BVBNIH& kBPaftR-PmLAPBLPHlA, KOHPAY, MABOH 1, 10115. ? BIGDHOND MINISTER CALLS SUNDAY MAN "BLESSED OF GOD" Hopes "Capital of the South land" Will Havo the "Privi lege of Hearing Sound of Evangelist's Voice" Praise3 His Methods. By the Hev. Dr. IV. Atbury Chrtttlan, head of the Richmond (Va.) delegation which attended terviccs In the tacbmacle and Invited "BWv" Sunday to hold a revival Campaign In the Virginia capital To a Virginian It Is a great pleasure to visit Philadelphia. There Is something In tho atmosphere of the old city which Is delightful to him. The universal cour tesy of her citizens, their kindness and consideration, together with their desire to havo strangers feel at homo and know their great city, mako It especially at tractive to Southerners. To tho Rlch mond delegation thoro was one thing more Interesting than the city. It was tho great religious meeting In progress. It Is doubtful If such a meeting can he held In any other city. In Its compass, operation, spirit and results, It lifts not been surpassed, If equaled, by any similar meeting In tho history of tho Churoh. One man preach ing to millions of pcoplo eager to hear tho Gospel, and more than 27,000 profes sions of faith In Christ, 1b surely a now page In tho history of tho Churoh, When beftiro did one corporation bring 15,000 men to hear preaching, as did the Penn sylvania Railroad on Wednesday night, February 17? A splendid body of men It was, too. It Is no wonder that tho "Pennsy" should tako tho position of ono of tho leading railroads of tho world with bucIi men as appeared there, from tho president down, to manage Its affairs. The centre of tho great meeting Is tho great preacher, for, let the critics say what they aro minded to, "Billy" Sun day is a great preacher, Ho has splen didly organized his work so as to get the very best results, and that in Itself Is a valuablo lesson to tho Church; she needs 'to learn that thero must be business In religion ns truly as thero must bo re ligion In business. Either one Is badly hindered without tho other. What of the preacher himself? Well, tho message ho brings Is tho same that tho World always has and always will be eager to hear tho Blblo message of sal vation. How often Is It the caso that the beauty and simplicity of the Gospel havo been obscured or covered up under the cloak of literature or science, or have been lost In tho mists of philosophy or 4 tho marcs of metaphysics, until tho rcst iless and weary pcoplo havo cried aloud: "Is there rest for i sin-tossed soul, and Whore may that rest bo found?" "Billy" Sunday preachcB tho simple ,and powerful Gospol of Jesus. Ho does not preach It like any one else. How could he, and bo what God has designed him to bo? It has pleased the Lord to speak through personalities, and they aro as varied as personal appearances. To criti cise "Billy" Sunday for his "Sundaylsms" Is to criticise him for being born W. A. Sunday Instead of Tom Jones. His pecu liar expressions and characteristic gestures give an interesting and delightful In dividuality to his sermons. Thero Is an evident sincerity and can dor in the man that soon becomes nd mlrablo to tho hearers, and finds an echo In every heart. Personality, llko sound, echoes back Its own quality and tone. To my mind "Billy" Sunday is to tho Ameri can pulpit today what Thomas Carlylo Is to English literature, with this differ ence, that Sunday speaks from tho sun shine of his soul rather than from the dark of a dyspeptic body. In his char acteristic and powerful declaration of truth and In his contempt and ridicule of shams Sunday forcibly reminds one of the sage of Chelsea. Tho earnestness and enthusiasm of the man at once command attention Ho not only has a message, but with all hla soul ho believes his message nnd Is eager to make others believe It. He Is no actor Using his art to mako fiction appear real. ,1s a soul on lire, with a great truth eh ho cannot but tell forth with all 3 power. It Is over true that "he that aka what is really In him will find men Vllaten, though under never such im- ' 'pediments." "Billy" Sunday impresses you as a man of prayer and of great faith, and while he modernizes biblical scenes and expres sions, h5 Is never Irreverent nor flippant. The power with which he grips his great audiences and holds their attention to tho end Is one of the remarkable gifts of this remarkable-man. He has a valuable help er in his gifted wife, Mrs. Sunday. Philadelphia .will not forget the great meeting, and generations to come will rise up and call this courageous man of God blessed. Richmond greets Philadelphia and hopes ere lang.ta have the privilege of hearing the sound of i"BIIly" Sunday's voice In the capital of 'the Southland. "Bob" McKenty Speaka in Church "Sooner or later tho penitentiary will get the fellow who takes a 10) to 1 chance," said Robert J. MoKenty, warden of the Eastern Penitentiary, In an address before the members of the Holland Pres byterian Ohurch, Broad and Federal streets, yesterday. "It looks easy some times," said Mr, McKenty, "If he has a settlement to make only once a month and a friend comes along with a tempting proposition 'to double his money' within d. week. Yes. it Is a 100 to 1 shot, and the odds are In favor of tho penitentiary." Revival In Kensington An Interesting revival service was held to Kensington, when members of the Beacon Presbyterian Church, after a brief service, in their own edifice last evening, jnarched in a body to the Fraukford Ave nue Baptist Church and listened to a ser mon by the Rev. II. W. Barras, tho pas. tor. The choirs of both congregations anar. Import Negroes for Subway Work NEW YORK, March 1 One thousand Negroes, are being Imported for work In the new subways being constructed here. Thoy will come from Norfolk, Va., and points In South Carolina and are expected to arrive tomorrow. They will take the place of aliens, whose employment has been forbidden by court decree. March Grand Jury Organizes ' J. D, Avll. a printer, of North S8v itreet, was appointed by Judge Barrett today in Quarter Sessions Court as fore man for the March Grand Jury. After the jurors weje sworn In the court In structed them as to their duties, and they then retired to deliberate on bills of in Slct,ment. Stole Horse for Joy Ride A, Joy ride with a stolen horse and car. riage resulted in Charles Jones, 613 North Wth street, being sentenced by Judge Bar. ratt in Quarter Sessions Court today to Hot Hs than one year nor more than two years in the Eastern Penitentiary for the larceny of the team. Jones pleaded guilty ip the charge. Part of Raritan Canal Open BORPENTOWN, N J. March J. The Delaware and Raritan Canal was opened to navigation from Trenton to New Brunswick today The canal will not be HHMd from Bordentown to Trenton un til about March ti. jol "BILLY" Sunday Night "NUTS lOIl SKEPTICS" "Text! Matthew,, 21:33. 