The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-01-17
breaches SERMON
ON ADJUSTMENTS"
To LARGE AUDIENCE
Crowd of 5000 At Tabernacle
Breaks Into Frequent
Applause.
NO REFERENCE MADE
TO ROLLER SKATING
Says Terpsichorean Art Is
Immodest and Decidedly
Unhealthy.

dergarten Of the gamblers hell. Sta
tistics say that 80 per cent of the
actors are immoral. One Of the viest
men | ever met was an actor. ! re-
fuse to be entertained by an immoral
crowd. choose my company. If
you lie down with the dogs you will
get up with fleas.' ! don't even men,
tion the theatre in my sermons; it
dignifies them too much. The dance
Is the most immoral institution on
Gods foot-stooI."
This is the gist of sermon which
Evangelist Honeywell hammered into
an audience of Ave thousand at the
tabernacle last night. His discourse
began at sos O'Clock and lasted until
so o'clock The crowd packed the
great auditorium from the rear wall
to the front and filed every nook and
Granny of it. The evangelist complain
ed that his hearers did not respond
during the first half of his talk, but
found them warm up to him and break
into frequent applause toward the
close of his arguments, with number
Of stories realistically told,
The revivalist denounced practical
ly every form of amusement, with the
exception Of roller skating This
amusement. which has been the OBJ
ject of attack by many evangelists.
was not mentioned by the Rev. Mr.
Honeywell last evening
One of the features Of the evening
was the attendance Of several hun
dred pupils from Garfield and the high
school. The latter marched into their
places with pennants flying and horns
footing, while the audience clapped
and cheered Both delegations gave
several yells for Honeywell, which
f'"red up the enthusiasm of the meet
Ing
Mccombs Leads Devotion.
The devotion of the preliminary SER
vices were lead by Mr. McCombs In
his prayer he said, I'VE thank Thee,
o God, for this magnificent crowd. We
thank Thee for the disappointment of
the forces of evil who expected our
failure. There is joy in the presence
of the angels of God over these sim
ners who are repenting. Grant that
this may be a great service. May
We go steadily forward from tonight
until we sweep Richmond for God"
The Rev. Mr.. Honeywell's sermon
was on "Amusements,' and his text
was taken from II Corinthians VIII:
Come We out from among them and
be ye separate"
Many Of the strongest arguments
against the theatre and the dance can
not be discussed with propriety be-
fore a mixed crowd Many Of my
strongest arguments must be left out
There are two classes who favor
these things. The first is ignorant
and dishonest and couldn't be CON
viz hy oil hn nd 60
in the world. ] don't expect to pre-
vent that class from dancing. playing
cards and attending theatres.
Describes Other Class.
But there is another class Of hon
est. conscientious defenders of those
things. They see no harm in them
do not teach that they will be eter-
nally lost. ! would not dare to teach
such a thing. | don't say that the
church member who INDUCES is not
Christian. Such persons have some
degree Of religious experience.
"Rut from what | can see and hear
about these things I can say that the
Christian who cheerfully sacrifices
them will be a thousand times repaid
in experience and influence.
THE great question is not whether
these things are hurting you person
ally or not. but whether they exer-
else a good or bad influence on the
community.
Wants influential Class.
IF you are so small you can't study
the question except solely in your own
little circle, | have no message for
you ] want to reach the people with
interest and influence in the commun-
itq.
Many men are able to take glass
of beer without injury to self, but who
can not see the whitening, bighting,
damning influence Of the rum traffic ?
why are worldly people the very
first to damn church people for doing
these things?
'No member of one of the great
Orthodox Christian churches can in
dulge in these amusements without
violating the teachings Of the church.
] do not refer to such liberal churches
rs the Universalist and Unitarian de-
nominations. They don't count Last
year the Unitarian church lost 25O
preachers, and the Universalist church
did not gain a new member They
are dead or dying. But l refer to the
great evangelical Orthodox churches
They unanimously oppose these
amUsements."
The Rev. Mr.. Honeywell then quoted
in support of this contention let
ter by bishops and archbishops Of the
Roman Catholic church, the Laws
and Usages" Of the Presbyterian
church. Bishop Cox Of the Protestant
ICoutinued on Para Seven