The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-06
CHICAGO EVANGELIST
WAS BUSY YESTERDAY
WILL BE HERE ALL THIS WEEK
Taking For His Topic when Man
Is Man." Evangelist Holds Atten-
ton Of Large Audiences.

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Yesterday was a busy day for the
cago evangelist, who is conducting a
revival under the auspices of the Rail-
road Young Mems Christian Associa-
ton. Full houses greeted him at
Monument and Central Methodist
Churches. the evangelist speaking in
the former at the morning hour and
in the latter in the evening. Both
audiences heard earnest and eloquent
gospel sermons.
In the afternoon there was an over
flow crowd at the Railroad Y. NJ. c. A.
mems meeting in their auditorium. A
special chorus choir rendered several
of the popular BILLY Sunday" revival
hymns, and DR.. Weigle and Mr. Fay
NJ Thomas sang very fine duet,
"Sweeter as the Years Go By Sew
eral prominent ministers of the city
occupied seats on the platform.
The evangelist's subject was When
a Man Is Man and for about forty
five minutes he held the rapt atten-
ton of his large audience. and several
of his eloquent periods were applaud
ed. "Avordupois, muscle and clothing
do not make man. Jack Johnson's
powerful muscle did not prevent his
being outlawed from the United States
Some dudes who parade the streets
are like jumping ia ck-you pull the
string and they make few contor-
tions. but that is all they amount to-
Horace Greeley worked his way from
a small country town to New York
city and secured jobsxon one of the
daily papers, and II Wasn't many years
before he owned the Tribune. Some
of Greeley's friends were ashamed of
his homely and poor apparel. but th!s
did not keep him from being the man
that he was.
Three Elements OF Manhood
There are three elements of true
manhood. First. brain power We
don't read enough of the right kind
of matter. God has endowed us with
intellect. and so few of US properly
develop II. Weakness lis the damna-
ton of fffaHheed, and ysaa cannot de-
'velop your brains II you make chop
suey of your think office and allow
immoral thoughts to tango around
your brain matter, Yes. ii is hard TO
think clean when nasty hillboards and
such things confront us on every hand
rate your system with booze and run
your chances of life here and ruin
your chances In the great hereafter.
In my FIVE DAYS In Richmond / have
seen more drunken men on the streets
than ! have seen altogether in all the
prohibition States through which
have travelled, and yet We sometimes
hear that prohibition does not pro-
hihit 1t is lie. / walk up and
=, n I'll.
the sometimes men pueking and stag
ger'ng around, and / say. My God
hurry the day when old Virginia VIII
get booze out and keep Ii OUT"
Just here the speaker executed a
few lively up and down platform
jumps. and continued: I've got. my
feet on the liquor trafiick's neck, and
am going to keep jumping until /
get the life all ont of it. Oh Ii is
"a crime to be weak when We can be
strong.
Second, 'mora.- purity, It helps
TO make a man, II were to adver-
t'se that an angel of God were to
preach here tomorrow night at s
O'Clock. and you should believe that
Ia real ANGEL would appear. this place
would be packed and damned. and
after the sermon, the angel were to
quietly dismiss US and disappear. and
in Tuesdays Virginian We should read
that this same angel had been picked
mp by policeman at A. NJ dead
drunk. what effect would the angelic
sermon have? And il Is no more for
any man. made in Gods own image.
to fall in sin.
Third, moral courage I consider
Robert E. Lee the greatest man this
country has ever produced. The
Louisiana Lottery Company offered
him the fiattering salary OF $4,000
ITO become the president OF their COM
pany. Jus, to use his good name was
their reason. Though poor In the
worlds goods and just returned home
TO battle anew for living, his answer
was: No, sir: my good name is all
n have left, and II Is not for sale at
any price. Here was a man that is
a man.
These are just few sentences from
"a strong appeal to men to be men
indeed, and many of those present
publicly manifested a determination
to lead better lives.
Great Time at Central Church.
DIR. Weigle preached his fourth ser
mon OF the day at Central Methodist
Church last night to a packed house
and those who heard him declared
that he seemed as fresh as when he
had only preached once in a day. He
took as his topic THE Worth Of Sour
using for his text Matthew 10: IS.
Men who live only TO satisfy their
own selfish desires leave nothing be-
hind when they die" he said Men
who live for others leave great deal
behind and find more awaiting them
in the Great Beyond. Mans life is
divided into two wcrlds-time or pres
ent life and eternal life. Present or
time life Is in parenthesis or brackets
surrounded b. birth on one end and
by death on the other. After while
the brackets will be removed ana
then We go into citizenship IN the etc.
nal world THIS is very valuable
world we are living in now. but i, is
cheap when compared to what We
win live in If we give ourselves to
God. Men today are living for ma
-teriaE wealth. and ii won't de them a
bit of good unless they put 1t to some
good use for Gods work. God has
made us ali immortal"
DR.. Wesgle will preach every night
at the Railroad Y. NJ. c. A. audito-
Irium at T:A5 sharp, to which all men
and their families are cordially IN
Ivited. A special invitation Is extend
ed to all ministers OF Richmond to