Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-02-05
SUNDAY DECLARES
LOCAL "COPS" FIT
TO POLICE HEAVEN

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me A .haItb that the trouble with
Christian faith in the ministers who
occupy the pulpits. rather than in the
coingreGations who sit in the pews.
mere Is more Christian faith in the
average congregation to-day" de-
clared Mr.. Sunday. than there is in
the average preacher. repeat it
there is more Christian faith, in the
pcWs to-day than in the pulpit
The evangelist went on to say that
ne was convinced that the clergy to-
day Is weakened by spirit of com
promise. and that the ministers we're
afraid TO preach Christianity because
they were afraid. first, that it wouldn't
draw crowds. and. second. that they
r rod,, peiieve It themselves. The UNI
respect for the minister who is all
soiutely sincere and breaches the Gospel
PAYS HIS HEsrECrs TO
.r, "A SNOBS IN CHURCHES
SUNDAYS sympathy. So has the under
cog. The evangelist said just VIVA,
ne ne thought in mis- sermon yesterday
come out TO the Auditorium and had
been denied admittance. and also about
other thousands who wouldn't come
didr, ,a ke chance just because they
ana wouldn't rub elbows with the Other
fellow " VIC o'her
Why. the churches here won, even
tickets to the Auditorium" he said
sarcastically, and we can't let The
waiting crowds in until loa5 after
d 5nG 'ie e1e.l, are all here It
vehemently. They should be wiIlin q
70 night with the other fellow and be
gag aso III ne cb got in and they. didn't.
haven't even got out TO this Au1I,
torum once. and 1 have been here
three weeks. and they haven't been
Gosh" he added. as an after,boueh,
81 haven't seen some Of the preachers r..
MEETING NEEDS FOLKS
Oh" said Mr.: Sunday with emo
ZION. this meeting needs 10000 men
ana women who will work and praw
a a. cS MGep and plead with men to come
VIII rewrite history II you do. You've
got the chance that you never bsdS
never never VIII have again-not while You
God. send somebody but don't send
me, you are perhaps praying. but II
you are honest when you prav tban
s sou say God. I am ready to go
Mr.; Sunday announced at the clos.
O. GINS, ms sermon that "one week from
i Sinmdag," he would preach a sta TT.
poo OF vice" he asserted. IT ha~e
oSIh cussed and damned and called
tsnigar lot twenty-five years for IN
holding the standards OF mor.l
purity. We've got to begin to ffrht
ior virtue TO maintain civilization. hes
cause II is not a question OF morals
any more, but OF civilization The time
IS coming he prophesied earnestly,
when sexual hygiene will be a part
OF the curriculum of every school
LIVES PORTRAIT TO "POP,"
HIS OLD "SIDEs-KICISu
Pop Tate. of the Richmond noIicc
FORCE. came out Of the Richmond Hotel
yesterday afternoon with a pleased
grin on his ruddy countenance and
proudly exhibited splendid large nor
trait OF Mr.. Sunday, on the margin ~
which was written in Mr. SUNDAYS
hand: To my old side-kick Of baseboli
days-W. A. Sunday"
Mr.. and Mrs. Sunday Mr. Brewster
ana Mr.. Rodeheaver were worn ont
from their hurried trip to Raleigh and
back Monday. Raleigh turned out en-
massc. according to MIR. Brewster. TO
near MT. Sunday. One thousand extra
seats had been placed in the City Audi
torium. increasing the seating capacity
10 1900. and these were all filled early.
The students of Peace Institute and
other schools were addressed at the
First Presbyterian Church. Josephus
Daniels made all introductions, and
the party was entertained at the Var
hrough Hotel.
II tried to sing" said the famous
tenor so,oist shaking his head sadly
but it was an awful fZzle. My voice
was on the blink"