The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-09-15

80 by In Washington. congress
men, senator's judges OF the SUI
preme court and even the president
himself stood with uncovered heads
as the body was borne along Penn
sylvanis-ave
Who was this man. DID ne win
great naval victory No pa
he defeat the enemy on the land:
No Did he build city No. Was
he q great painter. a sculptor, an art
list. a capitalist. a statesman No.
He wrote a little song that the mil
lionsire and the oeggar sing alike.
II ripples from the lips OF the prince
a. we'll as the pauper. II is known
In every home IN every civilized
land on earth and every child learns
II before he can properly speak the
words. The song is"
Then In suodued voices the huge
choir softly began Home. Sweet
Home"
While the attendance A. the afr
ernoon meetings has averaged about
5000, this figure is not satisfactory
10 the members OF the Sunday party
and they urge a greater attendance,
Homer Rodeheaver. the choir
leader, announced Thursday after.
noon that he thought the smaller AFT.
ernoon attendance Was due TO
belle, that Il was only little Bible
reading affair and not regular
meeting He declared that the aft
ernoon sermon was quite as good az
the evening sermon and often bet.
ter
Trall Hitting Starts Monday.
In his Thursday afternoon sermon
Billy Sunday made an appeal for
more earnest personal work and
said Il would Ne grea, help 20 the
campaign which is getting toward
the point now when the Invitation
will be extended TO hit the sawdust
trail" II il the present intention
20 start that phase OF the campaign
next Monday After Sunday all The
meetings vii be of special ~
ture and from that time on men
only will be admitted 10 the Sunday
afternoon meetings and possibly
only men will be admitted 20 the
meetings on Sunday evening
Speaking ~ the necessity FOR per
soual work Billy Sunday declared
that the spiritual batting average
was small because OF tho lack ot
team work and also that the church
workers did not employ the sacrifice
hit as the ball player does. He De
clared that more team work was
needed 10 set people 20 SEQ TIA;
religion offered square deal 10
everybody There are certain rules
10 follow be declared, and that in
life one always got just about VIVA,
was coming 10 him.
The pen,tenfiary is a square deal
for the criminal the electric chair
or the sallows FOR The slayer hell
for The man who reviles God. and
heaven for tho godly" he said
Gods law Is Just like the law OF
the land and must be obeyed Those
who do not obey the laws are Az.
archists md there is no place -,
anarchy on this side % 'be Atlantic
excep, south OF the Rio Grande I'm
he church however. there are too
many law and rules 40 that r..
ligion il being choked 10 death by
ritualism and Journalism
You're Playing a, Religion"
Then roo ye play roo much a.
religion instead ~ vu-stuQ A. IT,
have never been III c'g whore
they play with religion II. YOU arr
here IN Detroit when The churches
wake Ip and work AZ religion ~
stead % PLAYING ~ f. he dirty rot.
ten liquor business vii crawl back
into the hole that leads 20 he'll. and
II can push them faster will do
IT,"
Friday nights sermon Ia 20 be
especially for young men and young
women and ~ Is expected hat from
5000 70 10000 school boys and girls
will be in the tabernacle The sub
Jet OF the sermon will be Forces
that win The boys are invited 20
bring their class banners, their yeils
and any noise making devise they
feel like
Beginning next week, when the
sinners begin 70 stream up the tan
bark 'rail"-there lie no ssvdust in
the Sunday tabernscle-the work
outside OF the tabernacle meetings
will begin IN earnest Until now
only preliminaries have been at
tended 10 and he hundreds Of men
and women vito are 10 carry on
he outside work have oeen coached
and trained in their duties.
Campaign starts In Earnest.
There will be hundreds OF shop
meetings and these will create In.
/ teres' IN the tabernacle meetings,
( II is expected The prayer meet.
I ings In The homes IN every neishbor.
Y hood in he city will be continued
I Bible classes will have almost daily
! meetings and all 81 The various com.
/ mittees will get busy from now on.
A special collection was taken al
. tho Thursday night meeting and
every effort was made 70 have n
. break All records for single night =
. Offering Billy Sunday announced