Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-04-29
A Day of Specialists.

and on.
A Day of Specialists.
Others say it unduly exalts the
evangelist. These are days of spec
iahsts. The lawyers specialize in d.
vorce, and the doctors and surgeons
specialize. The divorce business, that's
about the rottenest business / know of
I'll shoot it full Of holes one of these
days before 4 get thru.
| Stopping for just a moment he good
naturally let this fly at the women:
Some women are good cooks and 9TH
ers are of the Malta Vita, veal loaf,
| canned salmon, air tight kind
1t is the conviction of sin that
starts a revival. You begin to pray in
your home and quit lying about your
nelghbor and go and pay your debts.
Has One for the Farmers.
Referring to the greed for gain that
was in the makeup of many he hurled
this at the farmers especially, There's
many man spends more time getting
his hogs and cattle ready for the mar
ket than he does getting his boys and
girls ready for heaven. It's clean pro-
tit, is about all some old Holsters are
thinking about"
Turning directly to the things which
make a revival needed he said. "a re-
vival is needed when the religion is not
ideal. A revival is needed when peo-
pie distrust A revival is needed when
there is a worldly spirit in the church
The church has sprung a leak In
PUSHES the water, seepage and sewage
of the world. The preacher gathers
about him his faithful few and gets the
pump to going. The intake is five
inches. but the outgo is only three
inches"
Following this up he told in funny
way how all that some people did for
religion and the church was to bake a
cake now and then and serve oyster
soup, with one oyster, crying for his
brother per bowl, at a church supper
Try to Charge Circus License.
L propose in the name of God and
decency to keep firing away for dear
old Marshalltown as long as / am here
l believe we are getting ready to GUST
the elements of hell, which have
damned the city love for twenty-five
years" Continuing and referring to the
statement made by Councilman George
Herman, he said, $50 if you want to
charge a circus license for this re-
vival get busy, you will find you have
touched the business end of b mule"
He described how, starting from the
depot and going up the business
streets, there We're so very few ausi-
ness men in the church. He said he
never was in town where there were
SO many good fellows who were not in
the church as there are here.
Lack Of Proper Teaching.
Referring to the Sunday school he
said it ought to be a constant feeder
to the church. "Is it? No. I will bet
nine-tenths of your church members do
not have prayer in your homes Your
children go to Sunday school to listen
to an irreligious, theatergoing, gadding
teacher who knows nothing of relig-
ion from practical standpoint"
He told of factions and feuds in the
church and how REVEALS were impos-
slole where they existed. He implored
the church members to get together.
Needs of Revival.
returning again to the needs of a
revival, he said: "a revival is needed
When men grow careless. If a revival
IluIlS your business vo'l a
virtue, are aga..4a.
He described the devil as a person
and not as an impersonality. HE
knows / give no quarter and ask for
none. I'll stand here and fight vice and
corruption until hell freezes over and
then III buy a pair of skates and go
at it on the ice.''
He hurled powerful warning to
the decent to be saved lest they fall
when temptation overlook them.
Asks All to Help.
What can you do to help? Women
never mind your pink teas and club
meetings. Give them up. Do like the
women Of Springfield did, and discon-
tinue all of your meetings and get be-
hind these meetings and help. Never
mind your housekeeping. The bugs
have been there all winter and a few
weeks longer will not make any Diff
ference.
II believe il the powers of he'll tr-
umph during this campaign this would
be good town to move out of. But
it needs the cooperation and aid of
e'eiy HldA anu woman VINO wants TO
help men to God and who seek to up
lift the people of this city,"
Rev. Mr.. Patterson Delivers Prayer.
Preceding the sermon Rev. J. H.
Patterson delivered the opening pray
er and Mr. Fischer led the choir and
congregation in a twenty-minute song
service. They sang "Fullness of Pow
err" Revive Us Again" Christ is the
Sunny Side" and The Best Friend is
Jesus" They sang some of the songs
by sections and churches and at one