EVEKriKft UEDGER-p&lkADKKPma;. THURSDAY, MARCH IT, 101B: m M BRING NO SUNDAY COMMENT Evangelist Gazes at Portraits pjn Academy "" """hv ; Passes On. Lfntuuf of the nuda failed to disturb iFWI"u'S ..l.lt., 11,1. hirirn. nttr" Sundays "i" ' C Lt..n lie visited the Pennsylvania !? .m of the Fine ArU nitd viewed A?a ' ..I,!, ,m Initio- shown nt the mt pictures ...,, of that ingtituilon. EK who "ew that tho wanse tot n'wwnlno the exhibits this morning ,nlt mo of tho . 'aini,nB m mVt certalnb "Bet Billy's anRorn." 0.n w wo" disappointed. When "Dllly" "T reached that part of the gal fi. riftvoted to tho palnllnn of the hil?h cvnnBellat OT-mo the pictures Jjiji over1' and l.urrfsd on to view Mwopai to comment, .r, fionday was particularly Interested , .Minting by Emit Carlcen. who enmo PrtWdt? from New York today espe i to conduct tho evangelist through '?". Krles. U as entitled "O Ye of i III TWi." and "Billy" pronounced tt "i pf the most powerful he had over "& rrc-lerlcklvilr, president of the .,rtTir: prominent mnim "" "w ?ffl i of the Institution gretted Mr. ItoSir and finally persuaded mm to Zn i a few remarks. .... i.i. naronnnltv fnr nnlnttnc his cnndrful picture. Ho also spoke briefly .tin students, officials and Invited " " ,.. 1,1.1 Un .. ahlilailtM nrtA rtuu Ihat they should never mcasuro i.. ,lun ol ineir wun u mmi iihj mlffit have- received for them nt tho end ml" ; . . .... i.A nnn.i n,n ,M..i,i a nas without any set price. Mnny of h IuimI ncts " declared, havo been IlFpIrCd Dy Jluiie 4uumii(, uii (jivtti Jlnllngs. The evangelist nas especially Impressed ith nenlamln West's wonderful master- led "Christ Rejected." For more than 10 minutes ho sjood beforo It and itKti It ... Befor returning to tncir nomo Air. and rt. Sunday called on Mrs. Frank H. jeth at ncr nomc, 1912 idttcnhouao ou&ro. "Billy sunuay maao nn impassionea efense of tho Blblo as the word of lod and tiio authority for tho typo of rellslon preached at the tnblernncle this Bornlns when ho addressed an audlenco f moro than COO women, who assembled iln the auditorium of the New Century Club, 12th street aoovo walnut, as the ests or .Mrs. ii. s. l'rentlas .Nichols. T un substantlato my testimony ns to the llfo and teachings of Jesus," tho unteliat cried shortly after 'no had bo- fun to speak. "Tes, I can substantlato It by the histories and writings of men who lived In His day, men who aro not mentioned In tho Bible." ; "Do jou know," ho thundered, "that thete are enough passages quoted from theJNew Testament In tho literature of th' period of tho Apostles to piece to pther so much of that Book that no ihould have most of It clcn If tho Bible Itself had been lost?" "Billy" evidently felt that he was faco to face with many of the "higher critics" who damn the Bible with faint praise, those he has scored so often In sermons treached at the tabernacle. Tho thoucht teemed to stir him almost to tlje breaking pgjiil, uui uiuiuuKii uu iiuvcr icsunea iu the slang so frequently heard at tho Ubernacle services, he talked so fast tt times as to bo understood only with great difficulty. "I wlh comebddy would tell me why people never doubt tho word of Hark Anton? about Cleopatra, the flat-nosed Tile, African enchantress." ho cried, "and jet they' are ready enough to doubt tho word of God. Moses lived about BOO veara hnfnra nomer," he continued, "and some of von aw quote Homer by the doko and belfevn IV yet jou refuse to believe that Moses even existed. 'Clement, of Rome. wni n frtpnH nt !.. :dlsclpUs. He wrote an epistle to tho church at Corinth, and It u turn n tit rated with information about those men nd the work they were doing. Further more, I can tell you that the New Testa ment was a popular book of the age fol lowing the Apostles, and without a shad ow of doubt it was In the hands of th people before tho last of tho Apostles had passed away, too. "I tell you the Blblo Is tho word of God, and when I cry fo- tho people to repent and accept Jesus Christ, I want JOU to know that I linvo. thn hpst ntilhnr. ityla the world for what I say." At one point In his sermon "Billy" warmly praised the womanhood of Amer ica "Woman has become an Important Cog In the political nnd economic life of our age," he said. "Her duty used to be confined to tho home, but she Is now coming Into her