The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-10-16

young man guiding before him
man OF middle-age. who, by the
| similarity OF features was easily
recognizable as the father OF the
youth by his side The elder man
seemed unwilling 20 continue his
| Journey down the "sawdust trail.
he youth WAS obdurste. Urging his
father forward. the young man final
~ brought him in front OF the evan.
| gelist
billy Sunday thrust forth his
! hand The man in front OF him
stood with downcast eyes. After a
short period he reached up n wav-
erinK hand without raising his eyes
! his hand found that Of the evan.
gellst. the magnetic grip OF Billy
/ Sunday frightened upon the member
and the man raised his eyes 20 the
eyes OF the evangelist. Billy was
! speaking words % encouragement
Tears welled 10 ;he eyes OF the re-
pentant one. md gushing forth
coursed down over his wrtnkled
cheeks A moment later he sank
upon the front "mourners bench
covered his face with his hands, and
wept. his frame shaking with sohs
! BY his side tho youthful son who
had guided him down the path OF
repentance weot In sympathy.
800 Men Hlt the Trail.
Il was AZ the end OF the stirring
sermon How not 20 be a man" de-
lvered Sunday afternoon by the
/ evangelist.
Eighteen thousand men heard tho
sermon Packed in the rear aisles
/ and hlling every seat in the big tab
ernaCle the thousands Of men. most
~ them workingmen in factories
! heard Billy tell them now not 10
| be a man, then came forward in
generous numbers in reply 70 his
! plea hat they declare themRS ives
for decency and Christianity. Three
hundred and ninety eight men hit
| he tran Sunday afternoon
The evangelist told ~ having met
man Who professed 20 believe in
all the doctrines OF the Christian
church, yet was not a prac'icins
! Christian.
DO you believe in Christi" "Bil
/ ~" said he asked him.
Yes. replied the man
DO you believe In his teach
lngs'"
Yes"
Then why are you not chris.
/ ran %"
bill I'm not man enough" the
man replied
DO you know why you are not
/ Christians. you fellows" the evan
| gelist shouted az his audience.
You're not man enough 10 you
ever open the Bible and read /, 20
| your wife and kids 40. you're not
man enough 30 YOU ever speak %
! Christianity 10 tho man AZ The
bench beside You In the factory
| No you're not man enough DO YOU
speak 10 your fellow lodge member
A. tho meeting regarding Christian
! ity7 No. you're not man enough
take supreme delight in throwing f.
into your old teeth you're not man
enough ''
In both the afternoon and oven
! ing service the tabernacle wa@
crowded 20 capacity. Hundreds
stood A. the rear OF tho building
and in the open exit doorway The
total conversions and reconstruc
lions for the day were SIS. OF which
the great majority came forward #
the afternoon for men only" meet
ing
Billy in Good Form
The evangchst's stirring. telling
linEual blows never were placed
with better effect than in the after
noon sermon Sunday afternoon. Tho
thousands 81 men in the audience
sat spellbound while the athletic
evangelist, dripping with perSpira.
ton bounded rom one side OF the
platform 10 the other, shook his hst
in their faces. raised his arms
heayenVord in suppHcation and
stretched them out 10 his audience
IN invitation 10 the men 10 accept
God and Christianity and abandon
sin and indccency
You may b. able 10 give an eX-
cuse for not being a Christian but
not reason" he shouted Most
people have the wrong conception ot
what II takes TO make a man II
takes more than avordupois 10 make
man Some ~ the greatest
men have known have been
big men. physically. And some OF
the biggest men physically are Just
hog jowled porky individuals who
remind mo OF sign In a butcher
shop, Dressed beef and pork On
the other hand some men OF small
est stature have been great men
"It You want TO be Christian
YOU have 10 be a man. Then. either
be Christian and man. or not
be a Christian amigo 10 hell"
A capacity crowd hlled the taber-
nacle In the evening and hundreds
were turned away. unable even %
catch glimpse OF tho evangelist
through the crowds that Allied the
doorways
The sermon was an old-fashioned
hrs and brimstone' defiance ~ the
IN adel
Preaching 10 the mixed audience
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