The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-01-15

Shews, sang Tn thu Garden.
Sunday began his talS nj @1g
c.clock. He announced that ne would
4 take his suh.ect rom the PROPHECY
Of Hahatkuh t5ird<chapter. seco'.'
yersa 20 lord, revive thy work IN
the midst OF he Years. in wrath r"-
member mercy"
4 revival. sunday declared is "a
uure1y philosophical result OF the
riry1t use of divinely appointed means
a revival. he continued. prevents, or
should prevent, church from PACK
eiidinr. "Wha. the church of today
needs more than ANYTHING else ne
declared. lis a baptism OF morse
sense
Beneficial results. Sunday declared;
are sure to follow in the churches II
they can be persuaded that pFo'iao'~
rig A great religious and moral awak-
ering ,s not something mysterious
ma has no connection between the
means and the end.
Rev sni is an Awakening.
,. A revival, ne said, is the return OF
fhe church from her backsi!dsnEs,
4 4er indifference, and II leeds 20 the
salvation of the unsaved.
srwhen the devil can get more peo-
ple to leg show than a preacher can
attract to his church. there IL some
thing wrong with the church. ne de-
cfared.
4swhen is revival needed ?" he
asked. when the church gets run
down spiritually; when there IS q
want OF brother!v love; when this rs
aissertion, Jealousy, evii-speakinE ana
tAult-findinF.
ssOh. 1t shows that we have soe
mighty far from God when religion
= M
munjty where business may prosner
and society, and porftics, and other
things which are all right In them
selves but Gods cause Is headed on
Il sidetrack and the switch locked, and
cod's got to take the tag end OF cot
lections, IL you have q penny YOU
give It to God, and dollar 10 me
devil The Lord has got to- take ne
short end of everything nowadays
During his talk, Sunday said, IF
there are any of you out there VINO
don't want your feelings hurt' don
bring them here"
And again: "Jf you don't like my
Occentricities, my mannerfsrs, ny
language, forget it. / should worry,
A storm of applause swept over the
audience when Sunday declared that
1You VIII live to see the stars and
yh1pee wave over a dry nation. ana
he added. alphabetically, Il am GO
fnx to Washington TO preach ser
s1lnn ON the liquor traffic."
Sunday scored those who read
trashy novels and he took "a fling at
the so-called popular writer's or nc
fence about nfty OF our so-called
4 popular writers.''
sunday declared that all attempts
70 sociaiize the church was the devils
hunk. Some one In the audience
cried. "Amen,"
'sOh, I've got n great deal more IN
say IL you will oniv give me time" he
sid, IT cannot do II all in any one
sermon"
rye are living In period" Sunday
declared, when prophecies are being
fulniied with euch rapidity that II
should sfagger u.s."
Sunday drew another "Amen!'
from his hearers when he declared
\ that n man. or woman, either. for that
matter, Is a miserable nonentity II
Ne or she has no enemies
Sunday reminded knockers that III
xhere Ia anything about the preacher
yea don't Ike, you can bet your bot
torn dollar there are things in your
life he doesn't like. SO. it's fifty-hfty
or, maybe us scvenfy-hve- twenty
r 1--WE. Probably tnatS more IKE H.
With the preacher hanging or to the
Odda.s
In his benedlction. MIR. Sunday
made especial reference TO the news
uApers OF Richmond and expressed his
anpreciation of their cooperation In
the present movement
y characteristic THANK vou;
y aood- bye" closed the service at $40
1hnanck Billy sprung the trap door
i = the platform and descended 10 the
3wonl OF the auditorium floor, where
h Sn ahcok the hands Of all who could
= within reach OF him.