New-York tribune., 1917-07-08
ONE, ACTOR TO ANOTHER

/ ing without some slight squawk on my
part.
But, mind you, am not knocking
Bill. | am for him. He has raised
himself from obscurity into promi-
nence, and he is entitled to all the re-
spect that such an undertaking merits.
He is very sensitive about the money
he collects. In every town his open
ing sermon is about money. In this
city, New York, he called the people
"Godforsaken degenerates" that even
hinted that he was in the business for
money, and to prove that he was not
in it for money, he promised to give it
all away, and you have to give him
credit for it, because he gave over
100000 away to the Red Cross, Y. NJ.
c. A. and other deserving organized
charities.
For myself, personally, I think Bill
discarded from weakness. If it is
right for him to take money in Phil
adelphia and other cities. it is right
for him to take it in New York and he
is entitled to every cent that ne gets
that is my honest opinion. Any man
that can get the money the way he gets
it is entitled to it.
Bill Sunday does a lot of good, at
that, not only for his own family, but
for a lot of people who never get out.
They can go hear Bill, these goody-
goodies, and for them it is a chance 10
60 Summing without actually being
wicked,
Bills absolute familiarity with the
Deity and the opposition is remarkable.
Imagine for yourself the Rev. Sunday
lying prone on the floor and shouting,
Devil, come up! Devil in hell, come
up! Come up, you nut, and fight!
Fight me; fight mel" If the devil
should ever come up on Saturday,
then there would be a Sunday funeral
on Monday. The first time Bill ever
hollered down that way. daring the
devil to come up, bet you he was
little bit scared for fear that he might
come upl But now, he has been hol-
lering down there that way for so
many years and nothing has happened
that Billy actually believes, think,
that there is nothing there at all, and
he is perfectly safe in his dare.
The first Sunday arrived in Boston
Bill had preached sermon for "men
only" and, according to the newspa-
pers, nine regular healthy men mad
tainted dead away! Some sermon!
And according TO the same article and
with the same sermon, Bill had saved
some eighty-odd thousand souls and col
lected some three thundred-odd thou
sand dollars, which is little less than
81 soul. From the highest author
ity have it that the Salvation Army
can save a soul for 1920, and thought
(since the high cost of living is such
factor in our lives these days. |
would tip you of that you could econ
omize a little on soul saving.
All during this time talked l
have walked from the centre Of Inc
stage to the side so that can run
off Quickly, and having arrived here,
would like to wish you all something
and it is this: Any one can die-"Bing,
Bing." and it is all over with. But the
great thing is to live, just TO live, and
to know that you are alive and that
you can help some one else to live, and
If you cannot do that, why then mind
your own darn business. You can be
drunk with scandal, drunk with hate, |
drunk with malice, which are all equal
ly as bad for your business and your
health as being drunk with alcohol. |
Health is great thing. A healthy
body will make healthy mind, and the
possessor of a healthy mind is always
a wholesome, charming person to meet.
With healthy body you can dig in a
ditch, and you can tell the whole world
to go sit on a tack, and wish you and
yours that great thing, Health.