The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1916-03-30

BaltimOre.-Men and youths of Bal
timore and vicinity, with a sprinkling
OF outsiders, composing two audiences
that totaled a membership of $4,000 at
the Sunday tabernacle, arose to their
feet and pledged themselves to vote
for prohibition at their very first op-
portuuity.
This action was the most spec
tacular feature of the Sunday cam
paign, which Sunday reached its half
way point.
The inspiration for the demonstra-
ton was the preaching by the revival
lst Of his most noted and strongest
sermon, Booze; or, Get On the Water
/ Wagon"-a sermon that swept its
/ hearers from their feet, caused them
to shout and clap, to sit in breathless
/ silence, to go into rhapsodies of APP
/ proyal, and to hit the sawdust trail
as they had in no other day of the
campaign.
Does His Hardest Work.
Never had Mr.. Sunday worked so
hard or preached so long. The de-
livery OF the sermon afternoon and
evening consumed a total of more than
three hours, and the revivalist man.
aged to make every minute of that
time fairly tingle. He preached until
/ his voice was husky; until his col.
larless shirt was soaked with perspira.
ton; until his coat itself was moist
through; until his face was drawn
with an almost overpowering weari-
ness, his hair disheveled, his gestures
forced to the point of painfulness.
But never a moment did he let his
enthusiasm lag, never a moment did
he lack compelling punch" His
reward was the admiration of thou
sands and a days total of 100 trail
hitters. These, with persons who had
hit the trail at outside meetings, con
Quoted by other members of the Sun
day party, including % garnered at a
meeting for women only, held at
Brantly Baptist Church by Ma Sun
day, brought the total to SCI.
AohllNets DOOLC SCIILlOll CdlIIt July
up to the expectation of most of those
who heard 1t. 1t bristled with statistics,
1t was electric with startling asser-
tons as to the damage wrought by the
liquor traffic, it was an arraignment
and trial of strong drink, and the SEN
tence, in the words of the evangelist,
was eternal damnation in hell"
HurIs His Anathema.
ANY man in the church not against
the traffic-damn him." he anathe-
matized; "if he is a preacher. damn
him; if he is priest, damn him!"
He paused to let this sink in, then,
when the applause had stopped, asked
his hearers to walk down the streets
of Baltimore and see the palatial
homes Of your brewers and distillers,
then see the novels in which the men
who drink their stuff live-and If you
would see more, then go to the peni
Tertiary" That brought another
burst of applause.
"The man who votes for the saloon"
he continued, votes to help the devil
drag his boy to a drunkard's grave.
The person who does not believe in
hell has never been in a drunkard's
home"
Tears Off His Collar.
He interpolated some statistics
anent the tremendous amount of
money spent annually for strong drink,
paused to tear off his collar and neck
tie, took fresh hold on his pulpit and
plunged in with renewed energy.
"I'll try to help some of you devils"
he cried, but I'm frank to tell you l
have no sympathy for you while I'm
on the job. You're so low down, you
men who let money stand as an ex-
cuse for the liquor traffic against the
untold human misery it produces, that
the devil himself is disguised with
you"
Again he went back to his statistics,
declared that money spent for drink