The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-03-06
TELLSO THE
WORST THING He HAS
SEEM IN ALBUQUERQUE
Evangelist Says Town Is Money.
mad and That Everybody Is
Pursuing the Elusive Dollar /;
Shut God Out of Lives.

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Albuquerque" WAS the sermon theme
OF Rev. Ridley last night. as he ad-
dressed a splendid Monday night au-
dience In the armory Say. brother.
IL YOU heard him you would have
thought that he had just returned
from the land OF revolutions aud chill
peppers. and had his suit case full ~
both. but he hasn't. Ridley has only
been in Texas. but he did that old
time stunt " little Jack Hurner"
who put in his thumb-but Ridley
pulled out handfulls at a time. Betchor
life, ho made thinks smoke on the
corner OF Fifth and Silver. Beck
man SAT- Amen 50 much the folks
thought he was 'gett!n' religion" and
Taylor bit his mustachc, and Brother
T%outhaker biIshed. Then, after the
chorus had performed and one OF the
brethren prayed the sign got right.
and Ridley came to the bat aud struck
a home run. and the band played
Annie Rooney only we didn't have
any band. bu; you could imagine YOU
heard the music and the shout OF the
%Victors.
"The Worst Thing | Have Seen In
Albuquerque" Yes. that was the
topic Ridley announced but. Ia
sakes, he never fetched It, say.
Susie, what do you allow Is the worst
thing IN our town. Well. | reckon.
it's the saloon. That's what an me
parsons say. anyhow, and | reckon
:hey oughter know. There Sc 60
again now. the saloon keepers are
always a gcttiu' u from every side
l might "A knowed va couldn't a
guessed Il. Tneu Prayioud spoke up
aud said.
Il know there * nothing worse IN
this here town that these tarnation
gamblin' holes. was down TO "Jake's
place last week and one OF them
low down sharpers beat me out Of
80 cents IN a punectly squar game az
poker. KS this here kin o business
that's ruinin' the town, and blastin'
the r4sin generation
'Ha, ha. ma laughed Elder
Squeezem. He laughed so loud that
even Cousin Mary looked al him over
her glasses. Ma ha. ma" To- thluk
u deacon IN the church would Jor 20
and tell on himself" And Bro. Pray
loud got mad and never opened MS
mouth eng more. say. brother what
90 So reckon inc ptea'h'' 'o"'o vas
lhc WORST '"Ihh ~ 'hla "''' '""h
"'iA SUI - "''N' ""'" nav '"''s"'
OF IT, pu' TINS was ms ''N''
Ana thc4c WIS no room Tor MIN
IA the mn And when be druved
down on that there audience for hall
an hour b. looked like Columbus after
VIVA made ms early m'rnlng car" /
reckon II ne ever hHu any plHis 10
ms sermon that might h' ''ll'H
pluis uy way % H~IslinSu'shc en-
ih"y might De c"H'u ih'se' lu""s"
ihe tnins jess oIIst'ed "a" "ftT'
The iirst thing the preacher mvu-
toned was that our town was muucs 70
mad. and that we wcr, all chasing
the dollar. whether We rented pillows
to a sick man. or "a -iddlc blanket To-
q t%ubcrculdr. or "a room Go q stranger.
And when he got TO tdlNins about
money. Brother Ti5htw1d couldn t
hardly SCI stii 3nd M,ss Holden al
most tainted. The idea Whoever
heard OF SIGH things from the pulpit
Then Ridley went on. ana tHc next
shot was that one OF "a worst faults
was that We had shut God out Of our
lives VOW. Wac would eyer haze
Thought this. why. Just loo At
nne churches here every one 81 them
ON Il good corner lot. and amt Ridley
Invited here uy seven OF hen uuit.ug
u ms meeting, wei. ] reckon II
was pastor of one OF these chur,hcs
here. ia SEND i.idioy home. u ne
couldn't de- better than mat. But that
man went ON. and talked about our