The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1916-04-13

| spcct. But he proved tas- = hadn't
in TIE afternoon.
The brief, pithy, para graphs with
which he punctuated his &ddres5 to the
men were probably the best that sun
day has used in Baltimore. They
made points that stuck in the minds
| Of those who heard them; many Of
them drew laughs, but, after the
laughs, they commanded serious con
sideration. They were, in practically
every case, perfectly apropos, clearly
| illustrative
Every man is some boys hero, and
if every man lived right 10 boys would
go wrong" he said in the course Of a
| plea to the older men to set the ex-
ample for the younger men and the
boys.
Don't look for cushions if you want
| to have your face in the Hall of
Fame" was his remark at the conclu-
sion of plea to men to be courag eous
when hitting the hard spots" of life;
not to avoid them, but to buck up"
and fight hard and win.
"A prudent man won't swallow
potato bug and then take paris green
to kill that bug" was the way he
pointed another part of his sermon.
Paragraphs such as these kept the
audience intensely interested from
the beginning Of the sermon to the
end.
The afternoon audience of 10000
men responded to the sermon with
rounds of spontaneous applause and
cheers through the sermon and with
268 trail-hitters at the conclusion of
the address.
When Sunday issued his invitation
for trail-hitters in the afternoon the
first man to respond was the flag
bearer for the delegation of 1000 mem.
bers of the Junior Order United
American Mechanics. This man car.
ried with him down the aisle the big
silk. American flag, and it was the
signal for cheers from all sections of
the house.
This delegation sent quite a num-
Der Of trail-hitters down the saw dust
paths. A large number of students
from the various colleges and high
schools about the city was also on
hand in a section reserved, and, when
Sunday made a special plea TO them
to take their stand for Christ, about
% hit the trail in a body
Threw Down Gauntlet
Rev. William Sunday threw down
the gauntlet to those who use that
statement that tabernacle crowds are
only curiosity-seekers, the basis of
their criticism Of the evangelist.
down from your curiosity" he
cried, jumping on his pulpit chair
do you want to know why the great
majority of people here don't hit the
trail? They're too proud to admit
that anything vile has come into their
lives! They're too proud to admit
that they have done anything for God
to forgive, But, let me warn them.
that unless they are forgiven by God
they will rot in hell for eternity"
Then Billy pointed his attack espe-
cially for the church members. do
you know that af.er ! had spoken in
this way here in another sermon. an
old deacon, leaving the tabernacle.
scratched his chin whiskers, and
whlned: Il wonder what he means"
And another old deacon answered: 1
didn't quite understand him. but. Of
course. he didn't mean Us officials"
The old sinners, That it, You're
too proud TO admit you're an old sin
ner:"
Billy let up on the deacons and
turned to society
You're afraid" he cried. you're
afraid Of what your rotten social gang
will say. You're more afraid of tho
sneers and scorn Of some old two
legged devil than you are Of the frowu
of God Almighty You'd rather slau
God in the face than slap the face OF
some old Society dame"
Next, it was the turn of the scot
fers. IF they We're as low down i'm
stature as they are in character" ne
cried, "they could kiss a rat without
bending their knees"
"Down from curiosity! Down from
pride! Down from fear of man." be-
cried in conclusion. - hate a coward. /
l especially hate the religious cow
ard"
Women Hear Plain Words.
In sensational and violent terms, !
Billy Sunday launched his indictment
Of crimes against maternity to $4,000 |
women at the tabernacle. At times |
the discourse became so brutally frank !
that the audienced WINGED as if under |
lash, but on The whole the most |
emotional appeals and the most in |
tense brought forth only laughter and |
applause. There were but 256 trail !
hitters out of those 43,000-107 in the |
afternoon and 149 in the evening-and |
the casual and perfunctory way in |
which the handshaking was accom-
plished indicated that the sermon had |
failed to have its desired effect-in |