The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-04-14
BILLY SUNDAY



Ijuly. what no other man has ever sue
:cccucd in doi-G before now. He is go
in% 10 set III motion wave OF rcligl-
GUS enthusiasm which the ScUIfcv:,
perhaps. Viii call yOOdOOism, anu
which the strait-laced Viii call hysteriu
ami which thc converts will call sal
vaiiun-a wave which will stir New
York, Us it has never. III a spiritual
way boon stirred until this year or
grace, 1917.
Speaking as Il newspaper man. |
here propncSy that he will do more
than that. | predict that, despite the
opposition offered BY the war, Colonel
Roosevelt, Genera! Leonard Wood, war
be 4 front page hcaGliner in the New
York newspapers for three solid
months, day in and day out. Just
watch and see if I'm not right. lie Is
going To quicken the curiosity of this
aensaton-IirinS. tickle minded town as
no preacher has ever QuCkencd il in
our times. And 4 good many OF those
who come 10 scott will remain 10 re-
Denl and TO pray.
They have been saving that New
York would br Sundays Waterloo.
Well maybe so. but pending tho iina!
decision. past" this ia your hat Tor
future reference Oh June 80. II 1t ~
u Waterloo. tLe Rev. Mr.. sunday is
going to hc. not It's Napoleon. Lat its
Wellington. tie has the goods.
D; The Old Fashioned Religion
They are the standard goods which
all III" EN'E Sundays ct al Tie genera
tons have offered. sunday does not
concern himself with constructive che
"loGy. lie never touches in his sermons
on economic problems. lie will never
set aioUt any industrial discomfort.
never start the MASSES TO thinking
l..., it.e f.s..s al.
with the hereafter. not tho herewith.
Vie breaches an Old Testament Heaven
for the saints, tnd Tor all the rest OF
us an Eighteenth century He'll, full "f
red flames and sulphur, and u smell! OF
kippcrcI sinners frying OIL 4 grid.
His Scn$ationalism IS all confined 10
his personal performances with the re
suit that, IN his attitude toward Aoc!o-
Servttive. Or, to make the comparisons
more concrete. ] would say ;hat. in his
nr:ttory. he is an Ollie James D"muC"a;
bur in his pol!cicS he is Il Henry Cabot
Lodge Old line Republican,. No w".K-
inSman VIII ever come away from Il
Sunday meeting with soCialiStic ycarr-
'nSs a-sinmcr ii mis- heart. lie con-
tent on tins earth with the station unto
which YOU have been called: obey your
masters and crave not Tor more ih;tn
they. ii their superior Judgment are
pleased to grant YOU; your reward
therefor shall be II crown in the EtcrnM
Rev Sundays attitude with regards to
the material! things OF this lie. Which
may or may not explain why. IN New
York. he has the unanimous moral sup
port and the enthusiastic financial DICN-
, ing Of Il considerable number OF those
captains OF American industry wiz"
hay" been able To combine business aud
religion III such IL way as not seriously
20 interfere with the business.
The Prototype OF Sunday
SAD moment ago had gust
viewed tho KcY. William Sunday Tor The
first tI:Hc. That Is not exactly correct,
even though it b" the truth. IS n matter
Of fact, SAw Sunday nearly twenty
years ago. His name Ih"u was the Rev.
Sam l.. Jones. Of Cnrt"r%riti". Georgia.
:! Sunday. himself. may not know II but
he j. the Theological i"-at'" OF sam
Juncs lie inherited Jones magnetism.
his iorcr.uIn"sS. HIS tricks. his rf!cc-
tiTvncSs.. his style. ami ms !InEuaE,:
Tho luantl" uf J"n"s fell upon his shout
Gcrs and is Il perfect TT Tor the present
wcarcr.
| Wien ! went thr other might "a tMr
great barn IL II tabernacle Ua n !la"-
lem whur" this revival - beng hci". |
almost Imagined that | WrS back down
South again. ali"ndinE 1t Sam Jones re-
lNivui. The jungle OF yellow pine posts.
