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CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1905-05-04
The Evangelists Last
DayS In Canon
Battle Royal and Sin
Is Overwhelmed
Synopsis of His Last
Three Sermons

and tell her that you will go the rest
, of the way to heaven with her. You
are not man enough 10 pray with your
wife, your sister or your sweetheart.
"hurl it in your teeth" exclaimed
the speaker as he leaned far over the
edge of the platform and pointed his
finger at the audience, "you have not
That is all that is the matter with
you"
To be Christian means to be man.
To be lost means to be less than IA
man. No man is a man in the sense
God intended him to be unless he is a
Christian. Many of you here today
are past the meridian of life. You
have wasted the forenoon of your ex-
istence with the devil. That is all the
more reason that you should come in
the afternoon of your career and work
all the harder, God offers you the OPP
portunity and why not come to Him
now? There is no institution that
needs you like the church. You want
to see your wife and children in the
church. At your death bed when the
children are gathered around, you will
want the consolation that they are
under the influences of religion. |
swing the doors of the church wide
open from door to door. come in and
we will preach to you and sing you a
song and pray for you"
The saloons are full of men. The
jails and houses of reform are full of
men. The gambling and pool rooms
are full of men. The race track is
crowded with men. The penitentiary
down yonder has 727 men and II
women. But the churches are full of
women Sixty-eight per cent of the
m embership of our churches are
women. 1t is { sad commentary on
our American manhood that the
haunts of hell are choked and packed
with men not so with the church. At
a gathering of 1000 laboring men only
% were Christian men. OF the popu-
lation of Chicago when it was l $50 600
there were only 375, 200 men and
tlt CluTCUte OH OIlt otIO-
ber day.
When Moody was in St. Louis the
newspapers printed his sermons in full
and put startling headlines upon them.
One paper headed the sermon, How
the Jailer at Phillip Got Caught"
Valentine Burke, a criminal doing
time. picked up the paper in his cell,
read the headline and then started in
on the story. He threw the paper
down, thinking the newspaper had
gone crazy He picked the paper up
again and then threw it down. He
trampled upon it, but finally he read it
clear through and made up his mind to
follow the Lord. The sheriff thought
he was trying to work the old pety
dodge upon them. Burke was cleared
of his charge and wandered about the |
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1905-05-04

do so and, having exhausted every le-
gitimate expediont without success,
reluctantly accepted the situation.
am glad, now, that l came, for l am
delighted with your beautiful city, the
mountain scenery which surrounds
you, the geniality of your people and
their kindly, generous hospitality.
1--WE all share the same sentiments
i n relation to Canon City-Mrs. Sum
day and the children. as well as Mr..
and Mrs. Fischer and Mr.. Honeywell.
vying with me in admiration OF your
community. We go to some places
that we are glad to get away from as
quickly as possible, but not SO here.
IL all western towns were like Canon
City / should like to do evangelistic
work in the west, and / shall cherish
the recollection OF Canon City as one
of the most delightful in my expert
ence.
Il have made n tentative promise TO
go to Salida and hold revival in June
1868 il live that long. II we do we
shall expect to see many of our Canon
friends up there. We will certainly
come here and preach you sermon or
two II we accept the invitation to visit
Salida fourteen months hence.
Before concluding Rev. Sunday ex-
pressed his deep gratitude to the ush-
ers. who had managed the Tabernacle
crowds with so little confusion, To
the ministers who had given him such
valuable assistance during the meet
ings. To the choir for the splendid
music 1t had furnished. To the mer-
chants and professional men OF the
city for the courtesiss they had ex-
tended to him and to the newspapers
for giving publicity TO the great work
of Christian evangeliEation.
He commended the Y. NJ. G. A. and
urged every young man in Canon City
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1905-05-04

