The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-05-20

COlIegians Formed Large Part
of the 373 Who Hit Trail
at Kansas City.
HOT SHOT FOR THE SCOFFERS
Evangelist Talked in Magnetic Way of
Gods Power Over EVil-Secret of
Failure.

It was college night at the taber-
nacle the other night and when Billy
Sunday stepped to the edge of the plat
form, at the close of his sermon, and
said, Come and accept Jesus Christ"
the thrOng that started down the saw
dust trail was composed largely of
college men and college boys. The
total of trail hitters was 373 and the
grand total for the campaign so far
is 1856
The schools and colleges of Kansas
City and the vicinity organized two
regiments of volunteers and delivered
flank attack on the forces of General
Satan by storming the Tabernacle 22O0
strong. From the 4 yell, you yell, all
yell, for JEWELL of the delegation from
the Liberty institution, TO the Rock
Chalk, Jay Hawk, K. u" of the Uni
versity of Kansas school of medicine
students, there were warlike cries in
plenty.
"The Power of God"
Sunday talked on 1.-The Power of
God" and he preached in a wonderfully
magnetic way to the students on God S
power and the necessity of Gods power
if one would win in the battles with
the world.
The evangelist assailed those that
sheer at the gospel and said that the
gospel has been sneered at as all great
discoveries and inventions in the world
have been sneered at. He used his
SMILES with wonderful effect. Men
have Knocked and sneered at the great
est discoveries of the world" Sunday
said, so it is not surprising that they
should also mock and sheer at the Cos
pei Of Jesus Christ
The discoverer i Of the power of
steam, of electricity; the men who
made the locomotive possible, the tele-
phone possible, the telegraph possible
and the airbrake possible, were all
sneered at, according to Sunday. They
were regarded as Iunatics during the
development of their work, he said,
yet they proved that power will not be
denied
when Westinghouse went to Van
derbilt, the owner of the New York
Central" Sunday said, and told that
multi-millionaire that he had an in
vention that would stop trains by the
to him: Get out Of my office, you
damned fool"
There is something in the gospel of
Jesus Christ There is saving grace in
that gospel and if you are in doubt
about it ask the man who has tried it
The only way you are going to find out
anything in this world is to ask the
man who has tried it"
On two occasions Sunday entered
into bitter attack on the liquor ele
ments. He used all his Old-time adjec
tives in describing the saloon keepers
and the brewery owners and his GROVE
cheered him. He denounced evolution
as bastard theory" popycock anC
nonsense.
The Afternoon Sermon.
Mr.. Sundays subject in the after
noon was 1.-The Secret of Failure.
Text: jeremiah 5:25. He said:
Your iniquities have turned ava!
these things, and your sins have with
holden good things from you.
God said I want you to do this, bu
you wanted to sin and not do right. Il
this verse jeremiah is giving an eX
PLANTATION of the things of his day. HI
came as a prophet of God to the peopl
of God. God had promised them man!
things, but they did not obey Him AM
did not get the benefits of the prom
Use. When God enters into a covenan
He promises sustenance, peace, joy
prosperity, victory. honor. Such ar
a few of the numberless promises Civ
en- to the Jews. But they were re
jected by the people and they did no
gain the benefits. The same is tru
today.
Gods Promises Numberless.
Gods promises to the man who az
cepts are numberless. Any man, III
less he is a fool would rather hav
Gods love than Gods curse. Any mar
unless he is a fool, would rather b
saved than lost. Any man, unless h
is a fool, would rather go to heave
than go to hell. But they were nc
possessed of these things, and there
fore the blessings were a failure
peace turned to war, Joy turned
gloom, prosperity to need, victory
loss and honor to dishonor. All wer
failures, Why? Did God make prom
ises, knowing He could not fulfil