Evening star., 1924-11-10
EvANGEL|STFLAyS
SUNDAY PAST|MES
Rev. Burke CuIpepper Opens
Revival Campaign at
Mt. Vernon Church.

Sunday movies, card playing and
fobbed hair were nayed yesterday at
The Mount Vernon Place Methodist
Episcopal Church South by Rev.
Burke Culpepper. evangelist, who
opened q two-week revival service.
Before beginning his sermon, Mr..
Culpepper called upon all women
whose hats are paid for to take
them off. Like magic, the hats SEEM
ed to fairly pop or the heads of the
women in the congregation. Some
?ew, honest or dignitied, failed to re-
spond.
Launching an attack upon those
who come to Washington from other
cities or towns and leave their church
membership back home, he cried:
Hear me. Hear me. You are Metho-
dist junk. Christian junk, just plain
ordinary junk.
Scores Base Bali Crowd.
Il tell you now, no man who is an
rut-and-out Christian church mem
Der, or no woman either, could have
been in that mob that shouted itself
blue in the face at the Sunday game
of the world series. Say Amen to
that If any of you car.
1T Is a matter of absolute disgrace,
that should make the clergy of this
city blush In shame, that empty peWs
are to be found in the churches while
the movies are crowded and other
crowds fill the vaudeville houses.
Striding up and down the platform
and waving his arms about, he de-
tlared: Every drop of blood in me
IS Southern. My grandfather voted
for secession: he fought for seces-
sion: he was whipped for secession:
md he died mad about il.
Let me see one Of your higher
critics who preach these new-fan
gled doctrines conduct a revival
enough people present to play puss-
IN the corner"
Can't Be Tanned.
Hating in the midst of his stren-
uous denunciations of gamblers and
Sunday amusements, he declared: II
expect that after this service some
Of your stewards will come up here
to your pastor, Or. Lambeth, and tell
him I'm going q little strong and
he'd better tame me down. I've been
preaching as long as Will Lambeth
and, believe me, he can't tame me
down. I'm here TO conduct a revival,
and I'm going to have one if 1 stay
a year.
And Ill tell You something else.
We got two sermons you ought to
hear. Tomorrow night I'm going TO
thVdSh' OIl lie l'uICS. IL you re
sensitive you'd better bring your
camphor bottle along with you"
At tho morning service yesterday
no took as his topic the dinner for
Christ in the house of Lazarus. He
found there four typical characters
who arc always in every community.
He declared that Martha served and
said that one thing needed more
than anything else right now in the
world were more Mr.. and Mrs. Mar
thas,
Lazarus Sat Down.
Lazarus sat" Nhe said. Lazarus
had been dead for four days when
he was raised from the dead by
christ. Lazarus Immediately became
h figure of much prominence. a man
of whom much was to be expected.
but Lazarus sat, There are too many
L,azaruses who are content to rest
upon their laurels."
He then referred to the Mary who
spilled the oil on the feet of Christ
and then wiped His feet dry with her
hair. I'D like to see any of you
oobbed -haired sisstes do that he
challenged. THE ideals of the world
arc upheld by the Marys who spill"
he declared, and said that the millions
OF ''Marys" who went to France In
the cause of righteousness and the
millions more who bravely sent their
sons to death illustrs ted his point.
He cited the late President Wilson
rs one who Spilled" In the cause OF
righteousness, and when he referred
TO him as the greatest man who had
ever occupied the White House his
congregation, which packed the audi
torium to the limit, burst into ap-
plause.
The meetings are to be held every
evening at S o'clock and every after
noon at 4:45, unless the congrega-
ton today should fall to come up to
expectation