Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-04-03
BREAKS TOP OF DESK
BY POUNDING WITH FIST
Visits White House With Ma Sun
day and Then Goes to Annapolis
to Address Midshipmen.

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popular and picturesquely pithy
phraseology. He preached his
sermon on "The Arrow" and
when he had finished, painting
and hoarse, the audience that
packed the church called for
More, More He told them he
must stop to keep an appointment
at the White House and so that
he could get to Annapolis to ad-
dress the midshipmen.
Then there were cries for MA" Sun
day. and she was escorted to the lectern
| by Bishops Earl Cranston and T. S.
| Henderson. In response to requests that
| she speak she said: Whatsoever He
says unto you do. thou do it"
| In his closing prayer Mr.. Sunday be-
| sought heaven that all the forty-two
| centimeters of hell may not make a
| dent in the battle line of Christianity
| In response the conference and guests
| prayed that God may inspire and bless
| his mission.
Visit the White House.
| Billy and Ma Sunday visited the
| White House at IL o'clock and shook
hands with the President. Mr.. Sunday
| chatted about his revival services in
! Trenton. n. j., where the President
| lived while governor They were
| luncheon guests of Mrs. Sundays niece,
| Mrs. Douglas Weart. at the Northum-
| berland- The party came to Washing
! ton in the private car of the president
i of the Washington. Baltimore and An
napolis railway. and left the station at
14th and New York avenue on the re-
turn trip for Annapolis at o'clock
II am always glad to answer the call
Of Methodism. said the evangelist;
my Ma is a Methodist"
Talking in allegorical style, his voice
harsh and strained from overexertion,
| he told the story of Ahab and Jehosa-
guage, stringing his descriptive no.
| menclature in denunciation of sim
| ners into long, periodic construction
| that left him completely winded.
He described two classes of people
| in the church-some who want to
know the will of God. SO that they can
| do it: others who are in the church for
] the loaves and fishes and care nothing
|
| ing. etc.
..If a minister tears off the mask Of
| their hypocrisy. if he even mentions
| hell fire and birthstone. these have
| nervous prostration," he said.
Breaks Desk With Fist.
ut is not good to have a synonym
for sin.'' was one of his aphorisms
The booze fighter is a sinner, no mat
ter what they want him called. They
| cannot save the thief by calling him a
| kleptomaniac, nor the adulterer by
speaking OF an affinity. In emphasiz-
ing how the worshippers Of today will
| cry Cruelty him. and howl against a
preacher who tells them plainly Of
their sins. Mr.. Sunday pounded so hard
| on the desk that he broke the top off.
He threw it to the platform at one side
| and continued his excoriation.
| 'Oh. you mutt" gin suzzlers," get
in the game, spindle legged dude
| '-tin horn, boot licking. sycophantic.
milk and cider. chalk and vinegar re-
! ligion'' and going to hell so fast they
are breaking the speed limit" were
! some of the expressive characterize
| Usually these epithets were so strung
out that even close listeners had diff
| ficulty to keep up with the rapid f1re
yernacular-
| ut isn't the truth lot of forenushers
| in your pews want today" he said.
What they want is some authoritative
person to tell them they'll be saved
no matter how they live. WHEN God
| has said that they'll be damned in hell
| IL they continue to live as they want to.
Can't Get Away From Truth.
| The people don't get mad because
the preacher talks plaintiffs because
they can no longer delude themselves
after they've had the truth. You can't
get away from the truth as Ahab tried
to by locking up Gods messenger.
| "If you are a transgressor Gods aveng-
+, ing angel is on your track and God s
avenging arrow is aimed at your heart"
| Again he admonished the preachers
| Jesus Christ intended the church should
be militant. You must fight as we'll as
preach and pray A man without tenn
per is a man w1t.ov. force. The prophets
| all carried big sticks. Strong men resist,
| weaklings compromise.
| II am asked il a man should go around
| with a chip on his shoulder. / mean he
should have the spirit to stake all. even
life. for what he knows to be right If
| we hadn't been willing to fight for right
| we'd have been singing God Save the
King instead of The Star Spaneled
Banner and Nearer. My God, to Thee.
Scores Sabbath Violators.
He paid his respects in common Ian
ruage to the "God-forsaken gang Of for
eign thugs are debauching the Lord 8
day and tearing down all our sacred
institutions" He said no spirit of
neutrality should be preserved in deal
ing with them-if they did not take
kindly to our zeal for a holy Sabbath,
they should be told to beat it back to
their own dunghill while the wind Is
with them.
Another Of his aphorisms was For
every daredevil there ought to be a
dare saint
He also told some things not worth
scrapping about:
THE crusaders were great" he said,
but they fought for an empty tomb.
| "It doesn't make any material difference
| whether a preacher wears a coat or a
black nightgown when he's preaching the
word OF God: nor whether he buttons his
collar in the back or front"
As an inspiration to preachers. he said
wesley took dry-as-dust philosophy ana
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