The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1915-02-27

So 10 man. His re-
marks merely apper-
tanned TO ''Enly's' preaching of the Gospel
,"Elily" Sunday catches the public eye
and ear By the novelty Of his methods
Some 70 to hear him lambaste the preach.
ers. and To see them smile as though II
were good joke when he tells them thai
their preaching has made the churches
cold storage places with little storage
or likens them to the Scribcs I'harisecs
hypocrites, of old. or tells them that they
arc leading their congregations straight
down to Hell
Others go to hear "BilIy" Sunday be-
cause II Is the fad Business men. and
railway managers realize that thousands
will come to town as to a circus They
bring pressure 10 bear upon the poor
preachers; for BILLY wisely insists tina;
he will not come and save the citizens
from Hell IL there is competition. in the
business-iBsists that the churches close
Under the pressure the preachers cannot
help Themselves and SO make the best Of
II. hoping that people will not take Billy
seiicu-iy as respects their hypocrisy. ETC..
and assured that he Will divide the spo.ls
evenly amongst the churches-not the
financial spoils, but the souls for ''cold
storage or 60 be let down 10 He'll
Others attend to see "Billy's'' acrobatic
feats Jumping upon a table or smashing
a chair: others because invited to be of
the lar.e choir; others to say that they
have lreard "i5ily' sunday
Amongst "Bilys'' virtues wo should
not forget the fearless waS in which he
attacks social customs and sins. the fear
less way IN which he tells preachers what
he really THINKS of them and what the
masses think. and the above board man
ncr In which he bargains the result Of
his Efforts for cod cash.
To the extent that BILLY Sunday seeks
to defend the Bible against Higher Crit
les. TO tsie extent that he really shows up
the &c .dAess Journalism. hypocrisy. Of the
Iaod:cean Church (Revelation 3:14-l7,. en-
courases righteousness OF Life and dis
coura ges drunkenness and Iewdness. we
surely wish him Godspeed
Some Of Billy Sundays Faults.
The Pastor said that IL the reports that
''Eilly'' prayed to God most irreverently.
and addressed the Redeemer as .Old
Pal" were true, then "Billy's'' influence
on the public would lead on in the d.
rection in which the world Is rapidly
moving-toward irreverence He hoped
that Billy would become more reverent.
and believes that this result would follow
OtStSi hfiONttO6t vi 1Ou ne tQult
scarcely reconcile with honesty "Billy's''
attempt to tie up the souls he saved, in
churches which he declared were cold
storage plants leading down to He'll
He was pleased TO note that "Billy's'
last sermon In each place was usually
on the Second Coming of Christ: and that
BILLY" apparently recognizes the present
and last sta;se OF the Church, typified in
Laod .cea. This caused him all. the more
to wonder why BILLY" would help people
into the Laodicean Church. which the
Bible styles Babylon. and declares that
God spues out of His mouth, Next SUM-
day the Pastor will discuss the Second
Coming of Christ from a somewhat diff
ferent angle from "Billy's."
The Pastor declared that his blood bolts
with righteous indignation to find "Billy's'
preaching practical endorsement of the
God-dishonoring theory that the great
mass of humanity will suffer eternal tor
ment because. born In SIM misshapen In
tniquity psalm 81 ~. they failed to live
sanity lives True. Billy does not ex-
plain Hell Like most preachers he prob
ably hides his true thought on this SUBJ
feet. while allowing people to think that
ne believes in a He'll of eternal torture.
Mr. Sunday and other preachers who
reslizs the fallacy Of this great doctrine
VI devils" q Timothy AID owe il to the
people who trust them. and make up their
to tell them the truth. More
than this. they owe 1t to God that this
foul stain upon His character be denounc-
cd. They owe II to themselves as men to
stand for the truth and to assist In open
ing the eyes of the poor. deluled world.
The Pastor hoped that Mr.. Sunday viii
vet realize that no one can long nlaintsin
a moral standard higher than that which
he attributes to God. The injustice and
of centuries Is largely attrib-
utable to false doctrines representing
God ns a demon who unjustly and unlov-
inCly created our race with the intention
that nine hundred and nincty-nine out of
every thousand would endure an eternity
Of torture. or this rs a Gospel the Pas
tor has been ashamed for forty-four years.
A better understanding of. the Bible has
led him since to preach
The Not Ashamed Gospel Of Christ.
The Pastor demonstrated from Scripture
that the real Gospel. Good Tidings Ut
greet JOY which shall be unto all people.
had been turned completely around to
mean bad tidings of great misery TO all
an elect handful: and thai
Satan had deliberately plotted this turn
ing OF Gods Word upside down. and mad
foisted the error upon both the Church and
the heather world. with n view to turn
ing all away from Cod and the Bible.
The speaker also called attention to the
grave responsibility resting upon preach
prs for perpetuatiou Of this slaDdcrous
against the Divine character
The Scriptures clearly teach. he declar-
ed. that man was created perfect. Dis
obedience brought the death penalty upon
the race-"Dying. thou shalt die" Tho