The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-09-16


I PLAYED against Detroit With Pitts
hurSh In the last half Of the ninth
inning the score was nine 20 nothing
IN our favor There were two men
cut and Two strikes On Charles
Bennett, your old catcher The next
hall he hit for two bases and then
II men followed him 10 the plate
and they beat Us 10 10 9. That
looked Ike frame-up. but YOU
wouldn't have thought Il was " YOU
had ueen oHt IN the field chasing
their hits
Boys. he said. addressing the
students. I'm IN Detroit 70 fight
the Booze gang FOR YOU and | don't
give a Whoop who gets hurt in the
fight There ara a lot OF men in
The booze business that might bet
ter De dead tell YOU there is
hardly A community that would not
be better OF II 10 bad shout 50
funerals
Listen. boys and girls, II you
end a man or The top Of a mountain
ttrti tiaa=Aet he did not Just land
there ne had 10 climb that noun.
tain 20 80 10 the top Il IS the
men who work and climb that hang
their mugs in ,he hall Of fame FOR
Us 10 look AZ II takes more than
uorsr board hat a diploma a
fra, pin and a nah, rah, rah 70 make
a man
40 succeed one mus, be
worker and give the world some
thing When Cow quits givins
milk rs mission in life is ended
people dcn.t keep eeRs for COM
pany
He urged tho pupils 70 value
their education and 10 work at il
with all their strength he paid n
high tribute 10 Lincoln and eN
plalned that il was work tha,
brought him 20 the pinnacle of
fame re draw picture Of Lincoln
spreading ashes thinly on the floor
and then tracing mathematical
problems in the dust With his fin
ger because be lacked pencil and
paper. 20 illustrate vha, men would
do 20 get aa education and urged
his hearers 20 take advantage OF
their opportunities.
The newspapers today" he cried.
will give you a better college edu-
cation than Abe Lincoln had.
He urged The students 10 have
some ot The grit that characterized
Lincoln and 70 go right 20 a thing
once they knew Il 20 be right
There are some people. ne add
ed who are afraid 10 go ahead
when they know a thing = right A.
well as solomon and Brigham
Young knew they were married. BE
like man With the Itch make
everybody scratch that gets near
you Be right and then 20 ahead
for IFS either heaven or he'll FOR all
81 us. God keeps no halfway house
But don't get conceited rs sad
day for boy who gets 30 conceitcd
that TafI's oyercoat wouldn't make
him a yest Md "a YOU work your
way through lie. keep smiling
Every time you laugh You put
crimp in thu undertaking business
and help 70 keep the emhalmiug
fluid out o. your veins. Don't boast
about your religion or anything else
Some people can talk more religion
In ~ minutes than they can live in
TWO years
~ You Fall You're Mutt.
Z hold hat the boy who goes 70
school b. bigger than tho Young lob
s'er ths' ioaSa In The street. or goes
into booze Joln' and 'rie- 30 drink
he whole bunch under the table
r Is bigger 20 prav than "a curse
IL IL bigger 70 eft IT. church than Il
A - line up a. some bar The
nance for a boy with education In
bis country is great and II you cant
BECOME something worth while you
pro 4 nurt. a mollyroddle excess
baggage and mere cipher You
an become great by fghtinE me
world When n knocks YOU down.
get ~ Don't take the count
Blood environment. grit education
and Christianity are the ave essen
'iais 70 success
One - The largest crowds hat
las yet attended the meetings vas
here In fhe evening n Ia possible
20 crowd only 1900 in The tabor.
nacle including 1000 or 1000 who
are permitted 20 stand Every door
and window r. packed with eager
faces a. tho night meetings and
thousands turned away While no
more heard Billy FRIDAY evening
than on other evenings for the rea-
ION that the place Is always packed
% capacity greater crowd was
disappointed than usual
As hundreds clamored AZ the doors
FOR admission. Billy remarked Il
guess we will have 10 build our tab.
ernacles Of india rubber No mat.
ter how large we make them. We can
never accommodate ali those who
would attend -
The afternoon sermon vss ad.
dressed largely to the church men.
hers pho lack enthusiasm and was
an attempt TO stir up the churches
20 work harder
Lots ~ people think this old
World IL like clock. he said They
'hink God Just winds II up and lets
her 70 They don't think they need
70 help The biggest force In this
world is The church that prays II
IFS members pray a. home n you
couldn't scrape up more enthusiasm
FOR your country than you do for
your church Spain could lick ia TO
a frazzie IN no time There NAV be