! t;,r benches. the smell OF the prime. red
cedar sawdUSt which carpctcd tn" Gir;n.
| the cohorts OF volunteer ESherS. the
| trained choir. tho IN pans Tor The COZ
|
c.s=iul s,cn"'nc Of artiiicHllE Sumu!nt-
ing the r"rvur OF the uU-i"nc. by alter
ua,!ug, suatchcS of sing .iiE WITH "HatcH's
ui cXhuriHllrn. the quick. adrolt p!a!S
upon III" instincts 81 cr"wd-ps! cHnl"f'f:
rh.. device 81 suddenly Singing II bit ~
! Sian. in order IT, win IauEh--ihlt
! Shrill, quick, nervous laugh when -
only heard when something IuuIrF4"S
occurs ia the most serious part III =
, murder trial or III Il funeral or AZ a re-
! M, 4 u
muupl.lcc Simie mo III" midst 'ui Il d.S-
/ ruSsirn OF some sacred ioH"--it'l these
Things were parts of sam J"ii"S program
twenty years ago just us tl"% ar" parts 81
a Billy Sunday program i""@E. EF"h
. RuGchrav,,r. i!tc Human Sli~" Ir0no"hc
&; who pumrS UP iii" enthusiasm tor sun
day, had his prototype III III" !"StF IN
i,frrirnc:,falist who u>"d {" ha,Ih!" the
, mn sic for Jones. except. - recall
.Inurs' choir master op.rhfH" - S'F':
come, whereas EodchCaVGr r,h"s on
:, slip EGrn. -
you InnE car may moi ''"iHi'r .hr, SUI
DAYS puipi,"crinS methods: 20" are
! hr,,uG 10 admir-" his business S't%1cii%.
! ;Ii& New York revival has been as care
'tnlly organized ana AS CNr!Eli! ISL"
| nlItl2rd H% Il modern factory. Ir"!i'
! every dr.arlmcui II fairly radlaicS ell
! tir;rucT--au efficiency I%"dicnt"d on
long experience IL. these matters on The
part ot tho evangelist ana MS :'att. y"
detail i,, boon DN"iIrOhrd II" !lt'''
i,,,, nur the lighting and IT," seating ar
rrr,..uruts, the restaurant iaclliiieS'
~. Facilities TOR h:.Gd!iu.: ,Gr enormous
uu!liiHt!.% Ihat ar" li"rtl"% 10 Tie
pl:,.., all h.Sr"ak iE;c.!iirnCc.
! There is an emergency h"Shl'ai' ti'l
II, ;,rc special doors Tor III" rNt!"nr" ai'"
tho e rcsS at choir ;ncInhcFS nShrla
and uii,cr funC:iunaricS. 50 that cohiH-
. sion may b" avoided. Th"r" is Il rctirlAS
room for Mr. Sunday. nilcd wi'h
! shower bath ard ia" lik". Th"rr lS Il
"noSio:;irc" Mh"r" III" names OF th"S"
,:h. conn forward processing religion
,,,,I,. b. !;Ird for indcXiuE later. Tn"
h,,yiu,Ss sid. IL TINS campaign for re-
. doomed s"ulS is being run rs Il h!ISih' -
, I.l,r, and pie. Even tn" youths Who
. sell rr:ur books haH" beer. s:naruy drit!-
! Ell. Salvation is free. bit song h""%s
cot went y-!.vr cents COPY.
Physically Mr.. Sunday. Ill! not NJ All
f.nrYrSurad "a my conceptions q! ham as
l,r>,I u!, descriptions printed ~ inc
n..lgsi:tl" -. II" was smaller Than !
had ,Ij,.civ$i hr would Ia and Older
md nor. weather hyli"n locking 80 |
moan his fac. is old. not his uEhr". II"
. l.. n, 1T ia. a. L huh"at, %l;h the bearing
4 nf 4 trimmed athlete. HIS work keeps
! him in good physical shape, no Doubt.
even as you have only 10 look ut his
shoulders and you know them for the
shoulders OF a Gymnast. l guess he must
have been mighty good ball player IN
/ his ball playing days before no got re-
/ liEion IN his garb there is nothing
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