The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-04-17
BILLYSUNDAY FORCES
Determined TO WIN
RICHMOND FOR CHRIST

tary to Billy Sunday, Monday, follow
ing a meeting of the executive council
in the Reid Memorial church. Monday
morning.
I'VE are here now, however. and the
way to breed success is by success.
Every minister left the meeting this
morning with fire in his eye, deter
mined to help make the series of meet
ings successful. A spirit of optimism
was evident and ] know that the poo
pie of Richmond cannot afford to stay
away from our services"
Mr. Matthews said that Mr.. Sunday
had received unanimous invitations to
conduct meetings in 3S cities, and that
the party had believed the forces of
Christianity in Richmond were united.
Devil Battle Sufficient.
ut is hard enough to battle the
devil" he said, without having to
work also among a divided Christian
clement"
Mr.. Sunday said at the church meet
ing Monday morning, when | YVES
mere 26 years ago Chapman said
Richmond was the hardest town he
ever tried, and | have heard the same
thing said by every evangelist that has
come since"
But we are coming through in fine
shape" he declared, "for we must
make success of this campaign. 1t
is Gods work, and it must be done =
The Sunday party was confident
that the series of meetings would be
a success in the end, Robert Matthews
Sundays secretary, insisting that
Billy had come to Richmond. when
he knew so much about the town, be-
8 cause God had work for him to do
here.
Enlarge Committee
In committee meeting following
it was voted to enlarge the finance
committee, in order to relieve the
meetings of the money raising, and
TO appoint a promotion committee to
sell the idea of Billy Sunday to the
merchants and big business men of
the town.
81 am back of this meeting as much
as ever" declared F. S. Dodd but
the finance committee is tired and
discouraged. | am tired, and | do not
have the enthusiasm for new ideas,
and when the members of the commit
tee feel like that, it is time to get
some new blood in to it
1--WE have got to sell the value of
these meetings to Richmond" declar-
ed Rev. w. Mclean Work at makes
no difference whether or not they are
interested in religion. we have got
TO make them see that Richmond can
not fall down on this series"
Suggests New Blood
New blood for the finance commit
tee was demanded by Dr. ]. J. Rae,
of the First Presbyterian church. mo
one realizes more than | do the OBJ
stacles that the committee has been
up against he declared, but we have
got to give them new blood to bolster
up their morale"
You should appreciate the efforts
of your newspapers to give you the
news of the meetings" said Mr. Matt
hews. Il am an old newspaper man,
and | appreciate how their work is not
appreciated. Call them up, and tell
them that you appreciate their efforts
TO give the news of the meetings"
Determination to keep Sunday here
for the whole six weeks in spite of
all difficulties was evidenced at the
meeting. While the offer of Sunday
10 raise the money for the tabernacle
from Charleston, and then preach
through the mining regions was not
discussed officially, the suggestion
that the offer be taken up was SER
iously opposed by many members of
the committee.
No Time to Quit Now.
The time to have dropped this
thing was two months ago." said one
Of the members. I'VE must put it
across now"
Characterizing the choir as one of
the best he had ever heard in a town
the size of Richmond, Sunday declared
that good choir was one of the es-
sentials of good revival. The other
essential is to get the money ques,
ton out of the way. for a real spiritual
awakening will never come as long
as the time has to be taken to raising
funds, he said
Mrs. William Asher, head of wo
mems work, outlined the object of her
meetings with the women. Noon meet.
ings, and factory meetings were to be
held as soon as the committees could
get to work on the plans. From siA
10 seven meetings a day of working
girls and business women would be
held each day. she said.
Work with Children.
Plans for the work with the school
children. and for the prayer meeting
nights were outlined by Miss Florence
Kinney. Prayer meetings are to be
held in the tabernacle every Tuesday
and Friday morning from 10 to 1890
o'clock.
A meeting of the prayer committee
LAS to be held on Wednesday afternoon
Wight after the sermon. The series on
Bible study will be announced later
she said.
In the work with the school chill
dren, the attempt would be, mot tC
have the children join church, as thai
was for the pastors and the parents
but to get them to "join Christ
Meetings for the schools are to be held
in the nearest cooperating church.
Billy Sunday is going to spend part
of his time at home while he is al
Richmond He found that he could
leave here directly after the Sunday
night sermon, reach Winona Lake in
time for good day with his family
there, and then return to Richmond