The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-03-23
From the Stewartville (Minn Times.

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Over a year ago it was announced
that Mr.. Sunday was to be in Roches-
ter in January. Those who have been
watching that reyiv alist's career fore.
saw what the result would be. Sum-
OF our church people prophesied tn at
Stewartville would feel strongly the
influence of that meeting. Thev suy-
gested, seeing there never had been
revival here, that 1t would be well to
plan a campaign here to follow th-
Rochester meeting. Accordingly cor.
respondence was opened in July with
Evangelists Lowry and Stentz, of Ce-
dar Rapids, Iowa, whose remark able
meetings at Lyle, Caledonia and
Hutchinson had been heard of. They
were engaged in September for Feb
ruary meeting, and for four m, nth,
the churches have bent all their
thought and energy to preparation for
great meeting
| Mr.. Lowry is remarkable preach
err. He sets forth the plan of saliva
tion with unusual plainness. He has
vast fund of scripture at his tongue'>
end. Of this he has made a speciality.
Having invented a unique system for
memorizing text and references. The
universally of sin. heaven and hell,
the atonement, salvation by faith and
assurance are the great doctrines tn at
| form the backbone of all his preach
ing
| Some of Mr.. Lowry's sermons will
| never be forgotten. Among such were
those on "Assurance, ;" ""Eternal Pun
ishment." popular Amusements. -
Temperance "The Holy Spirit. ~
| lr lnf lr
Resurrection" The lecture on popu-
lar amusements created a great deal
comment, and doubtless a different
sentiment for the future on that subject.
| The temperance lecture was probably
the strongest anti-lcense address ever
| delivered here. The opinion prevails
| in Stewartville that Mr.. Lowry is des-
! tined to become, if he is not already ,
as strong man as Mr.. Sunday. The
| two men seem to be compliments of
each other, each being strong where
the other is weak. Mr. Sunda IS
strength lies in his personal magnet
ism and energy of delivery, his won,
derful command of language in max
ing verbal caricatures of vice and its
results, but especially the awful amen
he is able to get from mems own con-
sciences when he hurls at them his un-
merciful rebukes of the actual vices
and specific sins they themselves com
NIT. Mr.. Lowry's power lies in the
unq questionable sincerity and earnest
ness of the man, as he implOres men
to fOr5ake their sins and flee from the
wrath to cOme-an Overm astering sin
cerity and earnestness that shines in
the speakers eye. and radiates from
every gesture
Mr.. Stentz is the right man in the
right. place. AS a soloist he is claim
ed by those who know, to be the su-
perior of Mr.. Fisher. The large cho-
rus of about sixty voices imprOv we'd
constantly under his training until
Stewartville was indeed proud of it,
The music is an indispensable part of
a revival meeting. 1t requires a pro-
fesslonal musician, an expert sOlOist
and chorister, an earnest evaugelistic
christian worker and a keen Judge of
human nature. Mr.. Stentz is all Of
this.
The church people are confident tn at
the revival was the greatest event in
the history of Stewartville, the CON
yerts recognize it as the greatest event
in their lives. and even the most skep-
tical and Indifferent regarding relig
iOus matters are free to admit that it
has greatly elevated the moral level
of the community The churches have
been revived, and the members will be
tent 10 their lives AbOut 24O in Stew
artvile and the surrounding country
professed conversion.