own, and It Is time, too, for woman Is endowed with a mind equal, If not superior, to that of man's." "Billy" wad accompanied by "Ma" Sunday, Homer A. nodchcaver, Bentley D Ackley, his pianist; Miss 8axo and Miss Kinney, all members of the evan gelist's pnrty. Tho servlco was opened iiii a musical service, nftcr which Bishop Qarland offered prayer. The scrlco was closed by the Itev, Dr. N, It a, rife, who delivered tho benediction. A feature of the service was tho his toric lectern loaned for the occasion by Holy Trinity Church, it was the one formerly used by Phillips Brooks when ho preached hla famous emancipation ser mons. Among the many prominent women who attended tho service wero Mrs. Blnnkcnburg, Mrs. A, Holllngsworth Wharton, Tady Hope and Mrs Kdwnrd C. Q rice. "BILLY" SUNDAY'S SEEMON TODAY SUNDAY CONDEMNS DEN1ERS OF CHRIST Continued from rime One havo been If ho had turned hts back on tho Iledecmer when you follow tho ways of sin nnd do not gUe yourself to Him. It Is not enough for you to Join tho church nnd attend tho services You must do more than that You must llvo a Christian life You must servo Him, and must help to win this old, sinful world for Him." Tonight will bo tho Baltimore nnd Ohio Railroad men's night at tho tabernacle, and about 800 men employes on tho East ern divisions will attend under tho leader ship of ofllclnls. C. W. Egan, general claim agent for the railroad, whose of flco Is In Baltimore, will head tho dele gation He will bo nssltcd by V. C. Allen, superintendent In this city Mr. ngan will open the tabernacle ser vice previous to Mr. Sunday's arrival, and on behalf of tho employes will pre sent the evangelist and Mrs- Sunday with a purse. Bentley D. Ackley, Sunday's secretary and pianist, was taken 111 last night, fol lowing the evening servlco, and required tho attendance of a physician. Ho was somewhat Improved this morning, how ever, and said ho waa going To today's meetings. Sunday will preach this afternoon on "Barabbas" and tonight on "Tho Atone ment" Members of tho Sunday party and their associates conducted revival services In H factories of the city during tho noon hour today. This afternoon Miss Fetterolf held a mass-meeting for girls of tho West Phila delphia High School In the Culvary Meth odist Episcopal Church, 48th street and Baltimore avenue. A similar meeting for girls of the Northeast High School wiib held at tho Union Tabernacle Pres byterian Church, York and Coral streets, by Mrs. Stover. MIkh Gnmlln addressed a mass-meeting for boys nnd girls at tho Presbyterian Church of Overbrook at 3:30 o'clock, at 4:30 o'clock Blblp classes were con ducted by Miss Rate at tho Bast Baptist Church, East Columbia and Qlrard uvo nucs, and Miss Lamont at the Tioga Mothodlst Episcopal Church, 18th and Tioga streets. (Mr. Sunday's sermon on "Nuts for Skeptics to Crack" was printed In the EVENING LEDGER on March 1.) SAMUEL BOWLES BETTER of Physicians Hope for Recovery Massachusetts -Editor. SPRINGFIELD, Mass., March 11. Physicians wero hopeful today that Sam uel Bowles, editor and publisher of tho Pprlngflcld Republican, would recover from his attack of Illness. Mr. Bowles waa stricken with what was at first be lieved to bo cerebral hemorrhage yester day. Later diagnosis docs not conftim this report and the attending physicians havo not as yet given out a definite state ment as to the nature of tho Illness. It Is said that Mr. Bowies has been under a severo nervous strain for some months, which, coupled with his nge and frail condition of health, brought on tho at tack. Shormnn II. Bowles, son of the pub lisher, .i member of tho staff of the Evbn ino Ledger, left this city last night for Springfield. He received a telegram late In the afternoon announcing tho critical Illness of his father. CHILDREN'S CORNER TIMMY GRAYTAIL SCENTS A CHANGE ImiMMY GRAYTAIL stopped eating and I JLjooked around. ''funy thing'" he exclaimed, and he Miffed and smelt at the air. "I feel that omethlng different Is about to happen. Somethlng-oh, I don't know what!" file tried to forget his feellncs und go on with his meal, but the nuts tasted flat na stale, and he found to his surprise tnat he wasn't as hungry as ho had thought he was. "5Vonder why I feel eo queer?" ''he wed himself. "I feel as If I'd like to over and over round and round on Weground-I believe I will, so there!" Tlramy rolled oyer and over, round and wund on thu soft ground. Then he V. hlmself up and looked around. k'Well, that feels some better," he ad mitted to himself, with u laugh," but I ujl seem to feel that something different ?.J o the way 1 believe that I'll go and ! Pimmy Sllm-nose if he feels the same W I do," Bo be started off. BUt ha hadn't irnn . than nnA Ml,,.. . " . HMt . W..W llolla Way t,U h0 met BIUy K'Whv. Tllll.. n.i.f-iii ,. ... j "lit i Ti! ' uii Jio exciainieu. ?"