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Show -WILL SOON BAT I THE DEVIL OUT I OF THE BOX I San Diego, Aug. 13. Going back H to his. first love, the great4 national H game, Hilly Sunday, rioted evangelist, H umpired a baseball game between H teams of San Diego bankers played for swoet charity at the San Diego Exposition. Saturday, August 7, and then on the following Monday conducted con-ducted a revival service at tho mammoth mam-moth out door organ. Sunday spoke to a crowd of 20,000. Church people of San Diego turned out en tuasso to hear Sunday, while thousands of 'others 'oth-ers were drawn to tho meeting out of Idle curiosity. The saw dust trail, made famous by Sunday and his soul stirring sermons, did not exist at. tho Exposition, but In Its place thero was 'the concrete path, over which filed a long lino of converts, to proclaim faith when urg-ed urg-ed by Sunday at tho psychological moment. Sunday's topic was Butter-fly Butter-fly Chasers. Tho noted evangelist is declared to havo played an errorless game as ho denounced tho works of Satan. Butterfly chasers, roared Sunday, aro tho gay llfo peoplo who put off religion for tho moro convenient pursuit pur-suit of pleasure Tlioy think that tho r day of reckoning can be Indefinitely postponed to suit their convenience, nnd they bow and scrnpo to tho call of tho dovll. Leaning far out over tho rostrum, Sunday strotched out his arms in an inviting gesture, and pleaded, now is tho tlmo. For n fow seconds a stillness which would havo mado tho discharge- of a cap pistol soom like the detonation of a Gorman slogo gun I. swept over tho vast throng. In the m stillness, Sunday shoved his arms p out a bit further and ropcated "como I to Jesus." Singly nt first, bogan tho I march down tho concrete path. An I nged woman lend it. Thon tho rovl- I val spirit was caught by hundreds more, and soon a young army man I was marching to tho platform. A I mighty shout wont up as hundreds I proclaimed faith. "It tho Lord can get a fow moro good hitters llko wo havo hero today wo will soon bat tho dovll out of tho box," declared Sunday who pronounced pronounc-ed tho mooting ono of tho most successful suc-cessful revivals ho over held In the West. |
