The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-05-05
WAR fAVORITES
SING At BROAD ST.
qly and Bo l,Delight Large Congre-
Aslon with BILLY sundays favo-
rite Songs

2i5.,s s'tN sTN'ht-N'
Lake an echo of the BILLY sun
S&Ay revival held here earlier In the
%eAr was tho great meeting last night
III Broad Street Methodist church,
$S91sare Homer Roteheaver and Robert
R9Atthews both well remembered for
S1AEir wonderful work in the campaign
sSlM Richmond. conducted a general
s Yset*to gether service and community
S11nxr
MT While the famous evangelist was
1 not here last night, his spirit seemed
no perrscate the meeting. Everything
NAEAs present though. except Mr.. Sun
\ 1My. There was "Eody" with his
Rstndaous voice and shining from
sAene; "Ro5by" HiattheNs and hiss deem
bass tones, ant last but not least, MISS
Florence Kinney. the well Known sun
day school worker Of the sunday
party.
Nearly 1000 people. probably the
JArrest crowd that has ever filled The
church, turned cut II greet the nom
herasoi the SUNDAY party Every await
able seat N the auditorium and gal
s1Qry~~ was ale ard several hundred
y3Srsons ST cod IN fse atsles around the
walls, and MATED outside the doors TO
Near the singing Tho church began
20 all long before tho scheduled time
Of the services and when il heEaN
hundreds of people were being turned
away by the ushers,
s Mr.. Rodeheaver. whom Mr.. sunday
descrfbes rs his right hand man,
led in the singing - She old. familiar
hymns SUM hv thousands here during
the campaign. PLAYING tho accompani-
ment for many IF them with his from
bone Between sonra ne made little
10 20
words of he HYMNS. which were list
ened to with great attention and inter-
oHt by the congregation
He told how glad he was to r-ei hack
~ Richmond. for which he had
formed sucl, deem attachment since
leaving several months ago with the
SUNDAY party w.hn weut - conduct
n revival iu Florida, lie hoped The
people had not FORGOTTEN him. nor the
principles Of religion and of right Wv
Ing which thr EVANGELIST had tried
~, instii IN tho hearts af she people.
His Bearers were r8rnestjy urged to
scarrE on h. work began hy MI sun
day. and not to forget their vows in
the hurry and hustle Of every day life
From What he had seen his return,
~ thought the see6a 81 Righteousness
Eown durfnx tfe revival vera taking
benefit hal resulted from the meet
ings-
\. The old ana well known hymns,
such aH since JESUS Came INTO NV
LII. ''s = Brighten the Corner Where
You Are" aud many others. were sang
with deep fsrvpr a7y tiic audience. as
sisted By the augmented Froad street
choir. Several We're rendered by Mr..
Rodeheaver and Mr.. Matthews as a
4dsfct, the congregation 5etnihg in the
chorus
~ Before. practically every song Mr..
Rodeheaver would tell some story IL
lustrat,ng the words. he told OF one
incident. where he spoke to several
regiments Of the Twenty ninth divi-
sion.. many OF the mem hers Of which
were Virginia Toys Following, Cen
eral Upton rccited 10 them the at,ri-
hufes Of a good soldier he said to the
boys that practically the same quail
ties required % n gsod soldier er rnsi
man were needed in the Christian life,
Miss Kinney, who for the past six
weeks has helped Roy. Fred r. Che
nault, the pastor. in his Sunday school
work arld ether matters at Broad
Street church, raade a short farew III
fa}k at the tlCse Of the service. She
will leave this wee s. she thanked tho
peopie of Richmond for the Kindness
anf courtesy shown her here and ex-
nrsSsea the wish that she might soon
have the pleasure ~ another visit.