The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-02-27
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All this preceded the evangelist y
usual nightly 'trRn-hittinr invita-
.3ar, When TIE invitation was given.
aea response at ffrst was rather neSt~
,ant Under BUYS isshinE, however.
Il auickence. until the number was
w eiied to mn even hundred. Among
The 'rrail-hitters" were a number from
the whsuock branch of ths p l>oru-
lard Tobacco company delegation.
which turned out one thousand strong.
Richmond, stir YOURSELF the evan
seiiEt urged. "l'n give YOU my caten-
as- for the last thhty-one years, ana
Il haven't lived M 10 that old Rock
findicatirr the B!hle}. III apologize
and quit"
Lord. give ma strength TO hold out
the full eeyen weeks | have PROMISED
the committee I would preach here,
Sunday again was the recipient ~
huge basket OF ficwers--~liltos- sweet
c~aA carnations and vtolets ~-the S1tt
Of employee Of the local branch OK the
p I,oriIlard company. The pres"rtn-
lion was made by Judge Ernest ~
wells, OF corporation court part J.
who had twice similarly acted In the
same capacity.
by the way" the Just reminded nls
hearers, 'this flower business didn't
begin until Ma Sunday left" THIS
provoked a roar of laughter. in which
Tire evangelist was forced TO join, IN
-p,te Of himself II understand" Judge
wells resumed. that it'll continue
until Ma gets back" Another laugh.
ana" WOULD RAISE A HoLLER.
Sunday. In acknowledging the COM
pifu,ent, said. MA doesn't object
when she knows the flowers come from
a delegation, but II they came from an
fndtyfdual--oh, my guess she'd
raise a holier; and she'd have right
To-"
Homer Eodeheaver. IN requesting the
toharcontsts to stand. brought out the
Interesting fact that during the recent
wnnfted war drive tho employees Of the
Chitlock branch, Of the Loriilard com
nany in pledginE four days pay. con-
tributed $4,000 to the fund. In addt~
tion to sending many of its young men
70 camps and cantcnments and to the
fronts
REV. DR.. J. J. Gravatt. rector of Holy
9sytntty Episcopal church. had few
words TO say In behalf Of Sunday and
tha fYee-will Offering being taken for
!. fhA evangelist. ATLANTA gave Mr. Sun
.sAAy $4,000 when he was there" Mr.
@Gravatt said. land Richmond doesn't
want to trail along behind Atlanta.
Richmond doesn't want to let the Geor-
MIA city beat her"
The evangelist was described by the
focal preacher as earnest. sincere. one
& desiring to do good and one having
4 implicit faith in the word of God
~ TURN. HUNDREps AWAY
Announcement was made that, with
The exception of two small delegations
zone OF 100 and another of seventy
I'VE. tonight and tomorrow night, re-
rpectively--the auditorium for the re-
snainder OF the campaign would be
/ fSrown open to the public. Hundreds
sSssre turned away last night
sunday took as his test the nine
feenth chapter and tenth verse Of Luke:
s~rho son Of rlan Is come to seek and
II save that which IS lost"
gJHe convulsed his hearers at the very
cutset OF his talk when, In describlne
4hA eagerness of Zacchaeas to get
glimpse Of the Savior as he trudsed
lawn the street through the town OF
svrhich Zacohaeus was citizen and
EsShs surprise of the latter when Christ
| SXdH him come down from his perch
~ tree, that he would abide in his
6ousc that day. he Imagined Zaccheus
wing: why, Jesus, had I known you
Wished to go with me to my house. Ia
| have had my tin lizzie here TO take
you down.
me evangelist wondered what kind
w I woman Mrs, Zacchaeus was. He
IsS{Stured her "doliing up when she
/ i11rned that .'the old man" was coming
euoe with company" He mimicked
SSr putting the house in order, unfas-
%Sing her apron strings and, hnaiiy
5SaflnE herself Of the garment cast
II aside and .primplng and pow
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