The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-01-13

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The church today. according to Sum
day. with all its wealth, its vested
choir. its pipe organ and its num-
bers. without the spirit of Christ
eJsus becomes four walls and . roof
over II and . pipe organ built up in
tho corner and a preacher doing stunts
two times one day out of seven.
fLaughter.)
Danger In Self Content.
The greatest danger. as Sunday sees
II today. II egousucal seif-content
"A lot OF people," he said. don't
give whoop whether anybody goes
to hell. or where they 60, just 30 long
as they themselves are saved.
Sunday DECLARED he IL no pessimist
an sn,,mi .;. y ss Hs :, Il. &
dawned In history than now. We've
got the vim. vigor. tobasco sauce and
pep and the 90 and the wealth OF
the twentieth century. No people on
earth are better paid. bctted fed, bet
ter clothed. and better housed. are
more happy and prosperous than
those that live beneath the Stars and
Stripes of America. Continued APP
plause.)
Sunday asked his hearers what they
were going to do with the soldiers
when they return. II will tell you
what to do with them. Preach the
gospel to them. That's what they
want--the good. fashioned IRON
gospel"
Sunday does not believe IN the OAR
win theory. "If you believe your An
cestors were monkeys. leave me out
OF your calculations, and you can go
to the devil"
Sunday paid his compliments TO
Bolshevism. "camoufiaged anarchy"
Uncle Sam will dip the Stars and
Stripes in blood before he will dip
them to those cutthroats and thugs"
he declared with vehemence.
sunday. in his ardor and to lend
force to his arraignment OF the Reds,
rushed to the edge OF the platform
and on TO section of one OF the press
tables, built flush with the platform,
and planted his right foot within an
inch and half Of the pencil hand of
a newspaper reported who was exert
Ing himself to Reep up with the
strenuous pace the evangelist had set
The reporter. unperturbed, kept on
writing. despite the close proximity
OF Mr.. Sundays foot and the danger
OF being trod upon.
Slick Ones Get 1t All.
Still on the subject of Rolshevfsm,
he cried: Yes, and IL every man
was given a million dollars today.
some one @of them would have two
millions tomorrow night and some
poor devil wouldn't have a cent"
A woman whom Sunday described
90 """'' starave proposition" came
to lin In Iowa and said, What the
-.arcn i-ee4s is organization. / told
her to forget it; that the trouble with
the church Is shat 1t Is organized to
death. We've got so much machinery
In the average church you can hear
1t squeak when you start in. We
haven't got enough oil for the Holy
Ghost to grease one axle Of Gods
chariot That's the trouble" he said,
we are playing with religion
Sunday, in an aside. said that he
had determined to cut out ali slang
when he came to Richmond.
Sunday had some pertinent things
to say about the Germans and the up-
setting of their calculations. "A pro-
German said to me that the Germans
lost the war because of the lack of
Christianity on the part of their ad-
versaries. I told him that he was a
liar. II the war was failure for the
Germans, II was because that nation
was not Christianixed."
He characterized the Huns as
weazel-eyed, pretzel-faced Heinies,
who thought they could Jimmy their
way into the treasures of the world
But, there was a country three
reckoned with" applause
Tribute to Wilson
Sunday paid his respects to WILL
son and spoke of the great work the
president has done and Is doing In
welding together the civilized peo-
Piles OF the world. But" he said,
Il wouldn't trade places with him.
20 h~t
form of Christ before you people of
Richmond than WELD q sceptre over
the world"
The German picked the flower of
ITS fnanhood--the prussian Guard
and sent them In against our brave
charlottesville marines-at Chateau
Thierry, men who had been taken
from offices and factories and farms.
and the marines met them and licked
the tar out OF them
Mr. Sunday referred to his son. who
Is in the service. but not in the
marines. His added reference to
Mrs, Sundays pbell--
brought forth applause and the young
man was compelled to stand and bow
his Acknowledgements.
Germany issued her defi--told
Uncle Sam to keep his ships or the
water, or she would send them to
the bottom. When we protested, the
Kaiser gave us the ha-ha But we
gave him the hot end OF the poker"
Some people say that the incident
OF the apple was a small thing for
which to Danish Adam and Eve from
the Garden of Eve. IT was the prin-
ciple OF the thing. and God has never
dipped His colors to man"
1t was not Gods idea, Mr.. Sun
day declared. to have either the devil
| or the kaiser rule the world. The
kaiser has got his and, believe me,
the devil Is going TO get his"
Sunday closed with a prayer, in
which he importuned divine blessing
on the city Of Richmond. the Old
Dominion. whose every page of his
tory Is as white as the driven snow Z"
the people in and out OF church, the
pastors. the police, the fremen and
| others who had contributed to the
success Of the campaign; "our presi-
dent who is over on the other side
to make them lay their cards on the
table," Mr.. Sundays closing words
were, THANK you. the meetings
closed"
The audience was dismissed with
the singing Of MY Country, IT'S Of
Thee" and despite the fact that
many fingered behind to shake the
hand of Sunday and members of his
party, the building was emptied in
what Is said to have been record