Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-09-05
WORK OF TIE CHURCHES
Pastors and Members Take Up
Their Duties With Renewed
Test and Courage
OF SERMONS ANNOUNCED
Or. Elijah Brown Jones Gives Open
ing Address of Series On Lights
and Shadows of MarshaIItown"-
Rev Lemon to Commence Series
Next Sunday Night.

With the return from their vacations,
the various pastors of the city and the
members of the churches have taken
increased interest in the different de-
partments of church work. The change
of hour of the evening services, from
s to 1880 o'clock, and the half-hours
earlier converting of the young peoples
and winter. The general tone OF pas
toral remarks made from the city pull
pits Sunday was an appeal for aid to
carry on with increased zest, the work
needing to be done.
AT the Baptist church, DIR. Elijah
Brown Jones, in the evening delivered
the opening address of series on
Lights and Shadows Of Marshalltown
Life" Special music was given both
morning and evening, by the new
quartet, composed of Mrs. Fl. D. Will
bur, Miss Bertha Rowen, Mr.. r. A.
Salisbury and Mr.. Walter Green. Rev.
Jones' text for the evening was "As
For Me and My House, We Will Serve
the Lord" Joshua 24:15. His subject
was "Our Homes" OF the Shadows
noted, disobedience Of children to
parents was one. Children not dis
ciplined to right conduct make the
startings for anarchists. Such will not
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was cited as another shadow, and the
man who spends more than he makes
branded as a leech.
poverty makes a shadow on the
home It's causes are threefold. The
man who will not work makes poverty
for the home; the man underpaid, and
worse than all the saloon. Many homes
where there is insufficient food and
clothing are made such by the saloon.
The saloon is the great American curse.
1t curses father, it curses mother, 1t
curses the children, it curses homes as
nothing else does, and at last 1t VIII
curse you at the bar of God.
Speaking Of the lights" DR.. Jones
said further: I'm the home the moth
er's love is all potent. We see 1T in the
better quality of girls Marshalltown
homes produce. The mothers love
holds them to her side and makes wo-
men good and true. She carries her
girls in her arms two years and In her
heart forever. If the fathers OF Mar
shalltown were as pure in thought ana
clean in life as the mothers. the boys
Of Marshalltown would, be the moral
equals Of the girls.
but our schools bring light to many
a home. The boys and girls bring out
of the school an intellectual stimulus
for the home. The father sees that his
bow knows more facts than he does and
he begins to read The mother is slim
ulated by her girl and attends Wo-
mems club.
"But Christianity brings the greatest
light into the home. 1t overcomes dit
ficulties, soothes discord and makes the
true man and woman out of the boy
and girl"
At the Church of Christ, Sun
day evening, after reading of the
scriptures and a short talk by
the pastor, Mr.. G. H. Van Law de-
livered a very entertaining address
on Gravel in Canada and the East"
in which he related the experiences be-
falling himself and wife on their recent
vacation trip. Mr.. Van Law modestly
disclaims any fame as a traveller, and
paid a noble tribute to his own beloved
Iowa. The address was postponed
from Sunday night week ago, be-
cause of the bad weather. On Septem-
Der II Rev. Lemon will begin a special
series of Sunday evening sermons on
christian Evidences and Infidelity."
The subjects follow: September II, "a
Cloud of Witnesses" September Is,
evoltaire the Philosopher" Sept. 25,
.Pantheism and Evolution;" October
}. ernest Renan;" October 9, "Evi
lences. Church Fathers" October 16,
Thomas Paine;" October 90, cause
md Effect October 3d., Robert
owen. Philanthropist;" November 6,
Robert G. 1ngersoll;" November IL,
Robert G.. Ingersolls Life" The fol-
owing statement, signed, VERY sim
,erely yours, F. II. lemon" is made:
These subjects will be handled in an
open, frank, investigative manner They
IRE intended to go into the proofs and
lenials Of the Christian religion, both
friends and foes Of the bible to hear
hem. If any unkindness is used, this
pulpit is yours to correct it. We have
90 much milk and water preaching.
Without cant or equivocation, we in
ute men and women, of the best in
elect to a reinvestigation." A new
,hoir. probably quartet, will be or
yanized this week, according to pres
INT plans.
conqregationaIists Want Steiner.
There will probably be no services
leld at the congregational church ex-
.ept in Sunday mornings, for the next
month. The committee in charge of
providing a pastor is endeavoring to
,btain Professor Steiner, of Grinnell,
Until a regular pastor can be provided.
+ is hoped that it will be possible for
Professor Steiner to occupy the pulpit
lext Sunday morning, altho no word
las vet been received from him in an
wer to the committees communica-
ion.
Improvement at ST. PauFs.
A number of improvements are being
damned for ST. Pauls. The new pipe
rgan will be installed IN the early fall
r. winter, the basement is to be fixed
10 into a good parish room and the
sunday school work is being better or
,anized and put upon a basis of graded
tudy.
of Bishop lenihan-Du.
buaue, Wednesday, September, 21st,
1904.
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