Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-02-10

yet fiatting the end of every sentence,
he moves on. holding the attention OF
his hearers riveted to his discourse.
His preaching was altogether narra-
tive. He merely recited Biblical inci-
dents in the life of Christ, but used such
common language and such up-to- date
comparisons that. as the man pointed
with all the art of an actor to suppo-
sitional group approaching from the
side, the audience could fairly see the
picture he was steadily painting with
words. Walker Whiteside, the we'll
known Shakespearean player. never ex-
hihited more grace in his work, and no
crisis in Shakespearean drama ever
carried It's audience along with 1t closer
or sent more tears gushing to the eyes
than did the unimpassioned discourse
of this remarkable man.
Gordon seems to sbe sincere man,
preaching that he may do good. His
style is his own and he uses 1t well. He
tries to make Biblical stories under
standable by making them human.
Christ and all his disciples by him are
stripped of the ethereal halo that seems
to set them apart from the lives of or
binary mortals, and yet no evangelist
could put a more literal Interpretation
upon the biblical text. His teaching
loses none of its effect and goes forth
burning it's lessons home, impelled by
the electrifying presence and manner Of
the man behind it.
AT THE Y. M. c. A.
Mr.. Gordon addressed the meeting at
the Railway Y. M. C. A. rooms at 1890
Sunday afternoon. The meeting was
for men only, and the rooms We're filled.
Mr.. Gordon did not make sensational
address, as he does not resort to that to
accomplish the purposes of his work
He was to have spoken on The Price
of Power" but concluded to change his
subject and related the story of Sychar.
He said that man is in reality four per-
sonages-as the world knows him, as
the family knows him. as he knows
himself and as God knows him. To
know ones self perfectly, Mr.. Gordon
said, one must study himself and APP
peal to God for uplifting.
EVENING UNION SERVICE.
The big meeting of the day con-
Quoted by Mr. Gordon. and the one
that was really the opening of the
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ings to be conducted afternoons and
evenings for five days, was the union
service at the Methodist church in the
evening. The Methodist Presbyterian,
Baptist, Congregational Christian and
Friends churches joined in this service,
and Mr.. Gordon was greeted by an
audience that filled the large edifice
of the Methodists. Music was fur
nished by the Y. NJ. c. a. male choir,
under the direction of Secretary Fell
bingham. Mr.. Gordon made an excel
lent impression on his hearers. His
subject was "The Channel of Power.
He discussed the question of where
the blame rests for not accepting
Christ's way He requested his au-
ditors to think of four friends and con-
slider them with Christ, themselves and
the devil His analyzation of the group
made his point plain that 1t was not
the fault of Christ, but of the indfvfd-
ual. that Christs way was not ac-
cepted.
The meetings tonight and on Tues
day, Wednesday and Thursday after
moons and evenings will be held in the
Presbyterian church. His subject this
afternoon 1t o'clock was THE Great
est Outlet of Prayer-Why So Many
Prayers are Not Answered" This