The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-01-27
THE RIcHMoND NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. JANUARY o. 1919

, room for the trail hitters." as they
! streamed In from all parts Of the build
Ing. Billy's face cleaned with a
smile of satisfaction az he welcomed
; them.
Welcome II Hearty.
Hello. here, Lieutenant: what
state are You 2" as young army
OFFICER passed by to grasp his h I'd.
Hello thank you" Sunday beamed
upon the line Of people waiting to
shake hands with him. How are
you, how are your" he called cheer
fully to them. I'm glad to see YOU
I'm glad to get you by the hand.
lowered above the rest In height and
.. his broad shoulders stood out in tho
, crowd, Here's boy from Mime nm
;, -. 49,, a ~ ... s.l,.r IN -
MIN. 'ahss sOil I'D s..ati1 to saaST1, a IDS.
, on the back and to punch two sailors
greet him.
This was the way he welcomed
them into the kingdom. No, long
faces are there in the Sunday saliva
ton scheme. His religion Is smiling
religion. he says, where men walk In
fellowship with God. and as a brother
of Jesus Christ.
fun Of the spice that had made his
=, name a byword in the homes of the
Americans. Mighty Man Who Cam
not Save" touched his hearers. and
he drove home his truths when he
told of men, great in power ana
wealth, who were helpless in the
sight OF God when their loved ones
ienormous holdings OF what the world
terms good
4 God in the chufcf was the subject
LOT a series of striking remarks. when
he appealed to the church people to
get right with their Maker and place
him where he belonged in the saliva
tion of his house.
us God here" he asked: IF he's
mot let's lock up the doors and quit
There is more drawing of denomina-
itionai lines in the church and less OF
religion every day. / have no use for
1.-THE church member or the churches
lwho won't unite to fight the common
enemy. the devil" he told them. and
they apparently agreed. IL the wide
Applause could be taken as an evil
dence of their support
Poor Representatives.
"Do YOU think the devil can whip
Jesus Christ ?" he asked and answered
his own question. No Neither did
we think Germany could lick the
United States. And are you going to
sit down and let the devil make a
lcuspidor of the church OF God Z
There are too many dirty. uncieah
Ipeople trying to represent clean re-
Iligion.
"Get right in your homes" he urged
them. and warned them that they
had better get out Of the way or Goa
in their iniquity. He pointed OUT 10
some wives that the reason their nus
bands didn't go to church with them
was because he didn't see from them
/ | ali
what God has done. He can do
} again." he said. God can come back.
God is not limited in the manifesto
lions OF His power to any one indi-
, yidual or nation or period in the
, worlds history. but any one that does
!. what God tells him, He will bless.
"Get right with each other. ne I'm :
plcred, and the blessings of God will
? come upon you. Get right in your
, homes That may be one reason why
, your children are going to the devil.
, | It is perhaps because you Will say
7 something mean and contemplate
, about me. You are not finding fault
with me. You are a mouthpiece OF
the devil II ann not Gods mouth
piece come up and show me.
Striking Incidents
5 Sundays morning sermon was filled
| with gripping incidents in his life OF
s careless, the Indifferent and the heed
Q less to their knees, through grief and
q tragedy and pain. He filled his adj
q dress with his peculiar pers iality
q which makes his religion seem a
friendly thing, rather than an awful
g burden to bear upon shoulders that
l dare not quake.
:. He amused his audience to the ex-
Q treme. Time after time he had to
4 pause In his discourse to allow the
0 roaring applause to die away so his
voice could be heard. In an instant
he has changed from one side or the
: stage to the other. threatening to hurl
n himself off the platform into the face
]. of the crowd. But with apparent
r ease he has returned to dagniiied
z position behind the pulpit stand. only
: to find himself suspended in another
9 moment over the edge of the pulpit
h one hand on the stand and one foot
h on the floor.
- From a roar of laughter he trans
4 formed his packed audience into five
THOUSAND breathless hearers, while ne
= portrayed. with the magic OF mighty
q impersOnator. some touching scene
. some parting OF some sinners ways
=. some last message sent home from
4 lips that are moving for the last time
Z INA" Prompts Billy.
Frequently ne turned to Ma" who
= always has her seat nearby, to be
= prompted on date or a name OF
:, some person or place. And when he
= has made a striking statement. and
= his hearers have greeted 1t with APP
= plause, he stands back easily, mop
:. ping his forehead with the handker-
, chief that is always in his hand, and
!, !. smiling, talks softly to himself. EN-.
II phasixing to hts own mind the
!. thoughts expressed.
n Before the opening OF the sermon
while waiting for the arrival of thu
= evangelist. George brewster. pianis
:. and solOist. who has made himsel
extremely popular with the Richmond
people, Gang Since / Found My Sa
Iuour," and Rody played his trombone
and sang another song. Then the
>, choir sang and gained more favor b,
the splendid performance. The Sun
, day choirs have boon pronounced b,
: experts a. the best choral organfza
. tons ever heard in Richmond.
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