The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-01-07
Slams Kaiser. Damns |. w. w.
and Waves Rhetorical Flag
Over Immense Crowds
CONGRESS Il ALREADY
CONVERTED, HE SAYS
Evangelist Expects to Live ITO
Preach Funeral Grafton
Over BOOZE - Many Sol.
dicfe Hear Sermons

" dsnihsloh, Jan. 6.--Biliy Sunday
slam med the kaiser, damned the !.
w w. wrestled the devil all over the
Platform. waved d rhetorical Old
during the day In his big tabernacle
till they became as patriotica1iy en-
thusiastic rs his own perspirinr self
and had every one of hi. first three
crowded revival meetings with him"
sli the way I'm the opening OF his
Washington campaign today.
With choir OF 1890 voices, two
long distance piano players and HON.
err Rodcheaver with his trombone
the crowd soon was singing with as
great vim as ever ratified the rafters
OF q. Billy Sunday tabernacle. and no
small part was taken by the hun
drsds of soldiers. sailors and marines
who hed a specia section of their
own.
Sunday made a stars entrance at
the first meeting and. was given
capital welcome from a throng thu.
exceeded the 5000 seating capacity
and stood In hundreds aions the
walls In the afternoon he fooled ths
crowd for minute by slipping into
a seat behind Homer Rodeheaver and
his trombone. but got no less a nolsy
greeting when discovered. Tonight
he bounded 70 the platform with reg
alar mid-canpaisn wgor and the re-
sponse from the crowd matched his
own pep"
The FIRST TO welcome him in tina
tabernacle we're Josephus Daniels.
secretary OF the navy, and Mrs Dam
ieis, and Speaker champ Clark. an
old friend OF the evangelist, who has
tnyftcf sur1dgy and t1is party 60
luncheon in the Captfot Thursday
sunday greeted secretary and Mrs
Daniels formally with strenuous
handicap. but his meeting with
Champ Clark wry boyishly @ffsction-
ate, marked by a hearty hug.
After Mr.. Rodehesver had warmed
ND me crowd by getting them TO join
the choir in hymn singing, Sunday
explained the financial aspects of his
evangelism, got his collection. intro
duced the members OF his part, ana
took a running high Give into his
exhortation before his audience re-
allied he was ready.
"Go6 has stopped making new
worlds 70 watch the battle front in
france he shouted He las stop
ned the angel choir 10 hear how goes
the battle FOR righteousness''--s.nd
Sunday silenced the supposedly hsav-
eniy choir iusS behind the pulpit.
RT1eeied at the edge OF The high plat
term and peeked over at an inGaeir-
AIRY distant sphere aashing with con.
iiiet on its western -frors.
God is watching our fias." ne eS-
claimed. HE knows our flag never has
bowed to the powers of evil--and God
is with us.
stop knocking our lack Of equip
fnent," he yelled at thousands of doubt
ers still hearing the echoes frora con-
aresstonal Investigating committees.
This lis a whale Of a Job. but we're a
whale OF country and We can put it
over"
we've drawn the sword. and we
dent propose to sheathe il until that
wianerwu-st gang is on it's knees.
tongues hanging out. pleading with
Incie Sam FOR peace"
Speaking OF the necessity for
harmony and national unity ia the war.
he ieaped 10 d RED faced execra.ion o.
certain brand OF pacifists
s''Down with those God-forea l. W.
w. thugs" he yelled They'd face a
frsns squad II | had anything to do
with 1t"
The big delegations of soldiers came
IN for his snecial attention for great
part OF his discourse on the power OF
faith and keeping faith. and he got a
whoiehearted cheer from them when he
shouted TO the audience that Uncle
SANS grenadiees were fighting for a
belief and the honor OF their oath of
allegiance, not for thirty bones II
month"
He pleased them by barking back to
Paul Jones. General Wayne and other
American heroes and shouting:
That's the spirit that old Kaiser Bill
and his hot dog gang have got to con-
uuer--and they cant do 1t.
"we'H say to Prus2ian militnrism,
Hike the drummer boy said to Napo-
leon--that We don't know how to beat a
retreat: but we'll beat charge that'lf
drown even the loot OF Ganrfei's trum-
pet on Judgment day.
Billy sunday doesn't hope to convert
congress They're converted already.
he told the crowd here tonight. Speak
ing to the text. why cali We me Lord
and do not as say" he declared that
congress in days gone by had been filled
with "grafters, bootl.ckers and crooks"
But nov" he said. congress repre-
seats the nnes. in the United States in
sateilect. prohity. honesty and ability
We have been slow to go to war, BillT
admitted, but only bseause I'VE are not
hair trigger swashhuckier OF ma
ticn."
His praise of congress was followed
by the assertion that he would live
TO preach the funeral Grafton over
beoxe."