The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1916-03-03

tor ,nunsanus nau cOntinucu from .
o'clock, when the building was opened
Tor the day. by calling for a hymn. Tho
choir responded, giving number Of
sacred songs familiar to nearly every
one there.
Then, suddenly. the ConGrcgation saw
a rather slender man. CARRIED In a dark
gray cutaway coat pRtcntleather
shoes md a fore in hand tie with n
diamond pin. mount the platform. A
few who knew him began to clap, and
the throng. realizing that II was Mr..
Sunday burst into an ovation OF ap-
CLAUSE.
Another Record Broken.
Then nr. Rirckhcad delivered his
prayer. Governor Harrington made a
warm speech Of welcome and the first
collection was taken up This broke
a record The ushcrs did their work
IN two aud three quarter minutes, shay
Ing quarter Of minute IN the best
time In the history Of the Camnaigns.
The new record was touched nraIn at
night. when there were + 900 more pso.
pie present.
Before starting his sermon MIR. Sun.
day called the members Of his official
family To the platform and introduced
them. and Mn sunday responded to tho
special applause that greeted her, by
making n brief speech of thanks. Then
MIR SUNDAY said n word Of praise and
cungrntulation for Daniel Baker. chair
man Of the local general committee.
Rich In Eplurams.
Mr. Sundays discourse was rich IN
tho quaint epigrams which have sse
convcrsative churchmen by the ears.
have inspired many to call the evan
gelist sacreliglous-- and have endeared
others not such stloklers for ritualism.
And when. after Mr.. Sundays con.
Guiding prRyer--whlch no delivered
with an lnformality all his own-was
said. when the strains OF the last hymn
had died away. tho congregation
poured out Of the Tabernacle with only
one topic on It's tongues Bllly Sunday.
Afternoon Crowd Prompt
The Tabernacle got it's afternoon
audience In hurry and soon every
seat was filled. Many Of those present
had stayed over and felt superior In
their knowledge Of tho working Of the
organization. There was tho customary
song service. lasting about half an
hour. and again Sunday slipped unob
iruslvey to tho platform.
This time he was wearing . dark
blue. violating business suit. which
made him look moro than ever like
the 1.-the baseball player that he was
before he gave up tho diamond for the
pulpit some 2S years ARo
Ills gestures were Just ms dynamic
and surprising In this sermon. his Cpl
thets for unrightcousness and gran
and the liquor intcreta Just ms oroortat
ing: no sprnnR from one end OF the
platform to tho other: pounded the
pulpit, the floor: stood on chair and
on the pulpit And. ms had been the
the case In tho forenoon. he hurled
defiance at sin until his face became
T'u, uHtii peihpi'htioh io'''h aASaA2 -.
brow. until his collar was DIT Oh
moist linen.
Men and women and youths followed
his words with applause. with sigma
with surreptliIous wiplng of eyes. with
laughter and with sudden. intAkinEs OF
breath. They devourad him with thsir
eyes. and apDlaudsd his telling poinn
with tho abandon or ohilorsn.
climax A. Night
nm, IN. reaI oI,nn. NJ tha day was
nj tho niVbt meetinR when the CON
sraya,,op WINS an hin that probably
4 00o mr. mora porsona had TO stand.
TbIa ,jme Sunday wore another COS
,umaa b,ocL and .Vray-atriped auit.
With n hIack how tia His text was
"rbe gina nj SooIatvs and he went
after the socially elect with barred
hsts
lie scored petty politics., yet urged
his hearers not to call themHeives
members OF one party and vote Tor
another; In 6thor words. TO play fair.
This switched him To national politics
ana, ny inference 10 tho presoht hh.'r
national situation. lio mounted MS
chair TO thunder forth that there was
nothing hyphcnatod about him; that
foreign born residents OF this country
had no right to critlolHo things here
and that " you don't Ike the way
we do things In America you'd bettor
boat II back across the sea 10 where
you belong" This sentiment Drought
forth tho mort prolonged applause OF
the day and indicated the temper Of
the majority of tho 10000 persons
present on national preparedness. 30
fnr ~ hts own politics were concerned.
League Republican" but voted for the
man put up for office rather than the