The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-01-23
YOUTH AND OLD AGE


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already in tho church who might
wish to renew their covenant with the
Lord. Come on down. those of you
who should renew your covenant" he
urged.
once more ne urged: Turn to some
friend and say. I'm so with you II
You go.
One more verse and then we're
through" ne said
He asked for the names of all who
had made confessions of faith. but
FASTENED to assure the "trail-hitters"
that the names were not wanted for
publication; that they wouldn't be
given to the reporters. II want to
turn them over to the ministers Of
your city," he explained. He an
nounced that leaflet, containing q
printed welcome and several passages
of Scripture, including a Scriptural
definition OF Christian. would be
passed among those who had signi-
/ fed their willingness to align them
selves with the Lords forces and that
this leaflet bore spaces for their names
and addresses and their church pref
erence. The leaflet contained also an
autographed half-tone reproduction of
Sunday.
/ DEFINITION OF CHRISTIAN.
! Sundays definition Of Christian Is
j amy man. woman or child who com es
! to God as lost sinner, accepts the
Lord Jesus Christ as their Saviour
submits to him as Lor dand Master,
turns from every known sin, publicly
confesses God before men, honestly
strives to please Him in everything
they do and accepts the Bible as the
foundation of their faith and belief"
I The evangelist then asked ehe fifty
six trail -hitters'' to stand and repeat
after him, Il accept Jesus as my Sa-
I yiour." To a man and woman each
and every one of the fifty-stx arose
and repeated the declaration in unison.
Despite the inclemency Of the
weather. disagreeable misty rain,
seeping through blanket Of fog and
penetrating to the skin OF hundreds
who again stormed the doors OF the
City Auditorium long after as many
as could be gotten inside had been
wedged in and the doors closed and
barred---the building was packed and
jammed from stage to gallery. Last
night was again delegation night, the
J largest single representation being
that of Richmond business women.
organized through the efforts OF Mrs
william Asher, in charge of the work
among the business woman. These
were out 1000 strong and when
Homer Rodeheaver requested them to
stand and make their presence
known, what seemed to be two
thirds of the orchestra, or lower floor.
and part of the gallery stood. otner
delegations were those from the Ma
tional. state and City bank, 135
strong; the Branch Baptist church, 100
strong and n number scattered
throughout the building, from the
Camp Lee Y. NJ. G. A. On the stage
were Ex-Governor j. Hogc Tyler.
Judge William F. Rhea. Judge Ernest
Wells. Of hustings court. part II, and
Attorney General John r. Saunders.
! RODY DEFENDS "Y."
| Rodeheaver, in opening the song
service. again took occasion TO defend
/ the Y, NJ. G. A from shafts of crin-
/ cixxn ,satTected al that orGaniza1ioYi.
| Recognition of the Camp Lee delega-
! ton seemingly prompted his remarks,
! Addressing himself to one or the
/ Camp Lee secretaries, Rideheaver
said: Il am sorry for some of the
| little things that have gone broad
! cast. cannot understand 1t. / am
! sure everything will be Strengthened
7 out when the facts are known. |
| didn't hear about ii until came back.
The boys on the other side are hlEh
! in their praise of the work done by
! the Y Nj. c. A. overseas. You can
/ realize the vastness OF the undertake
: ing and that it is but human to err.
when you know that. at the request
| of the United States government, the
! 7. Nj. c. A., in addition to its own
work handled q hundred million dol
! lar grocery proposition.
! IF the time spent by each man
( who availed himself of the Y. nj. G. A.
writing rooms was totaled up it would
/ be found that It aggregated one hun
I dred and forty years every month.
I The Y. M. G. A. handled for the boys
every month 100000 In postal
/ money orders alone"
! Sundays sermon was preceded by
) the usual song service. which was
/ featured by "A trombone solo by Rode
! beaver. duet by Homer and George
, Brewster and a duet by Rody and
! Mrs. Asher, which WAS encored.
$500 RAISED TO DATE.
| Invocation was pronounced by the
Rev. r. w. Chenault pastor of the
Broad Street Methodist church. To
date. approximately $500 has been
raised for the campaign expense FUND
| by passing the collection pans among
! the City Auditorium gatherings
Sunday prefaced his text with an
nouncements having to do with the
activities OF the Sunday party during
the next week. Next Sunday after
noon at 2:30 o'clock. while he Is ad-
I ureSsNlS men ohlL AZ ZIG auuAlohiun
MA" Sunday will talk to women only
in the First Baptist church.
! He stated that he would probably
! preach the same sermon at both the
I special o'clock and the usual 1870
o'clock services Sunday. The evan
gelist declared that 1t handicapped
him when he knew he was preaching
sermon to some on. who had pre-
viousiy heard it, so he hoped no one
of those who attended the special
afternoon service would stay for the
I evening sermon, provided he talked
on the same theme at both services.
! Il am peculiarly sensitive that way"
4 he said.
RICHMOND FACES CRISIS.
! The evangelist declared that Rich
(, mond is facing religious crisis. In
the early stages of his discourse, Sun
: day dwelt at some length on the birth