Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-01-19
RODEHEAVER HERE:
AND WINS HEARTS
OF SUNDAY CROWD
Famous Choir Leader Sings
and Plays to Delight
of Audience.
REPRESENTATIONS PROVE
FEATURES OF SERMON
Says Loathsomencss of Leprosy
Typical Of Moral Unclean-
illness of World.
ASSERTS GOD LIKES Fun
Some People Haven't Enough Re.
ligion TO Pay Their Debts
lie Tells Listeners.
REPRESENTATIONS PROVE
FEATURES OF SERMON
ASSERTS GOD LIKES III:
Some People Haven't Enough Re.
hSion TO Pay Their Debts"
lie Tells Listeners.
Mr.. sunday. sermon OF Inst might
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SUNDAY" sermon OF Inst night
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or this Issue of The Tfmes-DFspntch
inc spotlight played steadily on
ionher Rodsheavcr in the preliminary
long service at the Auditorium last
n.si,. typical stage hero OF grand
opera In Khaki is the famous baritone
- lar as appearances go. lie occu-
PICS the center of the stage as TO the
manner born, and with his equally ia
nous trombone ne had the crowd with
MN iast night from ;hc beginning
OF tho service
nc choir. 800 strong. garnercd from
.ae Enurches and musical organizations
ot kichnond. delighted "Rody." lie
SAID so. Hc smoothcd out few wrin
NIes in their manner or rendering one
the seiections. and they sang it
91er ior him again. and he seemed TO
iike them even better.
AZ the two pianos were two masters
90 me pianoforte-Brews and Mat
ihews; both OF the Sunday party.
Everybody likes to hear a man nound
;he keys. Two men do II even bct,ar
than ono. 1t is a Joy TO watch these
t"o musicians in perfect harmony
round out soaring volume of melody
from the two grand pianos out AZ the
Auditorium.
"R0DY' BRINGS NEWS FROM
HONE FOLKS TO RICHMONDERs
MI. Brewster and Mr.. Matthews lief,
INC pianos later 10 stand with "Rody'
on MI sundays platform and sing
carry Me Back 20 Old N!rginia"-,hc
song which always gets an ovation in
richmond. Deafening was the con-
tinuous applause which attcs;ed the
pleasure The old favoritc save the audi
''Rody" brought news OF hoinefolks
overseas TO R!chmonders. lie has been
N both the base hospitals manned bv
virginia men and women--thn Uni
Icrs!tv OF Virginia unit and thar, OF DR.
Mcclure.
lie said las; night that he was proud
20 wea. the Uniform OF the Y. NJ. c. A..
no matter what may have been said
ot II. Hc told the audience that Mr.
sunday with his patent feathers and
gray tops and everything" had been
making fnii OF his shoes since he go,
Matthe~s had accused him OF losing
his trunk key on purpose TO have an
excuse to Keep on wearing his uni
TROMBONE SELECTION MEETS
WITH APPLAUSE OF CROWD
II don't believe Rody has had these
shoes shined since he left" said Will
liam 4. Asher. also y. NJ. c. A. man.
spending weekend with his wife
who is OF the Sunday party.
He can't" said Mrs. Asher. instantly
on the defensive. They're oiled
while the offering was being taken
az last nights service. Rodcheaver rem
dercd The Palms as a trombonc solo.
Less than $500 has hecn taken i'm at
me auditorium since the meetings
started last Sunday toward dcfruvinr
,hc $4,000 dciici, in the curren, OK.
pcnsc account,
That the physical! loathsomeness of
'cprosy is typical o! the moral un-
cleanliness Of the world today was
the basic though underlying MIR sun
days sermon The Moral Lcpcr." last
night.
MrERsoHATloN Or ELISHA
49, MOST STRIKING FEATURE
n
the evangelist depicted so vivdiy that
the audience literally shrank from the
counter with the Christ Mr. sunday
imGerSonatcd with convincing realism.
and. finally. his recital OF the story OF
Naaman and the prophet Elisha was
amazing versatility as an actor, hut
to his literary ability.
The great audience at the Auditorium
last nigh, VIII never be able to forget
Mr.. ,,; sundays realistic ,impersonation
table writing with a reed pen. the
while he stroked his long and Moving
beard.
In his Interpretation Mr. Sunday
nimbly seated himself on top Of the
back Of his sturdy kitchen chair and
used the tor of his pulpit for the
prophets writing desk.
He spranG down from his prccar-
Gus position TO impcrsonate tho other
actors Of the cast, as he. gave the clue
for their appearancc--thc servan; Of
Naaman, tho captain Of tho hosts Of
the King OF Syria, Naaman himself, old
.Ioram and others who figure in tho
NOT ENOUGH RELIGION TO
FAY OFF THEIR OWN DEBTS
And so can sec them out there
Mr.. Sunday. He wasn't used to that,
can imagine that in Damascus they
didn't have any porcelain bathtubs
sink and that crooked thing that you
use to scrub your back with
Naamans first , venture 1ae,. into o the
mpnay wa.ers M Hesitation
his his seven ; times repeated duckins
me aG River Jordan HI Mr.. Sunday declared s
that Il good many church members
have got just enough religion to make
them miserable.
the evangelist. you've got Il leak in
Your faith somewhere. Some people
haven't got religion enough TO pay
I'd like to yank q string and every
dud that you've got on that you haven't
paid for would fall off. some people
ceIlulold collar and Il pair OF hole
GOD LIKES TO HAVE Fun.
HENCE DONKEY AND FOLKS
ct pity anybody that can't laugh"
he declared further along In his ser ,,,.
mon. There must be somethins the
matter with their religion or iheir
that II some people laughed 1t would
break their faces. To sec some, you
would think that the essential OF or
so long You could eat oatmeal out Of
religion! That's cramp collie! want
to tell you this happy, smiling re-
liGion will win more neople In month
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