The Prescott daily news., 1915-02-17
BILLY SUNDAY AND
 MODERN ADJUSTMENTS
Contributed.

Last thursday Billy Sunday preach ed Tn Philadelphia on amusements and
 the sermon was repeated twice and 1t IS said that 100000 people. the majority women heard or tried to hear him. The rush to get in was so great that 92 women tainted. The majority of the women were among the elite of the Quaker city and lis tened with rapt attention as the fla nous evangelist pounded the GUS toms Of the modern society people.
 Here are some excerpts from his ser mon taken from the North American.
 T have a message that burns in my soul and in my heart My words may be strong, and if they are you must remember that they are blood red with conviction With the cry of lost souls ringing in my ears, can not remain still, I must cry out. Four rtths of the modern plays are immor- al and lascivious. Booth and Gar
 rick, two of the greatest tragedians, would not permit their children to go
 to the theater. You take the leg shows off the stage and the theaters will go bankrupt. You SOW bridge, whist and auction pitch and five hun dred in the home and you reap crop of gamblers. You SOW the dance and the ball room and you reap a crop of brothels. You SOW saloons and you reap harvest of drunkards. If you We got any cards in your home you'd better throw them in the furnace when you get back there or else throw your bibles in the furnace. The two won't mix. 1 have just as much re- spect for the old gambler who will bet his last sou as for the women who will sit around in their homes and play cards for prizes. see one woman here who looks like she could bite 10 penny nail in two. Well, you're getting yours. I believe that cards and dancing are doing more to damn the spiritual life of the church than the grog shops. Though you cant accuse me of being a friend of that sinking, dirty, rotton, hell soak ed business. 1 believe more people backslide on account of the social side than the saloon. Many a boy is inveilgled into gambling room and listens to the roulette wheel, the faro bank and keno and listens to the rib aldry and the jest and the blasphemy, and he is reminded of home. What wonderful heritage to bequeath to a boy? To have him go into hell hole like that and have it remind him of home. He will go to the judg- ment of God, and God will damn you as sure as you live. Nine tenths of the gamblers are taught in their homes by their mothers. When 1 talk to you about card playing in your homes, l am trying to pound through your head that every pack of cards IS but another stepping stone to hell. The Chicago Civic Federation found out of 3200 gamblers nine-tenthS had learned in their homes. l tell you it takes woman with more than ordi- nary brass to stand up and defend these things. A man in Chicago in the Methodist Church was going around the country and visiting pri- sons and a woman came to him and said, you are going to Auburn peni- tentiary. will you give this to my son. She gave him a photograph with her name written on the bolton with the words, With love. Mother. When he reached the prison he saw the young man and handed him the picture and said, I saw your mother ,oI ,b n..l-aJ mo t0 bt-ir1u NQI thIS