The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1915-11-16
DYNAMO
Of Human.Energy Is EvangeI-
iSt Swift
(Contributed.)

(Contributed.)
Not since the days of Milford Lyon
when Mt. Vernon had a real awaken
ing has there appeared a man Of the
calibre of Evangelist Swift. He told
his audience Sunday morning that
there was one thing he didn't want
them to forget. That was that his
name was "Swift." and that he tried
to live up to 1t. "a Yankee evangel-
ist," he termed himslef in quaint
introduction to his audience Born
a Yankee, lived a Yankee, and when
1t was all over he would be a dead
Yankee" characterized the query as
to whether you we're not curious to
know who he was.
After he had told that he was Al
years old, weighed 1876 pounds, was
II inches tall, and that his main pos
session was fine wife, you almost
felt as though you had known him
for years. Mr.. Swift, however, is
even more Of giant Intellectually
than physically and is blessed with
humor and enthusiasm which Is
contagious. It Is hard to understand
the success of "Billy" Sunday until
you have seen and heard the man,
then even his enemies succumb.
Evangelist Swift could best be de.
scribed as a pocket edition of Billy
Sunday with the slang left out. Like
his famous contemporary, however,
you must come under the fire of his
personal magnetism to appreciate
him. Then 1t Is his good humor at
times almost flippancy are preparing
the way that the brilliant shafts of
truth which follow may merely sink
the deeper.
AS an instance of the tremendous
energy of the man 1t need only be
cited the feat of taking hold at ten
o'clock Sunday morning, holding an
enthusiastic morning service, enlist
ing another congregation in the work,
and organizing and drilling a large
Sunshine Chorus of children's
voices which In remarkable manner
sang It's way into the hearts OF
large evening audience
Eyangelistic singing is to be big
feature of all DR.. Swift's meetings In
the city. He says he simply can't do
anything with a people who won't
sing. He has to get their mouths
open before he can get anything
dowp
In vital morning sermon DIR.
Swift vividly portrayed the strug-
Cling mass OF humanity hurrying here
and there about everything under the
sun except the one thing that would
be of moment at the last day of life.
In the evening, taking Belshaz2ar
aud the handwriting on the wall as a
horrible example. he declared every
man his own fortune teller, who feels
his own damnation and with it gets a
whil of birthstone and sulphur as he
picks his way through life in a myr-
| lad OF broken commandments, by
which he must finally be weighed.
In the end he showed most beautiful
J ly how the scales might be balanced
IL only the Saviour were with us.
Evangelist Swift's next meeting
will be Tuesday evening at 1880 at
the Presbyterian church when he will
preach on "Things You Have Never
Seen in Mt Vernon" The auditorium
| Is large and the invitation Is to every
person In the city. DR.. Swift has
proved that he will be a center of in
terest during the next two weeks.
Many people are placing his picture
in the windows OF their homes and
stores. In giving them out, he stated
that they were the very best burglar
insurance you could get. In city
which he visited recently there was
an epidemic of burglaries and not a
single store where his cards were
displayed was entered,