The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-01-23

Il am not worshipping a dead Jew"
he said. with emphasis, ''but the living
Christ" He again declared that only
through Jesus could a man enter tho
Kingdom OF Heaven. ANY one who
tefls you differently Is handing you
bunk. You can tell them told
you So
He again paid his respects to John
Barleycorn. ''Peumonia," he said.
has the flrst mortgage on a drinking
man. Statistics show that eighty seven
out of every 100 drinking men who
have pneumonia die"
Sunday declared that the church is
not an end, but a means to an end
Amy church in Richmond that thinks
It's An end Is curse rather than a
blessing to the community he said.
oh" he cried, 'the hour has come to
realize that the church is not an end.
but a means to the end. The timo
has come when we ministers must
talk plain We must say to capital,
You give labor a chance and we
must say to labor, You give capital
q chance
Tho evangelist again took a rap at
Bolshevism. Every man who has a
bank account thinks he Is a capitalist.
Every man who has new suit of shoes
and a shoe shine thinks he is a capi-
talist.''
In this connection he drew big
round of applause when he dropped
to his knees on the platform. leaned
over and caught up a huge United
States flag which was draped Just be-
&eath the pulpit, at the same time
almost shouting: There Is room In
this country for only one fiag--the
Stars and Strips" waving II to and
fro.
Defends Himself.
He again defended himself from at
tack and criticism. There are prob
ably people here who do not like me.
and they are probably leading duel
lives" hel said.
He told OF an evangelist by the
name of Finney who toured England
conducting revivais. A man and his
wife went to hear him. Upon arriv-
Ing home OTTER The service, the wife
ney, doesn't preach" No" the hus-
band responded, "he makes clear
what other men preach"
Il hope people say that about me"
he said. Maybe you people need
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said. Il guess / will have to give it
to YOU"
Billy declared that if there was one
class that he despuised more than
any other it was the church or
preacher who condoned the liquor
traffic and bemoaned the passing of
the saloon. IF every church-Cath
olic and Protestant-had walked up
and voted against the saloon" he said,
ut would have been in he'll, where it
belongs. long ago. III not dip my
colors to any church. preacher or car
dinal who will tolerate the greatest
evil Of all time! / am not making
war on the church itself that does
/ this, but l will wage war to the very
last on any such false faith ~
Sunday Versus Devil.
Sunday again defended REVEALS
'The honr has come" he declared. ITO
believe in revivals. Some people do
not believe in REVEALS. Neither does
the devil. | am against everything
the devil believes in and for every
thing he doesn't Everything the
devil approves 1 dssanproye. and
everything he disapproves | approve.
You can take that for final. and you
won't have to call me on the phone to
And out where l stand in any matter in
which the devil is concerned"
The evangelist again defended what
some terQl his sensational method of
presenting the gospel. II cant imag-
inc anything that could be more sem
sational than some of you people be-
ing decent for once in your lives" he
said. Sensation is life. Stagnation
Is darnnation. | would rather be a
guide post than a tombstone. The
poor fallen girl who had sold her
womanhood and who, after hearing
me preach, was redeemed. did not
think l was sensational"
Sunday declared that he believed
everyone had an ambition to be bet
ter, TO do better. II want TO preach
better; you preachers want to
preach better; the reporters want to
write better stories. everyone wants
to live better lives. nearer TO God "
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