The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-04-14
TraII-Hitters.

Total ............... 1888
Baltimore. He'll, region of terror
inestimable, an eternal home for the
sinners after they leave this earth, was
painted in realistic fashion by Rev
Billy Sunday in his sermon to $4,000
men Sunday.
What will be the end if you obey
not the gospels Of God" was the text
Sunday selected for the sermon, and
Sunday answered the text in the one
word, Hell"
II believe in hell and heaven: live
and try to avoid hell and get to
heaven; / die and go to heaven. You
believe death is an eternal sleep; you
say there is no hell. Ali right. You
die-and you find out was right.
Where do you head in them"
This was the way Sunday summed
up in the sermon his opinion of those
who refute the doctrine of eternal pun
lshment for the unrepentant sinner
Sundays defense of the doctrine Of
that region where Satan rules supreme
was an eloquent one. 1t was replete
with appropriate stories of famous
men and incidents of those who, in life,
boosted their disbelief in hell for the
sinner and who, at death, spent their
last hours in agony agony brought on
by visions of the suffering they would
undergo for eternity.
Billy also touched on the question of
whether or not hell was literally a
place Of fire. when God said fire, .
he declared, "He may have meant it
literally; He may have meant it as
typifying the greatest suffering that
man knows. In any case, He meant
it as a place of terror. And don't
want to go there to find out if God
meant fire literally. 1t doesn't make
any difference if there is really fire
there if you once get there; you're
going to suffer 1t doesn't make any
difference to me whether or not the
streets Of heaven are literally paved
with gold know heaven is grand
place and want to get there"
In the audience was delegation
of about 5000 knights of Pythians,
some Of them in uniform. When, at
the conclusion of his sermon, Sunday
issued his invitation for trail-hitters,
more than 100 of these, led by their
Aag-bearer, waving Old Glory. came
down the saw dust path.
2e4 Hit Trail.
Among the trail-hitters also was one
OF the most prominent insurance men
of Baltimore and several other we'll
known merchants and professional
men.
In all. 2e4 hit the TRAN at the night
service.
The greater part OF the audience last
night was composed of delegations
from various stores, factories, lodges
and churches. Many requests for an
appearance of the Sunday sextet came
from these delegations, and the
choristers finally answered the call.
KNOW thyself man." was the text
the evangelist selected for his after
noon sermon. And this text gave him
his best opportunity to show his con-
tempt. his disgust for those who are
called men by brevet"-those made
notorious by T. RS denunciation of
them as ''molIycoddles."
On the platform, about the streets
IN his home-wherever he goes, in fact
the most noticeable characteristic OF
Sunday is manliness. The bitterest
critics of the evangelist cannot ind
anything sham about his contempt for
| the male Of the "mollycoddle" type; II
Is one charge. at least. to which Sun
day has never been subjected by his
critics.
Therefore. Billy's attack on those
who are men by name and courtesy
only, was bound to be virile; bound
to have in it all OF the interest, the
instruction that Sunday could put
| there.
The sermon which Sunday delivered
to mixed audience Of about 10000
IN the tabernacle In the morning. was
one reDIete with typical Sunday cpl
gzama It was thought then that Sun
day mad reached his height in this re