'Heaven and earth shall pass away, but My word shall not pass away. "What harm has tho gospel of Jesus Christ ever done this world? What Injury has tho Rlble ever done? Show mo the nation that has over brumblcd Into ob livion Wliero the people wero governed by Christian principles, History Is replete. Multitudes could nrlse and millions would crawl out of tho grave. If God should give them tho privilege, and air would testify as to tho benefits accruing to them through their repentenco and faith In Jesus Christ. Therefore, lot mo ask you, at tho beginning of my message tonight, Is thero anything grander or more noble that can command or arrest your atten tion or draw from you your generous and liberal support and hearty co-operation than to glvo your co-operation and help to that which Is and has been tho most uplifting forco that has ever entered Into human history? "Hut man was a fool and man Is a fool today, for In tho CAerctso of hla Qod glvcn frco will he ato of tho forbidden fruit and ho fell, and what a fall It was, It was like tho fall of vlrtuo Into the arms of vice; like tho fall of purity Into corruption: like the fall of a star from heaven Into hell: llko tho fall of a wounded albatross from tho regions of light down Into tho dark, tempestuous sea, and when man ato of the forbidden fruit Q od put tho angel with the drawn sword to guard tho tree, of Life, that man might reach out and cat thereof and live forever. God's original plan was I that man should not die. His original plan was that man should not,work for a living, and If man hadn't sinned he never would havo had to work, but ho ato of tho forblddon fruit and God passed a sentence: 'By tho sweat of your brow shall ye earn your bread.' If man ha'dn't sinned thero would havo been no grave yards, no undertakers, no crepe hanging from tho doorknobB and no obituary no tices In tho newspapers. Man was a fool and man Is a fool tonight to keep tho control of his life In his own hands and refuse to submit to God nnd have tho life of sin and Iniquity, and God put the angel with drawn sword to guard tho treo of Life, lest man, In his Infamy and rot, might reach out nnd llvo forever nnd eternally peipetuato his Infamy and his sin. "Thero aro a few pcoplo who mako no pretentions to understand tho Bible. "Why? For tho slmplo reason that thoy aro too lazy to study It. You never could hopo to master science, or literature, or history without scanning, reviewing, analyzing, comparing period with porlod, nnd tho contemporaneous history of tho period you will study, and if you want to understand tho dlvlno problem ns It unfolds Itself from tho divine mind, you) have to study, for God puts no premium on laziness. "In John 111, 10, It says, 'For God so loved the world that He gavo His only begotten Son, that whosoever belleveth In Him should not perish, but havo everlast ing life,' and yet how few people make any pretense of understanding or trying to follow tho Word of God. Some people glvu as their reason for not believing the Bible tho fact that they cannot under stand it. If you only believe what you can understand, you will bo dumfounded to find out how little you know. "You don't need to delve Into religion and pass God up bocauso you haven't mind enough to comprehend. You would have to bo God yourself to know ns much as God knows. Wo tako most things be causo they appear to be. I roallzo that a creation speaks of a Creator; a design of a designer. I hold that that chair tells me that some mind conceived It nnd brought It forth. This chair didn't ovo lute simply because wo dress differently than they did 7i years ago; simply be causo wo plow with a steel plow Instead of a forked stick. I hold that some mind conceived this old world and that some mind brought It forth, and, hear me, I don't believe that this world came about by chemical force or tho 'fortuitous con currence of atoms. That Is asinine, idiotic nonsense. I would never let any public school teacher cram that down my children, and whon they come homo and say 'So-and-so told us,' I say, 'You tell that teacher sho lies.' God mado that thing Just as It Is. I don't allow them to turn tho faith of my children ono lota from the fact that this old world is Just as God Almighty made It. I hold that a design tolls of a designer. I no more be lieve that this world was mado by chemi cal forces than I believe a book on botany, describing flowers, was mado by chemical forces. "Thero was a tlmo whon I believed in evolution, because I thought It was an evldenco of superior intelligence I dis carded that long ago, because the fact has never been proved, and I dofy you to show mo whero a lower form has over been developed into a higher form. Thero has been and is the development of the species. Sure! "Wo havo developed tho hog, but It Is still a hog. Burbanks de veloped the potato, but he hasn't de veloped It Into tho plum. You can develop the species, but you can't change ono speclc3 Into another. A friend of mine one time took me out to his hog lot and showed me a- male hog that he paid $S00 for. I could tie gold bells In his cars, tie pink ribbon around his old fat sides, put a gold collar about his neck, feed him on the choicest greens of the vegetable garden and call him sweet names; but I looked at htm and he squealed for slop Just llko a pig that was worth only 30 cents. Same old hog. They Just put another curl In his tall and tacked on (300; that's all. "I can go Into the jungles of Africa and catch a monkey or a chimpanzee and can teach him to eat soup with a spoon and drink coffee out of a cup (and that's more than some of you folks know); and I can teach him to eat with his fork and mako his bed; but he's the same old monk. "Listen, In France a hundred years ago or moro they were printing and cir culating infidel literature to the extent of 800,000 pounds sterling a year. What was the result? God was denied, tho Bible sneered at and ridiculed, and between 1782 and 1796. 