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

pulpit and appears rather as a dapper
man of business. A careful tailor
has centrived to give him the adj
vantage OF every inch Of his height
so that he appears somewhat taller
than he is IN reality. The physical
exercise which Is a part Of SO many of
his ermons is necessarily sever on
his raiment and this compels him to
carry what amounts to q cleaning es-
adjustment with him wherever he
goes. When occasion demands Mr..
Sunday can press a suit of clothes
quite as wen as he a deliver a SER
mon During a campaign be Is fire.
quently obliged to change from head
to foot as many az four times a day,
and this involves a wardrobe that Is
quite large. The peculiar loyalty OF
the man prompts him to have his
laundry done at an establishment neal
his home, SO that no matter where he
may be preaching huge bundles of
linen go and come from Indiana.
Mr.. Sundays literary activities are
carried on for the most part at Winona
and sometimes at his fruit ranch in
Oregon. The exacting demands on his
time during a campaign admit Of very
little new work. At Winona 1t 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 a responsive audience, is his favor
lite occupation. He is also fond of
books relating to e~vangelistic and
kindred work:
'-There are some books I like to read.s
he says. II consider the bible the best
of them all. 1 also think the lives OF
Peter Cartwright, Charles @. Phinney
and John G. Patten are among the great
lest of all books. Phinney converted the
owner of the New York mills at Utica.
New York, and since he c~ampaigned
there, the mills have not been in the
hands OF non-Christian men,
In comparing his sermons for use
Mr.. Sunday begins by noting various
quotations and anecdotes which will
ILLUSTRATE the theme he wishes to
handle. Mutations of these are made
on all sorts of scraps of paper and are
then turned over to his secretary who
shapes them into memoranda. Grad
lually the sermon takes form in the
preachers mind and then with q great
lsheaf of notes in his hand he whips
the whole into something like the
form in which 1t will be used. Seldom
If ever, however, are ever his famous
sermons preached twice exactly alike.
He 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.
In his earlier days Mr. Sunday made
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 SO. and
a 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 Ok wAeA ere In his name.
Amusements.
And he said tomorrow.
Atonement.
Backsliders.
Behold. / stand at the door and knock.
Get oil the water
Great reward.
Home.
Hope.
How shall we escapef
How to succeed.
If any man Will.
II ye love me. keep my commandments
Incarnation.
Is 1t well with thee7
Judgment.
Little plain talks-character.
Moral leper.
Nathan and David.
No man cared for my soul
Not far from the Kingdom.
Nuts for skeptics to crack
Power of motherhood.
Question OF the ages.
Samson.
Three great questions.
Three groups.
T~wenty-third Psalm.
OupdTuOudDtS 5in.
What must / do to be saved1
What hall the end be?
Title to one other copyright stand
in the name. of Mr.. Sunday, this is fol
a book entitled Life and Labors Of
Rev. VIM. A. (Billy) Sunday. the
Great Modern Evangelist; With Sc
lected Sermons" It was copyrighted
in the year 1908 by s. T. Herman and
3. q. Poole, of Decatur. Illinois. and
published by a printing establishment
in Chicago.
The only feature OF the book. which
properly a be considered a life, are
four pages of introduction. In the
first paragraph Of this Introduction
there are no less than Eve errors, in
fact. other portions of the meager out
line are more or less at variance with