The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-03-31

sion, and at the sectional meet
ings at night there were 40, max
ing a total Of S61. This brought
the grand total to 10,643
In the afternoon and evening
Mr.. Sunday delivered his much
talked-of sermon on Booze to
men only, and when he asked who
would pledge themselves to vote
for prohibition at tho next oppor-
tunity, his two audiences, Of $4,000
and 10000, respectively, arose as
one man
Baltimore. Men and youths OF Bal
timore and vicinity, with sprinlxling
Of outsiders, composing two audiences
that totaled membership of IS, 900 at
the Sunday tabernacle, arose to their
feet and pledged themselves to vote
for prohibition at their very first op-
portunity.
This action. was the most spec
tacular feature of the Sunday cam
paigE, which Sunday reached its half
way point
ton was the preaching by the revival
list Of his most noted and strongest
sermon, Booze: or. Get On the Water
Wagon sermon that swept its
hearers from their feet, caused them
to shout and clap. TO sit in GREATNESS
silence, to go into rhapsodies Of ap-
proval, and to hit the sawdust trail
as they had in no other day Of the
campaign.
Does His Hardest Work.
Neyer had Mr.. Sunday worked so
hard or preached so long. The de-
livery of the sermon afternoon and
evening consumed total of more than
three hours, and the revivalist man
aged TO make every minute Of that
time fairly Jingle. He preached until
his voice was husky; until his col
larless shirt was soaked with Derspira-
ton; until his coat itself was moist
through, until his face was drawn
with an almost overpowering weari-
ness, his hair disheveled, HIS gestures
forced TO the point Of painfulness.
!. But never moment did he let his
enthusiasm lag, never moment did
he lack compelling punch" His
reward was the admiration OF thou
sands and a days total OF 79O trail
hitters. These, with persons who had
hit the trail at outside meetings, con-
Quoted by other members of the Sun
day party, including % garnered at a
meeting for women only, held at
Brantly baptist Church by Ma Sun
day, brought the total to 861.
Sundays Booze sermon came fully
up to the expectation of most of those
who heard it. 1t bristled with statistics.
1t was electric with startling asser-
tons as to the damage wrought by the
liquor traffic, It was an arrangement
and trial OF strong drink. and the SEN
tence in the words of the evangelist,
was eternal dannation in he'll"
HurIs His Anathema.
ANY man In the church not against
the traffic damn him." he anathe-
matted: ''if he is preacher, damn
him; If he is a priest, damn him."
He paused to let this sink in, then,
when the applause had stopped, asked
his hearers to walk down the streets
of Baltimore and see the palatial
homes of your brewers and distillers,
! then see the novels in which the men
who drink their stun live-and II you
would see more. then go to the peni-
tentiary." That brought another
burst of applause.
'The man who votes for the saloon, -
he continued, votes to help the devil
drag his boy 20 a drunkard's grave.
The person who does not believe In
hell has never been in a drunkard's
home"
Tears OH His Collar
He interpolated some statistics
anent the tremendous amount of
money spent annually for strong drink,
| paused to tear or HIS collar and neck
tie, took fresh hold on his pulpit and
plunged In with renewed energy.
'Tll try to help some Of you devils, >
he cried. ~but IN frank to tell you
have no sympathy for you while I'm
on the job. You're so low down, you
men who let money stand as an ex-
cuse for the liquor traffic against the
J untold human misery 1t produces. that
the devil himself Is Disguised with
you
/ Again he went back to his statistics
declared that money spent for drink