Word: revivalist
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Dates: during 1916-1916
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...whole broad land. It is, therefore, a bit startling, to express it mildly, to hear from no less distinguished a person than the Rev. Billy Sunday now conducting a revival in the very shadow of Harvard University, that New England colleges are the "rottenest" in the country. The noted revivalist is quoted, in the news-paper reports of his sermon to mothers last Friday, as saying: "There are damnable things being taught in the colleges of the country by men called professors and the rottenest of all are here in New England and it is here that the people...
...Forces that Win" is the subject of the famous student sermon which "Billy" Sunday will deliver before more than 6,000 students at the revivalist's tabernacle on Huntington avenue, Boston, this evening at 7.30 o'clock. Over a thousand members of the University will attend the service, which has been designated as "Student Night" by the "Billy" Sunday evangelistic campaign committee. A special section of the tabernacle will be reserved for students of the University who hold tickets. It is important that everyone be there when the doors open at 6.30 o'clock because those who do not hold...