"KNOCK THE DEVIL OUT."

Taihape Daily Times, 7 November 1917, Page 3

"KNOCK THE DEVIL OUT."

FAMOUS GOING TO VISIT TRENCHES IN FRANCE The famous American evangelist, Billy Sunday, hopes to be able to arrange a visit to Europe early next year, when he puts it. "to knock the devil out of the trenches." When the British War Commission was in Washington, General Bridges and other members of the body discussed with Billy Sunday the possibility of this going to Britain to preach. Sunday then said he would like to undertake the work if it could be made to fit in with his engagements in America. Later a member of General Pershing's staif broached the plan to cue evangelist and Sunday enthusiastically, declared iie wouiU uo ins Lies; 10 arrtvngvj

his revival dates 60 as to permit tue unuertaking. "'1 don : t know who ic was who talked with me," he said recently '"l'vo forgotten his >aanLO, bur it was a member of General Pershing's staff, J±e said they wanted me to go over and preach to the soldier 'boys, 'ilitre's nothing I would like better; so I told him to fix it up with Pershing, and I'd go as soon as 1 could." The Billy Sunday Committee is attempting to get Washington Ministers and others who are preparing for a scheduled Sunday revival there year to agree to a postponement of the campaign. If it is found possible to postpone the reviving of the capital. Sunday will, in all probability, leave for Europe early in the coming year.