The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-02-18
Following rip to
North Carolina
Evangelists Re-
sunes His Battle
Against the Dew
ilIn the City Aud
itorium Trenches
Love Your Enemies" Is
Topic of Afternoon Dis
course, and "The Worth
Of Gods Way" Is Sub
ject of Night Sermon.

The Billy Sunday party will resume
activities at the City Auditorium and
other points in and around Richmond
this afternoon. The party spent yes
serday in the glorious old state OF
Down Home" sometimes called
North Carolina where the evangelist
preached In Greensboro and hunted
in the wilds adjacent thereto.
Sunday will preach tins afternoon
on what he has said Is one of the
hardest verses in the Bible for him
to live up to-Matthew s:44; Love
your enemies. bless them that curse
you, do good to them tina: hate you
and pray for them which despitefuliy
nsc you and persecute YOU" The
subject of the sermon Is Love Your
Enc mics
Tonight the evangelist will talk on
The Worth of Gods Way" taking
hts text from John T:iT: "if any man
will do his WITH. he shall know OF the
doctrine. whether IT he Of Gods, or
whether I speak Of myself"
This is the beginning Of the sixth
and what originally was To have been
the concluding week OF the campaign
In this city. A week ago IL Was ex-
tended a week.
To his remarkable recuperative
to maintain the killing Face he has
Get for himself and which is the won
dor OF his friends and admirers Ap-
pArently on the verge ef n COLLAPSE
a the close of one service, the cese-
brated preacher comes back seem
inEiy stronger than ever at the next
And this. too. despite he fact thar
Ne seldom II ever avatls himself of
what Is supposed to be his one day or
rest a week--Monday.
The firxt Monday Sunday was here
he went out TO Westhanipton. where
he addressed several hundred wound
ed returned overseas soldiers The
following Monday he journeyed over
TO Camp Lee, where he talked to sew
eral thousand khaki-clad lads
His Pcrcgrinations
Between this event and his regular
Tuesday afternoon sermon the day
following. he sandwiched in another
hurry trip to Petersburg, where he
spoke in behalf OF the Armenian
Syrian relief drive
The third Monday he went down to
Raleigh. mt the request OF Secretary
OF the Navy .Tosephus Daniels. where
he twice spoke. and yesterday a week
ago he made his first trip To Green's
horo.
eSfGrOAS fl2FkGd MS kiSh0 hisP w
the Tarhael state since he has beers
the guest OF Richmond Apparently
the evangelist is every whit as popular
In Carolina as he Is in Virginia, which
Is some popular" Judging from the
numerous invitations Bill mas received
10 visit this that and the other Nir-
GINA city and town.
Sunday and party left Richmond
Sunday night at ! ] o'clock. their train
putting them into Greensboro Sester-
tav morning at O'Clock.
At Greensboro he was met by A. L.
Brooks, former state senator. at
whose home the evangelist was enter
tanned. At 1850 he was driven to
.ssedgeneid." the magnificent coun-
try home and game preserve owned
uy J. d. Cobb. millionaire tobacco
mist
The evangelist spent most of tho
day hunting quail. Of which sport he
Is extremely fond. and at o'clock
last night spoke to tremendous
crowd.
In the Sunday party were General
salxp,an. OF the signal corps, and his
wife; George Sunday and wife, Bnir
sh,nday, Jr., Billy Butterfield, Robert
Matthews, Sundays secretary. and
Miss Margaret James, daughter OF the
Rev. w. G. James. pastor of Grove
Avenue BAPTIST church. Miss James
i an orga mist Of note and presided at
,he niano at the meeting last night.
George brewster. pianist and SOLO