The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-01-21
vAE RIcHMoNp vIRaINIAN-Tu EspAY, JANUARY 81 1919

ceived Billy and Ma" with the pro-
verbtal open arms. and they warmed
up. too. to Matthews and Brewster.
/ Matthews. ~ In his custom. acted
a. curtain raiser" for Sunday. who
told his personas-expsrience to the
soldiers, reciting the last chapters OF
his baseball career and the first chap
tiers OF his religious experiences dat
ing from the time when he became In
torested in Q street mission at State
and Van Buren, streets Chicago, and
turned his back forever on a worldly
life.
He told them how he got a job as
department secretary In the Windy
City Y. M. c. A.. of the time when
he Joined the. church and, some years
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gospel in the same church, where he
also met the now Mrs. Sunday, when
she was young woman. ''Oh. but
that old church certainly was good to
me, he told the boys
whenever Sunday would tell his
hearers OF hts experiences in or his
vtsits to certain cities and states. he
would say. ANY Of you fellows from
Chicago r. or st. Louis, or Detroit, or
Illinois, or Missouri, or Michigan, rs
the case might be. Hands would go
up all over the building.
Sunday told his hearers to hold aloft
tho standard of Righteousness, to live
decent upright. straightforward lives.
to fulfill the best traditions OF the
army and OF America.
You were victorious over the
Huns" he said, land IL you do the
quare thing by God. you will be victo-
rtous over the devil, despite his allur-
ing Temptations"
Sunday prefaced his talk with the
story Of Benedict Arnold
Preceding Sundays talk, Matthews
led the boys In a song service, and had
them sing. Keep the Home Fires
Burning" TITS Long, Long Trail"
and Brighten, the Corner Where You
Are"
Private Had Nerve.
Matthews asked those Of the fellows J
who had never heard the last-named
song before to hold UP their hands.
every hand in the room
went up. Matthews then offered the
first fellow who would muster up
enough to come up on the
stage and sing the chorus, an auto
edition of the Sunday Rodeheaver
hymn book. containing photographs of
Mr.. and Mrs Sunday and other mem
bers of the Sunday party. After some
hesitancy Private John j. Jennings ac-
cepted the challenge and acquitted
himself with credit.
On the stage Of the Liberty theater
was seated General Bundy, the new
at Camp Lee, and who
led the vtctorious charge Of the Ameri-
can forces at Chateau Thierry, when
the United States Marines augmented
by our khaki-clad boys. turned the tide
of defeat and started the Huns on
tn cir final retreat to and beyond the
line and across the Rhine.
In addition to General Bundy, about
one hundred other officers from the
rank Of major down, occupied seats
on the platform
Following the service the Sunday
party was invited to the hostess house,
Where luncheon was served. The re-
turn trip was begun at 3 O'clock, the
party arriving in Richmond at 5.
On the way over, Peerless car. the
property Of Mr.. Powell, which car
ried the Sunday party to Camp Lee,
suffered two breakdowns, due to the
roughness Of the roads In each in
stance spring was broken. The party
was delayed about half an hour and
arrived at the camp just as the exer-
minder Of the journey to Camp Lee
following the two eak-downs was
made with the body of the car on the
axle.
Sundays activities for the day end
ed with his participation in the Bryan
exercises ut the City Auditorium last
night. the evangelist introducing Mr.
Bryan, who spoke On Back to God"
Sunday will address a number of
leading Richmond women at the
Woman's club Thursday morning at
an hour yet to be determined, although
it was announced that 1t would be
either 1880 or II o'clock.