Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1921-03-19
Think ABOUT GOOD
THINGS IN WORLD
Billy Sunday Tells Another Great
AUdience-High School Stu
dents "FIit the Trail"

Cincinnati, March 1o - Two
Italian lads, both newcomers to
the United States, led more than
200 "trail- -hitters" down the saw
dust trail at Sunday tabernacle
last night to pledge their faith in
the Diety.
Behind them strung others Of
their nationality and nearly 100
boys and girls from Norwood
High School-both members Of
special delegations that had come
to the tabernacle for the evening
service.
A study of the trail hitters"
after they had been seated in
the ten rows cleared for them at
the front of the tabernacle
showed that they were far differ
ent from the converts of the night
before. Whereas the others had
been largely reconsecrated
church members and many of
them of mature age; these were
almost entirely young persons,
with liberal sprinkling of Ital-
ians and only a few of the older
persons. The Italians were from
the Italian delegation which rep
resented the Italian mission.
When the last of the ''trail hit
ters" had been welcomed. Mr..
Sunday leaped up through the
trapdoor to the platform and pre-
pared to wave his appreciation to
the crowd when he was interrupt
ted from below. He then was
seen to lie flat on the platform in
order that he might grasp the
hand of another ten feet below.
who had been caught in the
crowd and had been unable to
reach the evangelist as one of the
line that had strung past him.
Mr.. Sundays invitation last
night at the close Of another grip
ping sermon-a call for volun-
teers in the cause of Christ. and
an invitation to the people toi
"present your bodies"
Mr.. Sunday had brought his
sermon to a close with, "How
many of you will join nse tonight
and profess your belief in Christ,
in God and in religion? How
many will come down front am
give me your hand ?" Then he be-
gan to call to the Norwood stu
dents to lead the way.
Throughout his sermon ran his
appeal to the people to prepare
themselves and to give themsel-
YES in the cause of Christ. He
stopped his sermon for a few mo-
ments with a dramatic pause to
permit the audience to give at his
invitation, silent prayers for the
things they. are permitted to en-
JOY as a result of the blessings of
Christ.
Mr.. Sunday referred at one time
to the services of his own son in
the world war. ''My boy went
over and he has never been the
same since he got back" he said
With that he leaped into figF
ing pose and demanded that the
audience "show the devil what a
fight we can put up" j
Mr.. Sunday took several jabs
at the preachers in the course of
his sermon. Napoleon could do
his work on four hours of sleep.
but I've got Napoleon backed off
the boards" he said. "How dol
I do it? The Lord gives me
strength. Why, it makes some
preachers half sick just listening
to me preach
A few minutes later he again
referred to the preachers: 81
know some preachers whose
study cushions need to be kept
halfsoled more than their shoes"
He initiated drunken man in
bringing out one point and at an
other whipped chair around the
platform, finally flinging it down
in corner of the platform, and
jumping on top of it and dramat-
ically drove home another point.
His exertions tired the evangel-
ist and for the first time, he sank
down in chair, "all in" near the
end of the sermon, while his au-
dience was cheering an illustration
he had put before them. Then
gathering himself together he re-
turned to the attack against Sa-
tan and brought his sermon to
the point where he called for the
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