Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-12-17
MEL TRoTTER OF GRAND RAPIDS,
TALKS ON HIS CHOSEN SUBJ
JEcT AND oTTuMWAMs PLEDGE
DESIRED SUM I'M 20 Mln1iTEa-
FOLLOWS
SACRED CONCERT
MR.. BUTLER AND MISS ANpERs
SON GIVE MUSICAL TREAT i
NEW MISSION WILL BE uNnRR
OPEN DOOR MANAGEMENT. I

neV. r. y. paViee received IN
message from Evangelist w. a,
Sunay late last evening In ~tjcs,
tne revtvaliet promised to be In
the city tonight on No. ! at a;fHS
O'Clock. Tho service will open al!
Eso with songs The door will be
open at $50 O'clock. The moot. 4
ng Is for mon only. Y
a won1en's meeting win be hs,d
this evening at 7:ao O'clock In tha
First Baptist church. Mira. Geo.
Haw, sr., and Mrs. w. n. Horre,
will conduct the serHces.
Enthused through Ave continuuuai
weeks of revival of wonderful powariI
their mellow humor aided by a song
service Of high merits by Mr.. RutleN
and Miss Anderson, inspired hy thas
words of genial and earnest Mel Trot.,
ter, the famous rescue-mission workrI
er, and confident of words or praiset
from Evangelist Sunday to-|
night, the citizens OF Otturlwa assen-l
pied last night at the tabernacle spon,l
taneously pledged over $4,000 toward
the establishing and maintaining OF 4
rescue mission in this city, thereby as
surlng the institution permanent
charitable feature Of the city. TheI
money Was raised in less than twentyi
minutes, following the enthusiastio'
but brief address Of Mel Trotter.
The new addition to the charitablss
institutions In the city will be simply
an enlarging Of the equipment and
work OF the present Open Door. mis-'
sion. The quarters for the mission
Will be secured In a more central part
of the city and Will be equipped Inn
mediately, or rs soon as desirabla
location can be decided upon. The
board managing the Open Door mis-
sion, OF which Mrs. l.. T.. Stevens Id
president, will also superintend thu
larger mission now undertaken. The
Open Door mission, which has been
managed SO successfully for SONG
years past. will be absorbed or rathoR
be conducted as branch Of the newst
institution.
Concert Was Good.
The musical part of the evenings
program was one continual round Of
pleasant surprises. From the OPEN
ing number, Shadows" sung by Mr..
Butler as solo, then by the choir,
repeated by the audience and finally
rendered as trio by Messrs. Butler,
! Trotter and Miss Anderson to tha
closing strains OF the final number,
the evening was one of the keanest
| pleasure.
| BY request Miss Anderson again
sang, when They Ring Those Golden
| Bells for You and Me-" Her other
solo numbers were THE Holy City. :
and Does Jesus Carer" The two
most beautiful selections of the even.
ing were the duets rendered by Miss
Anderson and Mr.. Butler, who Could
it Be But Jesus" and Tell Mother I'LL
Be There"
| The success Of the evenings song
service is due largely to the pianist
| Miss Mary Anderson, who accompan
led the solo and duet numbers. Sha
also favored the audience with an in
which created rounds of applause.
Major Mahon Talks.
4 Following the close Of the songs
service, Major Mahon brought up tn,
purpose Of the meeting the opening
of rescue mission in the city and aft
er dwelling for few minutes on thu
need of such an Institution in OF
/ tumwa, he introduced Mel Trotter who
Immediately opened fire on the sub
1ect.
Now / amt asking you people 70,
a bloomin' thing but your attention.
Trotter opened up charactsristjcally
, Later in the evening might ask vol
for something but If do remembe'
that what you give will be spent rigb
here In your own little city IT de
pends on the looks on your face
whether | ask for it or not. wan
to bring your attention to the need 0
. rescue mission in the city. Yo'
, have, the Open Door mission here, bu
1t isn't big enough. The ministers ar,
the hardest worked bunch of peopl
on earth right after revival like WI
have had here. They have a tremen
dous task before them. Lots of thes
new converts are men that II Is har'
: to get to church. A rescue mission j
Z simply place down town whore VI
have a revival meeting every nigh
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