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verified the past week by the Sunday
party.
Mrs. Muirhead threw the meeting
open to the girls and asked especially
that those who had lately taken their
stand for Christ would take this op'
portunity to speak for him. For about
an hour there was rapid fire Of tes'
timony and the enthusiasm ran high.
After a solo, My Sins Were Many, :
Mrs Muirhead said that God did not
want cut and dried sermon today
the audience had just listened to hun
dreds Of sermons. Her talk was in
part farewell to the girls of OF.
tumwa and a word of encouragement
for those who have made a change OF
life during these meetings. III this re.
spect she said, t'You working girls
make it SO hard for one Of your mum
Der to go wrong that you will give
the devil chase for the girls. +"
Forty-six girls responded to the
very earnest invitation given by Mrs.
Muirhead at the close OF the service.
Mrs. Sunday was present at the ser
vice and gave a very earnest word OF
encouragement to the girls
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aFOOLlSHNESS''
Evangelist Says That It Is Not Neeee
sary to Understand Christianity
to Use II.

To record-breaking audience Of
over 1000 people Rev. W. A. Sunday
preached Saturday afternoon a brief
sermon on the power of Gods word.
The text was "For the preaching Of
the cross Is to them that perish, fool
ishness; but unto us which are saved
it is the power of God"--1 Corinthians,
1:1&.
OF the 1000 people more than half
OF the crowd were out-oftown resi-
dents, several hundred being here
from Eldon alone for the afternoon
and evening services. The special
number of the musical program was
Mr.. Buffers solo, He Will Hold Me
Fast" which the solobt explained
was written especially as an inspira.
tion to the younger converts.
That every good thing today was
regarded as being foolish at the time
Of its conception was the fact that the
evangelist made particularly strong
mention of it. He cited the subsection
Of the beasts of burden by man as an
Continued on Page 81
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away. Birds left their fedglings in
their nests, and their eggs, and flew
away and would not go near it, and
one morning the people bought, and
sold, and danced, they laughed, they
cursed, they blasrhened AT 8
O'Clock all was sunshine and joy and
at minutes past eight, 10000 people
lay dead They heard, but they would
not heed.
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FAREWELL MEETING
Mrs. Muirhead Addresses Working
Girls for Last Time 46
~AnuHr4aI
Converted.

The meeting at the First Methodist
church. conducted by Mrs. Muirhead,
was held for the, working girls OF the
city The number included the girls
from the factories, from the. stores.
Che offices, the homes and the schools.
Very few married women were pres.
ent, e meeting being held for them
in the Congregational church by Miss
Miller.
While the Sunday meetings did not
succeed in winning the mayor Of OF
tunawa, Mrs Muirhead was accom-
panied into her meeting yesterday aft
ernoon by Miss Ruth Phillips, daugh-
ter Of the mayor, who has been con-
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An evening of sing. in which
Charles Butler, chief soloist for the
Sunday party. together with his
fancee, Miss Edith Anderson of
Springfield, Ill, will De the principal
figures, will De given tomorrow. even
ing from 80 until $3.50 o'clock in the
tabernacle. Immediately following,
Mel Trotter of Grand Rapids, will give
q brief address in tho interests of the
Open Door Mission,
In this recital OF song, Ottunlwa
lovers OF good music will be given,
aside from burst IF melody and
sweetness, a, Slight glimpse into the
romance in which Mr.. Eutler and Miss
Anderson are the main characters.
The action Of Dan Cupid in the lives
OF these two consecratel singers have
bsen extraordinary. 1t was during the
Sunday revival mearins at Decatur
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last February that the evangelist and
his party were invited to attend a
banquet at Springfield given by the
Ministerial association, and this, de-
creed the love god. was the time of
Miss Anderson drs1 glimpse Of the
talented soloist. She Sang before the
assemblage, and the spark Of friend
ship Immediately becar.t apraze Their
next meeting was In August at the
Old Salem chautauaGa at Petersburg,
Ill. where Miss Anders ,n was the vo-
calist one Week and Mr.. Butler the
following, their engagement overlap
ping one day. The night following the
memorable riot in Springfield, Miss
Anderson was called hc,ne, and, con-
eeraed about hey welfare, Mr.. Butler
with friend accompanied her hcfss.
Later she returned to Petersburg to
visit friends, and she sang with Mr..
Butler upon the DAY tinaL Rev. Sunday
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delivered his sermon IN forces That
Win" This second meeting was con-
tinued indefinitely through the, med
tum of the mails and with an &C.
casional visit to Springfield by Mr..
Butler, and tomorrow, another one Of
the meetings will have it's climax in
artists.