( '" world are you doing hereT WJtiOUjrht von I... j D....1. S5f " wlnterl" hrSld:l' rePlled Billy Robin with a jS? srin, "but I am back now, you tfi5l. .. na ho dug and he pecked at JrJfMOU earth as If tin nan palllm tliA Sffow"fCi!OU.a mor3el ne had ever eaten Qnvt.ii . " 'luerr, 100," gam 'iimmy S r, hlm8elf'" a"r J'vo seen l3lf 8Un-nose I will come back and tori tii y i ln why ,,e came back be tnr. ""tier was over;" I"' Went n!r.,, . .1,.!: .-...- J( 'ratlin !k ha Bee but Johnny-jump-up rMlaiiy ."I' JolmnV-J"nip.up!" he cried flMn'tiri.- H uo'"S arouna nerer Weiii, f evoc Dloomed 1 spring e urn; "Jsrj1: -..-, ... the- mm Deean T""my Gray tall. Xw1."? mle- tlr he could ece ' talSnyJr.P-"P lllLbXJ i i ii . ,' ,from eeein Sammy Sllm 1 '" ask him uiiii k. .. u rn?a,al,..t0.h"'I8"- "maybe he'll fi.. .. IU,K ma then." lh walked along pUy soon he mnu n i,.,. u ...... PMl In the world am von rfnin., y SUm-nosor" exclaimed Tlmmy ay'"g With m t.n ..i,., , . i ah'T ";h,""f" - t for ,,7.. 'uu tuu' m -aren't you. a erown-UD Muiri !!, "Playing with your talir- i jraitaii ?, u T "Piled Sammy Sllm-nose realized, what he hadn t thought of be foro, that spring, hnd cornel That was the cnuso of hla queer feelings! That was everything! And he rolled over on the ground and played with his tall, too! Copyright, 1915 Clara Ingram Judson. . -.cr?'?,n "i" cr'c 61 Mr. Bun- ""P'I'J" 'or the service at the ttl,Hacl(l '!? afternoon. It U piloted for the first time below. "BAItADDAS" h7nhh11i.ci;"1 h B'taobas unto lhmt and &,f.erVhi5.dflSS.i?sS: he Myttti Mm i.' V,1 lnp castto of Antonio, nt Jerusalem, or he Is a dangerous man, and It would mean death to moro than one Iloman sol dier If ho should make his escape. lie was the captain of nn Insurgent robber band, who has caused the Govern ment much trouble, for he has long re sisted nnd defied Its authority. Mnny companies of soldiers were sent against him, with orders to bring him. either dead or alKc. but like the Apache In dinns, who for so long wero able to defy Uncle Sam because they knew so well all tho securo hiding plnccs hi their own western wilds, so Barabbas with his out law band long resisted nnd c'udod tho lioman battalions that wero sent against him. "But just as General Miles at last proved too wily for old Geronlmo, so Barabbas waa finally run down and taken, nnd now he Is securely caged In tho dungeon of Antonio. Ho was tried and found guilty of both murder nnd treason and scntenco of death hnd boon pronounced upon him. Ho Is doomed to die, nnd that very soon, nnd ho must die without mercy, with excruciating suffer ing, for he Is to bo crucified, this being tho way In which Homo put an end to nil such offenders. In tho dark solitude of his dungeon Barabbas has been com pelled to think and think tho weary hours away. He has had to think as he never thought before In all his life, for ho Is now where thcro Is nothing to divert Ills thoughts. Thcro Is nothing to break the crazing monotony of those closing days except when once In 14 hours his brutnl Jailer brings his allowance of brend nnd water. "Ho thinks of the time when they plighted their troth, and of the feast that was made, and of the Joy of parents and friends when It was known that they wero to wed. Ho remembers their early housekeeping days, In the llttlo home upon which was the very breath of heaven. Ho can seo again every artlclo of furniture, Just as It was then, and how precious everything thcro was to his precious llttlo wlfo. No king's palaco over had moro In It to make hearts happy than their little home had for them ln those bright days. 