The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1916-03-17

meeting nv tne SECRETARIES. Most Of
them appeared somewhat III at ease,
the faces of most Of thcm showed
awakened carnestncRs and few OF
them wopt
"Chlckcns Come Home to Roost-
was n sermon dealing with facts and
| figures religious, moral, hereditary
and pathological In a way that was
frank To tho point Of brutality. Sun.
day hurled at hls hearers statements
that mRdc some OF them vince and
others To show by their faces a dis
tnstc for such plain speaking He fay
ed, Of course the saloon. the disorder
y house. gambling, carelcssnoss OF
conduct generally, and particularly
"Cussing."
"Mcu." he cried ut night. "In Gods
NAME even If you're not men enough
to become Christians, II you're not
decent enough to give your lives to
Jesus. for Gods sake stop that cuss-
Ing"
Flags the Liquor Dealer.
|
but particularly the man who would
| give liquor To boys.
Cod" ho cried, in very pnroxysm
of rage you XIII that old devil and
take him out of tho world. II he's got
to give liquor to boys"
| He cited statistics to show how tho
effect of alcohol was suffered by the
sons and daughters OF drinkers 'urta
| tho third and fourth gsneraLlou.S
read poem by ella Wheeler Wtlooa
| to prove his point, and hammered In
his moral by repeating: "Yss, theyn
| come home to rooHt, whether they are
Vultures or birds of paradise"
Spurred on by the applause that met
a mandon shot at tho liquor intersstA
| he whirlcd around, pointed his fingss
at nrst ono section Of the congregation
and then at another, and shouted:
"Yes. and I've got something 70 say
about tho things that rotten. dirty
gang have dono In Baltimore 10 de-
fame my character. III cram II down
| your dirty throats, II you're hera
"If an emotIo were thrown into the
pit OF hell the last imp thrown out
would be an arohangol compared 70
some OF tho he'll spawn OF that dirty,
Godforsaken gang right here In Dali
| tlmore"
When. concluding his sermon. he
asked all those present who believed
II to DO right and manly TO be Chris.
TRANS TO stand up. the great thFons
roso In body
Wins tho Little Folks
At the children's afternoon meetfnA
the Tabernacle was packed By thou
sands. and tho children had 40 much
to do with preaching Rev Billy Sun
days sermon us did tho evangelist him
| self And the vim they put into the
meeting struck Il new note IN the cam
paign In Baltimore, while II revealed
Mr.. Sunday In an entirely now light.
the light OF a gentle adviser. a eour~
| teOus and sympathetic teacher. a man
with keen insight into child pay-
| ch0logy.
Drown ups who heard him thsa.
who saw tho way he stirred the little
ones without frightening them; saw
them expand. saw their ayes light Mp
with interest. and who heard him
again ut night when he naysd q great
audience, denOunoinE as fools all those
who would not accept Christ. mar
yelled at the difference in the methods
Of preaching The children he won
with SMILE the men and women
be bslabOred with barbcd anathsmaA
Both Sermons Bear Fruit
But both sermons bore immediate
fruit. At night mon and women and
youths and girls hit the trail 10 the
number OF 1903. In the afternoon thsrs
was no formal trailhittinE. but 1898
boys and girls. averaging around ten
years Of age, were enrolled az those
who wished to put their feet upon the
road Of Christianity.
Two novel features made distinctive
tho boys md tho girls meeting. One
OF them was tho showing. one by one,
OF ilngs OF nearly all the Christian and
IL few OF tho non Christian nations and
the calling out OF tho names Of those
countries by the children Tho other
was tho breaking OF six highly deco
rated vases. OF different designs, by the
evangelist to Illustrate tho manner In
which II small boy broke "a many Of
Gods Commandments on Sabbath
morning.
Behind In Trali.Hitters.
IL LII interesting to contrast the