Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-01-22
BIG AUDIENCE SEES
REV. BILLY SUNDAY
EXCOR|ATE EVIL ONE
Evangelist Peers Over Edge
of Platform and Dares
Devil to Do His Worst.
SAYS RICHMOND is FARTHER
FROM HE'LL THAN WEEK AGO
Speaker Denounces Double
Standard of Morals for Men
and Women.
WILL SPEAK IN WASHINGTON
Minister at Afternoon Meeting Raps
Sham Spirituality in Mod.
crn Church.
Minister at Afternoon Meeting Rams
Sham Spirituality in Mod.
crn Church.
Mr.. Sundays sermon or Inst night
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sue of The Tfmcs-Dinpntch.

Dropping from the heights Of a
scene enacted with intense dramatic
icrvor-thc final act In the tragic story
OF iahihea. when she plunses her dead
husbands pointed in her hear, rather
man enter the harem OF Cyrus-BilIy
sunday dropped down on his knees
upon h!s platform at the City Audi
tor'um last night and pcering over the
euge-hgurativc!y into the abyss of
hell--he Hung deHan, challenge at
The evil one.
Go back into hell where you be-
long. Devil" he shouted in his husky
NoiSe' IL isn't a. far from Rich-
m"nd TO hell az IL was Il week ago
pcNlI. Come on, do your worst. There
are men and women in Richmond who
price," '
Ana the evil one having. as i, wcr,.
rt'reated before the strength ana ef-
ie'tivcness OF the onslaught OF the
servant OF God, the cvangcl!s, CON
tinued his surplIcation for divine ap-
pfoFai In u conversation with the Lord
Jesus Chris; Himself
STRINGS TO TOP or
PULPIT WITH AID OF CHAM
Standing on top OF mis- pulpit to
Which lie mad sprung with he aid OF
MS sturdy chair. as lie brought, his
sermon TO a dramatic climax "A few
G.
manded the answer of Richmond 10 the
solution OF the problem OF the TWEEN
ticth century,
Say" he implored them with in
lense emotion. do you want TO know
me solution OF the problem of the
/ twentieth century, DO you want 10
/; kno~ when weaw awul. .Wln-1he world Tor
i, Jesus Christys7 will tell You!
when men and women will come
out clean-cut. t1ncompr omisingIy on
li,e SIDE OF Jesus Christ. and whensthcy
VIII die before they will yield 10 tLe
devil! Let me sec the hands Of All
'hc men and women In this audience
4 who VIII pledge me their loyalty for
The Lord Jesus Christ ~
9 hundreds OF hands wen, up instantly
from all parts OF the great throng
which packed the Auditorium to the
limit of It's seating capacity
AUDIENCE APPROVES
UNDERSTANDABLE REMARKS
Richmond again made emphatic
answer to the evangelist in a strong
tide OF deafcning applause which
surgcd up from the vast audience when
in the course OF his sermon Mr. sun
day touched upon the single standard
OF conduct for men and women
What about a woman" demanded
AIr. sunday. God Almighty marked
out the same path for men and women.
SIN Is seN!ess. What is wrong for
woman TO do is wrong for man 10
do. The crying need OF America to-day
is the single standard for men and
women. \ fallen man is as truly an
adulterer as a fallen woman is an adul-
tresS. II makes no difference TO God
whether the one that sins wears a plug
hat or hairpins. coat or n petticoat
Sin is seXless
There is many n man" declared the
cvangclis; with convincing emphasis,
that siooDs and does the thing that
he Wouldn't want his wife to do. No.
And he says. She is my wife. or she
IS my sister. or she is my sweetheart
Or she is going TO be my wife
WIFE HAS AS GOOD RIGHT
TO FILL HIDE WITH BOOZE
And yet" continued Mr.. Sunday.
your wife has just as good a right
TO walk down and sit around with
gang and fill her hide up with booze
as YOU have, and then stagger home
vomiting and spewing."
And your wife has just as good a
right and sit around and spit out oaths
as you have; just as good a right to
walk down the street squirting tobac-
co juice on the sidewalk as you have
But neither of you have any real
right
And do YOU know" Mr. Sunday went
on, some such dialogue as this had
been going on between the sexes for
ages until Jesus Christ came into the
world and changed it:
The dialogue in question as enacted
by Mr.. Sunday with all his amazing
yersn'Il,SS rsiampS of as apams,e norn wa
mands Of woman" he explained with
fine irony. that she re tain her Original
place OF purity where God put her.
but he has cut out FOR himself a niche
away down below where God Almighty
originally placed him, and she leans
over the halustrades and battlements
Of her alabaster purity and says TO her
liccc and lord:
Where you going?
None of your business
'Can't go with your
No
Well what is sauce for the goose
because IL you do they will tramp,c
You beneath their feet
When do you think you will come
back
None OF your business. I'll come
| back when I get ready.
FOUNTAIN OF PURITY FOR WOMEN
a HOG WALLOw FOR MEN
oh" exclaimed the evangelist with
biting sarcasm. "A fountain Of purity
for women. n hog wallow for men;
springs of purity for women; mud
tripe crawled out of the pit OF hell.
God demands the same standards Of
living for both men and women"
The evangelist took q side-swipe at
dancing, and the giving OF dances In
connection with enterta inments for
soldiers I'm against III" he declared
with telling emphasis, bringing his
ing blow. With all the power that
God gives me I'm against it! The
oussed danco!
The evangelist again evoked storm
OF applause when with vivid splashes
Of words he painted for his audience
Of Southern men and women from thc
brilliant palette OF his Imagination n;