The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-03-08
OFFER TREATMENT RECORD AUDIENCE
FOR WOOD WORMS AT TENT SERVICE
LARGE NUMBER OF Chill
DREN IN ATTENDANCE
LAST NIGHT

The kids just about "stole the
show" at the Richey revival last
night and for half an hour or
more outshouted and outsang the
adults who had poured into the
big tent at Duval and Division
streets to give Raymond T.
Richey and his party record
audience. For a time it seemed
as though the youngsters would
split the big top with their lusty
''hallelujas" and their singing of
when We All Get to Heaven"
and Leaning on the Everlasting
Arms, it was announced. Ira F.
Stanphill, Richey party chorister
was the good-humored song
leader, and in his enthusiasm
"out- kidded' most of the Riddles
in a great service, Evangelist
Richey reports.
Mr.. Richey gave the boys and
girls, who had been especially in
vited to join him in a special chill
dlen's service, and get a candy
treat, brief lesson in patriotism,
early in the meeting. Calling at
tention to a large American flag
on the platform, he said: Chill
dren, we can have a meeting like
this because Old Glory waves,
We have the open Bible, freedom
Of conscience and worship, and
freedom of speech because of this
Flag. Honor the Flag. Read
your Bibles. Each is a guardian
of the other
/ When Mr.. Richey made his GUS
tomary altar-call, many of his
young guests stepped rapidly
forward, and knelt side by side
with grownupS, in an impressive
service of surrendering their
hearts to the Lord Jesus Christ.
A treat of candy was passed to
every child at the close of the
meeting.
/ Guest speaker last night was
Rev. Ray Eyer, pastor of Evange-
listic Tabernacle, Miami. Rev.
Eyer said, in Fort Worth, Tex, in
1921, he was a drunkard, and
gambler, discouraged, on the
verge of suicide, when he enter
ed a Raymond T. Richey revival
there. Up to that time, he said.
ne had believed a man was saved
by doing good. and lost by
doing evil In that meeting, he
asserted, he heard for the first
time than man is Saved
through grace, by faith in the
Lord Jesus Christ. He accepted
that great fact, he said, was con-
verted, found peace he had
sought vainly in the world, and
later entered the ministry. Less
than two years ago he acquired
valuable property in Miami, and
carries on a tabernacle work
there.
With him last night was Mrs.
Eyer, and several of his Taber-
nacle musicians, including a
troupe IF trumpeters. This troupe
played to the delight of the bows
and girls, and adults as we'll
The trumpeters are: Mrs Eyer,
lead trumpeter; Miss Thalia Hill,
Miss Edna Ruby, and Miss Eileen
Shedding.
Evangelist Richev showed free
motion pictures, Bombs Over
Europe, scenes of actual earn
age, by which he hoped to stir
people to prav that war may be
kept from America He an
nounced he would show more
motion pictures of the same ma
ture next Mordav night. He
also stated he would stage an
other meeting for children next
Wednesday night, and promised
another treat for them.
There will be no service to-
night or tomorrow morning
Services are announced for Sun
dav at go m and 100 p m.
with Evangelist Richey PRAYING
for the sick al both meetings
The revival win continue all
next week.
MISSIONARY TO SPEAK