The Washington times., 1916-03-10
SUNDAY LIFTS LID,
226 HIT THE TRAIL
breaches Politely to Society
Women-Then Uncorks Epi-
grams at Tabernacle.

BALTIMORE, March 10.--After preach
Ing n polished sermon. devoid OF slang
or antics. before n society audience yes
terday at a private home Billy Sunday
went to the tabernacle last night and
launched into one of the most scathing
dlscourses he has yet Embossed in Balti-
more.
Then 2o6 persons hit the trail.
Sundays society sermon was preached
10 about 800 people prominent in society
life at the home of Mrs. John Gill. 929
North Charles street. Baltimore.
Many were present undoubtedly be-
cause they never intended to 60 near
the tabernacle. and they wanted to see
the evangelist at close range There was
evidence of a preparation for tolerant
amusement at the 'antlcs" he was sup
posed to cut for the diversion of the
multitudes There was also certain re-
straint. made manifest when Homer
Rodeheaver first attempted to get the
audience to Join in the singing.
Speaks Earnestly.
But Sunday cracked no jokes. stood
on nothing except the floor and used no
Language of the gutter" He preached
and prayed as his hearers so straight.
and with such earnestness and such
hard-hitting effectiveness. that he made
it uncomfortable for some at first. He
put his message so forcefully. in Ian
guage which could not me misinter-
preted. that he arrested their attention
and held 1t to his final Amen"
At the end those who had come
to be amused or merely to sec what
manner of man he was were asking
Dr. Brickhead, DR.. Howard A. Kelly.
and members OF Mr.. Sundays personal
starr NEARLY all OF whom were presently
how to get to the tabernacle and when
was the best time to hear Mr.. Sunday
In the perlor meeting he had been
emphatic enough. but diplomatic; lie
sheathed his sword of wholesale denun-
citation. At night he took the lid on"
called a spade a spade with a VEN
Eeance, and said. among other things:
Il think the most useless, Sood-fcr-
nothing creature on Gods dirt Is the
mere society woman"
The big throng In the tabernacle at
night contained many out-of-town visi-
tors who had been there in the after
noon, when the attendance had totalcd
1000. An extensive section was taken
up by business women-workers in
stores, shops, factories. and offlces-to
the number of 5000 or more. Other
local delegations present represented
The Western Maryland railway, the
American Can Company. the Southern
Can Company-about 800 employees of
this concern rode to the tab" In its
automobile trucks-and the Mt. Vernon
Woodbury. Cotton Duck Mills.
Some Epigrams.
Some of Sundays epigrams. In his eve
ming sermon follow:
Il don't want to die. When the tine
comes think I'll put up a strong ar
gument with God about it, There is too
much work down here to do.
What hellish idea we've got that
earning livins and being a Christian
are incompatible.
The curse OF the church today is that
you Christians don't give a rap who
goes to the devil. just so you don't 60.
II religion DOESN'T keep you straight
on Monday. don't give three whoops
this side OF hell what you do on Sunday.
Hell is square deal to the sinner
ana the prison square deal for the
Many of you don't try to be good,
but Just not to be bad.
what Will II profit man to save his
own soul and let the rest Of the world
30 to hell?
There is just cents difference be-
tween the spendthrlft and the capitalist.
or dollar income. the one spends 70
cents and the other $1.O5.
IF you old geezers would let your
wife hold your pocketbook. the sheriff
wouldn't come around so soon.
II have no patience with the man who
talks about what he gave up to be
Christian.
when the hearse backs up to the door
and you see the glimmer of the lurid
lights on the other shore. then you want
the preacher.
II don't give rap who wrote the Ten
Commandments. But any citizen who is
not ready 10 live up to them ought to
be In the penitentiary.
We're making money by the buckets
ful In this country, we are going to hell
In carload lots, freight prepaid.
Whenever a city turns It's theaters
loose on Sunday and has Its baseball
parks open, it II putting the red mag
down on the tracks.
1T tell you, there Is no shorter. quicker
route to hell than by the road of lust.
"A man Is a thief when he says: This
Is all WOOL and it's half cotton.
II tell you. the devil is 80 afraid OF
some OF our women he wouldn't get
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