The Washington times., 1915-01-25
Billy Sunday Thunders
Condemnation of "Rum''

count was made known today It. was
announced that Billy Sundays record
yesterday was 1,443 trail hitters.'
II tell you. gentlemen OF Philadelphia.
Pennsylvania a blot on the map when
It comes to the whisky proposition"
BUY Sunday. when he said It yes
srss tsrdsy ,nsu iunE e. all The The strength Of his
eneer sS sSndsy % k ~aSsd r,idy rnsI' fcr Se' 81.
tence. Sixty seconds later he had 1t.
-! tell you. Pennsylvania Is the worst
whisky dominated state In the Union!"
1t died away Sunday continued:
the reason why you haven't got
laws to prohibit the liquor trafY1c in
Pennsyivania. like you've got laws to
ton. Is because you We got lot OF pol
lticians who are Just pawns on the
chessboard OF that filthy liquor gang. .
Once more a cheer!
Promise Much More.
Hold on!' Sunday thundered. Then
he let them laugh. I'm after that old
bunch. all right. I didn't mean to fly
of the tangent on this liquor business
today. Como around next Sunday. and
Ill really talk about it,
When. at night. Sunday shouted his
defiance OF Tho bull-necked thugs Of
the whisky ring" he got the most
spectacular ovation he has received
In Philadelphia. throughout the house
men leaped to their feet. stood ,up on
the pine benches. cheered and shouted
and hurled their hats into the air. The
demonstration lasted several minutes.
Sunday,s most spectacular sermon.
Devils Boomerangs," or Hot Cakes
or the Qridle.". won him bas converts
M a' Win va sSs % sis tss his..rs sss
who responded to his call at tho close
OF his mornings sermon, THY King
dom Come" the total for the day
reached 1.443.
Set New Record.
That figure 10 now record for any
one day in this campaign. The scenes
, on the sawdust trail. after all the
Hot Cakes OFF the Griddle" had been
served up. and when the Devils
Boomerangs' had ceased falling about
the tabernacle. were scenes to be re-
membered.
Likewise. the evangelist outdid him.
self In denouncing the liquor traffic.
In every town where I preach" he
ing to perdition. 50 that i can't pass a
saloon today without saying, "Damn
YOU. with all the strength God givei
me-" His voice grated loud and harsh
| oh; ! tell you: the open saloon 10 the
abode Of the dirt and .foulness Of oul
national life. tho nest Of anarchy where
| hell matches It's brood. the spawnins
place Of all the NTH -reeking offscour
ings OF humanity. After nineteen cen
turies Of wine wrecks and beer wrecks
der your feet. down to hell. where 1
belongs?" He ground his heels into tn,
carpet Of his platform.
| "1s 1t sany wonder that I endure you
/ ~ ~A~ lnO nd ln -
ISLANDERS and lies. and let my life b.
threatened. in order to show myself II
incorporating opposition to the liQuo
traffic? Oh. II all preachers woul,
come out against these damnable. Nth:
thing" He smote the pulpit with tn
nat Of his hand.
Determined To Fight.
Il don't know that you've ever hat
damnable, black-hearted cusses the wa,
1 do, but Ill preach against then
though all the political gangs of pan
hell and back. I've gone through bloc,
and thunder for Jesus Christ, and II
30 through more Of 1t.
"Methodists?' he taunted. you tall
dren are asleep ss5 days in the year
Presbyterians? Talk about the perse
verance of the saints. and the saint
don't find anything to persevere about
Baptists? Talk about baptism by i'm
lnersion in water. and half the gam
never get a drop Of IT,
He crouched. and jerked his arm VI
and down. And all the time you ri
giving licenses to saloons, he sneered
why don't you give a man a licens
to murder? Why don't YOU give him
license to steal the chastity of women
For so much dirty liquor money you giy
them a license to send them home stink
ing to their wives. don't you? You Civ
them licenses to blot boys future
don't you?
you, there isn't a law on the statut
books that won't prohibit, II you've 60
honest officials to enforce it,