Sunday night the evangelist laid
that he had chosen a text, part
of which, at least, every man aud
woman in the Tabernacle, must be.
lieye. You may not, said the speaker,
| believe that Jesus Christ is the son Of
| that there is hell or heaven, but
whether you believe any of these
things or not you must believe part Of
my text, ''It is appointed unto all men
once to die, after that the judgment"
If / could prove to you that tomor-
row would be your last day on earth
and that at 8 O'Clock in the evening
| you would stand before God, yon would
be sorely troubled. You would re
fuse to eat, you would refuse tn
sleep, and refuse to call upon men
You would accept Jesus Christ as your
Savior. If 3 could prove TO you that
tomorrow would be your last day you
would Immediately stop discussing the
crops and politics. You would spend
the remaining hours of your life in
the Judgment? Verify 7 say uuto. You
that he who beiieseth me, shall not
perish but have everlasting life Ny
heart goes out TO the people here
tonight and feel it is going to be the
turnin point in the lives Of many men
and women.
In choosing the text 4 have tonigsio
have been influenced by many reasons= :
one Of which is that it is a personal
matter that none Of you cao get away
from. God has. appointed n day Of
judgment and we must all account for
our transgressions. Laugh at my mes
sage if you will, said Rev. Sunday, btst
follow me back to. the time OF Noah
and the fOod, to the Judgment of Lot's
wife and the teachings OF Jeremiah
Forty years after Jesus Christ had uE-
tered his prophecy that Jerusalem
would fall the city was captured 10y
Roman army under Titus and the pre-
diction was verified that not one stone
should be left upon another.
"CalI up the quick and the deed
Call up the principalities of hell. Call
up your card devotees. Call up your
high priests of culture and higher criti-
cism. Call up you goddess oracles OF
evolution Cali up the blaspheraer
Call up the skeptic. Gall up the
prayerless buToon. Call up the pleni-
potentiaries of intellect. Call up the
worshipper of mammon. Call UP the
scoffer. Call them sll up to receive
Judgment" came 10 the midst of a
powerful plea sor people to get right
with God and the uselessness OF calling
on any power of mind and body to save
them from the judgment.
The ranks, the powers and principal
tiles OF this old world will all be there
on the judgement day. Then will you
call on your worldly pleasures that
you now refuse to give upf Will you
be so foolish az to call on your cherish
ed card parties when you stand at the
portals Of eternityf You who have
protected yourselves behind the rich
tapestries and costly plate glass, cal
upon your worldly pleasures and see
II they can protect your naked, shrek
ing. screaming soul from the judg
ment.
You high priests Of philosophy. Yot
sponsors OF evolution call upon youi
goddess oracles and see II they will pro
tect your You who have blasphenet
and scoffed at Gods revelation open VI
, the barred places OF your memory
] You skeptic see II you;will parley Will
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1905-05-04

The enthusiasm aroused by these
meetings was tremendous and demon
stated as nothing else has done the
marvellous power of the evangelist in
persuading men and women of the
reasonableness of the gospel of Jesus
Christ and in leading item out of the
bondage of sin into the freedom of the
larger life of Gods salvation. The
heavy rainfall of the afternoon and
evening did not keep many away from
these services, and it is certain that no
form of entertainment, however allur-
ing would have caused so many peo-
pie to brave the rigors of the storm as
Rev. Sunday did by his eloquent and
forceful preaching of the gospel at the
Tabernacle. If Barnum & Bailey's
circus should come to town on a wet
day it would attract fewer people than
the evangelist did last Sunday evening.
The rain pattered down on the metal
lie roof of the Tabernacle during the
evening service with noise that made
it physically impossible for the larger
part of his audience to hear him and
after announcing his text, Thou art
not very far from the kingdom of
God" and speaking for, perhaps, five
minutes Rev. Sunday was compelled
to abandon his discourse. The logic of
previous sermons had, however, done
it's work and when an invitation was
given nearly sixty men and women
went forward and confessed their sins,
showing that the people of Canon City
the gospel as never before in their
lives.
The sermon for men only at $50 on
the last Sunday afternoon aroused an
interest in the lone thing needful" as
no previous effort of the evangelist had
done and at its close large number of
men walked down to the platform and
grasped the speakers hand and promis-
ed from nenceforth to conform their
lives to the teachings of the Nazarene.
Predicating his address on the words
of Joshua: Choose ye this day whom ye
will serve" the speaker delivered
ringing, effective appeal to the man
hood of his audience to begin the bet
ter life.
With the preliminary statement that
he desired to appeal to the better ma
ture of those who heard him Rev Sun
pay said in part: Man is a rational
being God has given every man a
reason and he expects him to use it.
No man is righteous unless he is
Christian. man is not a man be-
cause of his avoirdupois. Some men
remind me of dressed pork or
dressed beef. They have no brains or
they have no heart. 1t is not the big
frame that makes the man. Some of
the greatest men in history have been
of little stature.
1t is not physical strength nor INTEL
lectual greatness that makes manhood. !
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1905-05-04

