The Big Sandy news., 1914-05-29
BILLY SUNDAYS SERMONS
CONVERT ANsE HATFIELD.

Huntington, w. Va.-The Rev. Billy
| Sunday will umpire a baseball game
tomorrow afternoon between the
Huntington and Newports teams.
Large delegations from the sur
rounding mountain towns OF this State
and from Kentucky continue to pour
into the tabernacle meetings OF the
evangelist odd Fellows, Elks, Ma
sons and other fraternal orders are
also prominent In the audiences.
| Conspicuous among the old noun
taineers who hit the trail" was an
old. grizzled, bearded man, whose
name was on every lip OF the State
whose deeds were told at night around
the blazing hearth OF the mountain log
houses, whose name was used to
| frighten young children-Anse Hat
field the one-time leader of the Hat
| field Mccoy feud. He is an uncle OF
the present Governor OF the State. He
will go back to his mountain home to
again become leader, this time un-
der the banner OF the cross,
The mountaineers, young and old,
come to the meetings on horseback. in
every kind OF vehicle, and many walk.
His sermon on "Amusements' was
preached TO crowd that filled the
tabernacle to overlooking long before
the opening hour Of the services.
The theater. saloon and the dance
were denounced, and he said cards and
dancing were worse spiritual enemies
Of the church than the saloon.
III you keep the cards, throw the
Bible In the alley; II you keep the BIZ
BILE, throw the cards in the alley" he
declared.
"Worldliness has crept into the
church, and one OF the most infectious
diseases is the dance. loathe the
tango, the bunny hug and the other
passion producing dances that wrig-
gled out OF the pit of hell. with all the
fire within me.
II have more respect for saloon
keeper than ] have for the dancing
teacher. The preacher that keeps his
mouth shut on the subject is too big a
coward to keep his Job. II you are
bound to dance. church members. then
get out OF the church. ! wouldn't drag
the church OF God across the ballroom
floor
Calls continue 70 pour in upon the
evangelist. Delegations from Cincin-
natl. st. Louis and the far West were
here urging him to come to their cities.
kilograms come from all over the
country. One from Ralph Conner. at
Winnipeg, asked Sunday to hold a
series of meetings there.
In an interview, Mr.. Sunday said (:
Calls are coming from all parts OF the
country, but the Lord seems to have
called me for the East. The doors Of
the East are opening to me, especially
In the large cities; Philadelphia, Cam
den. Wilmington and Baltimore want
me, and l feel that my work lies in the
East. From here we will go to Colo
rado Springs. than will go to the East
In the fall"
The meetings have been too large
for the tabernacle. and Mr.. Peacock,
the assistant to Mr.. Sunday, has held
overflow meetings in nearby church.
The meetings for men have been at
tended in greater numbers than any
other, thousands being turned away
because they could not get in.
A woman In silks and jewels came
TO the evangelist in tears and asked
him to save her dissolute husband.
She was told to pray for an hour on
the Sabbath. The husband is among
the converts.
Billy Sunday was tagged out Sat-
urday and Musical Director Rodeheav-
er took charge OF the afternoon meet
ing for the children. He entertained
them with sleight of hand.