1,025,100 persons were brought to death. The word of God stood unshaken amidst It all. Josh Billings said; 'I would rather be an idiot than an infidel, be cause if I am an Infidel I made myseff so, but if I am an idiot somebody else did it.' Oh, the wrecker's lights on the dangerous coasts that try to allure and drag us away from God have all gone oue, but God's words shine on. 'The infidel Is always asking where do I come from? I Tvant to know where I am going to, old manj that is what Is puzzling me. They take me to a grave yard and dig a grave two and a half feet wide, Ave feet deep -and six feet long. Thoy sajf this is where you go to. I don't like that, I don't believe I was made to die; I don't believe that death Is all: I hope for Immortality, The instinct for Immortality is in my heart, nnd I want to tell you, my friends, that you cannot nnd an Instance where Instinct ever led an animal wrong. So I am instinct with Immortality. "Do you wonder that it was an infidel who started the question: 'If life worth living?' Do you wonder that it was some fooj woman, infidel woman, that first started the question! 'Is marriage a fail ure?' A fool, Infidel woman. Christians do not ask such fool questions. Would you be surprised to be reminded that infidel writers and speakers have always and do always advocate and condone and excuse suicide? Do you know that In infidelity the gospel is suicide? That is their theory and I don't blame them, and the sooner they leave the world the better the world will be. The religion that nas withstood the sophistry and the criticism Qf the ages, the sarcasm of Yojtaire, the irony of Hume, the blasphemy tt Jngereoll. the astronomer's telescope, the archeotoglst'a spade and the physician' scalpel they Jiavt all frUd to. provt the Bible false, SUNDAY'S SERMONS but tho old book Is too tough for tho tooth of time, and sho stands triumphant over tho grave of all that have railed upon her. God Almighty Is still on the job. Somo people act as though they had sent for the undertaker to como to embalm God and bury Him. But It is the truth! It Is not an accident that places tho Christian nations on tho forefront of tho world's battles. It Is something more thnn race, color, climate, thnt causes tho difference between the people that dwell on the banks of tho Congo and those In this city. The scale of civilization nlwnys ascends the lino of religion J tho highest civilisation always goes hand In hand with tho purest religion. "Twcnty-sovcn years ago with tho Holy bplrll tor my guide I entered thin won derful temple that wo call Christianity. I entered through the portico of Gcnesll and wnlked down through tho Old Testa ment's art gnllcry, where I saw Joseph, Jacob, Daniel, Moses, Ifnlah, Solomon and David hanging on the wall; I entered tho music room of tho Psalms and tho spirit of God struck the keyboard of my naturp until It seemed to mo that every reed nnd plpo In God's great orgnn of naturo responded to tho harp of David, and the charm of King Solomon In his moods. "I wnlked Into the Business House of Proverbs, "I walked Into the observatory and there saw photographs of various sizes, somo pointing to far oft stars or events all concentrated upon one great star, which was to urlse as nn atonement for sin, "Then I went Into tho audience room of tho king of kings, and got a vision from four different points from Matthew, Mark, "Luke nnd John; I went Into tho correspondence room, and Bnw Petor, .Tntnna Print nn,1 T,,.1n u...t.,.- tl..t epistles to the world; I went Into the Acts r .1.. ,u ., ,- ... , .. ul uiu viinjHues nnu saw ino iioiy spine forming tho Holy Church, nnd then I walked Into the throne room and saw a door at the foot of a tower, and going up I saw Ono standing there, fair as tho morning, Jesus Christ, the Hon of God, and I found this true, truest friend that man ever know; when all were false I found You truo. "In teaching mo the way to life It taught mo tho way to live It, taught mo how to die. "So that Is why I am hero tonight, sober and a Christian, Instead of a booze hlstlng Infidel." Sunday Afternoon "SOLOMON'S EXPERIENCES" "What profit hath a man of alt his lnbor which ho takcth under tho sun? Ecclcslates I. 3. "Tho question was asked and answered by Sotpmon, and Its meaning Is 'what docs a man get out of life If ho lives only for the things which the world can give him?" If man has ever been nblo to glvo an nnswer out of his own wis dom and experience, that man was Solo mon. He was one who was born with a silver spoon In his mouth. Solomon was a son of ono of the greatest mon of tho Bible of David, who was a man after God's own heart which means that ho was a man who Just suited God. "Solomon was mado king of tho great est kingdom In the world when ho was still a young man, but ho had his father to help him and advise him He had knowledge and wisdom such as no ruler ever had before or has over had since. Ho had nn invincible army that he had only to command and It would obey. Ho had only to expiess a wish and It was gratlricd. He had wealth such as man had never known before "Solomon wrote 300 proverbs and 1003 songs, and they aro full of wisdom. If he hasn't qualified to speak ns an ex pert, show mo where I can go to find one. "Now listen: There was a fellow who had It all. Just listen, nnd you'll hear what ho had to say beforo ho got through. Solomon was a close observer, just ns his father, David, was. Ho said: 'I havo seen all things under tho sun.' "At somo tlmo In our lives wo havo en vied men of great fortuno or of high scholarship, nnd we have thought that If we only could havo or know as much as they do, wo would havo a foretasto of heaven. Solomon had the greatest for tune In the world, nnd ho was tho wisest among men. "After he had found out Just what wealth can do, he said, 'Let's seo what pleas ure can do,' and tho way ho went to It would make a baseball fan nt the world's series look like a clothing dummy. ' He hit Hip the booze. He tried a lot of things. Ho had a great nntatorlum built, and It was supported by great lions. And ho loved many strango women. That's whero ho struck out. He had 700 wives and 300 concubines. "He constructed