The Washington times., 1915-01-17

was. during 1S61-62. in Iowa A. q
recruiting officer. and raised many sol.
diers for different regiments in that
state. Among them was a man named
william Sunday. who enlisted In the
Twen'< %hird Iowa Infantry. Company
, T.. He was a most excellent Christian
man. one Of the best men in the regi-
mcnt.
AT Patterson, No.. he took the
measles, caught cold. and died. + was
present at his funeral. He was q man
ABOUT five feet ten inches high, had
very black whiskers. weighed lS5 or TO
rounds. He always carried a Testa-
ment IN his pocket. and prayed regu-
ahs I,y nsh. i and az. morning after reading
near him night after night when in
&mp singing some familiar sacrSl /
hymn. have wondered whether lie
Ssre not your father. Please write and
:. This man was Sundays father. And,
like most busy men. Sunday is not
given to "reminiscences. lie talks more
renaiiy reiS pt,1 on any other topic than him
MT, Straight, the baseball evangelist,
with tears glistening in his keen gray
eyes. told Times representative of his
sary days-days of struggle for the
bare necessities Of existence. days Sun
oay often refers to in his sermons
when he tells the story of his mother Q
struggle to keep straight" her three
sons and play both father and mother
to them, after his fathers death.
"Gad-About Mothers Worse"
God help the man whose memory of
MS mother cannot be the moving force
OF his after-lite," sunday said. II pour
hot shot at the bleary-eyed rum soak ked
noose lighters. not worthy to be called
5athers, but worse than such men.
neiieve. are the women. with sons, who
spend their time gaddlng about in So
cial trippery.
Il never saw my father. But mother
used TO tell US about him. -Four months
Sfter the time mentioned : by AIR.
Straight when my father died i came
into the world, and added to the bur-
den that would have broken less
Sourageous woman than mother.
o,sh she pa,c had % hard struggle to keep US
he1ited from her.
,sna SUNDAY glidsd quickly oyeEhis child
brothers went to the soldiers orphan
age at Glenwood. Iowa. In that Or
phanage and at the Davenport or
phanase he spent two years.
every chore that a farm boy falls heir
to. and that experience has helped me
nightly in my preaching he said.
This experience accounts for Sundays
his constant reference to things that
grow, and even today. instead of tray-
cling or spending his brief summer va
cations at some resort. he and his fam
Winora, Ind. and there Sunday may
be seen every. day. in overalls and a
broad brimmed straw hat. playing the
farmer with hoe and spade.
Finally Broke Away From Farm.
He broke away from the farm. and.
for time, worked on the railroad as
. fireman. He had always heen an
athletic youth. and played baseball
from the time he was able to swing
bat. He beSame q player on the am
ateur club at Marshalltown, Iowa, and
there q scout. for the Chicago White
Sox "discovered' him. and signed him
as 2 I'M, major Lacquer. +. 100, .u ,soo ,
played professional ball." he continued.
II went from Chicago to Pittsburgh.
and then to the Phillies. In 1891
hooked up as Christian, and quit the
same TO- fight the devil under life
But tell them about your start" in
terrupted Mrs. Sunday, who had been
an Interested listener to this narrative.
on; we mustn't leave Ma out Of
1875"
He left out the part about his start
in this sort Of work." said Mrs. Sun
day. taking up the story. He was
converted at the Garden Rescue Mis-
sion. Chicago. in the autumn of 1857.
He vas sitting on curbstone in Van
Buren street with group of baseball
players. Men and women who were
playing musical instruments and sing
ing attracted his attention. He listen
ed to their testimonials of what God
had done for them, then accepted an
invitation to go to the mission. The
other players baked at that, so he went
alone. Several times he went. and one
night, with Mrs Clark, wife of Col
enel Clark. who founded the mission. he
went to the front Of the hall and pro-
fessed Christ"
Sunday later became a member Of the
Jefferson Street Presbyterian Church,
in Chicago. and there he met Helen A.
Thompson. whom he married in Sep
tember 1855.
But the chapter in Sundays life Of
which Mrs. Sunday is most proud is