Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-01-12
BILLY SUNDAY FIGHTS
FOR LIES BIG THINGS
Great Moral Force for Driving Out Sin and Making
Country Better Place in Which
s%l >t to Live.

preach to the official board no matter
what the doctrine might be.
SHARP SENTENCES
ATTRACTION ATTENTION
There are many who believe that
sunsc ~ the street. They have read
excerpts printed in newspapers which
arc calculated to draw the public's at
nay can. and frequently has used some
OF the most iowery oratory ever heard
I ITen n.r the pla'f fern, This is shown in
or others who have heard it, agree
win me when say IL is a wonderful
piece OF ort,ory. The sharp sentences
are inserted here and three in all of
the sermons to get the undiyided at
tehtion Of the audiences, and they do.
ILLCSTHATION OF WHAT
BILLY DOES WITH CASH
II was in Erie where ! first learned
ne money he collects. and by the way.
mat Is vital subject in every town
ne ri"iis There are amy number who
never know nor realize they have been
wrong; because Suniay never tells.
, iere ho%e nn - HG ,,, llMstra.
the city Of Erie. one of the unfortu-
nately poor women Of the city received
There was no tell-Iale signature and
the only note of it's mailing was the
post office stamp in the corner. That
that Il vast amount OF the money the
people had given Billy sunday was
directed in similar channels.
There is Il school in the Middle West
where they teach young men 10 become
ministers and missionaries. ana there
young women = become Bible teachers
and go to the foreign fields to spread
hs GGSn p1j T hs n Is missiGn in
also one in Sharon. IA, where Sundays
name will be found on the list OF regu-
as tnn So1ens could go and
where sunday has opened his hand
and put il deep down into his pocket
Also | was told at one time that IL Ma
sunday did not hold the deed TO the
home in Chicago and the cottage in
Winona,. Billy might also give them
away. ] cannot vouch for the latter
statement. hut II would not surprise
me 20 any great extent If il is wholly
FAREWELL OFFERING GOES
TO THE EVANGELIST
People in communities where Sun
lay has never been seem 20, carry the
platform and beSs for the money given
him. This is Wholly erroneous. For
money that is raised by voluntary
COLLECTIONS goes to footing the accounts
,icipatins in the revival. When the
last day. comes. sunday breaches as
usual. At the conclusion. Il member
Of the executive committee mounts the
platform usnally with this, sort of,
for sA weeks and / am confident there
Is no one within the hearing OF my
voice who has not felt a spiritual up
sunday. has done this work without; a
cent of compensation. but we feel that
sine" he has been at an expense in
~ n n ~ Low, I, x,,l.
give him, testimonial OF our appreri-
atl0n. Is there any one here who
that in the little town OF sharon. with
approximately $1,000 population in the
city and It's environs: there. were sew
those are in, other lesser amounts are
asked for. AS the final request. the
tin pans are passed through the audi
give as their means will permit There
~ no coercion used and the subscrip-
ton Is absolutely voluntary. If you
not. there is no penalty attached
ALL WHO HIT TRAIL
LEAD BETTER LIVES
Just once more did encounter Billy
when stood with some $1,000 others
In 4 rainstorm waiting for the doors
O. O. Madison Square Garden 10 open
inside 1t was Impossible for me TO OBJ
tain place. where I could even hear
the words OF the evangelist
have been through. and in tho "a
pacltS or writer. closely associated with
these numerous revival movements.
tolloWed the teachings as propounded
by Billy sunday are still following in
I ma, pal and the step they took has
theIr own station in life, but ii has
peen an example for many, many