The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-07
Mr.. Init Has Great Chorus for the
Special Services Which Com.
menced Sunday at First
Christian Church.
RIGHT FROM SHOULDER
Five Great Forms Of Sin in Every Com
munIty Around Which All In.
iquty Gathers Are Joined
in One Like Fingers.

VIC Del douS evangelist WIN. j.
Lockhart of Des Moines preached Sun
day and Monday nights are samples of
what his work shall be in the city.
keokuk may expect some straight
from the shoulder blows and a clear
Ing of the religious atmosphere. 81
nave not come to your city to fight
nor to sal aught against sister
chruch. l have not come to run your
city government but l am here to
preach the Gospel and in doing so
line OF cleavage is made between right
and wrong. And l shall not hesitate
to denounce in high or low estate. If
what shall say shall strike public Of
ficial or private citizen can not help
1T, must be true to Him under whose
commission / work In every commun-
ity there are five great forms of sin
around which all iniquity gathers.
There is the Dissertation of the Lords
day which is most marked in your
community. The yells and howls
which greeted my ears this quiet calm
Sunday afternoon was enough to make
ones blood run cold There's time
and place for all manly sport. There's
a time for our national game of base
ball, but that time is not on the Lords
day when people are supposed to be
worshipping the Lord.
There is the sin of gambling in many
forms, the terrible and prevailing So
cial sin, the sin of intemperance and
the sin of unbelief.
These are not five separate sins but
five devils in one, like the five fingers
on your hand and they are clutching
at the throat of civilization l tell
you the biggest question before the
American people today is not the tar
if question, nor rate regulation, nor
the curbing of the trusts, nor the big
question is sin and how we may get
rid of it. Last year 10000 men stag
gered into drunkard's graves or more
men than was killed outright on the
| field of battle during four long years
of civil strife. 1000 murders were com.
mitted and 10000 homes were disrupt
ed by the social sin to say nothing OF
the countless thousands of young men
and women who sold that which is
more priceless than life itself"
Mr.. w. F.. Limit sang The Sun II
Shall Never go Down. in most mas.
terly way. Mr. Limit has voice OF
rare charm and great compass. He
is the greatest chorus director in the
Christian church and has a magnetism
and personality that sweeps his whole
audience into song. A great chorus
is being organized and singers of all
churches are invited to avail them
selves of the opportunity of singing
under Mr.. Limit
Again on Monday night there was a
| fine hearing to greet the eyangellsts
and deep interest prevailed. There
will be no public invitation given until
Thursday night but already people are
expressing their intention of confess.
ing Christ. Again last night Evange'
list Lockhart landed on the wrong do
ers, paying especial attention to those
old moss backs" who sit around and
cry for the preaching of the Scrip
lures but who cannot stand sermon
on the Ten Commandments There
are more infidels in the church, said
Mr.. Lockhart, than we generally think
I don't mean the higher critics. they
mean that group of deacons and cid
ers, and Sunday school teachers and
members who say they believe the
Bible, but never lift hand to save
soul from sin and hell. He that say
eth love him and doeth not his VIII
is liar and the truth is not in him.
The sin of unbelief is at the base OF
all sin. Rob man of faith in God
and Christ, IN Heaven and immortality
and you have opened tie flood gates
of iniquity to that soul.