The Detroit times., 1916-09-16
SUNDAY RAPS
CHURCH FOLK WHO
WRAP UP RELIGION
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unable 10 make the speech In Dc
troit Mt present Mr. Howard will
be In Detroit Sunday TO attend the
Methodist conference end he will
address that body on Sunday night.
{, A. Windle. OF Chicago, an ora
tor who speaks for the brewery in.
terests. will deliver lecture on
"The Sunday Menace" In the ar
mory Sunday night Agents for MIR.
Windle have challenged billy Sun
day TO a debate. II was the plan
Of admirers Of Mr.. Sunday to have
Mr.. Howard reply 10 Mr. W.ndle's
armory speech. but this viii have To
be postponed until later. as Mr..
Howard's engagement will take him
from Detroit early Monday.
II was proposed TO have Mr. How.
ard make his address in the Sun
day tabernacle. as that is the larg-
est building in the city and there
are no regular revival meetings In
the tabernacle on Monday. but the
meeting was not To be under the
auspices Of the Sunday organization,
as Billy absolutely refuses 10 enter
tain such challenges. The Little
Giant" viii return &c Detroit later
10 answer M. Windle IL the latter's
remark are deemed WORTHY of an
swering.
= Billy Sundays afternoon sermon
IL Saturday was on TIE subject
Compassion. He said ne selected
that subject because ne heard min.
lister say when a family Of six
Joined lis church that they added
nbers but not wealth AMI social
distinction TO his church
Ministers make mo sick trying
10 get rich ducks into the church
and passing up the ordinary crowd"
he said. Some people seem 10
think that after Jesus Christ left the
world b. made up/his mind not to
have anything more to do with II.
Jesus lives today and can help YOU
just the same AS though hc walked
the streets Of Detroit God doesn't
look at any mans pOCketbouk. The
trouble IS that most people have
little bit - religion and wrap IL Yp
IN a package 10 keep for SUNDAY.
while they attend card parties and
guzzle beer or wine during the
week
G \. Talbot, vice-prcsident OF the
National Bank of Commerce. WHO
has charge OF the sunday ,ollcc
lions. got part OF the money thus
far received counted on Saturday.
He announced that the TWO largest
collections for the week we're those
of last sunday and last THURSDAY.
The SUNDAY collection. when there
were three meetings. totaled
st.4S5.22, and that for Thursday,
when the sermon on THE Home"
vas delivered. reached S1.t53.O6
Talks TO Students.
Never before in the history OF
Detroit has thore been such re.
l.gious meeting rs that in the sun
day tabernacle Friday Night, The
vast building shook from its foun
dalton TO its raftcrs with shouts
and cheers that could be heard for
blocks and the deafcnirg din was
kept up from the time The service
opened until Billy Sunday waved
his handkerchief TO tho enormous
crowd and cried good right"
More than 1000 school boys AMI
girls were present as invited guests
OF the evangelist, and they occu.
pied a block OF seats directly in
front OF the platform They brought
their banners and their voices and
class and school yells began TO
Iuncture tho silence OF the large
tabernacle "a soon as the first dele.
cation arrived. and from that time
on the youthful voices we're raised
in noisy demonstration AT every op.
portunity.
And OF these 1000 students Billy
Sunday made 1000 friends. At the
close OF his sermon. which was
preached especially tor the school
pupils, every one OF the students
pressed forward 10 shake hands
with the rcviyalist
SO great was his exertion and so
athletic his sermon that at IT, con.
olusion the preacher dropped Imply
into seat ana closed his eyes. III
appeared TO be on the verge OF col
lapse. MA" Sunday called TO him
and drew his attention 90 lad who
stood before the platform waiting
20 shake the preacher by the hand.
With a smile Billy lesped TO his
feet. rushed To the front OF the plat
form and STOPPING over. grasped the
outstrctched hand OF the boy Then
the entire school delegation stormed
the platform With the enthusiasm
OF a class rush they came, and
Billy. using both hands at once, and
working his famous smile all the
time. devoted nearly halfhour to
the noisy, impromrtu reception.
Pupils Give Wells.
Before the sermon Homer Rode
HEAVIER, the musical director. spoke
TO the pupils and encouraged them
10 give their school yoils Calling
upon them BY schools he invited
them TO arise ana announce them.
selves There was no hesitancy
School after school stood and
shouted their yells at the top OF
their voices. Finally he asked for