Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-02-24
1900 HEAR -FOUR
SUNDAY SERMONS
City Auditorium Packed, and
Thousands Are Turned
Away.
MANY CONVERTS DURING DAY
Evangelist Will Close Campaign
in Richmond Next Sun
day Night.
Mr. Sundays sermon on .Aftcr
Dcnth. Judgment" will he found on
pnEe > OF this issue of The Times
DispRtcb.

Seventeen thousand people heard
Billy Sunday preach in tour consccu-
tive services az the City Auditorium
yesterday. After filling the building
three times, 1t was estimated that fully
5000 people were turned away from the
doors AZ the night service
The great crowd Of disappointed peo-
pie sursed and pushed and showed
against the doors Sorcly buneted
guards and doorkeecpers repeated over
and over again the formula. We're
sorry, but there is not Il single seat
left in the building"
between the services, the evangelist
came back to the. platform each time
strain incident to the strenuous task
he had Sc, himself TO accommodate the
people c.,ieo o, a.ia R,ch'nond' who for six sue
iortu,n at every service.
Thc preliminary song. service last
Brewster. Matthews and Kodeheaver in
song which has been increasingly
p1pu!ar dnrinG the campaign. well
SINGERS ENTEI.TAIN
AND ARE ENCORED
To the persistent encore, the singers
responded with another selection, and,
IN response TO special request, Mrs.
Asher and Rodeheavcr sang in the
Garden"
Je,er Jones was. introduced TO the
aais"fs sSeae sorF;be RI as one Of
Expressed his pleasure in being again
IN in In the =, I. i, 5; :s A. and particularly happy
The offering last nigh; was for the
Poiicemens and F!rcmcn's Benent
Fund 49,, ~
the platform last night. Billy Sunday
greeted, him en,hus astically when he
With hs " arm sGn nround md jadee dIor Gruich afd
fields neck called Rody's attention 10
his presence on the platform.
Mr.. sunday called Tor trail-hitters
at every service, Yesterday. a large
number NJ responded among these were
- 6SS deoisiSns &c; tr9m the meeting OF 9o4
shall High school.
eIay BILLY sunday MIL preach his las.
night, which marks the close OF ihe
series OF meetings which began on
the campaign. Billy Sunday declared
Yesterday afternoon that he had given
that he knew how after holding up
six weeks in Richmond:
SUNDAY MEETING
All the services yesterday at the
Auditorium were distinguished b?
prepondcrance of men in the audience
Supplementary meetings were held in
all parts OF the city by members OF
the sunday party during the day
Rodoheaver and Miss Kinney conduct
cd a service for young people at Park
Place Methodist Church at 2:30 r. Al,
and Rodeheaver conducted a big meet
ing for boys az John Marshall High
School auditorium at S:45 j. NJ. Mrs.
Asher and Miss SAKE were also busy all
day with meetings, Miss SAKE even GO
ing TO Petersburg in the forenoon
The morning sermon at the Audito-
rum was preached from Luke xii. A:
And being in an agony Hc prayed more
earnestly. and his sweat was as it were
great drops OF blood falling down to
the ground"
Mr. Sunday told his morning audi
cnce that If the devils in hell ever
come time when they would be cman-
cipitated from their eternal imprison-
ment. it all vanished when Jesus Christ
went into the garden, for they knew
that He was there praying and sweat
ing drops of blood because of the sins
;hat they had brought to humanity
through their ilion and to human
ity following their example in re-
beliinS.
And God knew where the devils
were that had rebelled." said Mr.. sun
day. and Jesus Christ knew where
they were going. That's what brought
the whole thing from Him."
SOMETHING WRONG WITH
RELIGION OF AVERAGE
II think" Mr.. Sunday said sorrow
fully. there is something wrong with
the religion of the average man or
down their cheeks.
Did YOU ever weep because you saw
men and women you knew would so TO
Ss fnf ne hs ain or pa chpa1
cause you knew the power of the
church was being sappcd by the world
liness Of It? Did YOU ever weep be-
cause of your own SinS?"
The first sermon Of the afternoon
was a clear and concise discussion of
cause and effect, with the force of Mr.
Ga, .l.lxr f,t Il &c
sonation. his clover m:micry. and tho
cold. unanswcrable logic Of a man OF
God. preaching the trtuh as it had been
revealed to him.
His text was taken from the four
teenth verse Of the first chapter of
John. The Word was made flesh ana
dwclt among us"
Man, with all his wisdom. couldn't
find out a way to be saved, until Jesus
made the rcvela ton said Mr.. Sun
day. Man. with his knowledge. knows
wisdom has never known God, and
man. by wisdom. never will know God
1t is a relation to Jesus Christ and to
SAYS DOCTORS GUESS
At MANY THINGS
There arc multitudes OF things the
them. They know that ounine is good
for aguc. and sulphur for the itch. and
that crgot will stop tho flow Of blood
and chloroform and either will put you
And SO We care for ourselves accord
ing 10 our knowledge, but ;hcre arc
thing. about ourselves that our knowl-
edge doesn't know the a. e. C's of.
Religion has got to have God and
man in II, and mans faith. the chain
that links him to God and Gods full
ness up there: Gods salvation through
your sin and your faith In God is the
tube through which flows Gods saliva
tion 10 wash away your sin and mako
you pure. Then you become as a
child and YOU trus. Him as your chill
dren trust YOU. They trust YOU for
bread. for butter. for clothes, for boots
for shoes. and playthinSs--oh. that is
the kind Of n religion the Riblc pre-
scnts. sir. and mover. never attempts
an explanation
a.; "a mysterious fact and simply says:
The Word became ncsh and dweit
among us; leaves 1t to you. my friends,
to hone YOU have sense enough TO be.