The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1916-03-10
VOL Lxl--NO 9
A Striking Climax.

otINlHH SIlnldk.
With n nourishlng sweep Of hIs
right arm. he rrnspod II Bible from his
pulpit stand, jumped from the floor Of
the pulpit to a chair and from the chair
to the top of the stand. and then. with
I'll" Bible held Nloft, and In n striking
and dramatic position. shouted:
give me- give mo for Gods sake,
the Bible and Jesus Christi"
Sundays hand, Erasping tight tho
Bible. was attn held alOft: one foot
was raised from the top Of the stand
as II to Civ" him greater height; his
eyes shono ~ they had not shone be.
fore during the local campaign, and no
looked happy happy There was sill
enc" for second. Then ono OF tho
greatest bursts Of appluua" that Sun.
day has received so far greeted him
sunday grlnnod and remained on tho
top of the stand
"Oh, men and women" tho evan.
gelISt thon cried the smile disappear.
Ing from his fncr. and his foaturos
expressing all the oarnrstncsa that his
words conveyed; "thiB IL your truost
friend. Don't be- fools. Take tho
Bible, take jesus Christi"
After the sermon Sunday got down
In the pit of his pulpit and grasped
tho hands of about 5000 of hls AUDI
enco who passed before him.
The great attendance was divided al
follows About $4,000 at the morning
session. $4,000 at tho afternoon and
$4,000 at night IN tho afternoon 5000
were turned away. and at the night
service about $1,000.
Attacking the creeds OF some MOD.
srn faiths which he called humbuga
he paid tribute to tho masters Of
modern magic and sleight.ofhand.
"Whon KollRr. Hermann and How
ard ThurstOn show you tricks, they
admit they're going to humbug you,"
he said. so ought these other fol-
lows. and not take your money under
false prctcnsoH"
Billy Sunday drew his record crowd
Tabernacle In the afternoon. a record
which he broke ut night Twenty-Five
thousand persons crowded In through
tho doors and there received from the
eccentric evangelist n denunciatiOn
such an the Rront majority Of than
had never before heard.
Praotlcod HIs Text.
Sunday used pleading. denunoiation
and invectlyo to get beneath the skins
Of hH hearers and bring home to them
the meaning OF his toxt-The People
Had II Mind to Work. His meth0dA
Of preaching Invariably bring psrspir-
alton. but ON this occasion they seemed
to bring II In n double degree.
Sunday had been speaking for only
few minutes when he decided to
throw his collar off. II don't care"
he told HIS audience. This thing
chOkeB me. You didn't come out here
anyhow to see me on dress parade,
You came to hear me preach. II you
didn't you shouldn't have come out al
ALL"
Some OF you fellows wear out 10
pairs OF holdbacks to one pair OF tugs..
he cried; you're rldln' on the brsechin'
all tho time instead OF taking tho BIT
for Jcsua ChriHtl"
work. work. Work." he cried time
and again, the p0rspiratlOn pouring
from him sprInkiing over those in the
press boxes on either side OF tho plat
form. tho drops punGtuating the notes
OF the scribcA
Got To Work.
At one point Sunday stopped fog
several seconds TO wips the porspirAr
ton from his fHCo. Ito looked at his
very wet handkerchief. and. IN II In
spir"d by It's condition. cried: You
cant expect mo 10 wear out my life
In the cause OF jesus Christ here in
Baltimore while you are loaing on
the Job. Get 10 work. For Gods sake
get to wurIh" no shouted to tho min
listers section, Tho trouble with your
churches Ii that they contain a whole
bunch OF frauds"
"Critlclse II you must" exclaimed the
Evangelist. but crlticlss by creation.
Sisters, II any Of you down there think
you eau preach II better sermon than
can. come up here and do 1t. III
gladly give you tho platform. That's
the wny to crltlclao- don't do It BY
complaint Any Of those weak kneed,
whllcliyerod Cads who arc always crit
lclsnR mo ara welcome to this plat