The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-04-26
| 19 CONVERTS
ANSWER PLEA
OF EVANGELIST
Three Members of Hi-Y Jump
To Feet When Sunday
Asks Converts To Come
Forward.
HEARTS ARE MOVED

Give your body, and your mind to
God. / have given mine, who viii
give theirs? Numbered Billy Sunday
at the tabernacle Tuesday night, and
at the close of services 119 persons
hit the sawdust TRAIL the first con
yerts of the Richmond campaign
On the first call for those that would
promise to pledge their lives to God.
three boys, members of the delegation
of the Hi-Y at tabernacle, jumped &c
their feet almost in unison.
And grouped in front of the niche
where Rev. Sunday shakes the hands
of the converts, the three, stood wait
ing to be first to shake hands with
Billy Sunday as they were first to
reach their feet
Asks for Full Gift
at is Gods mercy that you are
enjoying the brain, the hands, the
sense of smell. the hearing that he
gave YOU" shouted Sunday as he ragged
and gestured about the platform.
God asks you to present your body
and your mind to him. And gift
means one that is given without
strings attached, thing that is given
for the Lord to do what he pleases
with"
In the midst of his sermon, he di-
crossed to preach on patriotism. "If
you share your country's blessings.
you should also share your country's
dangers" he shouted, with wonder
full display of activity, as he ran and
slid from one end of the platform to
the other
Il am as sincere conscientious OBJ
jector to war as any other man. he
declared, ''even the president was re-
elected on pacifist program. But
when the thing came, / was for
carrying it through as hard as the next
one"
Denounces Debs.
Shaking his head while the sweat
drops flew in showers in all direction.
he suddenly stopped still in the mids:
of his racing, and facing the audi
ence, doomed. Its the birds like
Debs, Emma Goldman, and that kind
that | am after, the ones that tried
to put things in the way of the gov
eminent during the war"
Breaking suddenly back into the
theme of his sermon, he began, "Giya
to the Lord, let him have your feet.
and there would be lot less walking
in some places, and lot more turning
your toes in the direction of prayer
meeting"
God never asks you to do anything
that is unreasonable" declared Rev.
Sunday. HE may ask you to do
things that are, but they are not I'M
reasonable"
Beams Satisfaction
"And l know that when come to
the judgment seat, after all these
years of going away from home, from
the babies and the children, away
from seeing them grow up, when |
leave the strain of travelling about the
country, that l shall say Lord, I'm
satisfied
Here he sat down in the chair on
the platform, and beaming a particu-
uarly happy smile at the audience, he
sat back contented. and easy. 1t was
one of his few really relaxed moments
while on the platform, and the only
one of the evening
mo one works harder, sleeps less
or can eat fewer things than l can
he had said earlier in the sermon. 81
seldom go to sleep before midnight or
1 o'clock, and then / drop off into only
light sleep, while all the time the
| things that / have been preaching
| through my mind"
| ooh how l hate hotel life and food, -
he added
Asks for Converts.
| At the call to come forward, there
was hesitation for the first few sec
onds, while Sunday, standing on the
edge of the platform urged the dele
! cations, and the representatives of
tho nOfnnaOipc IN aOYno ri in
| body
The first to break, were several Hi
! Y boys that had been occupying the
! second row of seats. Following the
! first three that broke, a number OF
! others followed, and then from the
side aisles came three men, and a
woman, the first of the adults to hit
| the trail.
| The secretaries after a few minutes
| soon had a line formed dividing these
coming down front to shake hands
with Mr. Sunday and then guiding
J them back to seats in the front row
1t was a matter of but few minutes
| for the men to get the names and ad-
/ dresses of the trail hitters" which
numbered 119, and then Mr. Sunday
offered prayer with them. asking God
that they should be able to follow our
their dedication.
The meeting began with an atte~9
i ance of about 1900. Mr. Sunday
opened his evening talk by saying tina.
for the kind of night it was, he was
! pleased with the attendance
Delegations Present
Three delegations were present
About 80 persons from Campbellstown
were there. about So Hi-Y boys and
about 500 business end professional
women, representing the following or
CARNATIONS: Lee B. Nusbaum com
pany, Atlas Underwear company, Knoll
lenberg's, Adam H. Bartel company,
Richmond Business college, Wool
worth's. Starr Piano company. Court
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