The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-11-17
.HITTRAIL
Sunday afternoon ......... 50
Sunday night ............125
Total .................. .1I5

One hundred and seventy five peo-
pie Travelled down the sawdust trail
and promised to give their hearts to
God and sealed that promise by "
ing their hand to Billy Sunday, fol-
lowing wo powerful sermons
preached by the great evangelist Sum-
day afternoon and night. Sunday
afternoon. the first time the trail has
been opened by Mr.. Sunday, fifty peo-
pie in the audience promptly came
forward at the request of the evan
gelist, and at the u4SnC service, fol-
lowing a dramatic and dazzling cli-
max to his sermon, l., came down
and willingly admitted that they
wanted to do better and live better,
and they asked the prayers Of Mr..
Sunday. AS each came forward Mr..
ST. lay shook them by the hand and,
with a God bless you, my sister," or
my brother" invited them to have a
seat on the front rows, and later h
prayed and conversed with them.
"Come on down. you preachers, and
hit the trail; that's no granda uand,"
said the evangelist as he turned to the
seats reserved for the minl~ters
The famous sawdust trail, known
all over the globe, is all that has been
said of it, and the people who travel
it seem to take on q new feeling in
their hearts and souls which all ef-
forts refuse to conceal, for 1t is shown
In their faces. Old men, young men.
old women and young women alike
travel the trail, but tn. an .,ave that
same expression of new life and a
new or renewed faith in God. There
was hardly diy eye in the vast au-
dience of 1900 people at the conclu-
sion of last nights service, and as Mr..
Sunday CO cludeu ..s sermon people
all over the tabernacle could be heard
softly sobbing. 1t was an occasion of
religious graz iour and religious
splendor 1ver seen here before, an !
at the end the people, spellbound and
bewilder |, stood silently still and
wondered--wondered at the wonder
full preaching of Mr.. Sunday-and
those who have in the least doubted
the sincerity of Lac evangelist or have
criticised some of his methods would
Sunday night have been shorn of
their weapons of criticism by his
masterful preaching and the onder-
full way he brings people to them
selves and to a serious thought.
Mothers Day.
Mr.. Sunday announced that on next
F. .uay he would preach to the moth
crs and daughters. d He said Mrs.
Sunda- would join in the Jervice and
she would have something to say to
IT, mothers that would be Of interest
to each and every one of .nem. Mrs.
Sunday requests that on next Friday
a regular motors day lie created and
that every mother, daughter, father
and son wear a white rose or carna-
tion in honor of that occasion. If
your mother is elsewhere. write her
postG card" said Mrs. Sunday. land
t her you were thinking Of her. and
tell her what is going on in Chatta-
nooga" All efforts of the Sunday
pc y will be put forth to make next
Friday afternoon the banner day of
the week.
Mr.. Sunday announced that on Sat
urday afternoon he would preach to
t voung men and young Ven of
the conn unity. And then, said the
evangelist, 'listen to me. and then on
next Sunday afternoon | will preach
TO men only, my text being When
ChicKcns Com Home to Roost.'"