The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-08

Situation Here Ripe for Launching Of
Religious Campaign--.Laymen and
Ministers to Help Evangelist

BY four politicians are running II. But
] want you to understand right here
that you and your crowd are going to
be run out OF Springfield and the little
politicians that are running IL will either
run to Jesus Christ for pardon or run
out OF the city,
Singuarly enough the little poll
ticians' that he so picturcsuucly de-
nounced are out Of business In Spring
field now and the town has a brand
new charter which its authors say Will
have the effect Of keeping them out.
lie regards as the greatest Joke of
all the ages the job put up on haraoh"
when Moses was rescued by the daugh-
ter Of that monarch, from the Nile.
When he would tell that story he l'ould
laugh and jump about the restrain
with as much glee AZ when he 'sed to
make a home run for the White Sox.
Say. boys, II this doesn't make you
laugh you are hopelessly destitute Of
humor," no wouH cay. Just think Of
IL! Old haraoh In his own court educat-
ing q Jew that was destined to over
thre'- him and become the greatest man,
Lext TO Christ. that the world has ever
known. Just think Of IL" His laughter
would suddenly subside and he would
say with touching pathos:
"Some people say the angels in
heaven do nothing but sing and loll
their time away. This Is a great mis-
take. In all ages God Almighty has
found something for them to do. What
were they doing while the mother Of
Moses was building the Ark and while
the child foated down the Nile? / will
tell you what they were doing? They
were herding the crocodiles that menaced
him and preventing them from reachiny
him."
Sometimes a battery Of slang would
be followed by rich and beautiful cpl
grams and would enthrall the audience
Sometimes he would assume the attitude
Of q fighter and actually invite some
Of his detractors to come to the plat
form and try conclusions with him. one
Sunday morning somebody had brought
TO him a story that "a man had charged
him with playing poker and drinking
beer in his apartments.
Some venomous hound has reported
that l get beer at my place. | don't
care anything about myself, but ] am
here to aid in the work OF rescuing
from damnation immortal souls and
stories OF this kind are calculated TO
injure the cause. Now, you he-devil. IL
YOU will come on the platform ! will
knock your teeth down your throat
Very uncanonical this reads. But when
he gave utterance to the threat the
audience cheered Justify and hun
dreds OF men shouted. Hit him again.
Bill. We are with you" His words did
not apparently jar the most sensitive
nerves. Everybody felt that his attitude
toward his detractors was an impersonal
one: that he was resenting an affront
TO the cause rather than an insult to
himself.
Some OF you buiternilk eyed old
Holsters" he said one day, aiming his
shafts at men who profess to desp!se
the church. SAY that you have no use
for the church. Let me tell you that II
the church were taken out Of this com
munity and all il stands for were To 60
with It YOU would bc the first to grovei
before 4, and ask it to return. You
know very we'll that the value OF your
property would sink to about 10 cents
on the dollar"
SUNDAY has often been asked TO at
tack the Catholic Church. This he
scornfully refuses to do. He says the
Chr. Oh of Rome breaches the same
Christ as he breaches and he has no
right. for that reason. II for no other,
To make it the object OF his animadyer-
sion.
Besides" he said, II find enough oc-
cupation for my muckrake in the back
yards OF the churches under whose au-
spices ! am working without making use
Of II in the Catholic Church. Some Of YOU
Bapt!sts boast about your immersion,
but let me tell you a lot Of your crowd
are heading toward place where you
won't find enough water 10 haptize
frog. much less a fun grown human
being.