The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-01-13
Administration For
U. S. Troopers
y! p.-syA 81 mn, s..a.,.. r.;r..;'.-
10 Discie.<d In Afsernoen Address.


In his afternoon service Mr.. Sunday
lott In the minds of his hearers no
doubt of his patriotism and extreme
admiration for The men who risked all
20 bring victory and honor to the flag
His speech was interspersed with fire.
auent applause, the unusual nature of
which was remarked upon by many
persons who had never known such
demonstration during a sermon in this
city. And as a climatic close to his
address, he called upon the audience to
stand and at his signal give "the
ChautauQuesalute to God" The en-
tire congregation rose to its feet, and
at the word Ready" the evangelist
who was standing on top of hts pull
pit, many hundreds OF handkerchiefs
and hats waved in the air, to the tune
Of the Battle Hymn of the Republic
Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory OF
the Coming of the Lord
Billy made -appeAl- for liberal
collection to meet the expenses Of the
campaign. his remarks preceded by a
plea from DIR. McFaden for the same
purpose, The ushers passed the tin
pans through the audience, and Mr..
sunday reminded the crowd OF their
duty in responding worthily to meet
the issue, You ought to go over the
amount asked for fast you'd put the
devil in the hospital" he declared.
Gods Grenadiers.
He spoke on the subject of God 3
Grenadiers." and pronounced eaoh
Christian a soldier. a grenadier OF
Christ. bound by an oath of allegiance
as strong as the pledge which binds a
soldier to his country. He took occa
sion to eulogize <our soldiers sailors
and marines, many OF whom were In
the audience. 81 know you'll have
been preaching for twenty four years
and II you haven't got lot of these
thugs OF the devil here 1t will be the
trst place OF It's kind ever saw. But
they knocked Jesus Christ in Jerusa-
lem, and 1t didn't take Him long to
have that bunch OF highbrows backed
off the boards and tanning for air"
'T have been asked why I don't
preach against the Catholics And /
tell them that I've got enough muck,
nd filth. and cussedness IL, Protestant
backwards to occupy all my time"
Somebody else. whom you Thought
was friend. may give YOU an Icy
palm. but God Is with you through
thick and thin" he declared, as a pre-
face to his story of the faithlessness
OF Daniels associates who had him
thrown in the lions den because they
wanted to get the money he had in his
charge in the treasury. The king
found out they had worked she'll
game on Daniel to get the money out
Of the treasury. and tried every way
in his power to save Daniel. but he
couldn't do II. The. threw him IN
the lions den. and but for the help
Of God. the kingdom you'd have been
without prime minister. Gods al
ways on the job. believe me-"
A Tango Jane.
Mr. Sunday described the character
of the woman who demanded of Herod
the head of John the Baptist as '"one
Of these tango James" and pantomimed
her dance on the stage. "Herod said
TO her. sis. you're peach Billy de-
ctared on Furefy ran put ovr-.
believe me and for her sake he served
at a banquet the bleeding head of Gods
lion -hearted preacher who shot Gods
truth into the ranks OF the royalty.
At this point Mr.. Sunday brought
Il. our late enemy for his share OF de-
nunciation. referring to them repeat
edly as those great big sauerkrant
! igeinies." I'm not going to buy q
thing with the stamp Made. IN Ger
many on u as long as ] fi5A r. 7 tss
yy@ufss kssuw yru II. r a<sss Mgs4
MS audiences responded With ruarsmg
applause 'rwe'rc not spelling for a
scrap" he said. after recalling the
fact that IT hadn't taken our men two
y-ears to clean up those NUTS who
couldn't stand the gaff, but cried
ISamerad" when douEhboy had them
cornered," but if anybody thinks they
can put II over on this gang they have
got another guess coming. that's afl.''
p ask no quarter from he devil.
Mr.. Sunday declared. land by the
grace of God Til give none. II the
church will put into practice the first
twenty verses OF the Sermon on the
Mount" TIL guarantee they will nlwaya
be fllled to the doors. The trouble In
that lot Of people won't be In the
picture at all unless they can be Doug
Fairbanks, Mary Pickford or--Theda
Rara.~
Characteristic Pose.
During his sermon, Billy sat down
several times IN chair TO illustrate q
point he wished to put across. He re-
sorted to frequent burlesque in bring
| ing out the caricature OF some person
/ or some characteristic. and for a
greater part of his speech he kent his
audience In an uproar Of laughter.
! He placed his chair near the puirft.
and with one foot on the chair and the
f, other on the pulpit. addressed his hear
ers in the closing remarks Of his
I speech. When 7 give you the Sig
nal. let's all stand and give God the
Chautauaua saiute, what do yo,i
say" And the audience got up. He
! motioned to the music director, Mr..
Matthews. and the choir struck up the
Battle Hymn of the Republic. Now"
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