Rev. J. Wilbur Chapmain weighs in on Billy Sunday ministry while Sunday was serving in South Bend

DR. J. W. CHAPMAN IS VISITOR AT SERVICE

HE CALLS SUNDAY’S MINISTRY MARVELOUS ONE.

Citation: The South Bend Tribune. Wed, Jun 04, 1913 ·Page 11

Drives 100 Miles in Automobile to Hear Baseball Evangelist Preach—Gives Short Talk.

Dr. J. Wilbur Chapman, one of the most prominent evangelists in the country, who visited the Billy Sunday tabernacle last night, called Billy Sunday’s ministry one of the most notable of modern times. He said the baseball evangelist is doing a wonderful work, which is being felt throughout the country.

Dr. Chapman was accompanied by Mrs. Chapman and their daughter, Mrs. Bertha Goodwin. He had only just returned from Australia on his world tour in evangelistic work, and drove 100 miles in an automobile so that he could hear Sunday preach last night. Billy Sunday learned his trade, so he expressed it, under the other evangelist, and there was a warm greeting between the two when they met on the platform.

It was however, no less warm than that which was accorded Dr. Chapman when he became generally recognized by the crowd at the meeting. Those in the preachers’ section were the first to recognize hi mand they began the applause. Thousands in the throng joined in the ovation. The tabernacle became a great sea of waving handkerchiefs and the applause was deafening.

Dr. Chapman praised Sunday highly to the audience, then declared:

“Billy used to tell the people when he introduced me, that when he started out as an evangelist he used to use the outlines of some of my sermons. Let me tell you the sermons he is delivering now, are not my own. I have wished often I could claim some of them, however. They would be worth claiming.”

The South Bend Tribune. Wed, Jun 04, 1913 ·Page 11