Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-01-20


SO. those who went to laugh were
given II few laughs; but. along with
the laughs. they were given food for
they we're told Just what Billy Sun
day thinks Christianity is. and he
thinks just as did those early war
the peoples OF the earth. y. am right
said because In II styles never
r Thans Where The w rsson the ss ehr1 is
unchanged. unchangeable---right where
II will always be-
chose Broken Down Affairs" In tho
afternoon he preached from the text.
study to show thyself approved unto
God Go, workman that nsedcth not to
Of truth" from ; Tim notify "a" H. Is.
At night he preached his celebrated
sermon, God Wants Workers
LATE ARRIVALS UNABLE
TO GET INTO AUDITORIUM
West End church people. who were
late getting to the Audit orium yester-
day morning. Jared badly in the mat
sn Of anH Of vG he wtnn ealing dis
Sermon at 1890 o'clock tomorrow
for everybody" Mr.. Sunday had said
The; II night ,i,:,, before, and reservations
churches which were closed. but q
great crowd was surslnG against the
doors y full hour before. services were
able seat in the Auditorium was filled
long before 10 o'clock It vas esti
mated that as many people were
turned away as were admitted to the
Auditorium.
MIR. SUNDAY REFERS TO
GENERAL LEES BIRTHDAY
Yesterday being the date OF the
commemoration Of the birthday or the
great Southern ehiteftain' Robert ,hs, ,, =;
In beginning his sermon.
~ have seen old Yankee soldiers
take off their hats" he said, when
Unsurpassed as a military genius, none
surpassed him in the attributes of a
Christian gentleman. My father fought
on the other side. He never came back;
but there is no one whose genius and
character I admin" more than this
grea, Virginia soldier and Christian
in RlblicaI history when Ahab and
Jezcbel were on the throne as back
ground Mr. SunGsy p1 RrSke% yfSssT
Affairs" OF the church and of the home
and of the need OF spiritual awaken
ing in America.
DECLARES THAT EDUCATION
WILL NOT MAKE CHARACTER
Education alone can never make
man with "a brilliant mind without
Jesus Christ will go to hell as quick
as u hobo who doesn't know the muiti-
p!icatiou table"
some people are like a hat-tailed
sheep in a rainstorm-one shake and
they're dry"
lots OF us" said MI. Sunday. "arc
afraid that we will do something SEN
sational
II have no more patience. with such
n man than ! have with horse that
will shy at wheeibarrow, or q won-
an who viii go into Mysteries over inc
sight Of mouse. safe ministry is
like safe horse. one that any woman
can drive.
GOING TO CUERCH TOO MUCH
LIKE ATTENDING FUNERAL
why don't people go to church? is
Il question that's always asked. ana my
10 cemetery or a funeral. That s
one reason why I think it's not done.
Put more life in IL and you won't have
so many complaints TO offer The prayer
meetings are dead, because a corpse
is leading IL many time.
And when Ahab saw Elijah. he put
on long prayer meeting face and a
sort OF a sanctimonious whine. and he
said TO him, Art thou he that troublcth
fsTacl"i
"But the prophe. of God came back
with an uppcr-cut and old Ahab got it
under the iifth rib. The old prophet
Strengthened up like fire ladder. and.
with q look that went through that
old licentious king like an X-ray, he
I numbered out:
~ have not troubled Israel, but
thou hast in your fathers house. in
that you have forsaken the Lord, your
God, and you are worshipnE idols
sir: that's why
IF that wasn't sensational show me
something that was, will you please:
Now don't try TO short measure
God. When God says, thirty,six inches
for a yard, don't mako II thirty two.
When God says 100 cents on a dollar.
don't make ii nincty-four. When God
says 1000 pounds for a ton, 100 won't
work. Don't try and put ono over on
God. Don't try to short-measure the
Lord"