The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1912-1984, 1914-06-02
Rev. Sundays Great Work

Billy Sunday, the famous ex-base
bali player evangelist preached to an
immense throng at Lexington Monday
afternoon after delivering the Com'
mencement address to the n. W. I.
graduates at Winchester. He has just
concluded very successful and sen
sational revival at Huntington. W Va.
\. dispatch from there says that con
spieuous among the old mOuntaincers
who hit the trail was an old, gri1zlcd,
bearded man. whose name was ON every
lip Of die state, whose deeds were toli
the mountain log houses, whose name
was used to brighten young children
Ans Hatfield, the one-time leader OF
the Hatfield Mccoy feud. He is an
uncle OF the present governor OF that
state He will go back to his noun
tain home to again become leader.
this time under the banner OF the cross.
The mountaineers. young and old.
came 10 the meetings on horseback, in
every kind OF vehicle, and many walk.
His sermon on "Amusements" was
preached to a crowd that filled the tab
crnacle to Overlooking long before the
opening hour OF the services.
The theater. saloon and the dance
we're 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; IT you keep Bible
throw The cards in the alley" he declar-
ed.
'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
sion-producing dances that wriggled
out OF the pit OF hell, with all the
fire within me.
Il 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"
A woman in silks and Jewels came
to the evangelist in tears and asked
him to save her dissolute husband.
She was told pray for an hour on the
Sabbath. The husband is among the
converts.
Sundays famous sermon on David
and Goliath is in part as follows: All
of the sons of Jesse except David went
off to war. They left David at home
because he was only a kid. After a
while David's ma got worried. She
wondered what had become of his
brothers, because they hadn't telephon-
ed 10 her or sent word So she said to
David. Dave, you go down there and
see whether they are all right
So David hikes off to where the
war is. and the first morning he was
there out comes this big Goliath, a big.
strapping fellow about IL feet tall, who
commenced to shoot off his mouth as
to what he was going to do.
Who's that big stiff putting up
that game talk asked David of his
brothers.
"'Oh he's the whole works; he's the
head cheese OF the Philistines. He aoes
that little stunt every day
Say said David, you guys make
me sick. Why don't some of you go
out and soak. that guy? You let him
get away with that stuff Tie decided
to go out and tell Goliath where TO
head in.
so Saul said You'd better take my
armor and sword David put them on,
but he felt like fellow with hand
me down suit about four times too big
for him so he took them off and with
nothing but his sling and rock, put
the giant Goliath down to the count.
David drew his sword and chopped off
mis- block, and the rest of the gang bea,
IN