The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-05-11
PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCHES co
To TABERNACLE
First to Hit Trail is Member
of That Denomination
Give Flowers to Sunday for
Winona Home.
1893 CARDS SIG Ed


Sunday with cut flowers as tokens OF
the sets that are to be sent on to Win
ona Lake, the Presbyterians took the
center of the stage at the tabernacle
Wednesday night.
The first person to hit the trail and
shake Billy's hand bore the blue
badge of the Presbyterians, while be-
hind them came almost solidly the
delegation from Portland, the Jewels.
and the Junior Brotherhood from the
M. E. church from College Corner,
and Mrs. Sedwick's Sunday school
class, of which a total of 1919 persons
signed cards signifying their inten-
ton of leading better life
Give Him Flowers
After the opening prayer by the
Rev. Gordon Lang, of the Presbyte-
rian church of Camden, Ohio. tho
Presbyterians presented Mr.. Sunday
with "a roses of different kinds. rep
resenting one for each of his years
since his conversion. The plants them.
selves are to be mailed to Winona
Lake, but the cut flowers were pre-
sented in token of them
Zone of the Presbyterians has a spe-
cial announcement which he wishes
TO make said Rodeheaver, and Sun
day stood back out of the way, as
John Hansel came to the platform.
Most of what l have to say is to
be said to you, Mr.. Sunday he said,
in presenting the flowers.
You have heard of Jehu and iona
dab" he said. I'VE believe you have
out-Jehued Jehu. and while Jonadab
was the man that gave booze his first
1yT 0oIy o1@
him the knockout that will last for
eternity
I'VE are here representing the three
churches of Richmond. of Eaton, New
Paris, Morning Sun, Liberty, Camden,
! Cambridge City, College Corner, Port
land and Winchester" the spokesman
! for the Presbyterians said, And we
| love you, you old rock-ribbed conser-
vative. dignified Presbyterian"
Thrusting out his hand to Billy Sun
! day, he exclaimed, Put her there"
! In presenting the plants he said,
Imagine "a ladies coming up to your
lawn at Winona Lake where you and
Mrs. Sunday are. Each of those Ia
dies had rose plant, for we want to
| give You something that will last"
Give Special Plants
The different flowers represented
| by the cut boquet represented the best
of the different Richmond rose special
| lists, some of which are not yet on the
! market. The cuts tagged represent
! ed the Premier, the Butterfly, the
! Angelus, the Columbia, the Amelia
| GUIDE, and the America.
| The Presbyterian delegation then
| gave their special yell,
BILLY, Billy, Billy,
| 4 Presbyterian Billy,
! Our Billy and Ma"
/ When the Portland delegation, $50
! strong, stood up, Sunday said that he
| had noticed that town ever since the
| last delegation from that city had
| come to the tabernacle, and said thai
! he hoped some time to drop off there
! as he came through.
Il want to say hello" he said. "And
| how far away are you?" he demanded
next
Told 40 miles he said, Fix it up
| and | shall come up and preach to you
! some morning"
Come Monday" some one in the
! crowd said
mo, I'm going to be home in Wi
I mona Lake that morning, how would
Wednesday do?"
At the cries of Yes, Yes" Sunday
/ turned to Bob Matthews. Get in tuoch
with that Portland bunch and fix it
up the details with them he said
/ While the delegation were being
called for, some one asked for the
Charleston, West Virginia delegation.
Come right on UP to the platform,
John" said Billy Sunday, and John
! Dickinson, president of one of the
Charleston banks came to the plat
form.
He could not get here with the
| Charleston bunch Sunday so he came
up today to see us Sunday an
nounced.
Tells Experience
| DR.. ]. H. Hargert, pastor of the
First Baptist church OF Cincinnati. in
| telling of the benefits of the cam
Ipaign to his church said tAat $50 new
members were added 60 the church.
and one wealthy man wks had hers
tofore been an inactive eBember be-
came interested and in o,o branch of
/ service alone gave 81, 2se IN donations.
during the year
That one reconsecratton alone was
worth all of the efforts ef all our
members during the oanpaiKn," he
said.
The totals of the desssatAns to the
tabernacle were as xdaouw: Port
land, ESQ; Bible CLASSES. College Cor
ner, 35; Union Missions. 70: Friends
Foreign Mission Society, 20; Cmcin-
natl, 10; Mrs. Sedgwfck's Sunday
School class, 81; Presbyterians, 500
The total attendance was 5000
Harry Dickson Loes, and his sister
Birdie c. Loes. both of Chicago, sang
duet The Loes are revival singers
who are interested in Rodeheaver's
school in Wiona Lake, and were In
Richmond on a pleasure trip.
Dancing with his nervousness and
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