The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-09-25

He<fought his arch enemy SIN Win
his hands, his athletic legs and his
piercing voice. He screamed from
the very top OF the altar and thun'
dered while lying prone on the pull.
pit carpet He shouted In gleeful
laughter at some particularly cutting
thrust at the devil and at other
times tears and perspiration drop
ped together from his streaming
face az he painted touching pie
trre 81 the horrors OF sin and the
amending consequences.
1T Is not alone for you am
working" he cried, "but for gener'
atlons yet unborn, or truth the
sins Of the fathers are visited upon
the children for generations just as
surely as chickens come home TO
roost.
Audiences Are Huge.
Three OF the largest audiences
which have yet heard the evangelist
stormed the doors OF the tabernacle.
In the morning. when both men
and -Mnmen- Were- admitted theta b
ernacle was Just filled, the audience
being estimated at $4,000: In the
afternoon every point OF vantage In
the huge building was occupied and
thousands stood outside az the en-.
frances. strainlng their ears 10 catch
n sentence here and there The
same scene was enacted in the even.
ing. and a halfhour before the time
set for the service 1t would have
been impossible TO crowd another
person in the building, Thousands
stood throughout the entire service
far Beyond the voice Of the revival
ist, but whore they could catch a
glimpse OF him as he dashed back
and forth across the platform. In
all more than $4,000 persons heard
the three sermons. the greatest
number that ever heard Billy Sun
day In n single day IN the 20 years
he has been an evangelist
For the first time Billy Sunday
made a vicious attack on the per
sonal liberty champions and on G.
A. Windle, the Home Rule orator,
although he did not mention him by
rame He declared that personal
liberty only extended 10 that point
where II interfered with the rights
Of others. No man had n right TO
exercise his personal liberty right
or license 10 such an extent that IL
restricted the liberty or liconse OF
others,
There's a moral law" he said,
which IL greater than any law on
the statute books When one wants
~ II nat rfZ
with others he is asking for the per
sonal liberty Of the tiger, the pan
dercr. the adulterer and the robber.
If YOU were the only man In De
troit You could turn Woodward-ave.
into race track, build n glue fac
tory in the public square and a
slaughter house on your lawn, but
az there are 100000 others in De
troit their rights must be respected.
| can make motions as OF hitting
here on the platform because | am
alone, but If II were crowded my
personal liberty would stop one inch
this side OF the other fellows nose
Billy Sunday made an earnest ap
peal against profanity, declaring
that he regarded II as one Of the
vilest as we'll as one OF the most
useless OF sins He declared that
the three things which would do
more TO ruin town than any others
were open licensed saloons, stores
open on Sunday and cursing.
- man cashes in his manhood
when he starts to cuss," he said
"Hc is no longer a gentleman. God
said more about cussing than He
did ~ anything else. He said,
Thou shalt not kill and let II go at
that He said, Thou shalt not
steal and stopped there, but He
went further in the commandment
about swearing There are times
when God justifes killing. Gods
law and the law OF the land would
justify a man killing another TO
save girl and there are times
when stealing is justihable If
were on a jury and man could con
vince me that he stole 10 feed a
starving wife and children. the ants
could carry me out OF the keyhole
before would vote 20 convict him.
III I were going 10 cuss I'd be a
cusser from Cusserville. I'd 90 out
IN the woods. crawl into a hollow
log, plug up the ends and Let 'er
go Gallagher.
Suggests Fine for Swearing
Billy urged the delegates from
several factories who were present
In the evening TO go back TO their
factories and start antiswearing so
cieties He suggested that they put
up slot machines and every time a
man swore make him drop coin in
the box. This would help charity
and encourage men 10 reform.
Nobody would say that Detroit
Is better drunk than sober. or ours
ing rather than praying" he said
"My fight is not with you. II is with
the devil that causes you 20 do
these things IL | had the power
would put men with shotguns on
the streets TO shoot down the men
who curse. In week you wouldn't
hear an oath"
Declaring that he was pleading
for the next generation. he said that
all children had a right 10 be WILL
born
ITO that end" he said, Il would
have n law 10 force every man and
woman 10 be examined when the
applied for license TO marry and
they should have TO prove that they
we're sound morally, mentally and
physically
Drawing attention 20 the fact that
In some quarters the revlVals are
being criticised the evangelist
shouted