The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-06-22
lilly SUNDAY
3 HOW TO AVOID
ETERNAL FIRE

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oork Bfrfy sunday" has come
The rather large negro
AAs been aroused TO a high
saaol religious feryor by this IRE
r~svtvaltst
xISSir.non on the "Red Horse and
n 1Rnd Rider was typical of the
haanG delivered This was q
R that the world viii end in
31ar 5000
Y Billy works on the psy-as-
snAtAr scheme. Before the sermon
the collection plates are passed.
e. rUthren. this eyenin' we Is rwine
1aare mp an ofYerin' TO our pc"
Weteh,~ he started cut. Il wants
eathie evenin'. and every maj mere
1rsWine 10 give a dolla Get oHSS
II ] can preach
80 appeal did not seem TO nav
E%1 efYeet. however, and the stakes
Is be lowered 10 r. nickel one
6tAer die put in a dollar and hopes
TO rise. But he TOOK out
Nnee.
after looking over the collection
J making the comment My IAN : .
- nan' copper in Chicago shan in
SSAtana." the service proper was
krfrd. '.Black Billy" strobe for"
SS1re 70 tell OF the terrors that await
Winners.
k@aIshis here country IS r~ttf1' Alto
f6kher too evil ~. me "a 1--we IN, n"
suited. humping right iHto MS scr
II bad a dream last night that
HSf9ae year o. our Tawd 1000 b ked
4ANr would come forth. An then let
yo' sinners trernhie an fee.
TT was 1000 years after Noah h'iit
ark beso' Jesus had 20 come down
ri here earth an make men good
we is as bad as can he, hui
SnuS wont corae haek The Eed
o0er IL a~-cornin' fo'th TO got Won
nners.
\ a.. brethren. now "a the time re-
MI to buy va tickets an cl&rnn
nrA. the Iawd's hummer train, for
sou waits tell the Rcd Rider comes
A and gets You. then vo'~nll Il
6nht Nothfn' can save We then
Money for .EvfI Gothic"
SS8aMssY0u IL a bad. bad bunch o cotor@d
1 up here in ChScaro. You as
= Neacons an elders and gooo
S1Rch folks hack In go homes down
111kh comes up here and forGetS Al
@maxnmieS ever learned Won. fo
linen folks spends yo' money or
aelpthes q, the devil. and vo' rner
1-0h. yo' men folke-oh, vo' mer
70 snends the money We
lid BE- stvfn' the butcher for ron
HS1pn on booze in the halls Of hell
10 congregation as we'll rs "RlacA
warmed up 70 The subject afsf
q to sway and shout s'aInI
~ feet
III nfrht I had another vision ,
md the platform. az X close or
*Sn the negro prophet. Jun pins
Gr-HE - ~ Ins<T ~ e4 ~ "a RAY
fned old millionaire a-ridin' dcwr
AatrNet IN a black limousine u1oto
nnd = po.r,an sittfn' on IN" cur'
rothin' To eat An whe'
black limousine rnoto' car got t
po'man a $40 bill horped RICH
the o~sifed rich mans poke
Bumped kerplunk up 70 m
4xsan and sav FH-re I is. go an
~ yourself somethin' 20 eat
Good Folks Won't Starvc
An ny that 7 knows that the FOOT
7fRnred folks liz comm into their OWL
* the I4awd IN not a~gwine TO l~
I'm starve..
&gxattle Magnolia Johnson down II
. third row sat straieht M IN ne
-. The prospect OF $40 bills com
3uYnpir' kerplunk" was more al
St4nK to nor than the Red Rider.
ssPreach, brother. preach n "x
0efed.
~There Is places in this countr'
here 4 niger would no mo- 70 thai
&stnuie would go to sleep in a spar
80 nest" Re continued. 81 come
0Fn Texas and I knows
WHY there Is towns down Their
6sre thew have signs what @ay
agGer. don't let the sun set whit
fS ID In his town. An yo' fellow
%HfNye me, wa stay out q then
HWns.
CON liquors. Fad Ne<fcfne.
SaBut it's cause folks soil IN c
DO niggers cor liquor an III
rers 70 bad and act bad II
- that makes them undertook
IN there and IT'S booze that MAX"
F2Ea The underdoc~ here. When the.
~ clear o. booze they won't p
nefdogs no more
SM0Own in my home In Austin the
70 keep the tails chockfpl :
rers. ] put that town dry an
wa they has TO rent the 3atls 70
nas.
8@oh. Lawd, save our souls Amen
luted Elder Hubbard UP m IN
S&4orrn. as he dorged BLACK Billy's
NJ form.
SE4aye mercy. Father II mercy
0&Ieir3ab!" echoed the rafion
&afheir sins became app
@HAA call for sinners To- hf the trai
WI the climax.
RSKeSI zee the Red Rider a-gettin' read,
@Oosne 10th droned the prophet
the year Of our Jawd 1000 he /
Gafn. IL 10 get ali sinners and scnt
f11S1s I o hell
Then You sinful wtmmen who %
<31eSe In the good gospel will b
An there won't be no hope 10
An AL the sinners will go 4
ana darnnattont An all Eoof
Will live in a better world
9ut il amt too late yet. I'll CIV
NEn4irn 10 All who comes down tn
an swears they believe IN .th'
old gospel. an the rest Will b.
Aned,
t%EOme on now Core on"
4Ns8Audjence Takes No Chances. e.
entire congregation arose e
and noeked down 10 the pulpi
&rledged themselves.
E4434ark Riily." who calls himself
red devils ~rur~uer,' also III
%frid's greatest colored preacher
well as ..BiH Sundays only rival
fO Chicago with a record of hay
Mrr%ached 10 larger mixed gather
EFof both races than any hlacl
S%Afnce the late Booker T. Wash
Nn. During his twenty years il
RMSnipst he says he has addresse,