The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-12-04
SUNDAY BEGINS HIS
BATTLE AGAINST
BOSTON BOOZE
Says 100000 Campaign is Be-
Ing Organized Against Him
NEARLY $4,000 AT 3 MEETINGS
More Than Twenty Men Overcome by
Their Emotions and Carried from
Tabernacle Unconscious.

| Boston, Dec. Billy Sunday deliv-
! livered vigorous attack on the liquor
| interests of Boston at tonight's meet
| ing in the immense tabernacle, saying
that although they were organizing a
| 100000 campaign against him, he
would ask no quarter in the fight In
censed by the distribution OF pamph-
lets against him at a meeting in the
tabernacle last week and by the APP
pearance OF publications, prepared, ac
cording to Mr. Sunday, with the sole
| purpose of attacking him, the base
ball evengelist threw down the gaunt-
let to the liquor interests, declaring
the fight is on.
Three meetings were held in the
tabernacle today, with a total atten-
dance of more than $4,000 for the day.
The meetings this afternoon and even
ing were for men only and the athletic
reyivalist talked in plain terms of the
evils of the time. He held his hearers
as if by magic. More than 20 men
were overcome with emotion at the
afternoon and evening meetings and
had to be carried out in state of un-
consciousness.
Just 27S0 trail hitters were regis
tered as a result of the days work
Lack OF Vision" was the subject of
the morning service, when the re-
vivalist urged his audience to look
ahead and prepare for the hereafter
For the afternoon and evening meet
ings the subject was one of his best
known sermons. Hot cakes off the
griddle"
Mr.. Sunday in his sermon tonight
told of his conversion 2S years ago
in Chicago. The evangelist told how
he was one of party of baseball
players who started out one Sunday
afternoon to get tanked up" A com
pany of men and women playing on
instruments and singing gospel hymns
attracted the party. Although laughed
at and mocked at by his comrades, he
followed the singers to their quarters
where he promised to start life over
again. He told of the different star
baseball men of his time who went
to paupers graves because of liquor.
With unusual vigor he pointed out
the sure results of sin and pictured
the horrible evils of intemperance. He
spoke from the texts. Rejoice, o
young man, in thy youth and let thy
heart cheer thee in the days of thy
youth, and walk in the way of thine
heart. and in the sight of thine eyes;
but know thou, that for all these
things God will bring thee into judg-
ment' and BE not deceived; God is
not Knocked for whatever a man SOW
eth that shall he also reap" and said
in part:
In other words, do Just as you
please; lie if you want to, steal if
you want to; God won't stop you; but
he will hold you responsible in the
end DO just as you please until the
end comes, and then you are all in.
No one is living in ignorance of what
will become of him if he does not so
right and trot square. He knows there
is a heaven for the saved and a hell
for the damned. and that's all there is
to it,
MANY men start out on a life of
pleasures. Please remember two
things: First, pleasures soon have an
end, and, second there is a day of
judgment coming and you'll get
what's coming to you. God gives every
man a square deal. If sin weren't so
deceitful it would not be so attrac-
tive. The effects get stronger while
you get weaker and weaker all the
time and there is less chance of break
ing away.
Many think a Christian has to be
sort of dishrag proposition, wishy-
washy, sissified sort of a galoot and
let's every body made doormat of
him. Let me tell you the manifest man
is the man who will acknowledge
Jesus Christ.
You know there is bunch OF
NUTS that sit around on stools and
whittle and spit and cuss and damn
and say that every man who has an
honest dollar ought to divide it with
them, while others get out and get
busy and work and sweat and toll
and prepare to leave something for
their wives and families when they
die, and spend the rest for good"