The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-04-19
MULTITUDE. HEARS
sundays ATTACK ON
Sin and THE DEVIL
Thousands at Liberty Warehouse Hear
Great Evangelist Preach Monday
Aftern00n-RecOrd Crowd
Handled Well.

Taking First Peter 3:15-"But sane
tify the Lord God in your hearts; and
be ready always to give an answer to
every man that asketh you a reason
of the hope that is in you with meek
ness and fear"-as text, Billy Sun
day took several stiff wallops at self
sufficiency, immortality and various
other things, in his address at the Lib
erty warehouse Monday afternoon
finding time to express his oft repeat
ed opinion of Bolshevism in no un-
questionable terms.
Probably the largest congregation
that has ever gathered in religious
meeting in Maysvile faced the great
evangelist and although he was con-
stantly annoyed by faintlng in the
closely crowded warehouse, he spoke
for forty-five minutes in rapid-fire,
machine-gun style sending home many
truths that will be long remembered
and cherished by those In his audience.
The audience was estimated at vari-
GUS figures from $500 to 10000.
Upon the arrival of the Sunday
party at the warehouse the Boys Band
struck up the tune; "Onward Christian
Soldiers" Mr.. Sunday, Rev. Welburn
and Rev. Davis mounted the platform
and there was loud cheering from all
parts of the house. Mr.. Sunday re-
moved his overcoat and waived his
hat at the crowd. The service was
Opened by prayer led by Rev. Mr..
Welburn and Rev. Davis introduced
Mr.. Sunday who after expressing his
delight at being enabled to visit Mays
vile, announced that he had brought
ma" along to show her some of the
glories of "Old Kentucky. He asked
that "Ma" come to the platform that
the crowd might see her and she too
waived hello to the cheering crowd
and took the only chair on the plat
form.
After announcing his text, the evan
gelist launched into his subject whole
heartedly urging his hearers to have
reason and a good reason for their
stand on any big question. He elab-
GRATED on the Christians hope and
quoted much poetry. He soon forced
ma" from her chair and mounting it
he sent home the idea that hope in
everything except in the religion of
Christ was futile. Warming up to his
subject, he removed his coat and
watch and chain which he entrusted
to "Ma" and made some remark about
the warehouse being so warm. He was
sweating freely and some one near him
remarked that he might catch cold.
He replied by saying: I'm alright
when I sweat. That shows my carbur-
etor is working alright"
Lambasting self-sufficiency, he re-
minded his hearers that the "hearse
backs up to the home Of the million
aire as we'll as the home of the pau
per-" He said that some Of his audi
ence were closer to He'll than they
thought-"Some of you are so close tc
He'll that you can almost smell the
fumes and there are some Of you who
are closer to Heaven than you think
Some are so close that they might al
most hear the angels music" he said
Holding the Bible up as the one
great book-the word of God, he STEP
ped up higher and leaving his chair
he stood on the top of the stand. "
know all of the men in the Bible wert
not always right" he said. 1.-THE Bible
tells US that Noah got too much home
brew and got on skate; Abraham
lied about his wife and Solomon had
700 wives and concubines. Abraham
lied by saying that his own wife was
his sister to keep an old reprobatt
from taking her for his own. dom
know but that I'd lie to keep some ole
geezer from taking Mrs. Sunday ant
then fix It up with the Lord after
wards. And Solomon, why he hat
Brigham Young backed off the boards
Any man who can pour oil on th'
troubled waters for 700 wives was
some ubricator-Believe me-"
Telling beautiful little story Illus
trating the fact that there was some
thing within a mans heart that wa!
the greatest reason for the hope In th'
Christ, Mr.. Sunday said that three o
his reasons was (Dthat he was
happier man as a Christian than be
fore: (2) that he was better mai
than before: (3) that he was a NOR
useful man than before.
It was here that he drifted into tn
question Of Bolshevism. "If this rot
ten bunch Of 'Rough-necks' don't lik
America let them beat It back acros
the sea-" he said. ard like to stan'
some Of them before a firing squad
IL don't care about sending them t
He'll by way of Europe, let them TAX
shorter route"
Mr.. Sunday spoke for forty-five min
utes and his audience could have stoot
for an hour longer and listened Il
him. He closed his service In a pray
Ter for Kentucky and Kentuckiani
thanking God for what they had don'
for the nation and the Christian reli