Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-01-22
MANY REVIVAL MEETINGS.
Four Were in Progresa in City Sum
day-Friends Close.

Four Were in Progress in City Sum
day-Friends Close.
Revival meetings were numerous In
the city Sunday, and in addition ITO the
services at the Baptist and Friends
churches the Methodist and State
street United Evangelical churches
began meetings. The Friends. how
ever. closed with Sunday night, after
a two weeks successful series.
The Baptist Revival.
The meetings at the Baptist church
yesterday and Saturday showed no les
SEEMING of interest, tho Sunday was the
fifteenth continuous day. AT each SER
vice the same earnestness by DR.. Lam
kin was shown, and an equal degree Of
receptivity by the people.
The characteristic of the movement
Is the gospel presented fearlessly and
lovingly. Men are told without evasion
OF the consequences of an evil life
There is a he'll to be avoided where
men meet the penalty of transgression
they do not meet here. This fact the
people are told without pairing down
or shading away Its significance. lhey
are also reminded that God is the rev.
citation of love. He grieves for fallen
man and seeks to restore him to has
lost throne. He stimulates man to Il
better life by the revelation of Himself
and undergirds him by offers and IN
ducements to strengthen inherent
Weaknesses of character. There Is al
so an absence of sensational methods.
Things are not said with the hope OF
causing comment which accompanies
smile, but the language is we'll chosen.
Ideas and facts are enforced by apt
ness of illustration. The large chorus
leads the audience in song. Their songs
are new the book used being the first
to come from the printers. The most de-
lightful features of the singing are the
duets by Mr.. and Mrs. Lloyd and the
Lloyd are both artists, the former being
ent. There is a flexible quality to his
voice that makes his selections pleas
ms.
Wide Interest in the Methodist.
wide interest was centered in the
Methodist meetings, which began
Sunday evening under the direction OF
the pastor, Rev. Merle n. Smith. The
meeting was fine one, and the OPEN
ing was marked by a large atttend-
ance. large chorus choir, OF fifty
voices, was one of the features OF the
music The choir will be in charge of
Mr. Arthur Wilson, a Cornell College
student, who graduates from the con-
servatory of music there this year. MIR.
Wilson is a cornetist and trunnpeter,
has charge of the college band and is
director of the college orchestra. Rev.
Smiths subject Sunday night was
mo One Cares for My Soul" in which
he made an earnest plea to lead
better life. Rev. Smiths subject to-
night will be "A Diet of Ashes"
Friends Meetings Close.
Rev. Ellison r. Purd. castor of the
Friends church of Oska ,osa. and for
mer pastor here, who has been in
charge of special meetings here during
the past two weeks, CLOSED the meet
ings Sunday night. Seven accessions
to the church were made Sunday
morning. and at the Sunday school
twenty-five confessed Christ. The
meetings have been very successful
al. satisfactory in every way. Mr..
Purdy accompanied by Mrs. Purdy,
returned to Oskaloosa this morning.
The pastor and his wife have been the
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. w. r. Painter
during their stay in the city.
State Street United Evangelical.
Rev. j. B. Meloy, pastor of the State
street United Evangelical church. be-
gan a series of special meetings at his
church Sunday night, and was greeted
by a large crowd. He took for his sub
ject, "Esau and His Birthright." Rev.
J. H. Malice, a United Evangelical
evangelist from Carlisle, Pa, will
preach tonight. Mr.. Malice is totally
blind, and is known as "the blind
evangelist"