The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-01-28
Better to Save a
Man By~a Little
Excitement Than
To Let Him Die
And Go to Hell
Asleep, Says Sun
day.
Big Meeting of Baptist
Council at City Audi
forum.

The ''old-time religion
pirit pervaded the annual
Meeting of Richmond Baptist
ouncil last night in the audi
|orium. Billy Sunday was
there and he made a speech
characteristic of him. DR..
George w. Mcdaniel was
there, too, and he waxed almost
tonvincingly eloquent as Billy
while upholding the past, pres
Int and future glories of the
Baptist denomination. Sunday
demanded that the church keep
the Christ that the world wants
Ind needs, and that the Bap-
kists and every other denomi
nation make the churches at
ractive SO everybody will want
b 20 to church.
A HELPFUL Union.
A. ". Patterson, of the First Bar,
list church. presided. He explained
Shoftly the function of the Baptist
kouncil which Is not a controlling or
limitation. but a helpful union. The
Baptists have no controlling organtza-
lions, he emphasized Rev. Or. Finley
3fnaon, OF the Grace Street Baptist
khurch. introduced Billy Sunday rs
Ine OF tho. great evangelists OF the
kxes-
II want to sec the old doctrines
preached in modern way said sun
hay, There Is too much dead wood in
he pewa Give the people Christ for
heir every day life. / say. Make the
khurchcs attractive so that man viii
hiss. something IL he doesn't come
throughout his whole short address
kunday proved what an orthodox old
ashioned. true Christian he was. He
Advocated modern methods in church
Naturalization and especially personal
york among the congregation in the
homes. He addressed the church MEM
bers directly, tho people who run the
Baptist churches In Richmond and the
ministers present
CAUSE or ENTITY CHURCHES.
sRAtiouallsm and infdelity emptied
he churches OF Europe and then can
kon shot them down" he said, And
(3od save America " they get away
rom the old religion OF salvation
through repentance or eternal damna-
4ion." when Billy scored the women
Who use their knees to put under card
ahies instead OF to pray ,on" he got
! fervcnt Amen" from a number OF
8aptists on the platform.
'The eternal principle OF Jesus
Christ. not ethics. is our savior" he
continued. land believe that It Is bet
sr to save man by little excite
nent than TO let him die and go to
hell asleep. Thank God the Baptists
have always been clean of that rotten.
svaging. rampant higher criticism OF
christian doctrines.5
Sunday also admonished the church
beopie to keep the religious spirit In
bace with the ever growing size OF
Inc congregations. He concluded by
HANK ing the Baptist ,coaacii for CIV,
ng him the privilege OF addressing
hem Billy Is a Presbyterian because.
Il says. Ma Sunday was n Presbyterian
vhen he was converted. SO he had to
hin her church, not having married
Ter at that time.
MISUNDERSTOOD SECT.
Or. George w Mcdaniel. pastor Of
Az First Baptist church. whom sun
nm claims as one OF his best friends.
|vas the second speaker of the even
~ He maintained that the Baptist
I nominal adhered to the scriptures
klOSef and were Nne most mfSunuer-
kfood Of all the sects.
.The New Testament churches were
Raptist churches" he said. THE Bap-
i'll church Is the only one which can
race it's history directly and not
through any single man to Jesus
.hrist. it's founder" -.
Or. Mcdaniel went on to explain the
20 basic rituals OF the church, that
baptism by immersion and the OBJ
knrvance OF the Lords supper He
raced these holy ceremonies directly
u The custom started by Christ at the
IN supper and to MS modesof baptism.
rha one siynifying sustenance of life,
M other BIRTH. --4ss
S1fe climaxed his address by refer
|#E fContinucd, on Pare Two.l