the groat building, known as Solomon's Temple. It took 10 years to build It. It took 10,000 men 11 years Just to cut the trees that wero needed, and It took 80,000 hewers of wood and 70,000 men Just to prepare the boards, and there were 80,000 squared stones In the building. Then, after It was all com Dletcd. he declared a festival of seven days In celebration of the finishing of tho work, nnd 120,000 sheep and a lot of oxen were killed and eaten at the dedicatory festivities, ''Then, after Solomon had constructed this great building, he turned his talents to the making of Jerusalem Into a beau tiful city. Ho planted trees from every clime, and flowers of every kind and hue were there. These were kept green nil the year around by streams brought from reservoirs In the mountains. But these pleased Solomon's fancy for, only a little while, and soon he was weary of them. I can see him ts he walks In tho beautiful gardens among he trees, look ing at the flowers and plucking a pome granate here and there, and I can see him wring his hands, nnd I can hear him say, 'all is vanity and vexation of spirit' "Just think of It! He had great wealth why, In one year 20 millions In gold came to him from the mines of Ophlr and came aa a gift. He had gratified his every whim. He had tasted of every pleasure of which he could think or that others could suggest to him. He had de nied himself nothing. He had probably been an art collector, and had gotten together from every land the finest paint ings and the choicest sculptures that he could find. He had the finest china that men could make and money could buy. "The wise and honored king drinks from one golden cup after another only to pay at the last: 'None of them satisfies me.' . . ,. ,. . "Just a puff of wind a bubble that had gone. So. as he looked upon the wreck of all his hopes of happiness through gratification of his tastes and appetites, he said; 'AU is vanity and vexation of spirit.' ...... "Every man wants to be satisfied, I do. So do you, Eyery one is reaching out for happiness and peaco and rest, There are men in this tabernacle tonight who have tried many things in pursuit or happiness. You have climbed high and you have probed deep, and some of you have not found what you have sought, Ml who are here tonight are on the edge of eternity, The past Is sim ply a memory, the future aif uncertainty. "Why don't you be a man? Why don't you show a man's courage and take up the cross of the Son of God? Why don't you rise to what you might be? We were never meant for the slop and swill barrels of the devil. Why do you let the devil control you? Why do you let him make you a pawn upon the board on which ha plays his game? "Some men nre content to let othef- men feed, fatten and gormandize on the blood of wives and children. I wouldn't give a snap of the finger for your applause unless you let it crystallize into activities. I believe Ood Almighty is tired of seeing men scatter like sheep, yet longing for better things. Some of you. poor fellows are murdering; your own souU. Won't you give up the things th.t are robbing you of your manhood? Won't you give your hearts to God? Solomon had so many things that stand In contrast to what ho said about the vanity of things. Aro we to think that Solomon got his wires crossed? No. Solomon did not contradict himself. When he snld: 'What profit hath a man of all his labor,' ho added, 'which ho tnketh under the sun?' That explains It to me. It makes It atl clear. I can seo what Solomon was thinking about when ho said that. He said! 'Under tho sun.' He meant to nsk what profit Is there laboring for wordly things. He had como to n higher viewpoint. "Many a mnn talks as If he stood on tho mountains of virtue when he really Is In the quagmtro of sin. When a man stands up and tells mo that the whisky trado helps business I know that ho Is talking from tho standpoint of the brewer and saloonkeeper. I know that he Is not talking from the standpoint of tho drunitard'8 wife, nB with her little chil dren nbout her sho looks out upon llfo from squalor and want. I know that he Is not talking from the standpoint of the drunkard's mother, ns sho weeps In sor row and prays for her wayward boy. "If you tako away tho church, If you tako nway tho hope of Immortality, If you tako away tho blessings of religion, If you destroy all hopo for tho future, you turn this world Into a hell. If wo blot out nil knowledge except that wo get through our senses, If wo blot out all knowledge of Christ, It we blot out alt that which In man tells him that thero Is a God and hereafter, If wo blot out nil theso things then every grave would hold a suicide. Banish all hope of heaven nnd you are In hell. "Nothing under the sun Is ours for more than a brief moment. Wo have It Just for a little while, then It Is gone forever. There Is no happiness possible without the 1iope of eternity. Tho thing you think Is happiness mocks you as It flies awny. Nothing under the Eun will satisfy a humnti soul. If this world wero meant to be our home, the things of this world would satisfy us, but tho world Isn't meant to glvo us peaco. Glvo us what no want and still we are not satisfied. "Destroy the Blblo; destroy faith in God, and you might ns well simply cat, drink, curse and die." Sunday Morning "THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD I SHALL NOT WANT" "The Lord Is my shepherd I shall not wnnt." "Three thousand yenrs havo rolled Into history slnco David wrote It. "Tho harp upon which ho used to play to charm King Saul In his melancholy moods; tho book of law out of which he lead and from which he received his In spiration to do tho will of God; tho sling with which he used to liurl tho stone; tho giant walls of Jerusalem; the palace In which he lived; tho stono upon which lio sat when ho governed the people, all havo crumbled Into dust and they could not possibly bo found today by any pos sibility of means or roscardii, yet this Psalm In Just as Inspiring to mo as the day ho wrote It. "To me nothing Is sweeter than the truth of It. It comes to me like tho song of many angels. "Different names havo been assigned this portion of God's Word by different commentntors. Ono man called It tho creed psalm. He was asked In a meeting llko this to stunil up and give his creed, nnd he repeated the 23d Psalm. Ho said: 