The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-09-27
Billy Sunday anes the Church Peope for Not Working Harder Save Detroit

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md Too that viii listen 20 you au.
thank you because YOU camu luDu
+ ict thc one go 10 he'll and try t0 go.
/ fHe 100 u a man lis so low down
and good cor nothing and God fa-
sakru UNat hc would treat you d..rt.
I specially 10 You would go aHG a.U
10 him about Jesus Christ. have ur
patience with him. You VIII huI
-oW- laii-b.tihed people Wst like
fto. bg' 'hcro arc not HDr. um,
+ They are in such ID sad minority that
thet are scarcely worthy NJ passing
attention But believe people viii
hr appointed II YOU don't talk 10
Them
There never has been a time IN
. thD history OF your city when the
hearts OF the people were SO awak-
Dnsd to the call uf religion The
church Of God wants 10 wake up
Tn willing 10 do an In my power.
bar y0U must 20 your share. You
mas' have eyes IN The back Of your
It.aG not 20 see that God is working
ON Detroit as He never has worked
/ before un Your memory
Mon DO care 20 talk about Jesus
/ thr.s' and about their souls NO
man cares for nay soul That's what's
/ m, 'rouble They are anxious and
/ waiting iOv some one 90 come
'il time or trouble. 60 10 a fellow
Who has lost bis property he has
( 'rfrd hard 20 make things go, but he
/ las gone 20 The wall and is up against
h. When ne was prosperous and
I successful, men would cross the
street 90 shake his hand and say
How DO YOU do?' Now he goes 20
the po7tuifiCe, gets a bundle OF let
. tegs and, like shy lock Of -oti,- rney
demand loo cents on the dollar He
goes home. reads the letters. throws
himself PROSTATE and cries No man
cares for my soul in time OF trouble.
Child softens Fathers Heart.
Ny friend, Professor Knox. who is
dead now, was telling me an incident
+ that happened in a town in Iowa
/ one winter a plague OF dlphtheria
+ was in the city; 63 children died in
less than three weeks, mostly ali
from The homes OF protesting
/ Christians At last the disease
reached the home OF a man who
edited an infdel paper His wife had
gone 20 premature grave, broken.
/ hearted lie had two children, a boy
| associated with his business and a
/ little girl. wears old, whom he idol
tz'-'t- ard who v'es stricken OF
/ course the home was quarantined
She kept asking and begging her
/ papa 10 send fol Doctor Knox Che
used 20 50 10 the Presbyterian church
/ 70 sunday school He had never al
/ lowed a preacher in his home, and he
/ cursed the little one when he asked
/ him But every day she asked for
/ Doctor Knox. and finally the father :
1 heart softcned and he sent for my
/ friend, who told me the incident.
He said that, as he walked up the
! steps ne met Doctor Butler, coming
! down. He said How Is Mabel? the
/ doctor said: She is very III: she
/ Viii never live until morning; she
may 1--we until midnight, but she will
! never see the sun rise again nv
/ fliend nerved himself and went in
! The little girls father met him with
/ q handshake. He walked to the bed
and Mabel looked up and smiled
| family. and he said, as he brushed
( the hair back, You sent for me
| well I've come; what do YOU want
me To do?' And she said she wanted
/ 10 talk about heaven. He said, Why,
/ that's a place where little girls 70
who love Jesus. and she smiled and
| said I'm going Her papa said
I NO, honey, you're not going to leave
me | know I'm a big, swearing
cursing, drinking man, but, honey,
/ you'll not leave papa couldn't
! live without YOU She smiled
and said, I'm going, papa |
see mama with Jesus and the angels.
! and I'm going 10 go My friend told