The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-02-14
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ground for that dirty. shrinking huneh
OF cut-throais ana murderer
$50 many men and women today
live Ike the devil that they make
men turn up their noses ut God" he
chagactcristicaiiy asserted, and here
followed a series Of impersonations
Of members Of NE inactive church
workers clsss va h was extremely
alu,slug. SUNDAY gave vent 20 much.
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remarks to make way for the APP
his nr some Of his straight from the
shoulder speeches.
Expert wind hammers, he arnIjed
20 great many people in this city, as
well as everywhere else ne has been
and continued: III your physician
had 10 work as hard with some Of
You Holsters to convince YOU that dis
case would Kill you as do to con-
vince YOU that sin will wreck your
lives. he'd let YOU die and rot"
| I'm from Missouri is the excla-
nation he put in the mouth of Old
Jacob. Josephs father. when the
brothers of tho latter came and said
that Joseph was still alive and pros
perins down in Egypt,
/ One Of the most incor ceiva BILE
things to the evangelist Ia the fact
that he ia so widely condemned lsy
certain persons and is slandered and
viIlihed and damned because he
breaches the gospel When he
speaks Of it, his attitude ia one Of
almost unheiief. because he breaches
tho truth and is viliitied for it II
am not the author of salvation" he
cries in desperation. ar what I
preach is the truth, fvs UP to you
If it's not the truth. It's up RI me
hut | defy any man or woman tn
Richmond 20 prove that what 7
preach is not the teachings Jesus
Christ left on earth for me TO preach"
And he concluded with: re tho truth
ofT"pds YOU, that's no compliment to
vow
! Tho difference in tastes srd tenden-
c.es Of hogs aud sheen vas pointed
tout by Mr.. Sunday. with thc hog g
affinity for mud and the Sleeps re-
pulsion for IL. lie told the story OF
a man driving a group 90 hogs and
sheep together to market, and com
ling across - big mud puddle, where
/ the hogs made a dash for II and wal
lowed The sheep. however made n
lean for the fence nearby. to save
themselves from the filth NJ the pool.
I "oh, the world can toll WHISTLER
you are n hog or a sheer" he cried
/ The world can tell whether you are
/ lei ny he flesh or tho spirit"
! some of the biggest devils this side
/ of he'll arc in the church" the eva n
&c list Maintained.
! Billy declared that fr could go on
and preach To suit all the I'ntarian~,
the Christian Scientists. t'niversalists
and all the other ahhercnts Of the
isrs and scisms in the world. II he
wanted to. hut he wouldn't no preach
1 ing the gospel Of Jesus Christ, al
= though he would be making himself
popular.
II could go on and with apparent
earnestnesS I could preach like that"
he explained, land there wouldn't
be a single old painted faced, gum
chewing pencil-eychrowed, iymrhatic.
dogrnatic. phlerfnatic. rheumatic old
society dame that looks through a
single harreled eyeElass; there would
not he single brewer or an old dis
ti!ler or a whiskev soak or Il HAS
phen1eY. or a gam bier, or a madam
~ the red light. or any Of the God
forSaken, iniouitous bufYoons, rspa :
cious. r1enda cious pcltroons and sex
ual and moral pervert triple mounte-
hanks Of infarnv and rotten degcner-
ateS that feed and fatte1 and gor-
, fnandizc upon the virtue OF others
, they would say: oh, Brother sunday
, Is real nice little preacher. Id
, been given to understand ne was vul-
gar and crude.
And he concluded his sermon with
|, a BRIEF summing UP Of .hc virtues he
, deems necessary TO become an effcc.
tive worker for Jesus Christ. Hit
plan Of salvation was an easy one and
one of happiness and good cheer
: When he had finished he said simply
That's religion Go live 1t. That's
ALI Good bye" And he left this
platform without his customary clos
. inc PRAYER