Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-04-07
EVANGELIST BILLY SUNDAY
Famous Preacher Talks to the Students OF
i. Pennsylvania University.
HIS METHODS STRIKINGLY EFFECTIVE
Believes Implicitly In the Savior and Able to Impress Others
With His Faih-Hundreds of Boys Decide to Be Bet
(. ter Men, and Go the Way That Is Right

ana the Work he perIOrIleu, anu see ~
He was only man."
Man and Superman.
1.-The University Of Pennsylvania
would be turning out bigger men thar
Jesus Christ if Christ were not the sor
Of God" the speaker suggested. THE
conditions and the opportunities are sc
much greater in these days." he showed
that a real superman should be the
product of our day If education, socie.
ty, business, politics and these varied
interests could produce such a thing.
Jesus Christ is just as we'll known
today as old Cleopatra, the fiat-nosed
enchantress of the Nile was known
hundreds and hundreds of years ago.
Don't swell up like poisoned puI
and say that 1t doesn't meet with my
stupendous intellectual conception Of
what God intended should be under.
stood God should have waited unit
you were born and then called you into
counsel, l suppose. Say, fellows, dom
like to think that there are any four.
flushing, excess baggage, lack-a -daisi.
cal fools like that alive today, but there
are a few.
"On the square, now, if you want tt
find a man of reason, would you &c
down in the red-light district, where
women are selling their honor for mo.
ney, or through the beer halls or fan.
tan joints? You don't find intellect
there" he continued.
In contrast to these places, the
evangelist described with remarkable
accuracy and emotion the scenes sur
rounding the death Of President Nc.
Kinley, and the burial ceremony al
Canton, O.; how the great men Of the
nation, all Christian men, massed by
the flag covered casket and paid theil
silent tribute to the man who had dice
with Christian confidence expressed ir
his last words.
When / came out Of that court
house at Canton, / said: Thank God
I'm in good company, for the greatest
men Of my nation are on the side Of
Jesus Christ" he added. From the
farthest corner Of the auditorium there
came a fervent Amen" which found
many. repetitions in the brief silence
that followed.
Powerful Climax.
Mr.. Sunday reached a powerful cli-
max when he described the possibilities
of the Judgement Day, and the efforts
of the evil one. to lead into the dark
abyssmal depths souls of men who
have been popular in the world. Tc
those who have accepted Christ, the
Savior will appear on that day as ar
advocate at the heavenly throne. he
argued, and the saved ones can turn tc
the devil and say:
Beat 1t, you old skin-fiint I have
Jesus Christ and He's going to stand
by me through all eternity.
Wherein does Jesus Christ fail tc
come up to your standard and the
highest conception Of the greatest
Godlike spirit? Show me one flaw ir
His character / challenge any infide
on earth to make good his claims that
Christ was an ordinary man. The name
of Jesus Christ, the son Of God, is
greater than any. 1t is the name that
unhorsed Saul Of Tarsus, and it Is
holding 4O0,000,000 Of people by its
majestic spell and enduring power.
IF you can't understand what this
means just take a walk out into some
cemetery some day and look at the
tombstones. You'll find that the name
Of the man who had political drag q
years ago is absolutely forgotten" con-
tinued the challenge.
do you fellows know what sacrifice
means?" suddenly asked the speaker
Some Of your fathers are making sac
rifices and wearing old clothes just tc
keep you here in school. He wants you
to have an education because he cant
even handle the multiplication table.
IF Jesus Christ should enter this
gymnasium we would all fall to oul
knees. We have that much reverence
in our hearts for Him. l would rur
down and meet Him. and would tel
Him how much I love Him and that
am willing to go wherever He woult
have me co.
The Lost Pearl.
In closing, the evangelist told thu
story of a man who recklessly tossed &
valuable pearl high into the air, reach
ing over the side Of a ship to catch il
as it fell. Time and again he was sue
cessful, but finally the ship swerved t
one side and the gem disappeared be-
meath the waves.
Boys, that man lost everything JUS
to gain the plaudits of the crowd. Are
you doing the same thing?
That is the condition of thousand:
of people beneath the Stars and Stripe:
today-losing everything just to heal
the clamor of the people, and get
little pat on the back for doing some
thing the mob likes"
Mr. Sunday suddenly abandoned the
dramatic attitude, and lowered hi:
voice. There was an instantaneous
bowling of heads, although he had Civ
en- no suggestion Of prayer 1t seem
ed proper at that time, and one Of the
evangelist's heart to heart talks witt
Christ, asking a blessing on the Chris
tan workers of the university, and ar
earnest effort, on the part Of every stu.
dent, to live a Christian life, accompa'
MED the great audienc as it filed from
the gymnasium.
There were no more yells; instead, :
sentiment Of conviction seemed to pre-
vail, and the comparative quietude o
the men showed how deeply in theil
minds the evangelist had planted thu
seed of his gospel.
"REAL MANHOOD" PLEA IN AF
TERNooN SERMON.
The evangelist's afternoon was of al
entirely different type. 1t was no
lacking in it's spiritual value, but wa!
directed more especially toward yount
men, to whom Mr.. Sunday appealed fo
real manhood" He had intended talk
ing on another subject, but changed
his mind as he came upon the platform
and saw the sea of upturned face!
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