Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-01-20

sue OF The Times Dispatch
Billy sunday, eginning the second
mcek OF mis- campaign here. preached
sermons at the Auditorium yesterday
Fuliy 10000. II IS estimated. were de-
nied admittance after every available
men OF seating space had been taken.
So large were tho crowds and so
carly did they come that the evangel-
ist started all OF his meetings ahead
observe schedules when ali who could
be seated had been admitted Thou
sands were turned away at the morn
ING anu afternoon meetings, but Il was
reached.
When the doors were opened a, $50
o'clock In the afternoon nearly 1000
wcre waiting to be admitted. By G
o'clock holders of special seat tickets
could reach the special entrances only
when aided by the police a great mass
OF pushing. crushing humanity packed
All sides of the building from the
Suaed5 ns We're srr9ns 9 car oo .aeb Es sa
ley and by automobile.
crowd OUTSIDE LISTENS
TO FAMOUS SELECTIONS
The meeting opened at e:30 o'clock
voices singing under the direction OF
the inImitable Rodeheaver, to the piano
aeeonnanIment OF George Brewster
made sunday music famous.
While the d!sappoiM;cc crowd see,hcd
outside. the glad music was waited up
beratinr through the city and carry
ing it's tidings OF salvation. Rody
and his instrumentalists were at ,hel,
others OF the typical Rodeheaver;;sun-
!, day songs filled the great room. cheer
ing the audIsnGe and enssusag ,;s. ginE Billy; ~
hefore7" asked the song leader. Fully
a thousand hands went into the air.
showing that number to have been
for III" the i,s BENEFIT t Of shose who had not
as nSas hs 9s0Ts Eody r0nPns s and
fMa, thcws. viii, 10 Kane, nov soldier
stationed at washington, bu, It, 6, once nc
az and sang SAM $Unaers;and /, Better" This
was so pleasing TO the audience thas
came back with "Standin' in the Need
of Prayer" and Down by the River
! side"
he HELD NEXT SUNDAY
At the beginning of the night ser.
mon Mr.. Sunday announced that next
sunday he would hold four meetings.
the extra one TO accommodate the over.
flow OF the afternoon meeting. 1t Will
be sandwiched in between the after
noon and and night meetings ba ana nIsacbsd the Ses
TO the afternoon crowd. II will start
at $3.50. The evangelist deprecated the
. fact that the lack Of little money
sufficient TO accommodate the disap-
pointed thousands T.. who ,2,N wanted 70 hear
Al the outset he .empha sized the ne
ccssity for Immediately raising the
funds necessary TO cover the EXPENSE
REQUIRED Of any city in which he had
conducted cam,p;aisn he o,sa said >, and ma
III however.
is still far from. raised. please" he
said. Tets get this matter settled be-
Stop Stop ASKING folks for money"
"MA. SUNDAY TELLS SOLDIERS
TO RETAIN THEIR MONEY
While Billy was making this plea for
0ht had taken %G in tow at the e stage A ENTRANCE
ing for dollar biiis deep down in their
dollar to Ma. Keep it. SON" she ad-
vsed: you need Il more than these
obIigations to God"
the goes ts Camp nas sc %he9s sqs
Speeches ss: designed especially for sol.
hsr mnysr saorS sanoo; and nsh, he RoSs ss
requested by Secretary OF s the Navy
Daniels to come to Washington to
naval officer. The woman died Satur-
day She was great admirer OF the
singers voice. and was especially fond
OF hearing him sing the hymn he has
been requested to sing at her funeral
to-day.
SAYS DANIELS CARED FOR
SAILORS AND MARINES
Daniels is our friend" said Mr.
Sunday last night when he announced
that Rodsheayer was to 90 to, Wash
gets. because he is the man who put
md sailors fit to fight"
With the returned Rodeheaver lead
ng the music and paving the way
,r the sermons, Billy seemed In finer
nee he opened his campaign here.
Y Vigorous, quick and effective at ali
timsss;; he seemed 10 be even more
ID: The audience. too. was. II pos
s:ble. more attentive. sitting in abso-
lutte silence unit IL the boyish preacher
would for an instant drop his seri-
BUSINESS and become jocular.
SUNDAYS SUCCESS NOT DUE
TO IIISTRIONIC ABILITY HERE
It was seldom, thowever, that Mr..
Sunday resorted to humor during the
services: Gradually. since. the begin
ns Of homo ns se s It has bssn
there is more TO BILLY Sunday than
that natural wit and histrlonic apti-
,ude that have been written OF so
aGn ThGse Sas he has in vSa as arse
neared on a stage or beside a pulpi:
in Richmond. But 1t is not to them
that he owes his record asa winner
his fervor. his sincerity ~ and abso.
lutte faith that success has coh,c to
when the thousands sal spellbound
IConfjnucd nm Sccond JIaCo "