day of judgment is q place of record.
Everything you do from day to day is
written down in the plastic clay of
your memory and will come up before
you at last as evidence for your con-
viction or your acquittal. What kind
of book are you keeping? What have
you written in the diary of your life
today? Cain has been in hell for 5000
years for the great sin he committed.
Do you think he has forgotten how he
killed his brother, Abele How he beat
his brains out with a stone. or a club
Not a bit of it; and he never will for
get, though he remain in hell six thou
sand times six thousand years.
God pity some of you men of Canon
City. You are running past God s
semaphore and some day you will make
an awful wreck OF your soul The
Christian will not be in the day of
judgment His sins were forgiven him
at the time OF his conversion. Why
not ask God TO grant absolution to you
now? 1T is appointed unto all men
once to die, after that the judgment. {"
The closing sermon of Rev. W. A.
Sunday at the Tabernacle Monday
night, April 29tb, was fitting finale to
the series of magnificent meetings
conducted in this city for the past
month. Despite the snow and the rain
more than 1000 people were present to
pay him the homage OF their respect
and admiration. and TO bid him fare
well and God speed in the work he was
so soon to take up at Macomb, Illi-
nois. In the audience were many nom
church members who had learned to
esteem him for his intellectual attain.
ments and for his earnest, fearless
preaching Of the gospel. 1t was a su-
perb tribute to the personality OF the
evangelist and proclaimed with an EN-
phasis that no words could do that the
people of Canon City place a high esti-
mate upon his character and worth as
man and as AN agency in Gods hands
Of lifting his fellows to higher plane
OF living
Rev. Sunday prefaced his sermon by
stating that he was impotent to ex-
press his thanks and appreciation to the
people of Canon City for their courtesy
and generosity to himself and those
who had been associated with him in
the work in which they had been en-
gagged for the last four weeks. 'In
leaving Canon City" said Rev. Sunday.
1--WE feel like one who leaves the COM
fort and cuntentment of his home to
take up his abode in an lee house. We
have enjoyed ourselves here as we
have done in few other towns that We
have ever visited.
IF there ever was n place that !
tried hard and honorably not to go to,
that place was Canon City. | begged
your committee TO release me from my
contract, but its members declined to
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-03-15
Sir Knights Attention.

1t il the command Of the Thrice ii.
lustrious and most excellent Raiah Of
Che Imperial Domain, Knights Of Bir-
mingham OF all the Americas, that ali
the Sir Knights within the ROYAL
bounds Of Old Krow lodge which lies
between the rivers rising on the north
and the Rio Grande on the south and
from the Passamaquoddy on the east
to the Monterey in the far west that So
ftr as in you lies, you are requested to
assemble yourselves together in an
nual eonvocation of Old Krow lodge
No. |, Miles hall in the great and Bump
tious city of Barre, Friday evening,
March II, for the solemn and illustri-
Gus purpose of electing the Thrice Illus
trions and most excellent Grand Off
GERS, the. comforting Of degrees and par
taking Of The rites of the order which
are G, G. G. Per order w. Fl. Brad
bury, 7. /. NJ E. r. of A. A. etc.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-03-15
NOT A PATENT MEDICINE.
HyOmei. the Guaranteed catarrh Cure,
Prescribed by Physicians.

No one should confound Hyomei with
the patent medicines that are advertised
TO cure catarrh. 1t is as far superior
TO them all as the diamond is more val
liable TIM cheap glass. Their compost
ton Is secret, but Hyomei gives its
formula to all reputable physicians.
Its base is the valuable eucalyptus
oil, famous for its antiseptic qualities.
This is combined with aromatic and heal
ing gums and balsams, making a pure
liquid, which, when used in the Hyomei
pocket inhaler, fills the air you breathe
with germ killing, disease destroying
and healing powers that kill all catarrh-
al germs there may be in the throat,
nose and lungs
How foolish it is to try and cure
catarTh by swallowing tablets or liquids.
The only natural way to cure this di-
sease and all other diseases Of the respir-
atory organs is to breathe Hyomei.
This treatment has been SO success
full, curing 90 per cent of all who have
used it, that Hyomei is now sold by
Rickert < Wells, under an absolute
guarantee to refund the money if it does
not cure you. You run no risk what
ever IN buying Hyomei. If it did not
possess unusual powers to cure, it could
not be sold upon this plan.
The complete Hyomei outfit costs
$1.00 and comprises an inhaler, bottle
of Hyomei and dropper. The inhaler
will last lifetime, and additional bot
ties of Hyomei can be obtained for so
cents.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-03-15
TALK OF THE TOWN.
Local Happenings Tersely Told for Busy
Readers.

