The Oskaloosa herald., 1910-12-08
BILLY SUNDAY
BATTLES BOOZE
Cyclone Of 0iatory and 0enuncia-
ion Hits 0skaIoosa.
1BsN u II-NE-,-
GREAT CROWD HEARS HIS TALK
While He Addressed Mems. Meeting,
His Colleague, Mrs. Muirhead, /
Talks to the Women-Big Anti
Saloon Demonstration.

His Colleague, Mrs. Muirhead,
Talks to the Women-Big Anti
Saloon Demonstration.
On the wings of a special train
from Waterloo, Rev. w. A. Sunday
came into Oskaloosa at noon today,
delivered his famous Sermon On
Booze" left shouting crowd behind
him, ana returned to Waterloo. where
he is engaged in a great revival eff
fort. His presence and his talk were
intended as the wedge OF a phalanx
OF religious and temperance zeal that
is being moved against the saloons
and against renewal of the mulct
petition in Oskaloosa. The effort
seemed to fill the expectations of all
connected with the movement, and
the cyclone of oratory and denuncia-
ton had a telling effect on all who
came within the presence of the
whirling elements.
AS early as $3.50 in the morning
men began to gather at Central M. Z.
church, though the exercises were
not billed to commence until noon.
The auditorium was filled long before
the arrival of Rev. Sunday, and when
lie reached the building it was
C"aE:med so full that every seat was
taken, all standing room was occu-
pied and many could not come within
hearing distance of his voice.
AS he entered the auditorium he
was greeted with cheers and by a
college yell from Penn students which
rang out: r..... '-.. ...
Sunday! Sunday!
He is the boy -.
From Chicago, Illinoy!
He's the best preacher in the
land! ..,
,r.#... Rah! Rah! Rail-
After quartette rendered by
Messrs. Claire Gordon, Mark Moor
man, Roy Kemble and DIR. Tony, and
prayer by Superintendent c. L. Stat
ford, Rev. Sunday was introduced by
Dr.. McClelland as the ''only one like
him in America" There were no
preliminaries and no apologies, but
Mr.. Sunday lit into the business at
hand with zest and a roar that
made the brush fly in all directions,
and was interrupted now and then,
but only momentarily, by bursts of
applause.
2.fs HHH Fst
Time Has Gone for Argument. .a
-. The Booze Sermon" as delivered
here is copyrighted by w. A. Sunday
and these extracts are made with his
permission. H.'.t r..
AFTER all is said that can be said
upon the liquor traffic it has a de.
grading influence upon the individual
the family, and politics, and business,
and upon everything that you touch
in this old world.
For the time has long gone by
where there are any grounds for ar.
guments of it's i'll effects. There is
just one prime reason why the saloon
has not been knocked into hell; and
that is the false statement, that the
saloons are needed to help tighten
the taxes
"The saloon business has never
paid, and it has cost so times more
for the saloon than the revenue de-
rived from it.
THE time is coming when both
democrats and Republicans will have
an anti-saloon plank in their plat
form. s... ...- .--..4. IT,.
Crime Traced to Drink.
Listen, say, rs per cent of our
idiots came from Incorporate parents
80 per cent of the paupers; SO per
cent of the crime is committed by
men while under the influence of IL
quor; 80 per cent of the adult Grimm
ais are whiskey made.
THE Chicago Tribune kept track
for ten years and found that 54,453
murders were committed by men I'M
der the influence of liquor
Archbishop Ireland, the famous
Roman Catholic of St. Paul, said that
social crime is rampant to-day.
II go to family and it is broken
and say:
What caused this?
And | step up to young man on
the scaffold and say:
What brougDt you here?'
Drink! Whence all the misery and
sorrow, and corruption? Invariably
il is drink @s' = s'h
Ard II all the demons of hell
should assemble in conclave, and
with them all the best men on earth
that hate and despise God and purity,
and virtue-if all the scum of the
earth could mingle with the denizens.
of hell to try to think of the deadli-
est institution to home, church and
state. tell you sir, the combined
hellish intelligence could not conceive
of and bring forth an institution that
could touch the hem of the garment
of the open licensed saloon to damn
the home and manhood, and woman
hood, and business, and every good
thing ON God Almighty's dirt.
Possibilities of Money Saved.
you say: That people will drink
1t anyway Not by my vote. You
say: That men will murder their
wives anyway Not by my vote.
They will steal anyway. Not by my