'That Is all the creed I know, all I feel I need. My mother taught mo to repeat It 23 yeais ago and I havo dono so morn and ovc. " 'I don't understand It. I am Just now beginning to learn tho ABC out of which I can coin a few words which ex press. In a limited degree, the blessings that havo filled my soul because I have tried to follow the God that Inspired David to write it." "Another man called It tho minstrel song, and that's a good name, too. It has been called the 'Song of tho Lark.' "That's a good name for it. Its song has charmed you. Its melody has charmed me. That's the reason I'm trying to be a Christian and preach to you. "And I bcllevo thoro are people today standing by their graves, where you have burled your manhood and womanhood and the noble thoughts God gavo you to bo decent, and you havo piled the earth on top of them. "Tho Lord Is my Shepherd. I choose Him, nnd I'm going to Heaven. Ynu can go to hell If you wan't to. I can glvo you the best spring tonic on tho market; it beats any patent medicine or any other kind of treatment. It's tho first chnptcr of Joshua, the first ten verses. Read It and take a good dose of It, sister. It tones us up morally and lifts us to a higher plane. "Now, wo nre certain that David wrote this psalm, as wo are certain that ho wrote 71 others that bear his name. "There may be times In your life when you feel: 'Well, now, tho experiences David had aro just llko mine, or mine llko his," nnd tho Pslams of David wero forged on the anvil of experiences in try ing to serve und do the will of God. "So I am sure thnt David wroto that psalm. Possibly ho used to sing It. " 'The Lord Is my shepherd; I Bhall not want. " 'Ho mnkcth Me to lie down In green pastures; ho leadeth Me beside the still waters,' "I never could understand why God's sheep want to leave the green pastures of God nnd go down the alleys to chow tin cans with tho dovll's billy goats. "God had done all that for him and that song was his experience. "You reach the place where you ac cept Jesus as your Saviour before you accept the 23d Psalm. "It Is a great thing, sir, I don't care who you aro. Sit down and think of the benefits that accrued to you by and through Christianity. "You yourself may bo an old cusser, an old booze fighter, an old libertine, and yet there are benedictions and blessings that surround you due to religion and because you have lived In a community where aro religious influences. "So wonderfully did the Jews reverence God that a Jew would never step on a piece of parchment without first looking to see if the name of Jehovah was writ ten on the other side, "Christianity Is the biggest asset you ever looked at when it comes to a com munity, Sit down and take a retrospec tive view of life. Think what a good for nothing, godless, degenerate reprobate you would be if It wasn't for Christianity. Then don't sneer and scoft at God. Sit down and review It a little bit "The position of the 23d Psalm Is signifi cant, It follows the 22d, It follows the Psam of the cross. You have to reach the point where you see Jesus crucified on the croaa for your sins, accept Him as tour Savior, before you can say: " 'The Lord is my Shepherd.' " Saturday Night "THE POOR MAN'S CRY' OR SAVED FR05I TROUBLE" "This poor man crjed, and the Lord heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles." Psalms 34 i 6. "This text was put in the Bible to help every man who is having jt hard time in this world, for it means that what the Lord did for this poor man in trouble He will do for every other poor man in trouble, if be will only do as the poor man did. Them has never been a case known where a man in trouble" did as- t bis man did without setting out of bis trouble. "What a familiar sound this word trouble has to ail of us. How well we know Its meaning It Is one of the words we never have to go to the dic tionary to and out about It met us sear the cradle And has kpt close to us ever since. "There are All kinds of troubles, too, In this world of trouble. There Are troubles that we bring upon ourselves, and troubles that others bring Uron "lie. "The man In tho text Is called a poor man, and whnt Is said of him Is nlways true of tho mnn in trouble. Whoever Is In troublo I sa poor man, even though he llvo In a palace. "Jalrus was a wealthy ruler, nnd yet how poor and helpless he was when the word camo to him that his llttlo daughter was dead. How gladly he would have given nil his wealth to have had her back again. Tho poor man In tho text had probably been trying to get free from hla troubles In his own way forn long while before he cried to the Lord, Just as all of us have dono. 'Ho that would hide his sin shall havo trouble enough,' tho Blblo says, 'but he that will profess and forsake It Is certain of peaco.' " 'This poor man cried nnd tho Lord henrd html' One of tho things God can not do Is to turn a deaf ear to a cry llko that. The man wanted God's help Just then moio than he wnntcd riches or fame or honor. His soul cried for Immediate definite help, and he got It. Standing up for prayers amounts to llttlo unless tho heart gets on Its knees. There Is only ono way to get out of tho mlro of sin, and that Is to bo lifted out of It by tho hands that wero nailed to the Cross. "Thero Is only ono sure way to be raved out of all trouble, and that Is to do as tho man In the text did. It was tho best thing ho could do and It is tho bost thing anybody In trouble can do. "Tho text Is good news for all of us, for It tells thero Is a suro way to get out of trouble, nnd there Is not one of ub who docs not need tho help that Is of fered. If the Lord helped one poor man out of all his troubles Ho will help every other poor man out of his troubles. "Tho end of tho rond that God picks out for you is Heaven. Tho end of the road tho devil picks out for you Is hell. Which road will you tako7 There Is no question which Is the best" SUNDAY RELENTS AND PREACHES TO GIRLS Continued from I'ngo One to West Chester, whcio thev were enter tnlnd at luncheon by Dr. Phillips, who proposed a visit to the battlefield of Mrnndywlnc. The suggestion was ac cepted with alacrity, "Billy" remarking that his great grandfather on his mother's side of tho family was killed on thnt field. It was at tho completion of this trip that "Billy" agreed to address the girls of tho Normal School. Although "Billy" has been suffering from a cold In his throat and his voice was very husky when ho finished his third sermon last night, he felt much lm pioved this morning, and believed that hla voice would be In good condition when ho opened tho ninth week of his campaign tomoirow. Tonight a big banquet Is to be held In tho auditorium of tho Central Branch of the Y. M. C. A., which will bo attended by about 400 main floor tabernacle ushers, 100 from tho rostrum, EO doorkeepers and 25 secretaries. Mr. Sunday and other mombers of his party ore expected to glvo brief talks. APPEALS FOR LOCAL OPTION Backing Governor Brumbaugh's stn,nd for local option, Sunday called upon tho Christian pcoplo of Philadelphia, yes terday, to stand by the Governor. Sunday preached three different sermons yester day. Eleven hundred nnd fifty-eight men anil uomen "hit tho sawdust trail" during tho day. His plea for support of the local option meaauro was mado In tho after noon and evening. Moro than 33,000 men raised their hands In approval nnd prom ised to support tho measure. In tho morning, "Billy" preached a ser mon on "Tho Twenty-third Psalm." In tho afternoon his topic was: "Solomon A Thirty-second Degree Sport," nnd In tho evening ho spoko on "Nuts for Skeptics to Crack." In his plea for support of Governor Brumbaugh in his efforts to obtain a county local option law, Sunday said In part: "Governor Brumbaugh Is keeping his word on the local option question! I knew ho would. I want to compliment you peo ple of Pennsylvania for putting such a man In Harrlsburg." Hero Sunday was Interrupted by loud cheers. "Tho local option bill will be reported out of commit tee on Tuesday. On Tuesday. Got this Into your heads, mcnl Petitions havo been sent to tho different churches throughout tho city for your signatures In support of the local option bill Your signatures mean that you support Governor Brum baugh In his fight, and the petitions go to the different representatives telling them to support him. Sign them! A loud outburst of applauso was the re ply of the audience to UiIb appeal. Sun day then shouted: "Oh, the liquor Interests will fight to tho last dltoh, tooth and nail! They will not compromise! They don't wnnt to lose anything I But every fellow who favors tho local option bill baoked by Governor Brumbaugh hold up his hand I" Up went the thousands of hands, and then, while the evangelist urged the men to stand, thero was another outburst of cheering, and the multitude arose. Hats and handkerchiefs wero waved high above the men's heads, and yell after yell and cheer after cheor made the great wooden structure rock with vibration. "We'll send this message from old Phil adelphia to Governor Brumbaugh!" Sunday cried. "You bet we'll send itl" After the excitement died out, "Billy" said: "Now, boys, it may be there'll be a demonstration in Harrlsburg. It may be they'll want 4000 or BOW men to go up there and show those lawmakers that the people want local option. If thoy call for them, get Into Itl" Again the evan gelist was warmly cheered. The three sermons of yesterday led 1158 men and women down the sawdust aisles. Among thorn was Dr. William J. Roe, of 1322 Locust street, a member of the staff of the Philadelphia General Hospital. Hugh Black, ex-Receiver of Taxes, was among the personal workers who led converts down tho "trail," There were E85 converts in the morn ing, 301 In the evening, and 272 In the afternoon. In tho sermon In the evening on "Nuts for Skeptics to Crack," Sunday scpred nonbellevers and persons follow ing new "Isms." "I don't believe my great-great-greatgrandfather was a monkey, sitting up a tree, shying cocoanuts with his tall across an alley at a nleghborlng monkl" he exclaimed. "I have too much respect for my ancestors. But If you think that way, you can take your monkey ances tors and go to hell!" Sunday asserted his absolute belief in the story of Jonah and tho whale, and to back It up pointed to a flsh-monster caught off the Florida Keys and shown at a Chicago museum in 1812. That mon ster, he said, weighed 30,000 pounds, and there was an animal inside him that weighed a ton. "If that thing couldn't have got away with Jonah," Bunday wanted to know, "what could?" Cora- 1-iioros.u.B PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD COMPANY. gUALBD FUOI'OSALa mado out on printed forms and addressed to the Chief Engineer, 'Pennsylvania Railroad Co, (and marked on the; outside- SROPOaALS'O, will ha received at this oiace until U. m.. March 11. 1016, lor furnishing" all labor, tools and material and performing all work necessary for the removal of buildings and other obstructions between Queen and Reed Streala and Front Street and tha Bulkhead Line In connection with the re location of Federal. Reed and Christian Street Vreliht Yards. UNDER CONTRACT NO. 1. Work appurtenant to the South Philadelphia Track Elevation, authorised by ordinance at the City of Philadelphia, Approved February Plans of the work can be aeen and blueprints, speciaca-tlona and proposal obtained at tb office of C W Taora, Assistant ifegtneer of Construction. Broad Street aaa Wasbinstoa Avenue, Philadelphia, Pa. & E. B, TEMPI " BUlMr- Ami. Chief nxtneer. , rnentlng on the birth of Christ. Sunday Instanced that beings were being pro duced vlrglnalty In tho lower orders, and said that It was reasonable God would abrogate laws for the birth of III son. "If I had my way, every drop of alco hol would be on Are before the sun went downl" Sunday cried in his "32d Degree Sport" sermon In tho afternoon. As ho snapped out tho words he tons off his collar and shook his fist at the men gazing up at him. "Say, mon I" ho exclaimed, "I ask you, Is there nny bread In rum? There's bread for tho saloonkeeper, but no bread for you! There's bread for the brewer, but no bread for you I There's bread for the distiller, but no bread for youl "There's bread nnd cako for the mcastey politician who sells your bodies nnd souls to tho men In tho rum business, but there's no bread for you I A moment later: , "If somo of you men could only lift the curtain veiling tho next 20 years and could seo tho felon about to die In tho electric chair up at Bellcfontet It's your boy, your boy, the llttlo chap you sent for beer, who drank his first drop under your rooft" Special collections wero announced for charitable