--~~~- ~~t-k g @NN~~%J ~SA1 %N~ 0S9y
Readers.
G. R. Wood went 70 Randolph today
on business.
Top coats and rain coats for the small
boys at McWhorter's.
Ladies' and gentlemen's solid gold
watches at +. E. Burr & Co.'s.
AIiss Carrie Wheeloek went TO Brat
tletoro this afternoon on visit
Ice cream and cake win be served at
the musicale tonight at ter cents a
plate.
Miss Townsend, with her hat maker,
Miss Shufelt, returned from New York
last evening.
A $50 suit of clothes free at A. A.
Smith & Brothers. Cali in and find
out how to get it.
Montpelier Hive, Ladies Of the Mac
cabees, was organized in X. of G.. hall
on Monday evening, the work being
performed by the Barre Hive in an ex-
ceptionally good manner and making a
deep impression on the members. The
officers nominated were Past lady com
mander, Mrs. ]. F. Waterman: lady
commander Mrs. F. II. Tracy; LADY
lieutenant commander, Mrs. L. w. Be
mis-; lady record keeper, Mrs. Edwin
Lewis; lady finance keeper, May Bull
lard; mistress-at-arms, Hattie Peck;
lady chaplain, Mrs. A. A. Guernsey;
lady sergeant, Mrs. Harry Freer; lady
sentinel, Eta Richardson.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-03-15
Wants Position on the Team.

Applications for positions on the In.
ter-City team, couched in varied terms
are already pouring in upon the direct.
ors OF the association. Among the real
gems" in this list is one that, with the
spelling made Ineligible, reads, mod
estly," in part as follows: III you are
looking for a good fielder, think can
fiji the bill. ] had batting average
Of ,305 last year, which is very good
and | can do as well this year. II you
want references, write to Hub Ferris
etc, Yours trnthfully.s The directors
refused to state as to whether or not
they will secure this "friend Of Hull
Ferris but they seem agreed that i
man who is so modest. concerning his
own ability deserves some consideration
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-03-15

The Woodmen will meet in X. Of C.
hall Wednesday evening. The drill
team will meet at $50 o'clock.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-03-15
HE BARRE DAILY TINES
WEDNESDAY. MARCH IS. 1905.
Weather Prediction.

Fair and continued cold tonight and
Thursday Light variable winds.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-03-15
TOO LATE FOR CLASSIFICATION.

WANTED - Experienced quarry foreman
wants position. Has first class reference ADJ
dress, B." care Box 1914, Barre, Vt 30stf
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-24

let me congratulate you once more on the
important position which you nave neen
fortunate enough to gain. he oo"eu Iiu
out of the room and l went home with my
assistant, hardly knowing what to say or
do. I was so pleased at my own sooo Tor
tune. n, 5s.,
and nv evening l was in low spirits again.
for had quite persuaded myself the whole
affair must be some great hoaX OF ilau ...
though what Its object might De l couio
not Imagine 1t seemed altogether past GO
reS that any one could make such WILL
or that they would pay such sum lot
doing anything so simple as copS!ns ou
the Encyclopedias Britannica. Niesn s
Snauldinp did what he could to cheer me
IN but nv bedtime l had reasoned myseil
ont OF the whole thing. However, IN the
morning 1 determined to have TOOK az IL
ANYHOW so l bought penny ootle oi iins
and with quill pen, ana seven ~ sAe 800
foolscap paper L starteo Oh i
court. ,,,.. ,or,
thing was as right as possible. Inc tapie
was set out ready for me, and MI duncan
Ross was there to see that / got fairty 10
work He started me on upon the letter
A. and then he left me. but he would drop
in from time to time to see that an was vas
good-tay. complimented me upon the
amount that / had written. and locked the
door of the office after me.
This went on day after day. Mr.. Holmes,
and ON Saturday the manager came In ana
planked down four golden sovereigns Tor
NV weeks work. 1t was the same the next
week and the same the week after Every
morning / was there at 10 o'clock and
every afternoon 1 left at 2. BY degrees Mr..
Duncan Ross took to coming In only once
of a morning, and then, after time, he
did not come in at ALL Still, OF course, 1
never dared to leave the room for an IN
slant. for was not sure when he might
come. and the billet was such q good one.
and suited me so well, that would not
risk the loss of 1t.
Eight weeks passed away like this. and
I had written about Abbots and Archery
and Armor and Architecture and Attica,
and hoped with diligence that might get
on to the BIS before very long. II cost me
something In foolscap. and I had pretty
nearly filled shelf with my writings. And
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-24

