The Detroit times., 1916-09-14
DETROIT TIM e s

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and that is what the country has
got 10 do or q VIII 90 straight 10
hell Graft is on the increase and
so is crime OF al kinds. America
leads IN crime and the way 20 stop
II and make this sane and safe
place 10 live Is 10 make Il Chris.
tian"
In announcing his sermon for
Thursday night as special address
on Home" the evangelist appealed
for an especially large collection.
This Is a tabernacle" he said.
and no, taber-nickel. so please
put in more than nickel itsyou can
AFFORD IL. II gets my goat 70 see
people going 20 church and dead
I beat their way They come 20 the
! tabernacle and pay nothing. then go
away and growl about II. Cheats in
religion are like the grocer that
puts his choicest apples on top and
the worm-eaten ones on the bottom
or the huckster that covers bas.
ket OF peaches with red mosquito
Nrtting so that the fruit looks ripe
and luscious. when YOU could kill
man AZ 30 yards with one OF the
peaches"
In his appeal FOR more religion
Sunday criticized those who attend
ed church and prayed In perfume
tory sort OF way without giving
their whole thought and attention 20
the subject,
Why" he cried. you can't go
20 leg show and see a woman with
out enough clothes 20 make leggings
/ for a humming bird and then get
down and pray. Thy Kingdom
/ Come one cannot fll himself with
booze and pray. Thy Kingdom
Come Red whisky and religion
Nill not stay together in one skin.
Booze and graft are the two agen-
cies that are doing so much TO de-
struy religion and morals. Unless
you can stop the gran, which is
everywhere IN public life. YOU will
have TO pull down the proud Stars
and Stripes and run up the sinking
red flag OF anarchy
People will tell you that four.
ft,hs o, the crime is due 10 pov
erty and not 70 whisky Well. I'll
say that nearly all the poverty is
! caused by booze and therefore booze
is responsible for the crime as well
as the poverty The men in that
whisky business are the dirty thugs
that I'm after
"Just let your city officials and
political leaders OF Detroit spend a
single day and night in praying and
fasting and the moral history OF old
Detroit vill hsye 10 be rewritten.
In his appeal 20 his hearers TO
live their religion instead OF just
using It on Sundays. ne suggested
that the husband should 20 home
and try being pleasant with his wife
instead az growing A. her
TRY praising her once" he said
1T might Brighten her az first and
she ght think you are sick. 6ut
Il won't hurt Treat her as you did
when you were strolllng with her
through the groves. feeding her on
lgum drops and candy hearts with
rpadtn' on EN-. Just You 20 home
and Try love on your wife and shell
never grow old. II will just iron
out the wrinkles and crowsfeef
( bring a smile 10 the lips and a luster
10 the eyes and keep her always
youthful It's far better than pow
der rag and an eyebrow pencil
In explaining why 20 much time
was devoted 70 preliminary sermons
before the actual work % starting
the long line up the sawdust trail
Billy Sunday said that too much
preparation could not be made.
The tree will come down easier
II you take time 20 grind your AK.
and the time you spend preparing 70
/ DO Gods work is not wasted, he
declared We've got 20 arouse the
I church AZ well as the outsiders We
do no, take the church seriously
enough I'm getting tired and sick
Of putting The church on The side.
track and letting the devil have the
main line We go 70 church and
The men especially need aroGs-
yawn ~ the preacher takes five min.
-Htss- Of Overtime. but We will sit
three hours AT any opera and never
bat an eye.
ing. want 70 say this. tha, n the
vornanhOod OF this land was not far
better than the manhood. God would
dump the whole kaboodle into hell
and quit God help America II the
women start hitting the booze and
cigarettes az the men do.
There are lot OF preachers in
the churches who do not know
Jesus They've heard OF him, that's
all. but they have got 70 be intro
duced don't believe bali the PEG
people in the church have been con
verted"
Sunday advised The girls in the
congregation how 10 treat the young
man who asks the all important
question.
Don't say % him like the shipper
ing little girl % fiction. oh. you'll
have 20 SEQ mamma Just tell him
he's got 10 answer 4ree questions
and upon his ability 20 answer them