The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-06

| ~~fNNN raises his hands heavenward and intones the words Of his text! 'Oh. Lord. revive Thy Work"
 On the Tuesday afternoon that signed up" with Billy Sunday as being believer In him. very funny inci- dent oceurred "Rhody" had just finished singing with the big congregation one of Billy Sundays favorite hymns Brighten the Corner Where You Are when great commotion took place. a man, his hair flying. his hands waving In the air, his eyes staring arose some where 'out there" In the audience and began to shout just as Billy took his place in the pulpit and was about to deliver his sermon these words:
 l am the true son of God; let me tell you about my Heavenly Father and what He has done for me-
 Instantly dozen policemen grabbed the half crazed fellow as he kept on shout ing, and Billy with broad smile. turned to him and said louder than the other man:
 'Aw, get out and get you crowd Of your own; this bunch belongs to mel"
 Physically Billy Sunday is a most at- tractive looking man in many ways; he Is six feet tall; his physique is magnifi- cent; straight, 1.-the, perfectly formed, and he is a trained athlete. His face is study; he looks like prize fighter in a way, his cold gray eyes bespeaking determination. And for moment the slightly puffed skin under them indicates dissipation rather than evangelism: his Jaw is his strongest characteristic-next to his wonderful smile. He is almost what we used to call "dude;" his clothes are of the fashionable cut; made of the best material that can be bought, and the cTeases in his trousers are simply wonderful! A brown, a navy blue or a gray suit you'll see him wear; he never by any manner of means looks minis terial;' his ties are expensive; his stick pin just the proper thing and his flash ing patent leather shoes right up O the minute. He breaches that a Christian must be neat and clean and well dressed.
 Billy Sunday with all his mannerisms and all his three-ring circus pyrotechnics has mighty effect upon an audience; even so learned man as the head of the School of Theology of Princeton who sat near me with dozens of learned min lsters, as well, as people like Judge Gary, John D. Rockefeller, Jr, and the rest are moved by his marvellous power: when loI1o rhC when he weeps they sob; an analysis of his sermons shows but little brilliance; his forte Is delivery-nou composition: logic Is dispelled and all the art of the public speaker Is known to this genius. who plays on people like musician plays on his favorite instrument. He runs the entire gamut; he uses the patriotic ap- peal; the soul stirring plaints of the meo- drama the stuff after dinner speeches are made of, and above all the typical repertoire of the ancient and time -honored evangelist especially Methodists = the open grave the mothers white hair hell fire. and the Where Is My Wandering Boy Tonight?" effect
 Billy Sunday is positively merciless to-
 
 ward the saloon ana the saloonkeeper: during one of his sermons I saw him dive forward with the clenched fist of a mid dleweght. and the grace of an acrobat as he threw himself far out from the pulpit, and I heard him say:
 I'd like to get fair chance at the dirty, filthy gang of cut.throats that are sending six hundred thousand of our fine men to drunkards' graves ever year; and I'm going to; I'm going to push my fist under their dirty, filthy noses and do some sending to hell myself.
 may as well say just here, if you haven't already received tho impression forcibly enough, that I am crazy about Billy and Ma Sunday; I was with them in New York-went out to their house, l4 Northern avenue-the Kingsley home which has been rented for them during their three months residence in that citv.