The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-04-14

WHICH ne puncLuapeut MS d0dT6SS 10 lIlS
men were probably the best that Sun
day has used in Baltimore They
made points that stuck in the minds
Of those who heard them; many OF
them drew laughs, but, after the
laughs. they commanded serious con
sideration. They were, in practically
every case, perfectly apropos, clearly
illustrative.
Every man is some boys hero, and
if every man lived right no boys would
go wrong" he said in the course Of
plea to the older men to set the ex
ample for the younger men and the
boys.
Don't look for cushions If you want
to have your face in the Hall Of
Fame, was his remark at the conclu
sion of a plea to men to be courageous
when hitting the hard spots Of life;
not to avoid them, but to "buck up"
and fight hard and win
"a prudent man won't swallow a
potato bug and then take paris green
to kill that bug" was the way he
pointed another part Of his sermon.
Paragraphs such as these kept the
audience intensely interested from
the beginning Of the sermon to the
end.
The afternoon audience Of 10000
men responded to the sermon with
rounds Of spontaneous applause and
cheers through the sermon and with
26S trail-hitters at the conclusion Of
the address.
When Sunday issued his invitation
for trail-hitters in the afternoon the
first man to respond was the flag.
bearer for the delegation Of 1000 mem
bers of the Junior Order United
American Mechanics. This man car
ried with him down the aisle the big
silk American flag, and it was the
signal for cheers from all sections Of
the house.
This delegation sent quite mum.
Der of trail-hitters down the saw dust
paths. A large number Of students
from the various colleges and high
schools about the city was also on
hand in a section reserved, and, when
Sunday made a special plea to them
to take their stand for Christ, about
25 hit the trail In body.
Threw Down Gauntlet.
Rev. William Sunday threw down
the gauntlet to those who use that
statement that tabernacle crowds are
only curiosity-seekers. the basis of
their criticism Of the evangelist.
Down from your curiosity!" he
cried, jumping on his pulpit chair.
"Do you want to know why the great
majority of people here don't hit the
trail? They're too proud to admit
that anything vile has come into their
lives! They're too proud to admit
that they have done anything for God
to forgive! But, let me warn them,
that unless they are forgiven by God
they will rot in hell for eternity!"
Then Billy pointed his attack espe-
cially for the church members. sDo
you know that, after had spoken in
this way here in another sermon, an
old deacon, leaving the tabernacle,
scratched his chin whiskers, and
whined II wonder what he means"
And another old deacon answered: I
didn't quite understand him; but, of
course, he didn't mean us officials!'
The old sinners! That it! You're
too proud to admit you're an old sim
ner:"
Billy let up on the deacons and
turned to society.
you're afraid" he cried. You're
afraid of what your rotten social gang
will say. You're more afraid of the
sneers and scorn of some old two
legged devil than you are of the frown
of God Almighty! You'd rather slap
God in the face than slap the face of
some old society dame!"
Next, it was the turn Of the scot
fers. eff they were as low down in
stature as they are in character" he
cried, "they could kiss rat without
bending their knees!"
"Down from curiosity! Down from
pride! Down from fear of mani" he
cried in conclusion. II hate coward,
1 especially hate the religious COW.
ard"
Women Hear Plain Words.
In sensational and violent terms,
Billy Sunday launched his indictment
Of crimes against maternity to $4,000
women at the tabernacle AT times
the discourse became so brutally frank
that the audienced WINGED as II under
lash, but on the whole the most
emotional appeals and the most in
tense brought forth only laughter and
applause. There were but 256 trail
hitters out OF those 43.O0O--107 in the
afternoon and 149 in the eyening-and
the casual and perfunctory way in
which the Misunderstanding was accom-
plished indicated that the sermon had
failed to have its desired effect--in
that respect.
The tabernacle was hacked to its