Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1914-05-01

Continued from last week
varying degrees this has been true
of all great evangelists who have
achieved an acceptable ranking in his
tory.
It is true Luther wal equipped with
the academic training of the clergy
of his time, but his life, his habits
and his language were essentially
those of the common people. The
German into which he translated the
Holy Writ, is the German of b
masses. and ON his authority alone
against all photographers, there are
German expressions sanctioned which
do not conform to the ordinary usages
of good German diction. Modern evan
.gelism has numerous IL not such
marked, examples of the same truth.
Nor do these men ever shake on
the vernaeular of their early calling
and association. Human nature is SO
constituted that that which smacks of
the soil. is considered to smack of
sincerity. What there is about stu
dious and philosophical preparation
that rOhs the masses of confidence In
the man whe uses II. might be hard
to explain. The fact that such a SEEM
ing prejudice exists is too well known
to any who have occasion to deal with
the masses ~hakitually.
There is no question but that base
ball Is the great American game. Its
vigorous, if ~unsehooled exertions typ
lily the American spirit, restless Of all
control. Full OF the element Of CON
test, rapid in its action, exhilarating
IN it's effect. essentially a contest In
every aspect. the game is q reflex OF
the national life of today.
Whether or not an All Wise Provi-
dence gave thought to this when he
constituted ". A. Sunday, his messen-
ger. or whether more natural causes
sufficiently account for the bounding
popularity OF the evangelist. who came
from the ranks OF the most popular
spirit In America, is a matter for
speculation. the outcome OF which Is
of no particular imporiance. Whether
a coincidence or a cause leading to an
effect is immaterial. The facts are
ttAl0k liz 6b0Rt1u6 l1OAA 0GoC0oAA 20
ito the rostrum of a tabernacle Mr.
Sunday achieved q feat without par
iallel in modern history, but quite In
keeping with the best traditions of the
calling he espouses.
It is not of record that the a
,gelist cherished any youthful ambition
ito shine upon the baseball field
Rather it is probable that baseball
meant to him what it 9 to most
healthy boys, a pleasant sport and an
agreeable by which they, e K
press their energy. A hardy and 1.-THE
form inherited from generations Of
those who had titled the soil, coupled
with an indomitable desire to excel
in whatever line Of endeavor he en-
tered are sufficient grounds upon
which to explain the remarkable
career which he enjoyed in his
early youth. His history is peculiar
only in that he had come to extraor-
binary fame in his baseball work be-
fore he took up what has proved TO
be his life activity.
The discovery of Billy Sunday on a
back lot in Marshalltown, Iowa, by A.
&c. Arson, popularity known as Gap
tain" Arson, or Pop" Arson, is base
ball tradition. 1t has been the remark
Iof sporting editors that Billy Sunday
never worked in a brush league. but
stepped full iedged q star into the
arena Of the national game when he
became a member Of the White Sox
team in 1888" Sunday remained with
the Chicago organization for five
years, and for all that time heading
the batting order he played either
right or center field. From Chicago
at the end Of i've years Sunday went
to P~ittsburg. and later On to Phila-
delphia-