Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-02-27
SUNDAY RECEIVES
BASKET OF P0S|ES
Says Ma" Might Kick if
Flowers Came From Only
Ono Girl.
100 PERSONS "HIT TRAIL"
Evangelist Paints Comical Pic
lures of Zacchaeus on Tree
Limb Watching Jesus.
Nr. Sundays sermon on .Zar-
cnncus VIII he found on pngc > Of
this Issue Of The TImcs-Disnntrb

His mobile face aligh, with humor.
t'"'F sunday held up one finger and
cried; Strike Onew when Judge
Ernest III. Wells. in presenting Il mag
niiiccnt basket Of nowers 10 the former
baseball star last night unexpectedly
called attention to the fact tina, the
flowers had only been coming since
Ma Sunday left town.
Ma docsn', mind delegations of
girls sending nowers," defended Mr.
sunday but IL they were coming from
jusi ono she Nigh; kick"
6. nc rn " WAiiiock branch of Z. toril,ard
ot nearly lo0G employees
me Hudltorium was packed and
damned, and tho usual great crowd OF
people, was turned away after every
available scat was taken.
EVANGELIST PICTURES
zACCHAEUs ON LIMB
:, WIN sympathy and understanding.
Fly, Ely Sunday painted from the subtle
picture OF the short. rich, fate lev
Iacchaeus, on the limb Of the sycamore
tree, TO which nc had climbed. out OF
Jnsns Jnsns euFlI9Iai'y. Gu IIo to &c, good view of
ne depicted, as only the born come
Sh,a Ghan "omia haye been able to do. Hac-
fnaens trse and JThinni1f dar1 down the sycamore
with him to dinner, and he convuIsed
NE audience by his mpersonation Of
MIS-. MS laeehaeus" hastily removing her
apron and proceeding to doll up" when
me children reported that daddy was
approaching with possible guests for
dinner.
Mr.. SUNDAY then proceeded 10 intro
duce tho disciples, in turn, TO the nus
tered matron. while tho audience
shouted with laughter.
HUNDRED CONVERTS HIT
TRAIL AFTER SERMON
lc nf .
OF the despised tax collector. Mr..
sunday brought home to his audience
with telling effect. Exactly 100 men
ana women hit the trail.
Mr.. Sunday said last night after the
service that he loved Richmond. and
,hess ,he people e or Kichloend, more than
ever preached. :. :, :. :.
There's, something about Richmond
mat gets hold OF YOU" he said.
AS disease is stronger than tho body
so is sin stronger than the spirit un
aided by the help of Jesus Christ. This
vas the substance of Billy Sundays
sermon TO the Thousands Hao attended
his afternoon meeting y. The Audito.
rum yesterday. II was entitled Keep
your servant from presumptuous SIM
and vas one OF the most telling dcliv-
ered by the evangelist since he came
to Richmond.
This afternoon and tonight he will
iieach on He Arose and Followed Me"
There is no use foolinE." Mr.. sun
n.
know tina, disease is stronger than you;
that's the reason you sent for the
doctor 10 bring his skill TO bear. that
the medicine you take will drive out
the germ of disease.
COULD NOT PREACH
WITHOUT GODS AID
That's why some of us have to die.
disease is stronger than We. That's
Why fire eats your house. 1t is stronger
than the material out of which il is
do ,t,,c ,,-ilI i-,I
When yield myself - Jesus Christ,
Gods Spirit comes to me and I can go
out and do the things that pleases GOO
and | am Il representative of Christ
most brilliant man on earth can't do it
without Jesus Christ's Spirit within
them. They know of God but they
never will know Him truly until they
yield TO Christ.
And when you are going out and
committing sin you are building
mighty poor house to live intake it
the spirit of yourself dwell among those
that are saturated and wrecked with
aches and pains that wouldn't be there
if you would pray. And If yoa would
wouldn't be there"
Al the close of the afternoon sermon,
Mrs. Asher gave her usual lecture on
Mr.. Sunday viii hold his usual parior
meeting at 1890 O'Clock this morning.
Miss Grace SaNe's only meeting
scheduled for today is the Bible Class
at Watts Hall. Ginter Park. This opens
at ii o'clock. Tonight she will conduct
her usual Bible Glass at Barton Heights
Baptist Church. Mrs. Asher will talk
TO business women at luncheon at the
Seventh street Christian Church at noon
and at $3.50 this afternoon. She will
also talk TO the Girls Council at the
Y. w. G. -. building at o'clock.
Homer Rodcheaver will speak before
meeting of Chesapeake and Ohio
halfway employees at o'clock. AL
5:l5 Miss Kinney will speak TO boys
and girls at Highland Park Methodist
Church At 6 o'clock II. II. Pitzcr Will
speak to men at the Y. NJ G. a.