Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1921-03-21
BILLY SUNDAY TALKS
TO THE MEN ONLY
At Afternoon Service in Cincin-
natl and Gives Them Some
thing to Ponder Over

Cincinnati, March Zl-"YOu are
a fool to say that there is a heav-
ell and no hell, | don't care
whether you are preacher OF
not. You are darn fool"
4 Bounding from one part of the
platform to another and shaking
his fist in dramatic fashion. first
in the direction of the audience
and then toward the section in
which the ministers sat, Billy
Sunday expounded his faith in the
/ teaching of the Bible. in his ser
mon at the tabernacle last night.
He just had asserted. with con-
siderable emphasis. that every
thing one knows about the Deity,
about Christ, about heaven and
about hell comes from the Bible.
when he began a denunciation Of
those who believe in the existence
Of one, but not the existence of
the others.
With a Bible in his hand, he
impressed upon his hearers the
wisdom of its teachings, and he
devoted a part Of the sermon to
the criticism of the girl who de-
votes her time to the reading Of
novels to the neglect of the Bible
"Some Of you girls will &c
home tonight and you will TN
dress and take down your hail
and crawl in bed. and then pull al
old novel from its resting place
and lie there reading about Reg
inald and the whipporwills anr
the nightingales, when you ough'
to be giving your attention to Tho
Bible" he asserted.
To emphasize this point, h,
gave an exaggerated version O.
the modern-day novel, whicl
drew one round after another O.
applause from the girls as well a,
from the others in his audience.
Mr.. Sunday devoted part Of hi.
sermon to a mans lodge dutie'
and asked the men to be as fair t.
the church as they are to their
lodge. In connection with this
he remarked that many of tho
trail -hitters at the afternoon ser
mon wore lodge buttons on Their
coat lapels. He scored the hypo-
crits in lodges and business a
we'll as i'll religion, and defined the
hypocrit as zone who had gottei
into the church without being re
generated"
"Where Cain got his wife is no
botherlng some of you old bird:
as much as whether come gu,
around the corner got his wife
he declared. commenting on tn,
frequent question that arise.
from the Biblical story of Cain
"There are men in hell tonight
because they couldn't figure out
where Cain got his wife,
He sent a broadcast challenge
to "inidels in Cincinnati, New
York, or in hell to answer some
of the arguments he advanced
and. late in his sermon. ran off |
the platform, SO that he might |
mount it again, to picture a mani
steps, which ne had us
ed in one of his illustrations.
Some day." he continued" the !,
old frail bark will give a lurch
and down into the fathom1ess
depths of hell you will go, and
you will be lost forever. because
you wouldn't do Gods will"
Mr.. Sunday brought his sermon
to close with another prayer, in
which he declared that 'there
must be an Indignation meeting
in hell tonight about Cincinnati,
because of the progress that isl
being made through the revival"
More than 100 persons took the
saw dust trail last night at the
evangelist's invitation. Several
Of these were Presbyterians, to
whom he used a special appeal to
reConsecrate themselves.
Speaks To Men Only
In virile, man-to- man, heart
to-heart appeal Billy Sunday call
ed on the young manhood Of Gin |
cinnati yesterday afternoon to
"do right, live right and be right"
for their own sakes and for the
sakes of future generations. who
are, to a great extent. dependent
upon them.
In a strikingly frank way, that
put every point over in convinc-
ing fashion, he fayed habits that |
are wrong; he barred the facts
about many things that are treat