Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-02-03

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More than 700 persons hit the trail
N Richmond yesterday at the Billy
sunday meetings and supplementary
gatherings conducted by the evangel-
iatic party.
Billy Sundays marvellous powers Of
fcsiiiency were demonstrated last
night. when after three meetings he
came back to the platform to preach
his fourth sermon after only a few
minutes rest. cup OF tea and a sand
wich
powerful sermon since he has been
in the city than the sermon last night.
from the subject. What Shall l DO
Pilates OF the presen. day he de-
Plate was stand-pa,; free-lunch.
spi,,ie, rat-hole. tInhern. weasel
eyed. ward -heeling, grating. whisky
soaked politician Of his day. pure and
simple he shouted. old PLATE was
tenn of Rome. PLATE was typical
machine politician. and there is no
lower-down scoundrel on earth than
mere typical machine politician"
JERKS OFF COAT AND
BANGS DOWN HIS CHAIR
Mr.. Sundays sturdy kitchen chair
was in imminent danger of being re-
duced TO kindiing wood last night
one foot on his high pulpit, he was
using 1t to emphasize his statements
by banging II against his platform. AT
one point of his Discourse he tore on
his coat and carried lit In his hand
back and forth across the PLATFORM !.
Many OF his statements he hnrled
aiiome troni the yantsge points OF the
on top of n reporters desk. He gave
Il realistic impersonation OF the scorn-
fui mob that spat upon Jesus He
hurled defiance at the devil He fell
FIAT on his face to show how he would
act II Jesus Christ should come down
the aisle OF the Auditorium.
a salient point in his sermon last
night was the vision he gave the audi
cnce OF what newspapers would have
meant in the time of Christ.
JESUS WOULD HAVE DEEN
NEWSPAPER SENSATION
Jesus would have been the news
paper sensation of His day. Mr.. Sun
day declared. I know newspaper men
= as we'll as any men In America to o-daS,
and there Is no crowd on this planet
} so quick TO detect q fraud or that Will
rlso more quickly and stand by right
eousness and loyalty and sincerity than
the newspaper men. And the way that
Jesus Christ saw through the sham
and the veneer and the straight from
the shoulder blows He struck against
the vested wrongs OF His day ana his
biting. sarcastic epigrams and trans
parent sincerity and His big open
hearted manncrism would have won
the heart and the love of every re-
porter in Jerusalem IL they had been
there.
Just imagine" ht vent on, what a
hard time those high priests would
have had if there had been syndi-
cate Of newspapers ina: :,,,e n,ayeo ;In,oW up on
headline about the villainy OF that
little crowd OF religious bigots and
crooked politicians, who were intent
upon numbering Jesus Christ, who
stood for the common people as no man
7 in history had stood, or no man in
history has stood, or no man in history
ever will stand"
GREAT AUDIENCE RISES
IN SUPPORT OF GOD
The great audience rose as one man
when MIR. Sunday made dramatic ap-
peal at the close Of his sermon LOT
the answer Of Richmond TO the ques-
tion of Christs supremacy; for right
or wrong; for Jesus Christ as King
and Savior.
Christi" Mr. Sunday cried. Come on.
Richmond! Make an effort 10 get
foot nearer to God tonight"
Nearly 100 people hit the trail Eight
COPS were among them. Cheers
greeted the biuecoa,s rs they marched
down the aisle.
4 smiling Jap among the trail-hitters
caused Mr.. Sunday unalloyed JOY. ne
out greetings and questions to him az
thc Jap backed away laughing.
"Jcsus. put Your arm around this old
i town" Mr.. sunday prayed later In
Characteristic fashion. We're dead
sure we're farther from hell than we
were three weeks ago. We're getting
nearer to heaven every day, and some
tiay the angel will open the pearly
gates and say. wen, declare here's
old Richmond"
ACTRESS ATTENDS SERVICE
AND TALKS WITH "MA''
On the platform near the second
piuno. deeply interested In Mr.. Sunday s
4 sermon was The Brat" Miss Cecil
I Spooner who has been playing a three
I night stand to packed houses at the
4 were her sister and her leading man.
\ Thty expressed their pleasure In the
" service To Mrs. Sunday, who crossed
\ oyer TO them while the trail-hitting
was going on. and talked to them In
friendly fashion.
| At 1:15 r. NJ. to-day, Mr.. Sunday goes
4 u, Raleigh. With him go Mrs. Sunday.
! Mr.. Brewster and Mr.. Rodeheaver.
| II was announced last night that Mr..
| sunday will preach his famous sermon,
The Second Coming" Thursday after
ooon. and that Friday night he viii
4 ave special service for men only.
saturday afternoon. Rodeheaver Will
.onduct the special service for children.
\ SUNDAY-SELLING MOVE
EVERY man here who Is with me In
| ,ceping that gang that wants 70 open
! m the soda fountains and cigar stands
| IN Sunday beat to frazzle, stand up!'
,.ied Billy Sunday to his audience. Of
Ten Mt his special service for them I'm
| :he afternoon. Not man In the house
! .cmaincd seated. f# ttt5'.
4 There were cheers OF encouragement
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