Miss Anderson is considered one OF
the best singers in the entire state of
Illinois, and when it is remembered
that Chicago is still III Illinois, this
consideration carries much weight.
The services of Miss Anderson for
chautauqua work Is in much demand.
She received her early vocal training
under Madam johanna LESS Burr and
at the time had as her ambition oper-
attic singing. Miss Anderson is a
Beautiful blonde. with large gray eyes
ara her stature, feet inches, adds
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dons you, God forgives you. God justi~
fies you, God cleanses the past and
blots out all The. record is clean and
you stand before God as though you
never had sinned. I have been an
awful sinner, and I'm ashamed Of it,
a booze fighter. would fight TO the drop
of the hat, and I'd drop the hat my
self. ] could out-cuss any man you
ever heard I haven't uttered an
oath in % years. I used to booze
fight, but haven't touched drink Of
whiskey in % years used to 60 to
the theater, but / haven't darkened
one in % years. used to play cards
tut I'd as soon touch rattle snake
now as pack of cards.
'I'll remember your transgressions
against you no more forever Sin
shall not have dominion over you
Some men seem to think that they
would be happy if only in heaven.
If God should reach down out OF
heaven now and take you out of your
seat and take you to- heaven without
your first being saved, your attitude
toward God would not change one
iota from what 1t is this minute when
you sit and listen to me. Listen to
me, if God would do that, heaven
would be hell to you. God has to get
in your heart by acceptance Of Jesus
Christ, then hell would be repulsive to
you and heaven a joy. Gods nature
has to come into you by repentance
and faith.
Down in front of the Monongahela
house in Pittsburg a boat was back
ing away from the dock and fellow
ran down the hill. He was a. gam
bier. He cried: ''Wait, wait,
wait" The boat was backing
away and he rushed on the dock and
thought he could leap and he jumped,
missed her, and fell into the river.
They threw him rope and pulled him
on deck. AS he stood in the sun,
dripping wet the passengers began to
sing Jesus, Lover of My Soul" and
the old gambler went to the captain
and said what the devils this.
Isn't this boat going to the race
track?"
"No, this is a Sunday school pic
mic"
He said: my God. captain, this is
hell to me. If you'll run the boat
near enough to the shore for me to
wade I'll give you a twenty dollar gold
piece"
If Cod had reached down and taken
that whisky soaked gambler to heav.
en-, heaven would have been as much
hell to him as that Sunday school pic
mic was, but If he had dropped on his
face and cried to God for forgiveness
and accepted Jesus Christ the Sun
day school picnic would have been
heaven and the race track would have
been he'll, God has to get into your
heart for repentance and faith or you
wouldn't be happy if YOU were in
heaven tonight, You will have the
same character when YOU die that you
have row. Death won't change your
character. You will die and that's
the kind Of character you will have
al through eternity.
Son Remember.
How shall We escape ii we neglect
so great a salvation" In hell mans
memory is active. You will remem-
her this tabernacle, you will remem-
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to her consumtnate beauty. She pos-
sesses a. very attractive personality,
and has that grace and ease before
audiences that stamps her an immedi-
ate favorite.
The abilities Of Mr.. Butler need no
word of comment, so thoroughly has
ne established his qualifications in
the hearts Of all Ottunwans who have
visited the tabernacle With Miss
Anderson tomorrow evening many
things high In the annals OF vocalisrn
can be expected. Mr.. Butler's voice is
a rich baritone with register Of two
octaves from G to G sharp, ana while
familiar with all the lads and tricks
OF this art he makes everything sub
ordinate to perfect articulation, and
IN the full, round tones pours out his
soulful eyangel in song. His favorites
solos are The sparrow song,v rs He
Yours' and "He Lifted Me-
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Der the streets, the face of the preach.
er, the pleadings and the songs will
ring through your ears again just like
you can recall all the songs your
mother sang. Your mind will be just
as active in hell as it is tonight.
Death won't make any change in your
character. believe the worm that
never dies is your memory. Your
memory will never die, and through
IN unendfns eternity you will have a
chance to recall what fool you were
to pass Jesus up. How shall we es-
cape if we neglect so great saliva
ton"
I say to you, and / tell you In +he
name of Jesus Christ I have stood
here and for five weeks I have hurled
it out night after night, Hundreds.
yes thousands have seized it and God
has drawn them into the kingdom and
tonight they are on the deck Of the old
ship Zion, laughing at disaster, and
they lean over and cry: Come on
III sermon and ii song. Seize it, I beg
of you, in The name of Jesus Christ,
and let God draw you in out Of your
drunkenness, out Of your indifference,
out Of your pride, out OF your culture
out of your stoicism God stir and
arouse men from their Indifference.
