Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-05-21

JUDI INV CSIl hlu VI Has MOAo AAuV0
sermons succeeded In winning souls
and the precise condition Of health Q
himself and wife.
In his personal life Mr.. Sunday
simple. He has his tastes, his like
and his dislikes, but these seldom ez
press themselves In an exaggerated
form. He is good dresser, mod
crate eater, an omnivorous reader, ant
a consistent devotee to outdoor life
Despite the extraordinary exertions h
makes habitually during his cam
paigns, he enjoys exceptional health
At so he could readily pass for 40
With the exception OF an occasional
attack of hay fever he is seldom i'll
To combat this insidious malady ht
frequently spends the summer in the
Hood River district of Oregon where
he owns a considerable fruit farm. l;
! is one of the Sunday traits of gooG
! will that he frequently sends those
whom he wishes to compliment in 9
| peculiarly personal manner barrel Of
apples raised on his western ranch.
Despite his continued outdoor exer'
! else and his extraordinary physical ex'
ertion incident to his preaching Mr.
Sunday ia light sleeper.
Among any gathering of clergymen
he stands out conspicuously as well
dressed man. It Is seldom indeed that
he effects the conventional garb Of the
pulpit and appears rather as a dapper
man of business. A careful taller
has contrived to give him tho ad-
vantage Of every inch Of his height
SO that he appears somewhat taller
than he is in reality. The physical
exercise which is part of SO many Of
his sermons is necessarily severe on
his raiment and this conpels him to
carry what amounts to q cleaning O.
adjustment with him wherever he
goes. When occasion demands Mr..
Sunday can press q suit Of clothes
quite as we'll as he can deliver SER
mon. During q campaign he 10 fire.
quently obliged to change from head
to foot as many az four times q day,
and this involves q wardrobe that is
quite large. The peculiar loyalty Of
laundry done at IN establishment near
his home. 50 that no matter where he
may be preaching huge bundles Of
linen 20 and come from Indiana.
Mr.. Sundays literary activities are
carried on for the most part 1T Winona
and sometimes at his fruit ranch IN
Oregon. The exacting demands On his
time during campaign admit Of very
little new work. At Winena it Is his
favorite method to take his Bible and
spend the long days beneath the trees
reading. This he calls resting and
with the single exception Of preaching
to responsive audience, 10 his favor
lite occupation. He is also fond of
books relating to eva1geAstic and
kindred work:
There are some books IKE to read,s
he says. II consider the bible the best
of them ALL I also think the lives Of
Peter Cartwright. Charles @. Phinney
and John G. Patten are among the great
est Of all books. Phinney converted the
owner Of the New York mills at Utica,
New York. and since he campaigned
hands Of non-Christian man."
In comparing his sermons for use
Mr.. Sunday begins by noting various
quotations and anecdotes which will
illustrate the theme he wishes to
handle: Notations of these are made
on ell sorts of scraps of paper and are
then turned over to his secretary whs
shapes them into memoranda. Grad
ually the sermon takes form In the
preachers mind and then with great
sheaf of notes in his hand he whips
the whole into something like the
form in which it will be used. Seldom
II ever, however, are even his famous
sermons preached twice exactly alike.
He never goes into the pulpit with
more than an outline before him. His
extraordinary memory permits him to
quote lengthy passages verbatim but
on this he does not rely for effect
1t is in the infusion of intense per.
sonal enthusiasm that the most re-
markable results from his discourse
come.
An LIS 00A AAOA o0y . MI. 0OIOdy AAO0
no effort to copyright any of his writ.
ings. What he considered unwar
ranted liberties with the text, how.
ever later prompted him to do 30, and
= little more than three years he
copyrighted no less than 81 of his dis.
courses.
The records of the Library Of Con.
gress show the following titles, COPY.
rights of which are in his name:
,Amusements.
And he said tomorrow.
Atonenent.
Backsliders.
Behold, I stand at the door and knock.
Get on the water wagon.
Great reward.
Home.
Hope.
How shall we escaped
How to succeed.
II any man will.
II We love me. keep my commandments
Incarnation.
Is it well with thee?
Judgment.
Little plain talks-CharactsrI
Moral leper