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Show BIDDLE'S UNIQUE METHODS It is a far cry from prize fighting to religion. At first blush it seems most sacrilegious to associate the two subjects. But it has! been done successfully suc-cessfully not only in words but in deeds, and, as results have proven, it is the basis of one of the most remarkable re-markable religious movements this country has ever seen. The man back of this novel idea for furthering the cause of Christianity Christian-ity is Anthony J. Drexel Biddle, millionaire, mil-lionaire, of Philadelphia, Pa., who but a few years back became famous as on amateur boxer and an object of criticism and source of disgust to the ultra-exclusive set of the Quaker City of which he is a member. But withal, "Tony" Biddle proved himself a practical prac-tical pugilist one who loved the manly man-ly art only for the manliness which it brought out; one who stood for honesty hon-esty and high ideals and who was ever a gentleman. When Mr. Biddle conceived the idea of his Bible class movement, his secret motive if such it may be called was to introduce athletics as an inducement to young men, and when he took charge of his first class in the Sunday school of Holy Trinity Protestant Episcopal Epis-copal church, Philadelphia, four years ago, he had but three members, and the attendance of the school was very slim at the time. So rapidly has the Drexel Biddle Bible class grown that it now numbers" 700 members, and it is the ambition of the originator to make it of national scope. |