Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-02-06

Constituting a vanguard when Billy
sunday sent out the call for trail
h!t;ers. forty-threc wounded soldiers
fresh from overseas, moved out OF
their seats rs one man last night at
the Auditorium and marched right up
10 the front.
Some OF them limpcd. there was Al,
least one empty sleeve and all had
the stripes indicating wounds received
in the hshting line. but they threw
back their young heads and laughed
back at Mr. Sunday as one good sol
der TO another when he caught ,henr
ny their shoulders. and. with conta-
Iious good humor. demanded to know
Where each hailed from.
south Dakota he called out Con
necticui! Massachusetts. Virginia :?
Hello, old Virginia! Richmond, did you
HcTe Rody. here's a boy from Oshkosh
and one from the short-grass coun-
iry down in Texas! Been holding n
from ihere!''
The village cu,up" had nothing on
it ;ho sunday In the way his Joy in
ine poEs IN khaki found expression in
a stage. Bronzcd from exposure.
steady eyed. the boys in khaki aroused
Il storm OF applause from the audi
OTHERS FOLLOWED UNTIL.
NEARLY 100 CAME TO BENCH
Others followed tho lead OF the SOL
d.crf. until nenrIy 100 .4 trail hittcrs
hiied the benches.
Billy Sunday caught up the red nag
OF danger and shook x IN the faces
OF fathers and mothers OF Richmond
about their children last night and
shouted warning to them with hands
cuppcd To carry the message 10 every
: corner OF the Auditorium.
There are men in Richmond who
arc leading their boys as straight to
hell as TWO and two make four" Mr..
Sunday shouted in his husky voice "A
night Key has ruined many boy and
girl. | have tricd to imagine father
and mother seated In their homes CON
tented and their children gadding
.round-and the average boy and girl
can learn more deviltry between sun
down and 10 o'clock than all the sun
day school teachers can eradicate in
a year"
kEEr CHILDREN IN FROM
NIGHT TO MORNING
Would You have us keep our chill
drcn in from morning TO night?" said
woman.
No. Keep them in the house from
when A"d tho cnyfaw wil ,Rnnk ii1 r,, God Amighty
and hamlet in America. and If the par
cnts don't keep their children off the
hold of them and pitch them into the
dooryard OF the home.
why, the average little frizZle-
headed sissy that hasn't sprouted long
skirts ,kdr, EocansH Eyst,rwei you don, Judge BY
them short too and you can't tell
whether they are twelve or fifty
pony blame society, you are part
is rotten. 1t is because the individuals
INA. ma I,akG indiidy dSofiety up are rotten. SO
Sr't
what yon ought to be- be- so 'Ga stop rS Sla@e n9.
inE s9cietS ana trying TO square your
Don't blame us. Great heavens. we
are, are OILY 3oy nadani 1nd ALA am lrying to do my
blame the .dcvil-poor devil. All the
devil can do is to tempt you There
are not devils enough in hell TO make
you sin IL you don't want to sin. and
there arc not angels enough in heaven
to make you decent if you don't want
FATHERS AND MOTHERS
TO BLAME FOR TROUBLE
the evangelist: Go home look 5 into nte'tss the
is the wop-that fellow right there!'
..3M' Now' dent blame your parents. my
black heart. you would turn il into
crawiins in between sas.s, two clean sheets
alter ! - sure as you live. You turn
pol" loose in parlor and YOU
know " .,ch will change first. the parIor
or the poecat."
Ushcrs and door keepers surprised
Mr. Sunday last night by presenting
him with a gorgeous basket Of Mowers
Judge T.. II. Wells of the Hastings
Court. Part H.. made the presentation
speech; Mr.. Sunday acted the part Of
he backed away from his pulpit and
listened to Judge Wells's verbal
bouquets. His response was brief and
: characteristic
When saw all that ribbon" ne said
where the bride was"
EXPRESSES APPRECIATION
OF SERVICES RENDERED.
lie went on to express his apprecia-
ton OF the efficient service the ushcrs
had rendered during the three weeks
the campaign has been in progress.
He. said his one regret about tho flow
ers was that he did not get them be-
fore MA" left.
a pleasing feature OF the meeting
last night was Fred Buffers render
ing of the ,armonrer's song from
"Thc Harvest Is Passing" Mr. Butler
possesses splendid bass voice. He
was basso soloisti with Dr. j. Wilbur
Chapman for four years.
Everybody who gets to the Audito-
eTed eIr to hear m snmday Ps prT bs
great sermon on The Second Coming"
pcated at T:3O for mon only.
Mr.. sunday paid his first visit to-
!. "Billy SUNDAY Campaign tIeadguar-
y. yesterday afternoon. following
tho eer,ice at the auditorium. fhe
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