The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-05-19
81 PERSONS
TAKE STAND
FOR CHRIST
Delegations From Local Fac
tories Swell Crowd of
Trail iitters' Nearly
5000 Attend.
SONGS ARE FEATURE

A delegation from the Starr Piano
factory held the center seats Thursday
night. A Starr phonograph occupied
the center of the stage, furnished mu-
sic, and presented itself to Billy Sun
day, while members of the Starr dele
cation swelled the number of trail
hitters" until 81 men and women had
signed pledge cards taking Christ as
their Savior.
Mrs. Asher and Mr.. Rodeheaver
sang I'm the Garden" on request and
then the monograph held the center
of the stage. 1t played a new record
by Mrs. Asher and Mr.. Rodeheaver,
when l Look in His Face" while
they sang the second verse, then the
photograph sang 81 Do Not Ask for a
Diadem," while Mr. Rodeheaver sang
the second verse.
Before the two records, which told
of the phonograph, and which made
the presentation speech to Mr.. Sun
day, one of Strickland Gillilan's me
and Pap and Ma" as recorded by HON.
er Rodeheayer, was used on the ma
chine.
Remember "StrIck"
/ BY calling for the show of hands or
1 the Richmond people that had known
| Strickland Gillian. Rodeheaver dem
! onstrated that the Hoosier poet is
! well remembered locally, for hundreds
of hands were put up all over the audi
! ence.
In the middle of the record the
needle broke sharp in two, and Clar-
/ ence Gennett, who was operating it,
ho 10 CT he hoa "a
/ words.
THAT is the advantage of this kind
| of a machine" Rodeheaver said, Sit
can be started in again where it left off
and that is more than any man can
do, unless it might be Billy Sunday"
Doesn't Understand.
/ For the first few minutes Mr.. Sun
day did not seem to understand that
the phonograph had been given to
him.
Il heard what the machine said"
he declared, "but do you really mean
: that | am to have that?"
at spoke the truth" Sunday was
told.
well they told me that Richmond
would come along" Sunday continued,
"and you seem to be doing things for
me. Down at the Ollie and Mcguire
lawn mower works the other day,
they asked me how old my machine
was, and then they sent me up one to
cut the grass. And then Mr. Rooney
asked me about a washing machine
: and presented me with an electric
machine for the family
81 just can't find the words to ex-
press thanks for that gift"
: This man working the machine is
: Mr. Clarence Gennett," Rodeheaver
said, "and this other man is Mr. F. T.
; Mayer, of the company. Harry told
me that he and Clarence and Fred.
! rolled the bones to see who should
/ have the honor of turning the crank
out here tonight, and Clarence won. +"
) Baskets of Flowers
) On the edges of the platform were
: two huge baskets of flowers, pres
2 ents from the women of the Starr
company. Who they were from no
one had time to ask, as the phone
graph occupied the center of atten-
ton. When the plants had to be NOV
: ed the cards were discovered.
Call Never Fails
Calling for men and women to take
- their stand for Jesus Christ and come
> down in front before the audience
stood and the personal workers had
reached their stations, Mr.. Sunday de-
!. clared that he had never made such
, call in IS years without some one
coming forward
One man and two women responded
; to his request, and set the pace for
u the "a others that came forward and
: acknowledged Christ
! The following delegations were
!, present, and responded when called on
I to stand: Starr Piano company 300;
n Camden, Ohio, 125; Changers, ATS,
Dill and Mcclure manufacturing com
r pany, 20; Let's Be Loyal S. S. class
II of the Oxford NJ E. church, 40; pub
a lie school teachers, s.
r The opening prayer was offered by
It Irwin Stegall, pastor of the Whitewater
S Friends meeting, and the closing pray
o er by E. Howard Brown, pastor of the
n East Main Street Friends meeting.
: Bringing tears to the faces of his
auditors, Mr.. Sunday closed his ser
y mon with two stories. The first wa.
d of the two youngsters who had gone
n to the famous white City, in Chica
a go to look for their dead mother, be
e cause she had said that they wouls
1t meet her there later.
.o In the second story, Mr. Sunday tolS
1t of the soldier that had gone to Lin
IT coin to get pass home because hi:
If mother had died. He told of the at
e tempt of the soldier to get to Mr. Lin
S, coin when no one was admitted, anC
J. Of the intercession of Tad" Lincoln
n and the granting of the pass that lie
him go home on a furlough.
Tears Flow
AS Sunday finished the two storie
n tears began to drop from faces in thu
- audience and glisten in the corners o
" eyes that stared at the platform un
= f1inchingly.
y oh if only you could desire to Sc
your Father in heaven, as those young
n sters and that soldier cared to Sc
N their mother there would not be an IN
a. saved man or woman in the tabernacle
n tonight" Sunday pleaded
n The only perfect single tax that eve
n existed was the one levied by tn
% Romans on the Jews. Sunday declared
ID They taxed them once and took every
of thing they had at that one time"
ar But one streak of humor was foun
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