe that this city
is facing the greatest crisis relig
iousIy that it has ever faced" con-
tInued Mr.. Sunday.
Nations are in the midst OF
crises. There has never been a
time in the history Of the world
when there was more turmoil and
more nations interlocked in mortal
combat over the principles of free
government
Church Not an End.
"The hour has come to realize
that the church is not an end, but
a means to an end; the end is sal
walton Of souls. / want to say to
Won that the woman who scrubs
your floor and washes your dirty
buds is as good as you are II she
lives square with Jesus Christ 1t
Is not down from the parlor to the
kitchen, It is not down from the
piano to the washtub, It is not
down from the pink tea to scrub
brush, my friends; it Is not down