Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1914-04-17

scienceless. For the stars to reverse
themselves In their orbits would have
caused no greater surprise in Decatur
than for the Herald to bolt the machine
ticket Yet after the meetings the Her
aid did bolt, and declared itself in favor
OF the Democratic candidate for mayor,
nominated on a reform platform. The
influence OF that paper. conducted as It
is said one of the thoughtful men OF
Decatur, is worth 100000 to this town;
and Sunday did it"
In the same article occurs another
paragraph that refers to a paper in
the city of Columbus:
The Ohio State Journal was COM
PEELED to deny editorially that its first
page columns, which were given over ev-
cry morning to the meetings. as well as
the whole second page. had been pur-
chased by the Sunday organization. We
never received a cent 1t said, never ex-
pect to; would not take 1t IL 1t was Of
fered. Devoting SO much space to Billy
Sunday is business. pure and
simple. The people want to read he
says. In all our experience we never
knew of such universal desire to read
something as there Is to read Mr.. Sun
days sermons. Therefore we print them
Think of that from a leading newspaper
In a city OF nearly 200,0 600, with all its
thousand conflicting interests"
Mr.. Barton seems to lay particular
stress upon the Importance of news
papers when it comes to estimating
the work of a revivalist, as he Is at
some pains to quote a third instance
of the anne general type, reproducing
the following publishers notice which
appeared on the front page of the
McKeesport, Pa. Times" when the
Sunday campaign closed there in the
fall of 1912:
"From this date forward the Evening
Times will not accept the advertisement
of any distiller, brewer, or wholesale or
retail liquor dealer. This rule Is made a
part of the policy of the advertising de-
partment of this newspaper.
From this date forward the Evening
Times will not accept the advertisement
of any manufacturer or seller of RENEE
dies for diseases caused by vice, appli-
ances or preparations that are against
morality and good. public policy. of prac-
t~itioners who prey upon the credulity and
fear OF youth, or of compounds of the
make beer at home sort. A few adver-
tisements that come under these last
headings are now running in the Even
ing Times under contract, but such ar
engagements will be discontinued at the
earliest possible day.
at is the desire of the management Of
this newspaper that it shall be a force
for the betterment of its city and dis
trict, and no effort will be spared to
make and keep its columns so clean that
it may be read every day with entire
safety and real benefit by persons of all
ages and both sexes"
"McKeesport Times Company, BY Will
liam B. Kay. General Manager
So much for the secular press. In
conclusion, it is interesting to quote
from the we'll known Congregational
ist'' which because of the attitude of
certain ministers in that denomination
was popularity supposed to be opposed
to Mr.. Sunday. In an editorial of its
issue in April 1918, it said:
''who can help rejoicing when the IN
ertia and indifference of years gives way
to love for God and the service of 9TH
ers, when men who have lived long In
the underworld and have become be-
sotted and brutal are totally reconstruct
ed. Humanely speaking. Mr.. Sunday eff
fects such results in countless cases and,
humanely speaking, these changes would
not be likely to come about without him.
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c~reasing reliance upon cultural methods
we need also to preach and to stand for
a gospel that radically and often changes
the inner life. Many men and women in
middle life today are far beyond the
reach of cultural methods. They need
the sounding of a trumpet which will
awaken them from their sleep. 1t is sig
nif1cant that, as a rule, those who work
with Mr.. Sunday from the beginning to
the end of a campaign reach a point
where they are more inclined to appre-
citation han to criticism or condemna-
ton"
No effort is here made to cite un'
numbered concentrations from the
press of the cities in which Mr.. Sun
day has labored, for the purpose OF
establishing his standing al an evan
gelist. They would be open to crit
icism of possible bias. National mag
azines, edited with a view of giving
truth as nearly as they car by
securing authentic information for
thousands who have no opportunity
for f1rst-hand observation, have seen
fit to endorse this man in no unmeas
ured terms, and to verify for them
selves the statements of the daily
press in the various communities
where Mr.. Sunday has labored. Stu
dents of history will know the accom-
plishments of the great evangeHsts OF
all g and those who are not thus
informed will be content with the
statement from these persons as a u
thority, that never in the history Of
the Christian faith have more men
and women been moved to make an
expression Of their faith in the gospel
teachings, than have resulted from the
ministrations of this remarkable man.
These are the fruits of his labors as
he completes the cycle of a half CEN
fury of life. They are not sudden or
spasmodic expressions of opinion;
rather in some instances they seem
to have been grudgingly given, or
seem to indicate that the person
making them had first to be persuaded