Flow shall we escape if we neglect
SO great a salvation?" How? There
is no escape, my friends, there is no
way out if you neglect
Tabernacle Notes.
Congressm an ELECT, N. e. Kendall
was prominent figure on the plat
form at the afternoon meeting for
men yesterday.
John o. Borgeson Of Huron, S. D,
State missionary and organizer Of the
Swedish Methodist Episcopal church
in South Dakota has been in the city
this week attending the revival meet
ings. While in Ottumwa Mr.. Borgeson
has been the guest of Rev. G. Nord,
206 West Fifth street
Mr.. PIED ger, W. A. Sundays as
sistant left the city last night at a
late hour for Dallas, Texas, called
there suddenly by the serious illness
Of his father. Mr.. Pledger will con
tinue to Spokane, Wash. by way Of
California, and the Pacific coast and
join the party in Spokane on Christ
mas day, providing his father is in
fit condition to leave by that time.
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II hell is not everlasting, then
haaren is not everlasting. The same
God that said eternal dsp1nation, said
eternal heaven. If God lied about hell
he lied about heaven. l hate 10 see o
man core up and try to make out that
he'll 10 not eternal, bit that heaven is.
Turn around and tell God you are
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1.-THE Little Brown jug at Kildare" by
Meredith Nicholson. Crhe Bookseller
rill Coz.
This reviewer is of the opinion that in
'The Little Brown jug at Kildare Mr..
Nicholson has found his forte. This re-
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Sc
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He was plodding along in business, really
a librarian or something or other in the
British museum, Qmuseum was just the
place for this hero, and no mistake) But
the hero had a message-he wished to
speak 1t right out and he feared that his
work at the museum was interfering with
his artistic temperament Maybe it was.
Not in our lifetime, possibly, but some
time, not so far away, thank goodness),
there is going to be an act in the GRIM
inal code which will lock up psueodo-
rtistc-temperamental people, not only
that-but the authors who write about
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This hero fell in love and had great
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LEGATION, it would be difficult to say
There is really no plot, worth speaking
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others-although the reader will think
that the author didn't intend it that way.
To use such good English and such
pleasing style-it's a pity Mr.. Selngcourt
life characters. With those important
necessities for an interesting story, Mr..
Selingcourt could produce something very
pleasing, which 1.-The High Adventure"
is not.
Looms of Life" by Herman Scheffauer.
CNeale Publishing Coz
Mr. Herman Scheffauer was born in
California. In the city of San Francisco
the. beautiful and brilliant heart of the
glowing west; traveller for many
months in the famous byways Of Europe.
for two years a resident of London, a
student of literature, always a poet, an
artist and a dreamer. He has youth,
genius and learning. Too, he Is man of
action, a scholar. a traveller and a critic.
During his residence in London Herman
Screffauers work attracted wide atten-
tion and the pages of THE Spectatf,
1.-THE Fortnightly," Westminster" Mac
millans and other leading periodicals
We're open to and printed his prose and
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, government in its attitude of resistance
to the will of the masterful Kaiser. Ger
many has once Inundated France in Mo-
rocco and it seemed not difficult to do
it again.
For parallel to the arrogance of En-
peror William we must go back 100 years
to the days when the French Emperor
the great Napoleon, after his conquest
of Prussia, dated DEGREES at Berlin, and
on raft at Tilsit agreed with the Rus
sian Emperor, Alexander, that one half
of the Prussian monarch's territories
should be restored, while Napoleon $
three brothers, Joseph, Louis and Jerome.
should be elevated to the thrones of Ma
Piles, Holland and Westphalia.
France in 1908 may reflect on the way
the world went in 1908. for nations as we'll
as individuals may ponder with profit on
how 1.-The whirligig of time brings in its
revenges'
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poetry. DIR. Horace Samuel of Corpus
Christi college, oxford, has written very
glowingly in regard to this poets work
Deepseated, earnest, high purposed. this
poet is seer and a prophet, interprete r
of the noble things that are and that
shall be. Californian at heart, cosmo-
politan in mind, the place he holds among
the poets of the west is lofty and unique.
Looms of Life" is notable volume and
one that adds dignity to American let.
tiers and American culture.
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France and Germany in 1903

From the Boston Globe.
The German Emperors effort to force
France to let him have his way in Moroc-
co does not appear to be likely to sue
coed, with Great Britain. Russia, Spain
and Italy standing behind the French
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Special One Way CoIonist Rates, to
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New Orleans, La, and Return S1O.O5.
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