The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1916-04-14

Baltimore. He'll. 4 region Of terror
inestimable. an eternal home for the
sinners after they leave this earth. was
painted In realistic fashion by Rev.
Billy Sunday In his sermon to 10000
men Sunday.
What will be the end II you obey
not the gospels OF God" was tho text
Sunday selected for the sermon, and
Sunday answered the text In tho one
word. Hell"
81 believe In he'll and heaven: | live
and try to avoid hell and get TO
heaven: | die and go to heaven. You
believe death In an eternal sleep; you
say there In no hell All right You
die-and you find out was right
Where do you head In them"
This was the way Sunday summed
up In the sermon HIS opinion OF those
who refute tho doctrine OF eternal pun
ishment for the unrepentant sinner.
Sundays defense OF the doctrine Of
that region where Satan rules supreme
WAS an eloquent one. II was replete
with appropriate stories Of famous
men and Incidents OF those who. In life.
boosted their disbelief In q hell for the
sinner and who, at death. spent their
last hours In agOny-asony brought on
by visions Of the suffering they would
undergo for eternity.
Billy also touched on the question Of
whether or not hell was literally n
place Of Are. when God said flre."
he declared. "TIe may have meant II
literally; He may have meant II az
typifying the greatest suffering that
man knows. In any case. He meant
II M n place Of terror And | don't
want to go there to fnd out II God
meant fire literally. II doesn't make
any difference II there is really fire
there II you once get there; you're
going to suffer. II doesn't make any
difference to me whether or not the
streets Of heaven are literally paved
with gold know heaven Ia grand
place and ! want to get there"
In the audience was a delegation
Vi D,Dbu hHlbHib vi
some OF them In uniform. When. al
the conclusion OF his sermon. Sunday
issued his invitation for trailhitters.
more than 100 OF these. led by their
hag bearer, waving Old Glory. came
down the saw dust path.
2e4 Hit Trail.
Among the trail.hitters also was one
OF the most prominent insurance men
Of Baltimore and several other well
known merchants and professional
men
In all, 2s4 hit tho trail at the night
service.
The greater part Of the audience last
might was composed Of delegations
from various stores, factories. lodges
and churches Many requests for an
appearance OF the Sunday seItet came
from these delegations. and the
chOristers finally answered the call.
Know myself a man." was the text
the evangelist selected for his after
noon sermon And this text gave him
his best opportunity TO show his con
tempt. his disgust for those who are
called men by brsvst"-those made
notorious by r. RS denunciation Of
them AZ "mollycoddles"
On the platform. about the streets
In his home-wherever he goes. In fact
the most noticeable characteristic Of
Sunday IL msnliness. The bitterest
critics Of the evangelist cannot flnd
anything sham about his contempt for
the male Of the "mollycoddle" type: n
IL one charge. at least. to which Sun
day has never been subjected by his
critics.
Therefore, Billy's attack on those
who are men by name and courtesy
only, was bound to be virile bound
10 have In II all Of the Interest. the
instruction that Sunday could put
there.
Tn. sermon which Sunday delivered
to mixed audience Of about 10000
In the tabernacle in the morning, was
one repIete with typical Sunday cpl
grams. It was thought then that Sun.
day had reached his height In this re.
spect. But he proved that he hsdn'
In the afternoon.
The brief. Dithy. paragraphs witt
which he punctuated his address to IN,
men we're probably the best that Sun
day has used In Baltimore They
made points that stuck in the mind,
Of those who heard them; many OF
Thorn drew laughs. but. after the
laughs. they commanded serious con
alteration. They were, in practically
every case. perfectly apropos. clearly
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