Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1908-12-17
tLEAVES CITY WITHOUT
ANY HARD FEELINGS
CONVERTS NUMBER 22o AFTER
DELIVERY OF SERMON ON land
he SAID TOMORROW WILL
SPEAK WEDNESDAY, NIGHT.
C o N v E R 81 o N S
Total to cate

Monday night ............. 22o
i Total to date ............. 3,ooo
An evening. spent in sincere en-.
Hesvor to remove all semblances Q.
,,lissension caused by Evangelist Bill
W. Sundays stay here, and to restore
nerfect. peace and harmony among all
Ottuniwans, marked the famous eA-
.hasehaII players triumphant fareWen
might in this city. 1t was service ue-
voted to confessions, apologies ana eA-
tnlsnatjons. Honest efforts were maze
10 straighten out any misunderstand-
ings which may have arisen as CON
sequence of diverting opinions re-
garding the evangelists work and 10
smooth the wrinkles in the city caus.
ed by the well-meant, but hasty meth
DDS employed by those for and against
IMr. Sunday.
Messrs. T. d. Foster, Samuel Ma
hon, F. G. Davies, r. J. Locke and w.
"A. Sunday all took prominent part III
the preliminary addresses of the even
ling in their endeavors to be fair and
Just The apologies were made direct
Ely to the twelve signers of the letter
and petition issued Friday, suggesting
that Mr.. Sunday give all but $1,000
of his free-will offering to the poor of
the city Both Mr.. Foster and MI. Ma
hon stated freely that their reply,
signed by themselves and others
prominent in the citys business life,
was written hastily and signed hur-
riedly. They retracted the main OBJ
Siectionable clauses in the letter and
sapologized for the utterances. Major
Mahon spoke strongly for harmony
among Ottumwa business men. He
dwelt at length upon the real good
that had been accomplished in the
city through Mr.. Sundays efforts and
urged that 10 hard feelings should re-
main after the evangelist had left the
city.
Petition Brought Up.
Before the sermon of the evening.
REV. Locke, Mr.. Foster and Mr.. Sun
day took the platform and brought
1.-THE saloon remonstrance petition
which had been circulating all dav
Through the city, again before the
minds of the people. Thomas D.
foster and Rev. R. ]. Locke
spoke briefly on the ripe opportunity
which presented itself to put the sa-
tloons out OF business and urged all
rnen to sign the petition and all wom-
en- to urge their husbands, brothers
and sweethearts to do the same. All
men in the audience who had not
lsigned during the day were given an
opportunity TO sign last night.
Presents Bouquets.
Rev Davies then presented Mr.
A<y-. 1nlJ
ouets, gifts from the young people OF
ERutledge and from the employees OF
the Johnston & Sharp Manufacturing
company. In behalf OF the latter, Mr..
Davies thanked the proprietors of the
Johnston C Sharp plant for their
kindness in permitting Mr.. Sunday
and his party to speak at the plant
and especially for closing the factory
yesterday afternoon at 3 o'clock in or.
der that the employees could reach the
farewell service last night in time to
Eecure good seats.
Miss Anderson Sings.
lust before Mr.. Sunday began on
the sermon of the evening, the people
of Ottumwa were given the opportun-
ity to hear Miss Edith Anderson OF
Springfield, H., Mr.. Buffers aancee,
for the first time. Miss Anderson, ac-
companied by her sister on the piano,
rendered "When They Ring Those
Golden Bells For You and Me-" From
advance reports the audience had
heen prepared for a real vocal treat,
and it was not disappointed. Miss An
derson possesses a voice Of marvellous
sweetness and strength and captivated
her hearers from the opening strain.
With her splendid voice, she also has
an unusually clear enunciation and a
pleasing presence.
"And He Said, Tomorrow
The evangelist had saved his most
powerful and appealing sermon for
the last. His text was from Exodus
VIII:10 "and he said. tomorrow
Mr.. Sunday spoke along the lines Of
the danger of delay in accepting
Jesus Christ. The discourse was oil
tremendous power and at the close
the after meeting lasted for nearly ar
hour. 220 new converts pressing for
ward to take their stand for Christian
itv. The sermon in brief follows:
For over 400 years the Jews had
been in bondage In the land of Phar
aoh and had submitted to all the bar
harous cruolties that a rich and pow
erf,,l race could inflirt IIDon a Upake,