What did some Richmond, Indiana revival attendees think of Billy Sunday

The following note appeared in the Richmond Item, May 2, 1922:

To The Rev. William A. Sunday

Thou sendeth a man for race, creed and color

To the places where prayers are unsaid.

Thou sendeth a man for race, creed and color

To quote from the living to quote from the dead.

I wish that everybody would either read or go to hear Rev. Sunday preach his sermons. They are the first that have come out of the ice-box since the days of Crucifixion. I do believe his sermons are just as essential as a serum scratched into the flesh of the arm to keep one from taking small pox. So should Rev. Sunday’s sermons be scratched on the heart to prevent us from taking the devil’s itch.

Rev. Sunday is impartial. He is fearless in backing up what he knows about God, man, beast or bird. He is fearless in relating history and its rare fruit. In his comparisons he brings to light what is unseen.

None desire to dispute his thought for his inspiration comes from beyond his power.

The key which he handles is—Stop lying, stop stealing, stop cussing, stop living in adultery, stop quarreling at the table and clean Supremacy. This key in part unlocks everybody’s door. This truth has been crushed to rise again by a man within a man.

A reader of Rev. Sunday’s sermons.