'And then what a day It was when tho cup of their Joy was made to run ocr by the coming of the first little stranger, but who was at onco so well known, for ho was Ilka n guest from heaVcn. O Bar abbas, how far you wero from the dun goon of Antonio then I How undreamed of tho cross on Golgotha Hill With tho coming of llttlo Stephen how soon every thing centred in him for I love to imag lno that Barabbas may hao been the father of Stephen Now they lived and planned for tho llttlo one, and nothlnp so blocks tho way to destruction for a man as the lovo of wife and child Noth ing can so put courage Into the heart of ; n man as little arms about his neck. "How Barabbas loved his wife and boy and wanted to bo strong and noblo nnd bravo for them, and how the moth er's happiness lay In making little coats for the boy, In which she put her moth er's heart, her highest skill and best needlework, building with every stitch bright castles In the air for him, for a mother never lives so llttlo ln the pres ent moment as when bcsldo tho cradle, And so Barabbas sits nnd thinks, as sccno after sceno from the olden time comes Into his mind, of when child after child came Into his home, until at last ho awakes from his reverie with a start. for his thoughts have led him n long and wlrdlng way, and have brought him to tho present moment. "How ho lepents of his misdeeds, which havo brought such sorrow to those he loves, and how he feels that he would glvo his very soul for a chance to live Ufa ocr again! But alas! It Is simply aln regret There Is no hope for him! Ho must die, as Homo has declared, and fiom Caesar there Is no appeal. Ho realizes It all too well. "The lioman Government has never been know n to have mercy on such as he Some things can bo condoned, but treason never! It will be so hard to die with out even one farewell look Into the faces of those he loves. With no chance to hear them say that they forgive him for the corrow ho has brought upon them. "No, there Is no hope for any of this, and realizing It In all Its bitterness the doomed man almost longs for the sum monsthe summons that will send him to tho cross' But suddenly, as ho slti there ln his dungeon, with the weight of his fetters nnd his troubles so heavy upon him, he hears the great shout of a multi tude crying out his own name 'Barabbas! Barabbas! "Bnrabbns!" What can It mean? What new thing has happened? "He henrs tho tramp tramp tramp of soldiers coming along the nnrrow corri dor They are coming to lead him to the chamber of torture, where his flesh will bo torn to shreds by the cruel Roman scourgn which he knows too well Is al ways preliminary to crucifixion. He must brac himself for the terrible ordeal. 'God of Abraham, help me now!' It Is his first prayer In years, but he must pray now The Panama-Pacific and San Diego Expositions Are Free to You You can see these world marvels and impres sive sights without paying a cent. Your every expense from Philadelphia and return will be paid by the Public Ledger-Evening Ledger. 50 persons will take this Dig free trip. Let us show you how. Now, while you have the chance, fill out and mail this coupon CONTESTANT'S ENTRY BLANK 1ttMlftfltl(MtlMtfttflMMt'',!" 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Why, he heard the governor pronounco his death scn tenco and say that he must die, and die en tho cress! It Is -not true that he Is Tree! Another to die In his place? No such thing was ever heard ofl It can not bet Ho has no Buch friend. But every face ho sees Is full of Joy, and ns soon as ho Is seen a great Jam of people rush forward to grab him by tho hand, and presently a couple of his old neighbors have hold of him and ore pull Ing him away "Ho throws his arms about tho wife who has loved him so long nnd so well, and kisses her ngnln nnd again, while the children nre pulling nnd clamoring about him. and then he takes them In hand In the same way, nnd then, holding tho youngest by the hand, they go on gladly to the home Into which ho never had hoprd to come again, Then he says, 'Why, Stephen, my boy, what a brave lad you have grown to bel I de clare you are nlmost a man! And your motl.fr has Just been telling mo what a hero you hne been God bless you, my son' I hope your llfo will be ns good ns inliip has been bad. How thankful I am to the good God above us tills day" "But presently, after Barabbas hns kissed them nil, over nnd over, nnd has told them time nnd ngaln how much he loves them, nnd how glad