The Detroit times., 1916-09-15
GJNDAY GETS
l3 POUNDS OF
COLLECTION COIN


n - eehsg. Then there were checks
( 3 0vpet array OF them. one drawn
~ ~. the largest individual con
|6erlDut1on 20 the collection.
Ne pesson knows who dropped the
Donuy into the tin pan and no per
30 but the man who counts the
moaey will ever know VINO dropped
~ $3.50 cheek In. because he has
\ eoquests1 II so.
81 The offering was all that a strong
man could lift. II was delivered 10
The National Bank OF Commerce In
large money bag. President
4 Charles r. Talbot. OF the bank, has
charge OF ell the collections.
A reporter for The Times went
/. into the bank. Friday morning, 10
and out II Detroit had broken the
record for this special home collec'
lion made at the Sunday Kansas
city revival. The sum raised there
y Wns S5,i25. Mr.. Talbot had not yet
psnntsl the money. II was too
0uGh Of . ion to take care OF by
haa1 spd he had sent for count
Inc machine. However. he showed
Z Ne collection TO the reporter and
( invited him 20 feel how heavy II
~,
TIC reporter, Who Is noted for
: 0n0oulaF shoulders. and holds
4 Wu1ght-lifting records. stopped non
\ 6Aolsntly and srasped the handle
e he huge money sack. 1t didn't
$3.50 up. The reporter thought the
80 vas nailed down. but II wasn't.
4 UInally he budged II on the floor.
mat must weigh as much as
my" he saspsd.
s0ssss II does" said Mr. Talbot.
~wo1l ses."
A assistant was called who
eoo1pd IN . pair Of scales and the
eonk was placed on the platform.
-" went the needle and II
UteDDeA 1t ils pounds.
n bis sermon the other night
my was telling how the physical
law must - obeyed TO get results
- well ~ the spiritual Law. and he
No . weighing machine as an H.
lustrs1tca.
q sTOF instance" he said, II stood
boesss q coin-in-the-slot Weighing
nnshins and dropped . coin. Moth
~ dsinS. Then ] stepped on the
pooGfsgm without dropping coin.
pyothlng doing. Then ! stepped on
~ plateerm, dropped a coin and
soesd stili. Zip went the needle
~ peusds."
y LaGs Friday the custodian OF the
oo1lsctios declared that he thought
eDum III weight and from the gen |
ogous sprinkling Of large bills and
~ eoln that II would exceed the |
Gansaa City Contributes.
n my spoke Friday afternoon on
~ subject Of Casting out devils"
~ agreed that this was great
Dallins. especially In Detroit, where
f1oge were many devils that needed
onGt1Ag out, but the great trouble |
80 that the casting out machinery |
noo1ed oiling up for such q tremep-
1ous undertaking That IL the pur-
49, OF the present campaign.
He again beset the booze devil"
- ne OF those that needed casting
Ut from the life OF Detroit, and said
- would fight that devil to the last
Dunee OF HIS strength and the las;
Grep OF his blood.
The evangelist also took vigor-
eus rap al the churches and said
thax many OF them were looking
oily for sensations to draw big
pvowds and were not engaged in the
serious business OF trying 20 cast
mt devils. Sermons on the Merry
widow Hat" and The Hobble
Dkiyt,' he said. were among the
nopsensicai tommyrot," that so
many OF the March hare preachers
were delivering TO catch the fancy 4
~ the crowd He said It mattered 4
not ~ all IL a church were packed .
10 the doors and no devils cast out
He spoke OF the time when Jesus
appeared on the scene 10 cast out a
devil and how the disciples and the
seribes all rallied around Him.
so will II be with you all" he
FRIED. When you see Jesus you
won't look wise and ask: Where
did Cain get his wife?' No: you1l
stagger back in ave al his power
A sea OF upturned fsees--ths
phrase is trite. but It is the only
one that Ats the situstion---flled the
Sunday tabernacle when Billy Sun.
6ay delivered his celebrated sermon
on the Home Thursday night.
There were 1900 Of these faces.
plus several thousands who stood at
al the entrances, after fully 10000
had been turned away. II was the
ereatest crowd that ever attended a
\ revival meeting In Detroit. and Billy
0undsy says ono OF the greatest
crowds he ever met in his 90 years
- IN evangelist
There were $4,000 faces in the
- that one moment was as placid
4 - the Mediterranean during q calm
And the next as turbulent as the Pa
nihc when dashed TO fury by =
sale- There were $4,000 eyes trained
~ the speaker. representatives OF
~ least 5000 Detroit homes. while
be Mayed the home one moment and
\ gIorined II the next. The sea ebbed