The Detroit times., 1916-09-15

10 start that phase OF the campaign
| next Monday After sunday all hi
meetings will De OF a special M
ture and from that time on met
only will be admitted 10 the Sunda!
afternoon meetings and possibl,
only men will be admitted TO III,
meetings on sunday evening.
Speaking OF the necessity for per
sonal work. Btllv sunday declared
that the spiritual batting average
was small because ~ the lack OF
team work and also that the church
workers did not employ the sacrifice
, hit as The ball player does. He de
clared that more team work was
needed 70 get people 10 see tha,
religion offered square deal 10
everybody There are certain rules
20 follow. be declared. and that IN
life one always go, Just about wha,
was coming 20 him
The pen.ten,iary is square deal
for the criminal the electric chair
or the galloVs Cor the SLAYER, hell
for The mar who reviles God and
heaven for the cody, he said
Gods law IS just Ike the law Of
he land and must Re oheyed Those
Who do not obey the laws are an
archis,s and there is no place for
anarchy on this side Of the Atlantic
exoep, south OF the Rio Grsnde. In
the church, however. there are TOO
many laws and rules so that re-
lgion is being choked 20 death by
ritualism and Journalism
You're Playing at Religion"
Then. too. we play TOO much az
religion instead OF working az II. |
have never been in a city where
they play with religion as YOU are
here in Detroit. When the churches
wake mp and work at religion in
stead OF playing az Il, The dirty rot
ten liquor business vii crawl back
into the hole that leads 20 hell. and
&, can push them faster will do
IL"
Friday nights sermon is 20 be
especially for young men and young
women and I, is expected that from
5000 20 10000 school boys and girls
will be In the tabernacle The sub
Jet OF the sermon will be Forces
that win" The boys are invited 10
bring their class banners, their yells
and any noise making devise they
feel like
Beginning next week. when the
sinners begin 20 stream mp the tan
bark trail"-there is no sswdust In
the Sunday taberracIe-the work
outside OF the tabernacle meetings
will begin in earnest Until now
only preIiminariss have been at
tended 10 and the hundreds OF men
and women who are 20 carry on
the outside work have been coached
and trained in their duties.
Campaign starts IN Earnest.
There will be hundreds OF shop
meetings and these will create in
terest In the tabernacle meetings.
Il f. expected. The prayer meet
ings in the homes in every neighbor-
hood in the city wifi De continued
Bible classes will have almost daily
meetings and all OF the various com
mittees will get busy from now on.
A special collection wac taken At
the Thursday night meeting and
every effort was made 20 have II
break all records for a single nights
Offering Billy Sunday announced
that a. soon as the current expenses
were paid no more collections
would be taken and he was anxious
10 have this detail attended 10 a.
soon as possible so that money mat
tiers would nof ootrude Themselves
on the meetings. which he hopes
will be given up entirely . religion
and worship. With sordid. filthy
money lefr out One man VINO
signed himself. One who has not
been IN church for Is years sen,
81 10 be added 20 the collection
That man viii be down here be
fore were through" said Sunday.
and veil have him hitting the
trail only want 70 get men in
teresred even II they haven't been
TO church in 80 years and well get
them
The Rev James r. walker sun
days advance agent, arrived from
chicago Thursday. With the an
no1ncement that he had closed FOR
sunday revival there in the fall
OF next year. The meetings will
last four months and the series with
oe the biggest sunday has ever IN
dertaken AireadT l2o Chicago
churches are cooperating and there
viii be many more From Detroit
the Sunday party will go 20 Boston
where tabernacle much larger
than that IN Detroit is being erected
The Detroit building l. the largest
the Sunday campaigns have yet
had
One hundred and sl1tyfou- TAB
ernacle visitors registered IN The
Times rest room on THURSDAY. They
were from all parts o. The country
indicating the nationwide range oi
the great eyangelist's appeal SeY
eral emergency cases WrTD taken
care ~ In The Times trnf while
the sermon on Home Was being
delivered. Two board OF health
nurses volunteered their service
"nTnD EnT