ho Is to be with them once more, ho says, 'and now, my dears. I must leave jou for Just a. little while, for I must see the one who has taken my place, and so set me free. I want to eeo him nnd thank him for what he has done for mr.vand for every bne of you. Stephen, come with me, my boy, for I want you to seo and love tho one who has ransomed me.' "And then I seo the father nnd son hur rying toward the castle of Antonio, toward which they' have no llttlo trouble in maKing their way through tho people who through every open spnec. At last they reach n placo somewhat near tho castle, but the crowd Is so dense they can go no fnrthcr. A moment later tho heart of Barabbas nlmost slops beating, ns he sees tho man who hps tnken his place led out Into tho upper portico where Pilate stands, nnd there Is Jesus with His hands bound, the blood sli earning down His pale face, from the crown of thorns on His brow, and His flesh clotted from the awful scourging He nns Just received! And I'llate. pointing to Him, says, 'Be hold, tho Man "At that sight tho heart of Barabbas becomes like that of a llttlo child nnd his eyes nro a fountain of tears, The wickedness and bitterness that niled him so long nre gone, nnd ho loves tho Man who stands before him more than he over loved his own soul Stretching out his hnnds toward HlmJie cries 'Master! Master! I love you' 'I'love you for tak ing my place" And I can sec the face of Jesus brighten wltn n look of Incffablo pcaco ho He lifts Ills eyes nnd seems to look Into the very soul of tho robber captain, whoso gratitude cheers Him ai Ho goes to tho cross "Then they lead Jesus nwny lo crucify Him, nnd you know tho awful story of how nobody had . nny mercy on Him! Of how He fell under tho weight of the hcivy cross Ho wns compelled to boar, until nt last t'ney enmc to Calvary, where, without .1 thought of mcrrv. they drove tho cruet gplkri through His ounerlng flesh, and ns Barabbas with Stephen stood nnd watched It all from tho nearest point they could gain, you can Imagine whnt must have been the stnto of 'nls heart ns he kept aylng over and over: 'Stephen, Ho Is dvlug for me! Ho Is dying for mol He has taken my place nnd I am free. I want you to remember Him, bov. Ho gavo your father back to you. You must love His namo nnd honor His memory. And those oil the dtlier crosses, Stephen they wero In my band: t was their captain, and should havo been hanging there with t'lient whore He Is. but He Is there In my place. Ho Is dying to savo me, nnd with tho llfo Ho has given mo I am going to try lo be like Him Never was there ln this world before such lovo or such a life ns Hln ' "That's what you say, every one of you. I know It. But listen to me what Jesus did for Barabbas Ha has done for you and for me. He took our plnco under the law ni'd died In our stead. 'He was wounded for our transgressions and was tirulcd for our Iniquities, the ch,astlJe mont of cur pcaco was upon-Hlmi and with His stripes wo nro henled ' Nothing could Bnve us from the wrath of God and eternal death but tho sacrifice of Jesus; and, knowing this, Ho freely poured out Ills blood for Us; and now what kind of men are wo It wo wilt not undertake to live for him? "I want you to seo In Him today your subtllut-your MCrtnco your fulfilment of God's taw. I want you to lee in IHm everything In the way 6t rlgliteottsnct that Gol expects of you. Are you willing to accept Him todny for all that Ooii wants Hltn to be for you? All who wll( stand up. "I love to think that nnrabbaa was among those who saw the) risen Christ. That lie was one of the- 125 on the day of Tentecost. That ho became a mighty preacher for Jcmis Christ, and may haVo been one of tltoso whom the persecution of Snul drove out of Jerusalem, nnd that, llko Philip, he had revivals wherVei' M went. I cannot Imagine his Keal ever waning, or Ills lovo ever growing cold, and perhaps he may havo been among those who, after laying long In prlsom wero thrown lo tho lions for the brutal entertainment of Nero. I believe alt this for Barabbas was easily within the pos sible, for I have seen just such men saved, and with a salvation Just ns wbn derful. Heaven will have many Just such surprises for us." ARTIFICIAL LIMBS Orthopaedic Urnrr for deformities. 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