The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-04-10
PRACTICALLY CONVERTS
THE ENTIRE STATE
Eccentric Editor Describes
the Peculiar Methods Of
Eccentric Pulpit Founder


EVERYBODY has heard OF Billy Sunday
tho famous preacher who cayorts and
romps in the pulpit and all know
something of his peculiar methods II
has been popular and Sunday had to
have a tremendous wigwam built to ac.
commodate the crowds Rocking to hear
him tell OF the Word.
He has practically converted Illin-
oils. and recently went to Charleston.
q city of some 10000 people; chief
distinction being that Ave miles from
the city repose the remains Of the
father Of Abraham Lincoln
Wen. Sunday the eccentric. met a
newspaper man who is equally as &c
centric. and. after thousands had heard
the pastor. and scores had fallen TO the
10 the floor TO ask spiritual aid, the
editor whose name rs Rardin, wrote
this description OF the meeting.
Wednesday evening Billy Sunday
took up the moral law as his subject
and haudled II in his peculiarly free
and easy style The ten command
mneta furnished the basis OF the lee.
ture He emphasized each sub head
and drew IL out in detail always fin
ishlng up with shot at the local op-
tion question
Sunday talked az a great disadvan.
tagc being so completely exhausted as
; His voice was husky and his throat
gave him much trouble SO that what
he had to say was not audible TO those
IN the middle Of the building, hence
the greater number Of those in the
audience lost much that he said.
s.f
mandments IN turn and giving his ve-
sion OF its meaning until he had reach
ed that of covetousness. he bunched
the others Tor want Of ime.
Al the close OF the lecture Sunday
hurled defiance al The world and stated
that he would like 10 be shown where
in he had transgreased these command
ments within the last twenty years
then he jumped upon a chair and com
menced his closing PRAYER in which
he prayed for everybody in general
and in particular The good mayor OF
Charleston. and Kate Riley's house on
sixth street. the railroads and all thelI
employees the court house gang, the
postmaster the treasurer, and all other
officers in the city and state, and the
plaindealer.
Divided Forces
The Sixth street moral paper Is
hoding ac1agt OF the whiskcy and beer
money campaign and the Seventh
street moral paper has Spizwinks
brothers on the rolls, For instance, one
o. .fm q an alderman and deputy
sheriff while another on the Spizwinki
eeie Library board and both ol
them are given Epoils by the Spiz
WlnRs city clerk
The Rillies ought 10 tell God abou
these things
it's the Wiawam,
can the ether papers tried to make
tue people aay II was the Tabernacle
but the Daily News called il the Wig
wam aud the public now mostly cali II
the Wigwam aud nearly all the church
people insists h IS a Wlgwam and j
WIN stand when the Billies have lef
town
The Issue.
VIII the Hiiiies carries Charleston
That's the Issue and you may vote
but % save time we snall call th'
nuly Sunday reform as mere Billies
For instances, the Billies told the Lori
about The Riley sanltarium and thei
prayed for them
Whele Nickel.
There was no fearful crush OF old tos
sils TO chip In the war debt Thursda'
night One old fossil stopped the paI
for collection aud hunted for his spec