purposes tho coming week, as follows: Wednesday night for the Child Federation, Thursday nftornon for tho Juvenile Court Association, and at tho night for the Visiting Nurses' Association. Funeral of W. T. Wilson William T. Wilson, a retired member of tho Wheelcr-Wllson Sowing Machine Company and a veteran of the Civil War, will bo buried this afternoon from tho home of his son, William T. Wilson, of 3741 North Bouvlcr street. He succumbed Friday after a lingering Illness. Jlr. Wilson, who was 71 years old, was born In Lowell, Mnss. Ho enlisted with the Sixth Regiment, Massachusetts Volun teers, nt the outbreak of tho Civil War and was In active sorvlcc until Its close. Ho was "a mchcr of Post No. 2, G. A. It,, nnd a deacon of tho Grace Baptist Tem ple, Broad and Berks streets. Ho Is sur vived by a son, Howard S. Wilson, of Ta comn, "Wash. Funeral of Mrs. C. C. Kccnnn Tho funeral of Mrs. Carrie C. Kecnan, for years nn active member of St. Vin cent's Roman Catholic Church, German town, nhd a sister of Mother Catharine, superior of Holy Cross Convent, Mt. Airy, will be held tomorrow morning from her Into residence, 43S0 Gcrmantown avenue. Solemn Requiem Moss will be celebrated at St. Stephen's Catholic Church, Broad and Butler streets. Mrs. Kconan, who died Friday, was 56 years old. Twice widowed, she Is survived by her two sons, Roger J. McCann nnd Thomas J. Keenan, and two daughters, Mrs. F. J. Campbell and Mrs. Joseph Park. Rev. James V. O'Brien, C. M., of Princeton, N. J., Is a brother. OBITUARIES Henry Ilile Henry Hlle, ono of the oldest dry goods merchants In this city, Is dead nt the home of his daughter, Mrs. Chailes R. Fulmor, 1211 Allegheny avenue. Ho was 79 years old, and his death Friday fol lowed an Illness of several months. Mr. Ilile, who was born In Curwensvllle, Cleareld County, was a deacon In the 7th Street Methodist Episcopal Church, 7th and Norrls streets. Ho was an Odd Fellow nnd a charter member of St. Paul's Lodge of Masons, Ho leaves thrco sons. William II., Charles and J. Clark Ilile. Tho funeral will bo held Wednes day morning at 10 o'clock from the resi dence of Mrs. Fulmer. Major Barton Darlington Evans HARRISBIJRG, March 1. Major Barton Darlington Evans, 70 years old, ex-Supcr-Intendcnt of Public Printing and Binding, and for years connected with tho Stato Government, died hero last night. Born In West Chester, Major Evans left Ynle University to enter tho Union Army. For a time ho published tho West Chester Village Record, a dally paper founded by, nis rattier, no was cmci cierK or tue de partment of Fisheries In Governor Hart ranft's administration, nnd later under Governor Georgo R. Snowden, cx-com-marrdcr of the National Guards. IN MEMORIAM CROSS. "WILLIAM O., died March 1, 1011. In lovlnn remembrance. MARY A. CROSS. IIAKHHiAX. In loving remembrance of CORNEUIU8 IIARRUIAN. who diwrtrd this llfo Tcb. 28. 10U. Mrs. C. HAItHIG N. eatljs REST. On February 28. IMfi, ANNIE S, widow of Robert D. nest. Funeral on Wed nesday, at 1 p. m.. from tho chapel of IClrk Nice, faol Main at.. Gcrmantown Services nt Christ Church, rulpehocken and McCal lum sis., at '2 P. jn. nitOlVN. On First-day. Second Month 28th. iniB, CATHERINE P., widow of the lato XJO.YIB O. uruwu, ill lid cuit, ,vui i.riaii ton and friends of the family are Invited to at tend the funeral, from tho residence of her son-in-law, Samuel I, Smcdley, 2 HI! Hryn Mawr ae.. Bala, on Third-day, Third Month 2d tnct., at S p. in. Interment at tho Friends' Knmhuestern Cemetery. nilYANT. On February 28. 101B. at tho residenco-of his mother, Hatboro, Pa., WIL LIAM C.t son of Mary II. and tho lata Alex ander Drjant. Funeral services on Wednes day, at S p. rn. precisely, at the residence of Mb undo. "William llryant, 015 Spruce st. Interment private. COWAN. Suddenly, on Friday, February 20, 1015, REDECCA, daughter of the late Mar Karet and Samuel Cowan, aged 72 years. Relathes and friends are Invited to attend the funeral services, on Tuesday, at 1:30 o'clock, at her late residence, 2725 North 12th st. Interment private, Klnd, omit flowers. DEVKNNEV. On February 28. 1013. IJANIKL, son ot tho late Daniel and Ann Devenney. Funeral from 3043 Aramingo ave. Solemn Ilequlem Mass at St, Ann's Church, at 10 a. m. Interment private. New Cathedral Cemetery. T To the Panama-Pacific and San Diegp Expositions Fifty guests of the Public Ledger-Evening Ledger will see both expositions without a cent of expense. Railroad fares, sleeping cars, meals, hotel accommodations, admis sions to expositions, everything will be paid. You can be one of the lucky fifty for just a little work in your spare time. No experience necessary the Ledger will show you how. Send in your coupon today, Cut This Out Fill in and Mail Todays NOW! for ,.,.. UrtAltttff EVAJS.-On Beeond Month tAK WIS, -LINE EVANS, aged 88 year. FWMhw atti friends Are Invited to attend tM t errl f Ices, on Fourth-day Third Month , it o'clock, at her late resldencs, 17 IS Icsefsntl ct. Interment private. MTZBIMONB.-Su(idim!y, at, Attantle Clin N. J., on February 28, 101S, JOIIN A, FITS!. SIMONS. Due notice ot the funeral Will b given, OItNWAM. On February 28, lOlO, ltEN ItlETTA, daughter ot Henrietta nnd the- late Charles II. (Jrunwald. Funeral rcrvlce en "Wednesday, at her lato residence. Oil North Markoe si. Interment private Friends may view remains Tuesday evening. OSZELL. At Hnlnesport, N. .1., on Febru ary S8, 101B, JOHN I). CIS7.F.LU husband of Josephine Osrell Funeral services en Wed nesday, March 8, at 1 p. m.. at his law tel dence, llalnesnort, N. J. Services at Iith. crnn Church, at 2 p. m, Interment nt Lutheran Cemetery, HAIO. On Fbruary 28. 1018, BARAK B., widow of the late Captain James Wllllkm Ilalg. Relnthes and friends of the family ar respectfully Invited to attend the funeral services, on Wednesday afternoon, at 3 o'clock precisely, at Schuyler's, Broad and Diamond sts. Interment private, at Mount Vernon Cemetery. HARVRV. On February 27, 10115. MARY RL1ZA11ET1I, widow of Joseph C Harvey and daughter ot tho late Henry and Alice Van Meter. Relatives and friends are Invited to attend the funeral serlces, on Tuesday evening, at 8 o'clock, at the resldencs ot her daughter, Mrs. Alfred W, Burnett, 0.10S Mor ton st Clermantoun. Interment at the con cnlenee of the family, HRNSI5L WILLIAM URLCR, of Lancas ter, lu., died at Savannah, On., on tha morn ing ot February 27. In the 04th year at hla nge. Funeral services will be held at the First Presbyterian Church, of Lancaster, at 3 p. m Tuesday. March 2, 101S. Frlendi will please omit flowers. Interment private. Illl.i:. On l'ebruary 20, 1015. HBNRt, hum bai.d of Matilda Ilile, In his Tilth year. Relatives and friends, also members of Seventh St. M. K. Church: St. Paul's Lodge. ro 4V1, r. and A. M.: Palestine Chapter, No, HO; St, Alban's Commandery, No. 4r, It, T., Lu Lu Temple, A. A. O. H. M. 8., Ivy ijage, no. iii,, i. u. o. v. are invited to attend tho funeral services, on Tuesday 'K-nlng, nt 8 o'clock, at tho residence of his son-in-law, Dr. C. II. Fulmer. 