Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1921-03-17
BILLY SUNDAY HANDS
KNOCKERS A KNOCK
Says He's An Old-Fashioned
Preacher and Against Church
Unity in Cincy Revival

Cincinnati, March 17-'If Gin
cinnati can be brought over to
the side Of Christ, the whole sec
ton of the United States which
depends on Cincinnati for its
commerce will so for the Lord,
! sure"
! This is Billy Sundays idea of
the far-reaching Importance of
the revival campaign which now
is well under way in Cincinnati.
1t was expressed by him in
prayer which ended his twentieth
sermon in Cincinnati at the ser
vices i'll the Sunday tabernacle
last night.
With another large delegation
Of working girls facing him from
the audience, Mr.. Sunday cover
ed a wide range i'll bringing out
through all his sermon, the neces-
sity for work, the results of ad-
herence to policy OF doing some
thing that would effect solue-
thing.
Through illustrations drawn
from many sourCes-and espec-
tally from instancies which had
come only from intensive work.
Mr.. Sunday pictured the benefi-
cial results on the commercial de
velopment Of the world, and from
this drew an analogy OF the re-
suits that could be accomplished
in 2 spiritual way.
Recurring again and again
throughout his sermon was the
phrase. The people had mind
to work." his subject for the ev-
ening based on a text from the
Book of Nehemiah, from which
he draws many of his texts.
Hr1mor rather than pathos
which has marked many OF his
sermons. and cold facts mixed
with poetry, made up large part
Of the night sermon.
Mr.. Sunday knocked out the
'knocker" early i'll his sermon
with a few well-placed blows and
brought the biggest demonstra-
ton of the evening from his audi
ence with a perturbation of the
typical "knocker" as he saw him.
He again took several raps at
the growing love of pleasure,
which he declared to be partly
responsible for a lessening mem
bership in the church, and scored
the moving picture shows which
are open on the Sabbath.
"The movies that stay open on
the Sabbath are depopulating the
Sunday Schools" he declared,
presenting figures showing a de-
cided drop in Sunday School at
tendance in the last few years.
I'm an old-time preacher of
the old-time religion" Mr.. Sun
day asserted at one point, to let
his hearers know just where he
stood on such affairs in general.
He made several references to
the late war. one a defense of
President Wilson's action i'll en-
tering the war.
"President Wilson did not lead
this peace-loving nation into the
war-we had to go to war or con-
fess ourselves as a nation of bluff
ferS and hot-air merchants" Mr.
Sunday said
"The war didn't make General
Pershing. nor did it make the
boys we sent over there-it just
gave them a chance to unveil
themselves and to show what
they were made of"
Mr.. Sunday, charging the con-
troll of the diamond industry by a
big diamond syndicate in South
Africa. declared that diamonds
could be sold in this country at
$40 carat, with a profit of $18
carat. if it were not for what he
termed a requirement by the syn
dlCate that retailers must pay
certain price and sell for certain
price.
Nothing is worth what we pay
for it today he declared, as
climax. "Take potatoes. 1t costs
rs cents to buy potato; and
darn if | couldn't buy a bushel of
them for SO cents. Think of it.
A quarter for spud."
Mr.. Sunday defined his stand
on church unity when he dec1ar-
ed he stood for the individual de-
nominations as against unity.
81 believe in the denominations
not in church unity" he declared.
Il believe that the denominations
represent temperament of the
people. just like the styles in
dress and hats represent temper
ament. If any of YOU are spend