The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-04-24
HITS SABBATH
BREAKER FOR
IGNORING GOD
Sunday Pleads for Fulfillment
OF Ten Commandments =
Vast Majority Promises
Betterment.
BIG CROWD PRESENT

Attacking with all his vigor. the
foreigner who wants to break the sab
bath, charging that the women who
CANDLES at Monta Carlo and sells her
virtue is better than the woman that
ISLANDERS her neighbor. and ending with
a violent attack against those whose
covetousness is cause Of divorce,
and of the breaking up of the home.
Billy Sunday preached to an audience
that packed the tabernacle to its ca
pacity Sunday evening.
How many will join me in declar-
ing that they desire to live a life ac-
cording to the Gospel and the ten COM
mandments," he demanded at the
close. This is not a request to hit
the trail, it is a request to renew your
faith" he said, and four-fifths of the
audience stood up while he offered
prayer calling upon the Lord in a fer
vent appeal not to forget those who
were in guiding positions of response
bility.
Because the great crowd had ar
rived early, the service began earlier,
the singing having commenced short
ly after seven o'clock 1t was an en-
thusiastic audience, one that follow
ed Mr.. Sunday with keen interest, ap-
plauding his humor and his hot
shots"
Because of the presence of a Chi
cago delegation at the tabernacle, Bob
Matthews gave his first piano solo of
the campaign. The audience applaud
ed, continuously, until it was evident
that he could not be induced to come
back for an encore
Another treat was afforded. when on
request Mr.. Rodeheaver and Mrs. Ash
er sang one of their songs which has
been recorded, the old negro song.
Heaven"
In trio number. Its Ne Oh Lord"
sung by Mr.. Rodeheaver, Mrs. Asher
and Mr.. Mathews, Bob Matthews made
a great hit with his bass voice. 1t
was Matthew'S first appearance as a
songster.
Impressive Effect.
Following the experiment of the aft
ernoon, the chorus and the last Is
rows of the tabernacle sang alterna-
ate phrases from the chorus of Let
the Lower Lights be Burning" It
took the rear seats two attempts to
get into the swing of the song, but
the result was unusually impressive.
BY show of hands the proportion
of out-of-town members of the congre-
cation was shown to be large, but not
such great proportion as at the aft
ernoon meeting when at least half
were not from Richmond.
Opening prayer was given by Rev.
Leazer of the First Baptist church.
Stirring his audience until there was
hardly dry eye in the audience, Bill
ly Sunday gave his first Sunday morn
ing sermon at the tabernacle to an
audience of about $500
1t was not the Sunday that furn-
ishes headlines for the papers, it was
powerful man with still more
powerful message cultimating in story
of the saving of a soul for Christ that
could not be resisted
The fighting Sunday appeared in
spots.
When | see a church and minis
tiers that cannot unite on a thing like
this, ! get so mad that | have to pray
to get over i'll get so mad, but
here Mr.. Sunday s words failed him,
he could thing of nothing strong
enough.
Difficult Work
Sweat streaming from his face, and
scattering like rain drops when he
shook his head in his denunciation of
a church that does not attempt to car
ry to others the word of Christ. Sun
day shouted that 1.-The less religion the
bunch has the more are denominations
distinct, and the harder it is to bring
them together"
In the midst of the sermon. a com
motion in one of the stands inter
rupted Sunday
rs it TOO hot in here?" he demanded.
When the mods of the audience an
swered him, he added. Pete open a
few of the doors but be careful bows
that they don't slam. You know Pete
says those are the best heating fur
naces that he has had to run yet .
We have now received s4.729 in
cash and 1852 in pledges, making a
total of 1881" declared Rev. A. H.
Backus in giving his talk on raising the
funds for the campaign. We have
raised a third of the amount
Not Fair To Ministers
1T is not fair to Richmond. to Billy
Sunday. to the ministers, to Christ. TO
not come through now.
Describing how one minister had
been absent from Saturday meeting
because he had been out interviewing
people, soliciting funds, Rev. Backus
said, 1T is an outrage to place the
financial burden of this campaign on
the ministers, when they are NEEDED
for spiritual work"
Henderson PEBBLES. of Charleston.
told of the effect of the Charleston
campaign. Charleston was a little
cold at first" he said, but have had
business men say to me since that
Sunday had done more for Charleston
in six weeks than the whole of the
81 ministers had been able to do in
seven years"
Rev. Sunday introduced Mr. PEBBLES
as having enjoyed the confidence of
more men in all walks of life than
any other man he had ever met.
Homer Rodeheayer and his brother
]. NJ. Rodeheaver of Chicago sang a
duet, while David NJ. Edwards, presi-