The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-05-05
70 HIT TRAIL
IN RESPONSE
TO PLEADING
Billy Would Have All Cards
Destroyed Asks Sinners
10 Repent Of Their Evil
WAYS.
CROWD IS IMPRESSED

Slamming a chair to the platform,
while it creaked as though it had brok-
en-, Billy Sunday shouted, 'If I had my
way I'd have every deck of cards and
every pint of liquor in hell before mid
night"
Giving his sermon on inviting
Christ into ones life to an audience
of 1000 at the tabernacle Thursday
night, Sunday gave the invitation for
those who believed in Christ and we're
willing to pledge themselves to follow
him. Seventy trail hitters came for
ward
Led by the flag of the Junior Order
of United American Mechanics, the
whole delegation of 25, with members
of the Daughters of America led the
way, followed by some Masons, head
ed by the Worshipful Master Carl
Wolf, and Frank Strayer. lately nomi-
mated for county prosecutor.
Brotherhood Present
In their wake came members of the
NJ. E. Brotherhood lead by Rev R. w
Stoakes of the First Methodist church
Special delegations again took up
most Of the front seats in the taber-
strong, the ]. o. U. A. NJ. rs, and
the Daughters of America 80 strong,
while the NJ. E. Brotherhood counted
40. and the delegation from Camp
bellstown ran 60.
Campbellstown, when introduced,
greeted Sunday with cheer, while
the Junior Order requested that Mrs.
Asher and Rodeheaver sing verse
of the Star Spangled Banner. In an
swer to the request later the whole
audience sang one verse of the ma
tional air.
Give Flowers
The Masons when introduced pre-
scented Mr.. Sunday with a basket of
red roses. Rodeheaver, who is a Ma
on, told his brothers that there was
another degree that they had to take
il they wanted to find the way to sal
walton, and that was in Jesus Christ
When Sunday began his sermon he
told the Masons that if he ever Joined
any secret order, that he would want
to join the Masons. 1.-THE others are
all right" he said, II have nothing
against them, but there is something
about your order that appeals to me-"
Following the collection, which was
made after an announcement by Syl-
vester Jones, Mr.. Sunday said that
all but $4,000 of the cost of the tab
ernacle and of the current expenses
| had been met.
| 81 hope that you can get it off By
/ the end of the week. he said, land
| then we can stop this collecting That
amount ought to be easy to get out
of Richmond"
/ Collections on Sunday
| "But of course we will still take
collections on Sunday" he added, sit
would not be Sunday if we did not"
Religion is the backbone of our
| life" declared Sunday during his ser
mon. ct is the cause of our philan-
! thropy, of our honesty. of our good
will, of the virtue of your wife, and
of your faith to her.
Then why" demanded Sunday
darling and striding across the plat
form, in. frenzy, do you deny the
Christ, when He is the cause of all
I the good things in the world"
Turns to Rodeheaver
1Turning like a shot towards Mr.
Rodeheaver who was sitting just back
of the platform, "Oh-h, my, Oh Ro-
Ldy," Sunday stuuttered at a complete
I loss for words with which to express
his emotion.
I, Working himself up to a fever heat,
he reached for his pocket for his
handkerchief. Bob, Rody. got a
handkerchief" he demanded turning
again.
Then throwing himself into a fervid
4 GRAFTON on the sacrifices that Christ
had made for the earth, he told Of the
blood that He had shed. Of the willing
ness to forgive that He had shown.
of the spirit of God who had given His
only begotten Son to save the world
Get up and tell me what more God
could do to give YOU salvation" he de
manded. Il shall stop for you, II yoJ
will give me some answer"
The stiffness of the audience, was
the only answer, and again he turned
/ his attention to the sacrifices thai
, Christ had made. tAnd we trampl,
, His blood into the earth, into the dir
J Of this sin-cursed world?" he shouted
r what more could you ask of Jesus.
> Humorous Vein
/ The humorous vein of his sermon
broke out in one place. He had beer
describing the willingness of Jesus
to be a guest in the home if but giveI
an invitation.
But don't give him the spar
room" he added, with a smile tina
: was echoed by chucIles from the al
dience.
. you know the spare room. usual
. in the Northwest corner, where tn
; frost was inches thick on the wir
= dows, and the sheets on the beds
why would just as soon sleep be
4 tween two cakes of ice as sleep be
: tween those sheets.
. Had Spare Room
I'VE had spare room in our plac
out in Iowa. 1t was the only roor
in the house that had a carpet, a Ii
tie bit of green in the center of tn
e floor. It was the only room that wa
It papered. 1t had birds, and alligator
y all over to match the carpet"
Sunday was beaming with deligI
't at the description, and the audienc
was breaking forth into chuckles
1t at had the only upholstered furn
ture-a hair covered sofa that ha
n been in the family for a generation
n And then the bed"
ID Here Sunday held up his hands, an
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