The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-03-17
THOUSANDS HEAR
DRUMMER PREACHER
REV. "BILLr" WILLIAMS AT THEA
TER, CHURCH AND THE
Y. Vi. &. a.
BREAKING HOME TIES
INFLUENCE OF THE HOME AND
OF THE BIBLE is SUBJECT AT
GREAT MEETING AT
THE BIJOU.

Nearly thousand men sat in the
BIJou theater yesterday afternoon and
heard typical "Bill" Williams SER
mon on breaking the Home Ties"
These men, coming from all walks
or Hfe-~Wage earners, salaried clerks,
coupon clippers-had lifted their
voices in praise of the great Pay
master of them all in the anthem,
Praise God from whom all blessings
now and in various gospel hymns,
but for thirty minutes or more they
sat in almost strained silence while
the evangelist told of the influence of
the home for good or for evil and of
the great value to IA man Of religious
training at his mothers knee. Sew
eral men were converted at the meet
ing and three gave their names for
church membership.
Great Meeting.
The meeting at the theater was one
of the greatest yet held in Richmond
by Mr.. Williams, who is of the opin-
ion that great good to the individual
and to the community was accom-
plishcd by ii. The lower floor was
crowded with listeners, while the bal
comics were well flled. The services
were held under the Join auspices of
the Broad-Stree NJ T. church and
the y NJ c. A.
4A' " ii4lalilS SlttE1 I'VE tltutS yes
terCaE beginning al the Sunday
school of Broad street church. where
he had eleven conversions. His sub
tect was: The First start" The
large auditorium Ut the church was
tillcd to hear him at O'Clock in the
morning an Doubling Thouas" One
hundred and twenty-five boys were
present at the meeting at the y NJ
{. a. at 2,30 O'Clock. when he spoke
with railroad time cards. AT / O'Clock
he addressed the meeting for men at
the Bijou and at S O'Clock last night
spoke to a tremendous crowd at the
Broad-Street church.
His Own Experiences.
At the Bijou. Mr. Williams in open
ing his remarks went straight to the
heart Of his theme. and, speaking
from his own life experience, he said
My father never took a drink of
whiskey in his life; he never went
into a saloon only when he came
after me I never heard my father
give my mother an unkind word, or
to my knowledge did he ever do
dishonest act He died poor, after
Il lifetime of toll as blacksmith,
but he left me richer tnan the zoos
Of New York combined in the legacy
of a Cody life
mere" Is SClfiNtftlflE bFrttSd Niisthh
rolroad bonds and stock TO leave TO
yonr child en-, If these arc secured at
the cCst OF Il closed Bible on the CEN
ter table or vacated family altar.
Gods lines of promotion run close
to mothers knee. She. with an open
Bible, the boy getting his first ser
mon in character building from Gods
word. The great mistake of many
fathers is dividing unto the boy his
living. The prodigal son-the father
divided unto him his living which
was the first. sad mistake.
influence of the Bible.
THE criminal classes do not come
from the home where the Bible is
opened, but from homes where ii is
pushed aside and cards and drink
takes the place.
ITO Adam paradise was home. God
wants every home to be a paradise.
Family and home were among the
first things framed by God. Home
makes the church and the church the
State Nothing, then, will take the
place of home training. We cam
not substitute the church sunday
school or anything else. The farther
you get away from the home of your
youth the more you will miss it.