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

plus several thousands no STOOD Al
all the entrances after fully 10000
had been turued away 10 was the
greatest crowd that ever attended a
revival meeting IN Detroit, and Billy
sunday says one % The greatest
crowds no ever met IA his 20 years
rs an evangelist
There were 1900 faces In the
sea that one moment was as placid
IS the Mediterranean during a calm
and the next ss turbulent as the Pa
cifc when dashed 20 3 fury by a
gale. There were IS 300 eyes trained
on the speaker representatives. OF
az least 5000 Detroit homes. while
be hayed the home one moment and
glorlhed {, the next The sea ebbed
and lowed as Billy wanted II 10, as
surely a. the tide eebs and fows
IN following out its inevitable rule.
The Home" sermon Is said 10
be Billy's masterpiece. and Il was
applsuded as no other sermon he
has rendered here has been. In II
The evangelist has blended humor
and psthos in happy proportions.
When hundreds O, hsndkerchiets
were being turtively brushed over
moist eyes. one OF hls witty sallies
would cause ar outburst OF laughter
and relieve the tension.
Il want YOU 20 90 with me tonight
70 the most sacred spot on earth
the home. began the preacher and
then he ven, on 20 picture the va
rious types o, home and the inhu-
erce % them Home. be cried. rs
either heaven or he'll II IS what
the parents make t.
Every hlRckleg gambler. every
drunken sol OF a boy. every frivo-
lous and flirting girl was once as
pure as the morning dew. II was
ap 20 the home 20 keep him so. but
the home failed The logical way
20 get rid OF drunkenness and sin
"a 20 put into hell the institution
that makes sin and drunkenness.
Ny sym pathies are with the drunk
ards and not the sinking whisky
gang that makes them. The next
wors, thing "a the dance and I'll
skin thar from hell 20 breakfast be.
fore | am through.
Our national life will never rise
above the home lie said Billy
and the home life will never rise
higher than The purity that is in a..
Much depends upon the father
and he mother in the home. have
no faith whatever in a woman who
talks OF heaven and makes a hell
% her home and that is what many
are doing say pity that home
when he youngsters want 70 leave
IL. The home should be made 40
attractive that the children should
no, want 10 seek their pleasures out
side % h. Let The children laugh
in the house. Shut the noise and
laughter on the outside and you are
barring heaven from your threshold.
Live your Christian life in your
home
There are many mothers who n
they had 20 90 10 heaven on the
testimony OF thAis hired girls would
never get there The capito. AZ
Washington Is not the real home OF
the naion-the real home OF the
nation is he palace or he dugou,
where Christian fathers and moth.
ers pray
When a father craWls under the
blankets AT night without KNOWING
where his son e. he Is a lost father
and be will need a four-sectior fre
ladder 10 get a look in A. heaven
while the parents should b. a.
ways vatchful and considera'a 81
their children they should not wait
on them TOO much nor expec' rhe
children 10 wait upon them 100
much Some children need licking
At times. but not all the time Don
lick your kids. before company y
causes them to lose their self.re.
spect Wait until the company goes
then take them out TO ne wood
shed and dust them on both hem.
spheres II they need H.
we have taken The righf away
from the school teachers 70 lick the
kids and Ne don't lick 'hen A.
49, -rLr-o 80. .lr,og 49, a.. t.tl
ought 20 BE ucked by his teacher
When VAS a kid ! had 20 Hear
! four pair % pants when went 20
school We should give the teach
ers more power and more pay I's
a shame he salaries we pay hem
4 shoe.shiner makes more than a
teacher We pay more for polish
ing shoes than for polishing brains
would like 20 be a member % a
school board so I could vote n
raise me pay OF the teacher
sometimes think also should IKE
10 run FOR president on he Prohibit
ton ticket VIII you vote for met
1,'s The mother than can make
The home. r. Washington mother
had been a Happy Hooligan sort nj
a woman, George would have beer
A Happy Hooligan vith I'm car
on HE head
Perhaps the most dramatic Incl
dent ~ The series OF meetings n
date came AZ the close % the ser
vice. and 81 disclosed Billy Sundal
IN a new FORM % ora'ory--the cute