Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-08-21
SAN FRANCISCO
SUPPORTS BILLY
|. SUNDAY LOYALTY
Ministers and People Praise
His Work and Some Declare
Or. Aked Is Preiudiced

Or. Aked Is Prejudiced
Rcy. William Sunday, the famous
evangelist, is now in San Francisco.
and, according to newspaper reports.
he Is receiving royal welcome from
the residents Of that city.
Mr.. Sunday expects to visit Homo
lulu in 1916. In fact, he has prac-
ticaIly assured the Inter Church Fed
GRAFTON Of this city that he will come.
And the people are prepared for his
coming, as $4,000 has been guaran-
teed to make up any deficiencies which
might occur in the expense account.
Reports from the mainland are that
the residents Of San Francisco and
Oakland, Cal, are staunchly support
| ing Mr.. Sunday in spite Of the denun-
citation Of his methods made by Or.
Charles f. Aked. On this particular
point the San Francisco Chronicle Of
August 9 comments as follows:
-Three interesting events yesterday
marked the progress Of the controper-
sy between DR.. Charles F. Aked and
the clergy Of San Francisco copcerning
/ the merits and dement's of Billy Sum
days evangelism, They were:
Nine pastors in this city and one
| in Oakland defended Billy Sunday
in their puIpits.
-Rev. Paul Smith, pastor Of Central
Methodist Episcopal church, challenged
Dr.. Aked to debate the question with
| him this evening at the Tabernacle
DR.. Aked is about to start for the Yo-
semitic this afternoon, and was COM
PEELED to decline. Rev. Mr.. Smith
win speak at the Tabernacle this eve
ming on Billy Sundays Christ, His
God. His Heaven and His He'll.
REV. Paul Smith. the young clergy
man who has hurled defiance at his
| friend, DR.. Aked, devoted his entire
sermon last night to defense OF
BILLY Sunday, and, while he tried to
avoid personalities. the name Of the
noted pastor of the First Congrega-
tional church crept In and out Of his
whole discourse.
9 DR.. Aked, said he; has seen ut,
in studied words to make pufper-
izing attack on Billy. Sunday and
his sponsors In San Francisco. which.
If It met the national approval, which
DR.. Aked invites, would eliminate
billy Sunday entirely / do not think
that either Sunday or his sponsors
Estand III real need OF defense from
/ any one.
| A crotesque caricature.
He has castigated Billy Sunday
With characteristic vigor and bril-
| Nance, but the Billy Sunday whom he
has castigated is grotesque carica-
ture OF the real Billy Sunday. and the
picture he has painted Of the great
evangelist Is picture which none OF
his friends could recognize. leave
you to judge Of the fairness and good
taste OF that
Ask the brewers, ask the keepers
lof infamous houses, ask the saloon
keepers, ask the corrupt politicians
what Sunday accomplishes. Ask the
enemies OF Righteousness everywhere
what voice in America they most fear
and the answer viii be Billy Sun
days. love him for the enemies
that he has made. love him for those
who have threatened his life. love
him because of the character Of the
men who wish him most harm.
.There was q variation to the ordi-
nary Endorsement of Billy Sunday
In the language used by Rev. Josiah
Sibley. pastor of Calvary Presbyteri.
an church in handling the topic last
evening. He said he was planning to
discuss present-day Sabbath problems.
until he noted recent indications OF
another Sunday being in critical EVIL
dences
az have personal regard for both
DR.. Aked and Mr.. Sunday he said.
and continued:
/" DR.. Aked has named two objec-s
lions to Mr.. Sundays coming here:
First, Sundays dogmatic intolerance
Of those who differ from him on theo-
logical questions; second. the unit
ness of his language.
Il think both points are well taken
to certain degree. i am myself
believer in a modern, scientific view
of the universe, and do not find 1t
at all contradictory with believing in
Jesus Christ end his message of re.
demption and of brotherhood. sin.
cerely regret Sundays attack on those
who differ from him on this question.
In regard to the point of unfitness
of Sundays language, as demonstrate
cd by the examples given by DR.. Aked,
think Mr.. Smith scored when he stat.
cd that you cannot Judge mans full
worth from a few newspaper clippings.
/ have myself read an announcement
in a newspaper of topic by DR.. Aked.
entitled, TIE Devil is an ASS.
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