The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-02-01

the garden of love" Then there is
the faddist kind of u mother--the eu-
gcnicS sort of maternal parent. Sun
day pities but has no patience with
the drinking mother the booZing
mother She's a bad egg he said.
She hits the cocktail and gin fizz. and
her offspring get drunk off her milk. y
sunday also pictured the discontented
mother: nothing ever suits her. she
doesn't like her job he Id. she Is
not maternal by instinct" is the way
he put it. Whenever she has chill
dren she attributes il TO accident"
The worst mother of all according to
the evangelist. is The icreiigious moth
er, She is the greatest source Of
evil to young girls he said. she
does nothing for the spiritual we'll
being of her children he said.
Defends Mothers
But the mother. said Sunday.
shouldn't have to shoulder all Of the
blame. He came to their defense
when he paid his respects to the
brutal type OF husband and father,
whom he described as sort of lord
OF creation" kind of a bully of harsh
brutal instincts. Sunday has little or
no use for the type Of ciubn1an who
gets home Mt nigh long after his chill
dren have gone to bed and when he
gets M in the morning. they have
! long since left for school. He told OF
Il child who, upon being chastised by
her father--just such kind of man,
Sunday said-4teld her mother that
some man--she didn't know who he
/ was~-had slapped her, she didn't
know her own father" he said.
Sunday spoke OF the power OF a
mothers kiss and mothers smile
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low. They make hard places easv:
dark places light" he said He spoke
affectiorately of his own mother. now
dead, and of his father. who was away
to war when BILLY" was born. and
The never came back" the evangelist
declared. with something akin TO a
/ choke in his voice. Sunday never saw
his father. Sunday also dwelt upon
the power OF a mothers song, Farrar
and Tettrazinni and other noted con-
cert singers came in for their full
need of praise from Sunday. but their
efforts cannot hold q candle to a,
mothers lullaby or mother song
"You mothers have no right to ralse
your son or daughter for pleasure. or
for any other purpose than that for
which God wants them" he said and
he then told OF two boys who. having
heard n missionary talk told their
mother that they were going to be
missionaries. 'The Lord had called
them he said. "and they had heard"
The mother nut her foot soldly
against any such thought She wanted
them to perpetuate the family name
in business. A day or two later ono
OF The boys. while in swimmin In Il
nearby mill stream was seized with
cramps ana the other in going to his
aid, became locked in the clutch OF
the drowning youth. and both, went
10 vatcry grave. THE Lord had
said to The mother, I want7your boys.
and she had replied. You can't have
them, so the Lord said. You can't
have them, either
Gods Reward Is Sure.
Sunday here repeated his Sub iect-
Take this child and nurse it for me
and I viii pay thee thy wages" THE
reward is sure" he said. Gods bank
never fails"
In defending the mothers or the
land and rip-sawine 1t into most faith
ers, Sunday declared. "God pity
America If the motherhood is no bet
ter than the fathergood"
Sunday stopped abruptly IN the
} midst of his benediction to extend an
Invitation to mothers present to come
forward and give their hand TO hin,
: and their hearts 10 God. THANK you
Jesus, he began his prayer. thank
!, you for this great outpouring: thank
5 you for the splendid motherhood al
} Richmond" Stopping In the middle
of his prayer. Sunday extended the
invitation. III there are mothers out
|, there who want to live for God: who
want TO train their children to live
for the Lord and his truth. feel con :
strained and drawn to ask you 10
step forward and give me your hand.
How many OF you viii come down and
i give. me your hanG9
/, Don't come down just TO shake
hands" he said ''The sermon may
have done you good hope it has:
but I only want those to come for
ward who are willing 20 forsake the
old life and promise that they will
live herceforth for God. don't like
IN have a splendid meeting like this
close without giving the invitation"
The choir was singing Just As
AM" Among those who came for
Sunday asked him If he knew Robert
r. Lee, The old fellow. with tears
trickling down his weather beaten
ard furrowed face. replied In the af-
frmative. God bless you" Sunday
declared fervently, his eyes moist.
Whe, heads had been counted
Nearly = hundred souls had come for
ward and, after shaking the hand OF
the evan selist. dropped onto the pine
benches in the forward part of the
auditorium. Many Of those who ac-
cepted Sundays invitation were viei-
bly, effected. Many were weeping.