The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-04-17
SUNDAY SAYS
FIRST CROWDS
DISAPPOINTING
Tells Audience He is Willing
to Leave if Richmond Does
Not Want Revival Cam
paign.
COLLECTIONS SMALL

Billy Sunday has put it up to Rich
mond to decide if he is to conduct a
revival here. Either the people will
show they want him, or he will stop
the meetings.
IF you don't want me I can ge.
$4,000 from CharIestown, pay all your
expenses, and get out If you don't
want me l can go. l turned down 25
cities to come here, and it is not fair
to me or to the other cities if you
DO not support me. The West Vir-
glnla people want me to preach to
the miners there and can CO."
Before beginning his Sunday even
Ing sermon Billy Sunday took the au-
dience to task. 1.-THE committee prom
lsed to raise $4,000 for expenses be-
fore / arrived in Richmond, and only
about $4,000 has been raised" he said
GARFIELD Wincher, a visitor Of Gin
c1nnati. who took part in the cam
paign in that city declared from the
platform after Billys ultimatum that
if Richmond, Doesn't fill up the taber-
nacle, we will come up from Cincin-
natl and fill it up for you"
For the first time in years" said
Mr.. Sunday, "a tabernacle has not
been filled on Sunday evening"
In opening the appeal for funds,
Rev. E. Howard Brown of the East
Main Street Friends Meeting declared
that if the money was needed as a cam
paign fund for the New or Beveridge
| campaign the money would be raised
IN one night and no questions asked.
I'VE sent our orchestra to Tennessee
and we raised $4,000 for our baseball
| park, so we can raise this We must
get under it for Richmond's sake
Collection Sunday
| The collections at the tabernacle
Sunday totaled sS59.71 leash and pied
ges) Rev. Howard Brown said Sunday
] night. The total afternoon collections
amounted to S55651 and the evening
collections s303.2O.
In the afternoon the collections
were as follows: $40 in five dollar
bills; SAL in one dollar bills; $3.50
| in so cent pieces; $50.75 in quarters.
| $32 in dimes; $500 in nickels; and
S2,06 in pennies.
The night collections were s143 in
cash and $15S.20 in pledges.
At the afternoon meeting the mem
bers of the Sunday party were form
ally introduced. Rev. r. w. Stoake3
| introduced c. F. Hutchins, chairman
of the music committee who in turn
| introduced Robert G. Matthews, Miss
! Florence Kinney and Albert Peterson.
Following prayer, which he gave
! because God was to be put to the
first of everything in this campaign, .
! Mr. Matthews, in the absence OF
Homer Rodenheaver lead the choir in
oir - n,,, To-
song in which the chorus made the
rafters Of the building shake
introduces Sunday.
| Rev. Stoakes in introducing Mr.
Sunday said that the idea of a revival
ago at a meeting of the Ministerial
association at they. NJ. C. A.
Our country" he said, owes Mr..
Sunday great debt. He is 100 PEI
cent American, two-fisted. red FLOODED
his country's best interests.
There is no other one man to
whom we owe so much for the eradi-
cation of the saloon, as to Mr.. Sunday.
He has been called to Richmond to
be leader in great religious revival
that hope may be very intensive.
Following rising demonstration,
Mr.. Sunday said that Mr.. Rapp had
come to Richmond with an offer from
the West Virginia people to stand all
of the expense already incurred in this
campaign if they would release him
to spend the six weeks among the
miners of that state.
''You would not let me get off to
preach there, SO | expect you to get
, into this up to your eyebrows"
81 was here 26 years ago with Chap
man." said Billy Sunday, and l now
find that many of my old friends have
, gone. Allen Jay is gone, but I have
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