El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-12-28
Christ, John the Baptist and Billy
Sunday; More Comparisons Are Made


I are so urgent for a sunday campaign
I in FL Paso, and especially after the
! intensely disappointing results Of his
] revivals IN Boston. New YORK and
! Chicago
! Unfortunately. human nature. even
I among ministers Of the gospel. is not
] always understandable, nor entirely
I consistent as witness the Fl Paso
] preacher having spiritual spasms and
/ suffering acute agony at the mere
suggestion that high school boys and
/ girls might be permitted innocent
Z enjoyment Of a refined dance, yet
/ the same man apparently looks for
I ward with keen pleasure ana salts
ffaction 10 the coming OF one OF the
fOulest mouthed speakers that ever
I prostituted the religion Of Jesus TO
money making ends.
The reputation OF Billy Sunday
rests largely on his genius in the Sc
Z lection and use Of words that are an
offence to all decency- II Is doubt
I full IL there is a single vile, cOntemp-
tible word or phrase in the English
I language that he has not used in his
5-tings-prOvidinE the police regu-
1ations permitted. Moreover. his mis-
use or ignorance OF the English Ian
guage and all grammatical rules
would forever disgrace an eighth
grade school boy.
Billy sandy may be sincere
enough in his convictions. Very
likely he Is. The fact that he has
a campaign manager and paid
publicity experts, and that he
. uses highly developed business
and psychological principles for
creating new @business,s Is per-
hnps nothing against him. even
though IL may seem strange TO
most Of Us to see religion reduced
TO n dividend paying basis. Nor
Is il TO he held against Mr.. sun
hnF - lerr he
conducted meetings he received
more than &f0O.00o rs his share
Of the receipts, quite tidy sum
rs preachers' salaries 20 these
days.
It only goes TO show that Billy Sun
DAYS religion doesn't interfere with
his business
one Of our preachers has urged the
holding Of Billy Sunday meetings on
the ground that religion, like BUSH
sales. The trouble with the argument
Is that in business. even in bargain
sales. one usually gets something
for ones money. while with a Billy
Sunday revival the returns are
doubtful to say the least
Judging from the experiences Of
other cities Of this size IL will cost
Fl Paso not less than $50, 900 TO have
Billy Sunday here, the larger part Of
which viii 90 70 Mr.. Sunday him
self. twenty thousand dollars dis
trihuted among the various churches
would 70 quite ways towards
rounding uU the rum euZzled. man
gy sots" and "blistered bawds" Of
Fl Paso.
At the s1st Methodist conference.
held at Atlantic City last year. bishop
Joseph Berry. the presiding officer.
expressed himself as convinced that
the imitation OF Billy Sunday meth
DDS were threatening not only the
Methodist church, but Of all Protest
antism as well. In a very forcible
speech IN which he expressed his dis
taste for personally appointed evan
gelists who have an astonishing ma
mia for Erotesque religion" he con-
Guided with this remarkable state.
ment-
ut Is time for MethOdists in
the name OF God 10 call a halt.s
Isn't L time for Fl Paso 10 call e
halt on so much advertising OF the
city's Wickednessi c. Ak