The Washington times., 1918-01-13
DEVIL WILL LOCK
KAISER FROM HE'LL,
SAYS EVANGELIST

The Kaiser makes old ARanias
look like a Sunday school teacher"
shouted Billy Sunday last night in
the midest OF his sermon to the
/, smallest night audience-sbout 5000
persons-that has yet faced him In
Washinston. The devil will lock
his gates to keep him out OF. he'll
he cried while the crowd cheered
him on.
But the Kaiser didn't bear all the
brunt of Billy's. fierce attack last
night. The lazy man had almost
as bad a time as did the Hohen1oi-
lern, and the knecker' had to admit
that Billy didn't think much OF him
alter the sermon was over.
y Knocks the KnOekef.
"o-o-oh" Billy shouted. "The LORD
took ali the bad material he could get
his hands on. and after he made the
vampire and the polecat and the rat
tIesnake, He made the knecker!"
"o-o-h! The man who says, i Will
is the man whom God depends on; the
man who says, 4 won't Is the man
the devil pats on the shoulder, and the
man who says 4 can't is between
the two-he can't go TO heaven, and
the devil wouldn't have him.! This
was Billy indictment Of the three spe-
eies of the male as he is regarded by
the evangelist.
every time the lazy man looks to-
ward heaven, the angels hide behind
their harps and lock the doors, ne
added. when the tabernacle had quiet
ed down.
GettinR back on the subject OF the
war. Billy predicted that victory
would be with the United States with
out the shadow II doabt.
Going FIne. FINE, FlRa.
II think we're going fine -hne.' ne
said, looking In the direction OF 300
soldiers and sailors in the army"
camp section OF the tabernacle, which,
BY the way. Is right up in front.
"We're going strong. and you can bet
we're going to put it over that's
what"
And going further into .the subject,
Billy told the audience what caused
the war.
1t was greed and avarice that
caused the war, and greed and avarice
came fight out of the pit of dampa-
ton. Look at Germany when she stole
schIeswig- Holstein from Denmark.
What did she do TO Franee-took
AIsace- Lorraine because she needed
the iron mines for her army, and then
forced France to pay an indemnity of
a billion dollars-that's what. It was
pure Eresd-human greed and avAriee.
.-oh, I'm an old-fashioRed preacher
OF the old-time religion that has
warmed the cold heart Of the world
for the past 1000 years, and has made
life worth living in this sin-swept
world OF ours.
"If could tear from the hearts OF
men those two evils-human greed
and avarice. you might as well bank
the fres down below and rent He'll"
I'll tell you what's the matter.
It's the way we raise GU; boys. It's
the mode of life We live. It's the in
creasinE demand OF the public for
Amusement; it's the unframed chill
dren- What we need is move evangel-
IEm-and a rebuilding OF the family
order.
zone denomination that I know Of
has had more than $4,000 names OF
former church members on the sus-
pended list in the last ASe or six
years-has thrown them into the &C.
cIesIasticaI scrap-heap.
"That signifies a great Lack Of per
sonal work"
Billy had his Audience "by the ears"
His sermon on the more serious as
poets OF life was interpreted with
bits OF choice language used in de-
scribinE things ridiculous-but en-
tirely useful in engendering a strik-
ing anti-climax when a dramatic pas
sage in his sermon had come 10 an
end.
Some day we may have grapho-o,
love-o, kiss-o telephones that would
make 1t possible to stand in New
York and love your girl in Boston
with all the delightful sensations ac-
cruing thereto" he said.
The audience howled with mirth.
Billy gave them more OF the same.
And ma ybO some society belle viii
be able to jump into her aeroplsne
and go up and make love to the man
in the moon" he added.
SAY. folks" he said suddenly,
SOLDERING ana bringing the serious
attention Of the audience to a focus,
'let me tell you about a friend OF
mine. ! asked him this question:
DO You belong to God"
And he replied: 4 am trying to-
EDO you know what / said? +
said: Ask me whether or not I'm
married, and I will quote you-'I'm
trying TO be"'"