Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1914-06-19

= that the ~assageWa assume
than an unattractive hall. Other rooms
throughout the house are furnished on
practically the same scale as the front
of the house.
"There Is evidence that expense was NOT
spared In furnishing although Mr.. ana
Mrs. Sunday were both constantly point
ing out things Of value about the house
which had been presented them by adj
mirlng friends.
'sThese gifts ranged IN variety from
sets Of dishes to Panama hats. The for
mer were gifts largely from people In the
pottery towns Of Pennsylvania and the
hat came from Robert Wolfe. Bob
Wolfe, Sunday called him, the owner OF
the two newspapers in Columbus, Ohio.
The hat lay on the bed in one of the
rooms, a very ordinary appearing hat at
first glance, but one which would have
cost Mr.. Sunday $50 or SO II he had at
tempted to buy II In q ~haberdashery.
Zone of the most notable gifts to the
Sundays brought to light during the visit.
was an elaborate clock, six feet in height,
which occupies a prominent position to
the front OF the house. This clock was
the gift of a Masonic lodge in an eastern
city and its value Is something between
$500 and 800.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sunday are proud OF
their Winona home and they make NJ ef-
fort to conceal their pride. The Sundays
there are as different from the Sundays
OF the sawdust TRAIL as day and nighta
Sunday In the pulpit is a fiery orator;
a magnetic figure who commands men; q
man who utters words of fire, which some
people label vulga and coarse. In his
home he is a quiet. orderly sort of a per-
son, who pets his children and visits with
his wife on topics of the day"
MI. Armstrong writing on another
occasion says:
BILLY Sunday has three hobbies, relig-
Ion, home and baseball. The evangelist
fairly revels in the pleasure of his home.
Not infrequently he travels hundreds of
miles while in the midst of one of his
campaigns to spend a few hours at hts
beautiful cottage at Winona Lake. When
he reaches Winona Lake he Immediately
plans to secure all the recreation possf-
BILE. His usual natty apparel Is discarded
for something old and tried and true. He
arrays himself in a loose fitting suit, q
soft hat. battered with much usage. and
coilarless shirt. He spends every posi-
bic moment In the open air. He derives
keen enjoyment In caring for plants and
flowers on the lawn.
Residents of Winona Lake owe much
to Mr.. and Mrs. Sunday for the beauty of
the park there. Each spring and at In
Ftervals during the summer months they
iii cAuucnta at the WlOOnA Acd0ctuy To
clean up and care for the entire park.
OFTEN the evangelist and his wife assist
In raking the leaves, carrying away bro
ken limbs and otherwise doing the work
of gardeners. Mr.. Sunday knows every
boy at the school,. When he and his wife
pass through the park they are the sub
Ject OF continued greetings. To the stu
dents Mrs. Sunday is ma and Mr.. Sum
day is known as the professor
Tho rouurar ohsIdroo rUyfI3o~ +.
and Paul-share with their father in
the unbounded admiration for Winona.
Although as much as possible he has
the children with him on his trips,
proper regard for their education
makes this possible only at compare
lively long intervals, and there are
few places out of the many reached In
the travels of Mr.. Sunday that appeal
to the boys as much as Winona.
Mr.. Sundays neighbors are most
proud of him and his good wife. They
always appear delighted with the fact
he selected Winona Lake as his home,
and they never make any attempt
TO conceal their pleasure AZ haTing
him with them. At the assembly each
year there Is one day bigger than the
Fourth of July and Christmas. That
is a day along early in the summer,
when Mr.. Sunday delivers his annual
address to his neighbors and the pa
from of Winona. Thousands of farm
ers for miles around drive to Winona
each year to hear Mr.. Sunday make
this annual address. Usually he de-
livers a new sermon at the opening OF
the assembly, a fact which is always
known to his neighbors and a source
of no little pride on their part.
Mr.. Sundays neighbors almost with
one accord agree that he is the great
est agency In the world today for the
cause of righteousness. The majority
of them there were converted through
their association with him. and they
are probably as devout and God fear
ing a group of Billy Sunday penitents
as he can boast.
Dozens of people down at Winona
Lake and at Warsaw. Indiana, a little
town q couple Of miles from the resort
swell with pride at their a~cquaint-
anceship with MI. Sunday whenever
his name is mentioned. They swear
by his sincerity, challenge his enemies
to prove their charges, and declare
he is doing more good in the world
than any other dozen ministers
alive" No matter where he is con-
Quoting a campaign they watch the
revival from day to day and their
heads are fairly filed with figures and
statistics by which they know whether
BILLY" is proving Of a success
in one town than he did In another;
Just how certain of his more famous
sermons succeeded In winning souls,
and the precise condition of health OF
himself and wife.
In his personal life Mr.. Sunday Is
simple. He has his tastes, his likes
and his dislikes. but these seldom x