The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-01-01

Richmond does not go out of her
way to, greet the stranger within hel
gates, according to Evangelist Hon
eywell Il have been in your city
three days. he said last night. land
In that time just seventeen men and
eight women have spoken to me-
He also brought out the way il
which he hopes to reach the mel
chants OF the city. He believes
he can reach the SLOW pay artists ant
dead beats" of the city. the merchant
will rally to his support
IL ! were gambler he said, s
would not be afraid to wager that
could so up to your business men o,
Main street and find on their books
debts contracted by church members
the dollar
"Clean Up Your Debts"
Il tell you, God Almighty is a
mighty good bookkeeper You will
clean up your slate or you will give an
account at the bar of God. Some
OF you are not giving tie business
man 4 suuaru deal Some OF you will
run q charge account with him as
long as you can, and then send your
cash to mail order house. M
4 know there are some men in
debt that are unable to pay out They
have been forced into poverty by
sickness, death and large families.
They are not to be severely con
demned. But we can find fault with
the man who is living at the rate OF
$75 a month on a $50 salary.
Il know what is is to be poor.
have preached the gospel from the
pulpit when my shoes were almost
worn through, and l had no money to
buy more. It Is no crime to be poor
Doesn't Want Friction.
Il know nothing about your private
life or mode of living. You are all
strangers to me, and ! haven't be,
come acquainted with any good gos.
sipfng sisters here yet, but il there is
any friction, existing between profes-
sing Christians on this ground or be.
tween members of churches interested
in this revival campaign, and you are
not willing to make wrongs right and
effect a reconciliation, we might as
well shut up shop, for heavens bless
ing will not fall.
"You may have wronged somebody S
good name If so. tnat wrong must
be repaired as best you can. 1t is a
hard thing to go to man and tell
nlm that you nave lied about him. It
is much easier to say that we have
been mistaken, but God wants frank
statement. The truth and nothing
but the truth satisfies His demands.
Go and make that confession or God
will shut you out from his power.
Peter preached one sermon aud
three thousand souls were converted
Now it takes three thousand sermons
to convert one little, dried-up nubbln
of a Christian. Who is to blama?
Wherein is the fault? Is 1t not in the
glorious gospel?
Preach your sermons If you will On
higher criticism, sociology, astronomy
and the present topics of the day, but
! am not ashamed of this old gospel,
for it is still the power of God unto
salvation.
Must Be in Gods House
you can have no revival in Rich
mon. unless it begins in the hou4e
of God. The man of the street hat4s
to be rounded up by some worldly old
backslidden official of Goddess 1lypb-
critic in the church. The most sue
cessful preachers against Christianity
are the inconsistent professors of re-
ligio.-."
The speaker took for his text, Acts
ks, Lord Jesus, what Wilt Thou have
me to do?"
Owing to the fact that 1t was Nep
Years eve, and ALI manner of divef.
sions elsewhere /the attendance al
the service way the lowest since the
revival starteq Sunday night. A con,
servative estimate would place thd
attendance AT one thousand.
Wants No Weeping.
All sefmons of the evangelist fol
low Nell-mapped plan, which is va
ried 8nly when conditions compel
He 4ald last night from the pulpit
tha1 he will recount no narrowing
deAth-bed scenes in order to reach his
hfarers. No handkerchiefs will be
NEEDED for weeping purposes during
the revival.
Il expect to base my appeals to
YOU he said ION your sense Of honor
nrtnciple and manhood In no Other
Way do expect to reach you"
Mr. Honeywell will not depend sx
fclusively on hell fire to bring hh
Il. ar ers to a sense of their present
icondition. On the contrary, this ele
'ment will be kept fairly well in tht
background Four-flfths Of his time
will be devoted to the supreme lovt
| az the Father, and the remainder Il
the place Of damnation.
Audience Not Large.
While people from this city are no
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