1211 "W Allcghony ave. Interment private, Wednesday morning, at 10 o'clock, at Northwood Ceniu--v, IUIUMni.r,. On February 28. 1MB. EMMA, widow ot "William II, Hummell. Funeral fen Ices tin Wednesday, at v. m at her late residence, 'US IJelmont ae. Interment nt Port Carbon, Schuylkill County, la KKB.VAN. On February 20, J91B, CARRIE C, widow of Thomas U. Kecnan, nnd mother of Mrs, F. J. Campbell. Mrs J. I-ark. Roger J McCann nnd Thomas J. Keenan, and sister of Sister tlertrttde. of Immaculate Conception Convent, Jenklntann. and of Mother Catha rine, of Holy Cross Conicnt, Mt. Airy, t'a . and of Mrs. T. P. Murphy and nev. J. V O'Urlen. C. M., St. Joseph College. 1'rlnceton. N. J. Reverend Clergy, relatives ana ft lends, and all societies of which sho waa n trcmber. urn InWled to attend funeral on Tuesday morning at S.30 o'clock, from her lato residence. -P.M) Gcrmantown nenue. Solemn ttcnufcm Mass at St. Stephen's Church at io o'clock. Interment at Holy Sepulchre renietery IUMKS. On February 2S. IMS, JE8SB B. Kl.MHS, In his Slst cnr. Funeral services on Tueiday, March 2d, at 11 o'clock precisely, nt his lata residence, 4S23 Walton ave., West rhlla. Interment private. KINO On February 23. 101B. WILLIAM KING, husbmid ot Sophia Kins. Funeral sen Ices on Tuesday, nt 2:0 p. m., from hie late icsldrnco, G.UU Osage ave. Interment Mt. Morlah Cemetery. KI.AKIt. On February 27, 1D1B, Dr. FnED IIARLBN KL.i!H, In his 38th year. Rela theB and friends nre invited to attend tho funeral services, Tuesday afternoon, at 3:30 o'llntk, at his lata residence, 1805 Pine St. Interment nt Mllford. Ta. New York papers plense copy. Please do not send flowers, KNIIUIt. On February 23. 1015, ROBERT F, husband of Carrie B. Knorr and ton of Emma Clinton and tho late Newton M, Knorr. Fnnorul from his late resldehee, 3141 Mercer St., on Tuesday, March 2, at 2 p. hi. Interment at Tranklin Cemetery Vault. KRI5ITZEK On February 28, 1015, ELLA L., vlfe of Edward Kreltser. Relatives and friends aro Invited to attend the funeral serv ices, Wednesday afternoon, nt 2 o'clock, at ner late residence, 301B Baring st. Interment private, at Mount Morlah Cemetery. Friends are Invited Tuesday evening, from 8 to 10 o'clock. LIGC.ET. Suddenly, on February 20. 1MB, at Miami, Fla., GEORGE S. LIQQET. Due notlcs of funeral wilt be given. MoeNAI.I.Y. On February 28, 1D1B. JOnN MacNALLY. hUBbund of Bridget MacNally. Funeral on Thursday, March I, at 8 30 a. m., from Frnnkford ave. and Dark Run lane, Frankrord. Solemn Rcqufem Mass at St, .lo-ichlm's Church, at 10 a. tn. Interment St. Domlnle'B Cemetery. MnUASTEIt. On Monday, March I, 1018, JOHN nACH McMASTEU. Jr., son of John Bach M(-Mastcr and Ucrtruile Stevenson. Notice of funeral iwlll be given later, NKW'IUN. On l'ebruary 23, 1018, JAMES NEWTON, aged B7 . years. Relatives, and friends: also Robin Hood Lodge. No. 70. p. 8. of St. George, and Nakomls Tribe 30T, I. O. R. M.. and his employes, are Invited to attend the funeral services, on Tuesday, March 2. at 10 o'clock, at his late residence, 1710 Wakellng Bt Frankford. Interment at Fornwood Cemetery. WNCUS. On February 2S, 1016. at Houston, T., S. HENRY" PINCOS. Due notice of tha funeral will be given, from tho residence of his brother, 1334 North lfitu st. Now YoilC papers please ropy. ICKII.LV. On February 25, 1015, JOHN H., husband ot Hannah Itollly (nee Dallcy) and con of Anna and tho late Owen Retllyv Funeral on Tuesday, at 8 a. m., from the rcsldcnco of his mother, .1851 Wallace st. Solemn High Mass of Requiem at St. Agatha's Church, at 10 a. m. Interment at Holv Cross Cemetery. ROCKKTT. On February 20. 101B, JOHN M. ROCKETT, Jr., son of John M. and Mabel K, Rockott. Funeral services on Tuesday, at 2 p. m., at tho rcsldenco ot his parents, TennU and Spruce aves , North Olenslde, l'a. Interment private. Ardley lJurlal Park. SATTEItTlMVAITE. At Wilmington. DeL, cm Tcbruary 2U. 1D15. KATE J., widow of Henry E. Hatterthwalte. Funeral at Cross wleks, N J., on Tuesday, March 2 SCHKI.I. On February 28, 1015, RUTH NADhEN, Infant daughter of Thompson urd Kathleen Sohell. Sorvlces on Tuesday, at 'X p. in., at the residence of her grandfather, John O. Schell. K147 Wlngohocklng Terrace. Ir-torment private. Hillside Cemetery .STOCKTON. On February 28. 1015, JOHN Bluivn.. ugea ot yi'urs. jtciaiivcs ami friends ura Invited to attend tho funeial services on Tuesday evening, nt 8 o'clock, ut the residence of E. W. Edwards, Id'ii North -".id st. Interment Alteonu, l'a, hTUUIIKVANT. On Murch 1. 1013, CHARLES STURDEVANT, In his S3d year. Relatives and friends aro Invited to attend tha funeral services on Wednesday alternoon. at 2 o'clock, nt his lato residence, 450 Regent street. Interment private. MEANII On February 28. 1015. MARY THERl'SA, wlfo of William Weand (n a Zlnk). Relatives and friends ot the family aro respectfully Invited to attend the funerel services, on Saturday afternoon, at li'10 o'clock precisely, from her late residence, mil North Jiroad st. Interment strictly private. Northwood Cemetery. Remains may bo vlawed on Friday evening, from T to U, rottsvllla papers pleaso copy, WINTEIMIOTHAM On February 28, 1013, WILLIAM V. WINTERUOTHAM Rest, deiue, 252 North 52d st. Due notlie ot tbs funeral will be given. WllIOIIT. On February 28, 1015, EDMOND It. WRIGHT, husband of Mary K. Wright, Funeral .Bervlces on Wednesday, at 3 p. m , at his late residence. 1302 Clark Boulevard, Camden, N. J. Contestant s Entry Blank IM.r.. Public Ledger Evening Ledge Independence Square, Philadelphia (WWW V4 t j uw,tv w w.a.-... .- r the Fananrn-Paelfio EaposUlon Tflyr. j ,. Bend ma all the necessary information and subscription blanks. il i 'H s m