The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-27
I'LL SINNERS IN
RUSSIA, He SAYS
REV DIR rETsrLcR CAN DISCERN NO
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN Em-
pERoR AND PEASANT.
TELLS HIS STORY HERE
ASKS FOR FUNDS TO BUILD BIO
TABERNACLE IN ST. PETERS
BURG--sTTLL NEEDS
TELLS HIS STORY HERE

IN Russia, me ReN. Dr, NlilfArn II
Fottler sees no difference between
crown. pt4nee E.d pea-raft. To him
thsy are all gianeGs and mat Is all
ne cares to kno@.
DR.. Fettlef tclc largo asscIu plage /
la che rirst Baptist church last night
-ona ethirs acouI Russia and especially
aSc.: no work thets. he Is pastor
OF a larse chdrGn III ST, Petersburg, |
tGs capital nf that great country. He /
y ia THIS country to raise funds to
cen plete toe building CT Il tabernacle I
witch tie hns uuder construction.
Though th- light Ia dawning, con- |
3isioDs III Russia are still very de- |
piorable according to Or. fettier. /
Many Of the people are drnnkards AND J
o,oelfevers and greater portion OF !
them have been poisoned by false
doctrines that find circulation every
wnere, But In the hast four or five
years there have been changes for
the better. They can be noted year
By year.
4 Came Last Spring
! III. Fettier came to this country
laest spring to attend the Baptist
Worlds Alliance In Philadelphia and
was one of the principal speakers
there, Since then. he has been travel
ing over the States, seeking funds 10
AID him In his work across the seas.
He will sail for home next week and
he hopes To raise al least SEQ, 600 add
tional money between that time and
the present date. so far he said, he
has raised In America between s28,
600 and $4,000.
III / go back without all the neces-
sary funds" he said last night what
VIII they cay in RusSa7 They will
/ say. ne cannot rely on the Americans
who are his chief support. They do
not believe In him
Dr. Fettler ts "A typical looking Rus
sian OF the clerical type, close onto
Nifty. with black goatee and nous
r tache. black hair and figure tall and
spareIy knitted He speaks English
with some difficulty. but his audience
last night had no trouble IN under
standing him He is earnest. above
/; all else, and his trying experiences in
the land OF the Tsar since he began
: preaching the gospel OF the living
Christ there has but added to his
earnestness and his determination to
e carry that gospel to every nook and
corner of Russia, despite the opposi-
ton OF the government
Many Kill Themselves.
One marked result of the lack OF
spiritualism In Russia, he finds. is
tho great number of suicides, es-
pecially among the student class. many
!. OF the suicides being young women
htuttHlS, VINO, nkS Inc men, destroy
: themselves because they have no aim
In life. Once, he entered IA hall where
several young women We're studying
music. Along each stool before tn
musical instrument lay corpse. The
students had taken their lives. A
note found beside one OF them read:
, We did not find an aim for our
= lives. Then why should we live"
Or. Fettler - made some of the
afl16enfz O. "a In la "a
few years. He finds them very apt
and without exception their lives have
been made happy by the study Of the
gospel and the Bible, When they get
= converted. they fairly devour the Bible
: and oftentimes know 1t by heart in
7 a few months.
DIR. Fetuer has also had some ex
perienoe with the courts in Russia
though 1t appears that he has yet TO
be sent to prison for preaching
Christs gospel. What he likes ahou,
the Russian courts h that they allow
the accused to talk as long as he
pleases in his own defence and 1T IL
needless to say that this fearless Bap-
fist preacher never fails to avail OF
himself OF the opportunity to impart
the gospel news even in the courts,
II Has Glove Share.
II Some of his experiences has been
indeed trying and yet not altogether
L devoid OF hurnOr. once. the mob Tried
to rebaptize him In q big tank. and
he had the closest Kind of a shave In
j getting away. In Moscow once, he was
reminded that Napoleon came in 1872
and had to leave. Now, he had CONS
with hts Baptist forces. and he would
have to leave. And he left to save his
life
DR. Fetter has been accused O,
preaching In Wolves and other decep-
- tive garments. but he liz never daunt-
ed. He knows that he must WIN
though the powers OF the mighty gov
eminent are against him
DR.. Mcdaniel, pastor of the FRS
baptist church. introduced DIR
Fettier. following prayer BY DR.. r ]
Wiilingham, corresponding secretar,
of the Baptist foreign mission board
AT tie 1Tose of DR. Fettier's address
Or. Mcdaniel again made few re
marks, urging all 10 contribute to
ward the Russian cause. The choi
rendered a special selection while col
lection was being taken. Practical.
every seat in the auditorium and gal
leries was tlled,
The Rev. DR.. II. S. Macarthur. o
New York, president of the World
Alliance was also scheduled to speal
In Richmond last night, but he wires