The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-03-27
breaches to M a m m o t h
Crowd in Lima, Saturday.
WOMEN'S HATS COME OFF
Strenuous Evangelist Does
Not Request but Commands.
Gets Under Way After Telling His
Audience what's the Matter With
II and What he Expects in the Way
OF Attention-Chasing the Devil.

The large Tabernacle at Lima with
a seating capacity Of 5000 was pack
ed to the farthest corner of the
structure Saturday afternoon and
evening, with an audience that lis
tened with breathless interest to
Billy Sunday.
The services opened with a song
service led by Rooeheaver, Sundays
Evangelistic singer. A large chorus
Of children sang in perfect unison and
q chorus of 500 voices enthusiastical-
ly obeyed every direction of the lead
er.
After about seven songs had been
sung. Billy Sunday walked out on
the platform. Previous to this, every
woman in the house had been or
dered-not requested-to remove her
hat. Even, those in the back of the
house sitting against the very wall,
were forced to comply with the de-
mand. But as Sunday paused n
moment before speaklng,t and looked
about over the expoctaht audience.
his eye lightened on d woman sitting
near the aisle a few rows back "Talse
that hat off, he pointed his finger
directly at the woman. She made
no movement to comply with his re-
quest. "Usher, she must be deaf;
tell her to take 1t off or get out. +"
The hat came or Billy looked around
again Just in front of him were
eighteen rows of children, Whispering
and glggling. Now you kids have
made bad start this afternoon, lf
atafN elf
and whispering you go home!" The
whispers died away. Somewhere In
the house a baby cried. Take It out"
said Billy. Take 1t out and don't
bring it back If you can't keep it
1t still. And you people over there
stop that coughing--I can't yell my
head off to drown you out" and then
the sermon began.
Text: "Wherewithal shall Young
man cleanse his way? BY taking heed
thereto
a good many people never look
into a Bible in order to find out
how to prosper, Or how to get into
heaven. II pays to- read the Bible,
TO study 1t and Ito lives by II. It
deals with living questions and prin
eiples, and no one is going to get
20 heaven ifi they. don't follow its
precepts. The, Bible iisn't a center
table ornament. either. Its n book
for study. l don't study the Bible
though, as much as i study people.
get lots of lessons from the Bible
and get lots from human nature
Now. for an example to flt this text.
might have taken a great many
other young men. but chose David
Let's ask David what he did to
make his life such a success. ,rr
Its common plea. nowadays that
this Is a time Of competition. But
that don't frighten people that's got
backbone 1t makes them get down TO
their mutton. Great competition
makes great things possible. David
had great competition. He had lots
or brothers a head of him. They
bossed him. He had to wear their
and-me-downs and he had to do
all The drudgery. He had to be a
sheep herder. which was looked up
on as the lowest form of labor But
David didn't sit around on stump
ana suck his thumbs. No, he took a
hitch up in his belt and went to
work. There's many young man
VINO Is not at the top of the ladder
today, simply because he wouldn't
Degin at the bottom with a little
JOB He waited for .,"white-shirt-
'front.' patent leather shoe. place.
whiie his mother manlcured her fin.
ger nails over the washboard. Yon
take the little place and grow into
IT, III you lose your nerve, take n
dose OF hope and recover. one of the
iirst steps Is to discover an oppor-
tunily. Observe things. Look at n
mans face until you know II so
Wen you could paint II or recor-
iize IL In morgue. Then, Know
ledge Is Power. So. IL vou,re going
70 move the world get some of IL.
DaVld learned everything he could.
ne learned how to use the sling.
ana ne got the opportunity to soajt
iohath one In the coco. And then
David took up music. He determined
20 excel In everything. Aim high,
aim at star you may hit tele
sraph pole. David's ability as n
musician opened "a big door for hi,,
"natever he tackled he went through
' o'' DaVld Was no fourflusher. He
was musician. Now, | don't thins
,nere Is anything that'n give the old
wi cold feet, so quick as good
MUSIC, Well, the King wanted n
musician and David qualified so he
So .ne Job. The big place and the
."ah always meet. David didn't
nave to set around and wait o.
recommendation. He made some,h,na M
~. vi himself. You make sometbIne.
ou. OF yourself, and people win ne
s see' thelr own business 10 advertise
don't have to advertise nv
seli' the whisky people do II ,or
me- when firm aovertisas e.
h ,,,.n uley, DON'T want Just sometime
WIN TWO legs on It. They want =
nun nan win a brain They don't war,
cIan,. & SLOT machine for the nav
sa., 10 poke salary into every
vonr uay hlsht. You've got to .flebt
SouI own Revolutionary war m s,a,,,
S"ul own Declaration OF Indanan'
uence T or you'll never celebrate ,'o'',
rourth OF July. Then, another ,S,pa
David learned was prudenoa '"nns
@ uent' A prudent man WON, sp'a, pru
Greoa ~ potato bug and then take paris
das een 10 kill the bug. Cultivate nn,' s
uence In all things. Prndar pru
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