The Detroit times., 1916-09-12

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chine gun. perspiration bursts fror
every pore. At she conclusion OF
sermon be sinks Imply into a chat
10 rest a moment before he ca
leave the platform, with voice an
muscles done out. but with the hgh'
ing instinct left unimpaired
As on Sunday. the great croW'
that came 70 hear the evangelist. ar
peared TO be completely sympathetic
On Sunday approximately 10000 per
sons heard the evangelist in three
sermons He lambasted the churchei
for their lack OF hard work and en-
terprise, he assailed society with {
bitterness seldom heard from a pal
pit. he attacked the CRATER. the pro
tessional politician. the saloon In
tereSts. the complsisant mother who
permits her children 70 run wild
and half OF the firmly rooted tradi
tions OF the community were held
up 10 scorn-hardly any one ESCAPED
the barbs OF his cutting tongue and
yet, in all that vast throng, there
was not one 70 raise a protest, not
a groan, not a hiss. not even the
shaking o, a head That. in Itself,
was considered remarkable and
record possibly never before
equaled.
After every verbal assault. not
alone on Sunday. but on Tuesday
afternoon as well, the great crowd
broke into prolonged applause that
died down only when the revivaiist
motioned for silence. and the ap-
plause was unmi1ed by any dissat-
isfzction or demonstration save tha;
OF admiration.
Billy Sunday cid not remain idle
over Monday even II there were no
sermons in the tabernacle He spen,
a busy day perfeeting his organiza-
ton and getting every cog OF the
machinery in shape for the grinding
campaign that is Just starting. In
the forenoon ne addressed about 100
ministers who are cooperating In
the campaign. urging them 20 put
forth every effort 10 make the meet
ings successful. After he had taken
luncheon Re started out again or a
round OF calls, all OF which had 10
do with his work. and II WAS not
until evening that be could lie down
and take little rest and begin 70
think OF HIS hay fever. which al
ways has 20 be forgotten in the
fierce activity OF the man in the
heat OF a campaign. Until late AT
night he was busy planning and
working and thinking o: means 10
make this the greatest campaign OF
his career.
over and over again be has said
that he will not consider his. visit
to Detroit quite successful unless il
brings more converts than any other
campaign he has ever held In a
similar length OF time. As some OF
these other revivals have brought
out more than $4,000 converts. Billy
is aiming at $4,000 here. To &C
complish that in the short space OF
eight weeks means that Sunday
must work increasingly. and he says
he Is prepared 10 do H.
Although Billy Sunday r. a preach.
er, who. as revivalist. probably has
no equal and whose magnetism Is
such that he can sway a crowd 10
laughter or tears as he wishes. he
does not rely upon his preaching
alone. He says his greatest ally is
organization and this point he is
constantly emphasizing 10 hts as
sistants.
With proper organization Sunday
believes he could I'll the big Ia ber-
nacle twice over al every sermon.
In urging the ministers and Others
70 help with this work, he spoke OF
his success in Philadelphia, and gave
the credit for that success 10 or.
ganizatlon rather than 10 his preach
ing alone.
In the wanamaker store In Phil.
adelphia," said Sunday. there are
5000 employees In that store we
had key-girl' She was a Christian
girl who represented US and IN vari.
Gus departments she organized
groups each with a leader and all
the leaders reported to the key.girl.
Thus we could get in touch with
every one Of the 5000 in Is minutes
II we wanted TO make change Ia
plans, or call meeting suddenly.
we could be assured of having a full
house AZ any time. That IL the kind
OF organization we want here and
that is what we are getting We
want a representative who will dc
our work IN every factory. every
large store, every bakery, rsstau.
rant, laundry and hotel in the city
Also we want representative In
every school room.
During our Detroit visit we ex-
pect 10 have many special meetings
in the tabernacle We want the
school children over 10 years Of ago
TO march IN a body. with their flags
and banners waving and with their
bands at their head and we wan.
employees Of the big factories 10
come the same way We have ar
ranged many OF the special meetings
already and more will be arranged