The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-01-13
RICHMOND WRIGHT N-MONDAY JANUARY III 1910

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Whenever see statues OF Lee ant
jackson. always take of my hat
Although am the son Of man wh'
fought on the Union side. land thi,
goes for the whole North--love and
same az you low and respect AhrA
ham Lincoln and Grant" In ~
aside. he said: But they don't seer
to like Ben Butler down In New Or
leans Nor do I blame them" Mr.
Sunday was just recently In the
Louisiana city.
IT have been in every state excep
Florida and Maine" Mr.. Sunday con
] tinped, 'ard never saw more pros
ixs-x>Ae+S ,,>.->...s. -, ~ =
or a lot Of cherrier, happier and more
contented-appearing people than are
here. From what l have seen OF you
ton Of Yankee shrewdness. Western
push and Southern hospitality.
The welcome accorded Mrs. Sun
arrival at your new and handsome
Broad-street station more than com
pcnsated us for all of the villifying
vituperaticn that has been hurled at
us by the devil and his gang"
Mr.. Sunday announced that his
campaign would run according to
schedule. 'Ten-thirty doesn't mean
ten thirty-flve," he said. He added
that his hearers would aid him very
much II. when they felt the impulse
TO cough. they would cover IL up and.
at the same time, choke the germ
He asked that everyone stand and
sing Hymn No. 81. II Love to Tell
the Story" which was sung standing.
t1
troduced the members Of HIS party.
in the order named:
Workers Are Introduced.
Mrs. William Asher. in charge OF
women's work: Miss Grace SAKE, Bible
study Miss Florence Kinney. young
peoples work; William Butterneld,
custodian of tabernacies and audi.
forums: H. II. Pitzer. business man
ager: James E walker. advance man.
George Brewster. pianist and tenor
soloist. and. last but not least" Ma
Sunday.
Mrs Sunday got . roustng reeep-
ton. Mrs. Sunday said she could
not help but say a few words, so
affected was she at the welcome she
had received. she said she could
Iani would personally guarantee the
fidelity of every member OF tht Sun
day party.
In other cities In which have ap-
peared with Mr.. Sunday" she said.
I'VE have set the pace and the peo-
pie have had to keep up with us II
what Mr.. Walker tells me Is true
and what l have seen OF you salts
fes ne that II Is. we will have to run
to keep up with you. This will be
new experience, but none the less
welcome orc. for al. of us"
Mr.. Sunday had previously spoken
of the most encouraging letters no
had received from Mr.. walker, tell
ing him of the hearty and whole
souled cooperation of the people OF
Richmond. This is my first cam
paign." he said. that he has not been
stumped by Some proposition and has
passed the buck on to me. Your CO.
operation has been simply fine, and
all OF us appreciate the finc spirit you
! have shown.
Mr.. Sunday announced that he
would take his text from the second
| verse of the nineteenth chapter OF
, cts-"Have ye received the Holy
/ Ghost since we believed?"
| Before he had got very far into his
discourse, Mr.. Sunday digressed to de-
clare that some people In the church
are going to he'll at such a rapid
: rate they are exceeding the speed
limit. IF there are any OF you out
there" he warned. who don't want
to hear this. don't show your head
inside this building for the next siJ
weeks"
Touching on the wrong atmosphers
In the homes of some people. caused
by the crowd with which they keey
company, Sunday said. Why. an ange
from heaven couldn't come down and
stay here two weeks and train with
the crowd that some of you go with
and call good and then get back tc
heaven without having bath in lysoI
and carboIic acid and fnrmaldehyde.
1smtslbe aska Private.
"oh, there are mujttfndes Of n1er
and women who will do things in pri-
vate that they wouldn't do in pub.
lie. II they did. It would mean their
disgrace. There is many man who
wouldn't keep somebody on the side
who wouldn't stagger and reel horne
into the arms of his wife. but ne will
stoop to do the mean, contemplate
dirty, scurrilous. derogatory. under
hand, villifying, little things that show
heNs led by the flesh and not by the
spfsft. although ne may have beer
aptixed, sprinkled and Immersed
every fifteen minutes. knows tn,
catech'sm from A TO y and has beer
confirmed every half hour"
| All manner OF SIN ann DtaSphemN
| shall be forgiven unto men. but tn,
blasphemy against the Holy Ghos
shall not be forgiven unto men. either
in this world or in the world t,
come" he said. And r would lik,
to know where any bunch gets an,
scriptural authority for future pro
baton. II you don't settle II befor,
the undertaken pumps you full OF EN-
balming fluid. you are all in, take 4
from me-"
Mr.. Sunday has Just closed a cam
paign in Forth Worth. Texas. "Wher
was in Fort Worth" he said "a
woman told me tina she had beer
able to get her husband into church
on but two occasions--when she mar
ried him and. later. when she buried
him"
Touching on human nature in gen.
| eral. he said the. only good some PEG.
! pie are Is to help make up a crowd
make one more for the census taker
They are danger Signal warn,
ing to others He wishes some
j churches would yank out the drone.
among their congregations. The
church." he said. has been ON the
/ defensive for hundred years"
: While on the subject of the will OF
F., God. Sunday said. among other
| things: When Joshua fought that
{, memorable battle. he looked up and
noticed the sun had passed the naeyi-