The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-05-15
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but I've learned more about them to-
night than I V knew before.
so guess il YOU behave yourself
they won't bother you" Sunday said.
A Hint to Others
Now you Masons, Odd Fellows. or
any of you other fellows, if you want
to give something to Winona you just
come ahead" Nj. Sunday said after
he announced that the letter contained
$50 in bills, which he said would be
used to pay the expenses of the Win
ona Lake tabernacle.
THE $50 comes from the Muncie
branch" Mr.. Sunday started to say in
telling of the money in the envelope,
when Fred Rapp interrupted to say
that Richmond was also mentioned.
Fumbling with the letter for a mo
ment, Sunday reread the closing words
and corrected himself. 1T comes also
from the provisional Richmond khan"
After a little pause Sunday added TO
the audience: well, you seemed TO
be all right; they didn't take you"
D~enouncing the liberal wing of the
Baptist church which is forcing a con-
test within that denomination, Mr..
Sunday called them the "God-forsaken
liberal wing" and declared that they
ought to be in He'll"
Denounces Liberalism.
cts the liberal bunch that don't like
me. and l don't want their backing.
The Baptists were the last bulwark of
orthodoxy" he said, and now they
have a fight on their hands"
Il have no use for that God-for-
saken liberal wing of the church, that
teaches ethical death of Christ. Its
bunk"
AT the end of the sermon, but be-
fore the audience arose, Sunday called
on those that wanted to make an open
confession of Christ to walk down
in front.
Il want to see YOU faces as you
come" he said. 81 don't know how
you feel about it, but l want to see
you come"
81 haven't asked for that In a long
time" he added, but l lac a feeling
that l should ask for you to come
down that way"
For a time no one moved, but a
single woman making her way from
the center section. led the way. About
six men and ome gathered before
the pit to wait for Mr.. Sunday to
come down and take their hands.
60 Come Forward
After the audience stood, and the
: personal workers had scattered among
them, more gathered at the front un-
til GO trail hitters" had come forward
an sdigned pledges of belief in Christ.
The opening prayer was offered by
Rev. E. l.. Gates of the Third Metho-
dist church, while the meeting was
: closed by prayer by Louis Jones. min
7 lister of the South Eighth Street
7 Friends meeting.
y The collection, as at the other meet.
ings of the day, was taken for the
> Bible School, Chautauqua, and other
. summer meetings held at Winona
> Lake, Indiana.
Afternoon Service
Coatless, perspiring until he re-
: moved his collar and necktie, Billy
Sunday called on the packed taber-
: nacle Sunday afternoon to give their
: lives to Christ, and from an audience
, of 5000, more than 300 persons came
. forward to shake his hand. while 1O1
: trail hitters" signed cards pledging
7 themselves to accept Jesus Christ as
their personal savior.
1t was an audience composed al
most entirely of out-of-town people.
2 On a show of hands it had seemed
as if there were no Richmond people
present, but a rising demonstration of
S Richmond and of visitors showed that
only a fifth were local residents.
The huge crowd gathered early, by
e 2 o'clock the tabernacle was filled and
the music began. Just before the SER
mon Mr.. Rodeheavor called for the
t show of hands as to residence.
Calls for City
- AS the huge out-of-town audience
stood, cries of Richmond Richmond
came from the ministerial section, and
Mr.. Rodeheaver called for the local
. people to stand. They made I'D a
" poor fifth of the audience.
THAT is a good example of Rich
mond's unselfishness," declared Mr..
R~odeheaver, They have stayed away
SO that you people could come and
: have seats. You people here should
appreciate it all the more, when you
: realize that so few Richmond people
: who have been interested have met
all of the debts of the tabernacle"
1T takes about three weeks to meet
expenses in most places" Mr.. Rode
HEAVIER said, and Richmond came &C
ross in just three weeks. 1T is only
: in the South that they regularly do
I better than that"
e Takes Off Coat
AS Mr.. Sunday appeared on the
4 platform he took off his coat, and
several men in the audience stood up
and took theirs off. Later on invita-
: ton of Mr.. Sunday, a number of
g others followed suit.
I'm the 81 years that I have been
preaching / have never seen such a
" small number of people from the com
munity, in proportion to its size, as
here at Richmond. l feel like I had
fooled away six weeks of my time.
y one sixth of all that 1 have to give
o in a year, by coming here, when
d had to turn down % other cities to
p do it."
j" ut is not" he added, that YOU
u people are not welcome to come. but
do think that the community where
| preach should be represented at the
meetings"
! Babies Disturb
Sunday was interrupted several
times during the sermon by CRYING
= babies, and he paused in his sermon
. each time until the baby could be
taken out. At one interruption he
s said, There is no use trying to preach
{ against a crying baby. Mother, won't
- Won take him over IN tho church u,b orc