stretch q point in favor of man with such
q head of hair as yours. When shall you
be able to enter upon your new duties?'
Well. II is little awkward, for have
business already said l.
oh. never mind about that. Mr. VIII
SOM! said Vincent Spauldng I shall be
able to look after that for YOU
What would be the hours? / asked
Ten TO two,
Now. a pawnbroker's business Is mostly
done of an evening. Mr.. Holmes. especially
Thursday AID Friday evening which Is
Just before payday. SO 1t would suit me
very we'll to earn little in the mornings
Besides, | knew that my assistant was a
good man, and that he would see to any,
thing that turned up.
That would suit me very well,' said L.
And the paw?
rs "a week
And the work.
is purely nominal,
What do you call purely nominai?'
Wen. you have to be fin the office, or at
least i'll the building, the whole time II
you leave, you forfeit your whole position
forever The VIII is very clear upon that
point. You don't comply with the condi-
lions ii sou budgo from the Office during
that time
It's only four hours a day, and I should
not think OF leaving. said I.
No excuse will avail said Mr.. Duncan
anything else. There you must stay. or you
lose your billet.
And the work?
is to copy out the Encyclopedia
Britannica" There is the first volume OF it
In that press. You must find your own ink
this table and chair. viii you be ready to-
morrow?
Certainly I answered
Then good by. Mr. JabeZ Wilson, and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-24

abutted on the other side upon the faded
and stagnant square which we had just
quilted.
Let me see," said Holmes. standing at
the corner. and CHANGING along the line, IT
should like just to remember the order of
houses here. 1t Is hobby of mine to have
an exact knowledge of London. There is
Mortimer'S the toba cconist; the little news
paper shop, the Coburg branch of the City
and Suburban Bank. the Vegetarian Res
taurant and McFarlane's carriage building
depot. That carries US right on the other
block. And now. doctor, we've done our
work. so it's time we had some play. A
sandwich and cup OF coffee, and then off
to violin-land. where all is sweetness and
delicacy and harmony. and there are no
red-headed clients to yex US with their
conundrums"
My friend was an enthusiastic musician.
being himself not only very capable per-
merit. All the afternoon he sat in the
stalls wrapped In the most perfect hap
piness, gently waving his long thin fingers
in time 10 the music while his gentle smil-
ing face and his languid, dreamy eyes were
as unlike those of Holmes, the seuth-
hound, Holmes the relentless keen witted
ready-handed criminal agent, as it was
possible to conceive In his singular char
acter the dual nature alternately asserted
itself. and his extreme exactness and
astuteness represented, as I have often
thought, the reaction against the poetic and
contempiatiye mood which occasionally pre-
dominated in him. The swing of his nature
took him from extreme langor TO devour-
Ing energy; and, as 1 knew well, he was
never so truly formidable as when for
days on end. he had been lounging in his
arm chair amid his improvisations and his
black-letter editions. Then 1t was that the
lust of the chase would suddenly come upon
him, and that his brilliant reasoning power
would rise to the level of Intuition, until
those who were unacquainted with his
methods would look askance at him as on
man whose knowledge was not that of
other mortals. When / saw him that af-
ternoon so enwrapped in the music at ST.
James Hall / felt that an evil time might
be coming upon those whom he had set
himself to hunt down.
You want to go home. no doubt, doc
tori" he remarked. as we emerged.
Yes. It would be az well.