The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1906-12-14
I don't give rap for your opinions
; I'm not here to please you: I'm
. here to preach for God to
the people.

And WorthingtOn is getting shak-
ing up, the like of which has never
been known within her bounds before.
The preaching of Mr.. Sunday is
different from that of any other man.
He does not place emphasis upon
what is known as intellectual preach
ing, nor does he aspire to be that kind
of preacher.
He frequentIysay=: "If good preach
ing would save folks, you people
would have all been in glory long ago.
But he strikes where people live, and
every now and then fetches in a blow
that knocks some fad, or evil. in mems
lives, into cooked hat. No guilty
man escapes the hard hitting OF Capt
Anson's famous hard hitter. He mer.
cilesslv scores the church members
who live on the worlds standard and
broad guage their Christianity to such
an extent that it is not recognized
either by the wayfaring nen or God.
II have come to help men to be decent
and to help Warrington clean up
her MORALS" is one way he has OF
stating the purpose of his work here.
Il did not beg to come, nor ask to
come, nor want to come-especially in
the condition I am in but they
wouldn't let me go, and I am here to
fight the devil, even if I have to DO it
alone"
And that suggests the fact that the
preachers get crack o the lash &C.
casionally too.
"Don't crane your necks to see
what the preachers think. l don't
care rap what the preachers, nor
what you think" And then away he
goes after some society dance, whis-
key-soak, card playing church mem
Der or libertine. II fight what the
devil likes, and stand by what the
devil hates" is his tacit method of
stating his platform, and people are
becoming convinced that his platform
was made to stand upon. 1T is not
down from the parlor to the Kitchen
it is not down from the piano to the
cook stove,-it is not down from fancy
work to the wash tub, my sister, lis
the way he tells the women folks thar
the girl that works is just as good as
the dame who doesn't. "God doesu''
play any favorities" he declares with
all the energy that he possesses, and
William Sunday has energy bottled
up and to spare. :.
Wonderfully forceful and dramatic
as an impersonator Mr.. Sunday shows
@up the fables and follies of men and
women, young and old alike. He hae
splendid powers of oratory and hi:
voice is strong in carrying qualities
Truly William n. Sunday is won
: derful man. He makes sin appear at
;hideous as hell itself, and then goel
ont and takes the business and pro
! fesaional men by the band and they
i warm up to him in spite OF themselves
The impression tnus far made up
!, on the town is indeed marvellous. NJ
man can tell what it will be five week
from now. But Mr.. Sunday has tax
Il en- to WorthiDgton with her opel
4 handed hospitality and generou
spirit. .,
little smaller scale-and there is !
/ mighty good town." he remarked tn
/ other night. And it ca, truly be SAT-
that Worthington is warming up t.
Mr.. Sunday. 49,,
4 The crowds practically fill the grea
tabernacle On week evenings at thi
writing. What will it not be by Ne'
!. Year's7 s. !,
.ss One Of the chief features of tn
i meetings is the music. Mr.. Fred y
* Fisher the director Is most compe
(; tant and painstaking leader. In ad
Il dition to the large chorus which !
!. present every evening an orchestr
I kas been added and special slngln|
featur6s are frequent. The tabernacl
\ % q lively and interesting place.
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