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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1916
Page
5
Sunday proclaims he will live to preach against liquor and defend religious groups. He jokes about modern temptations and declares a frontal charge against evil forces, comparing the fight to drumbeats against Napoleon, asserting quick victory over vice.
Copyright 1913 by Cxas H Gasket Homer A. Ropesuaver, owner. H Gilson Company Music Typographers Boston USA.
Billy Sunday at the tabernacle denounces churchanity and calls for Christ centered reform. He contrasts biblical teaching with modern society, condemns booze and tobacco, and warns that society’s laxity toward vice invites divine judgment.
A fragment resembling a satirical prose notes a society woman’s daughter as a penciled eyebrow figure who flirts and plays ragtime. It wryly warns that kissing such a persona may bring “painters’ colic,” referencing a risqué, comic diction about flirtation and salon culture.
The crowd erupts in chaos when Billy arrives as Sunday and Mrs Sunday enter, applause and fluttering handkerchiefs fill the aisle. The speaker rails against secular politics and calls for a God strong platform, insisting many US citizens reject God yet should be welcomed to obey laws and worship God.
A William A Sunday column denounces contemporary politicians as corrupt, calling them “good-for-nothing” and mocks their drinker’s habits. The piece contrasts these figures with revered 19th century statesmen like Clay Webster Calhoun Douglas and Lincoln.
Bishop John W. Hamilton of the Methodist Episcopal Church praised Billy Sunday after his first Boston sermon yesterday morning. He said Sunday spoke with earnest sincerity, and the hearers should judge the message by its content rather than its eccentric delivery. He urged good people to support Sunday's honest effort to do good for all.
The article describes Billy Sunday’s tabernacle performances with dramatic motions and rapid orations. It notes his varied attire, the crowd’s reaction, and his salute routine with handkerchiefs. It mentions press boxes, Rodeheaver’s singing, and coal-fired heating as well as hospital cases among attendees.
A political speaker urges a party to adopt a God centered plank, invoking the God of Columbus and early American wars to claim sweeping victory for faith in politics and national prosperity. The speech ties religion to patriotism and urges manhood and Christian values in the platform.
The account describes Billy using strong slang while addressing a crowd. He mocks attendees with harsh epithets and shouts loudly from a chair as a morning service opens.
The Rev FrankLincoln Masseck of Arlington First Universalist Church spoke on Some Things for Us to Learn From Billy Sunday. He divided his address into five parts foresight organization music enthusiasm and consecration as key points for the campaign at the Boston tabernacle. At Hancock Congregational Lexington the Rev George A Tewksbury of Concord prayed for guidance for the evangelist in the Boston campaign.
A columnist rails at spending on amusements and dogs, noting last year authorities allotted 800 million for amusements and 200 million for dogs. The piece argues dogs belong in kennels, not in arms, and condemns women who prefer dogs to husbands, calling it sickening.
Report describes Billy Sunday revival in Boston with details on collections to fund the campaign, two grand pianos, and portrayals of Sunday’s methods. It notes audience makeup, Miss Helen Keller’s engagement, and reactions from Canon Gifford, Captain Sulzer, and Bishop Hamilton, plus Sunday’s film offer reply and remarks on his fame and enmity.
At Sagamore Hill Colonel Roosevelt rejects talk of a 1920 Republican nomination despite George W. Perkins visit. He emphasizes he will not discuss or encourage possibilities, stating he does not discourage pipe dreams.
Jess von Bernstorff wife of the German ambassador claimed the letters link to stock dealings in which the ambassador and others in the U S and Germany profit. The master spy's guarded remarks suggest the ambassador used confidential diplomatic information to aid a secret syndicate trading American stocks affected by the war.
Dr. Armgaard Karl Graves claims letters from a German noblewoman to Countess von Bernstorff contain an ingenious cipher revealing alleged stock trading by the ambassador and colleagues. He says he will decode them for the U.S. secret service and denies stealing the letters while detailing his meeting with Prince Hatzfeldt about a blackmail demand.
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