Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-05-17

Saturday night and Sunday morning.
The nearby country turned out en-
masse in automobiles and buggies.
Moro Than 800 Converted.
The total conversions for the two
days of all the meetings was 327. OF
these 235 were converted on the Sab
bath and ninety-tw sought Christ at
the two Saturday meetings. This
brings the number of converts to date
up to 726. One hundred twenty were
converted at the Sabbath night meet
ing. Eighty eight men came forward
at the mems meeting in the afternoon
twenty seven women gave their lives
to Christ at the afternoon meetings for
women only. Seven women were con-
verted at the soldiers home Saturday
afternoon. Thirty-one came to the
front Saturday night and fifty-four at
the Saturday afternoon meeting.
Sixty nine of the converts were from
other towns and cities, in addition to a
number from the nearby country
More of score of towns and six states
were represented by the converts.
Big Audiences Greet Sunday.
Three Immense audiences heard Rev
Mr.. Sunday at the tabernacle on the
Sabbath day. The largest Sunday
morning congregation of the cam
paignn $500 people, heard him in the
forenoon. Thirty five hundred men
attended the afternoon meeting, and
500 were there ct night, with, approx
inately 1900 turned away, who did moi
want to stand up thru the service In
addition to these meetings there were
three services at as many. churches in
the afternoon for women, one for boys
led by BILLY" Sunday, Jr., and one at
the county Jail. Three collections were
taken at the tabernacle for the ex-
penses of the revival. These totales
$443.92. bringing the aggregate which
has been given and subscribed I'D to
$5,264.70.
Demonstrations at Meetings.
/ Great demonstrations marked the af-
ternoon and evening meeting. These
exhibitions came when the converts
were coming forward to take Rev. Mr..
Sundays hand, and when the Empy-
rean quartet sang. For time at both
meetings those who were giving their
lives to Christ crowded before the plat
form so fast that the evangelist was
kept more than busy grasping the
hands of all of them.
All ages and all classes were repre-
sented among the converts. Some wept
bitterly as they came forward, others
laughed or smiled. At the afternoon
meeting many Of themen seized Sun
day by both hands as they greeted
him.
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At the afternoon and night meetings,
when the Mason City quartet sang
'The Flag Without Stain" and
waved the nations ,colors, the thou
sands who heard it sprang to their feet
and, waving handkerchiefs and hats,
shouted until the building rocked.
Quartet Sings WeII.
The Mason City quartet, which was
composed OF Messrs. W. F. Muse, w.
e. Ensign, w. s. Rankin and c. B.
Higgins, sang at all Of the tabernacle
meetings Of the day. They sang we'll,
and the reception they were given was
most cordial They were applauded so
heartily that they had to respond ev-
cry time they appeared. AT night they
sang "The Holy City," 1.-THE Lost
Chord" and the flag song.
The choir's singing was another of
the musical features Of the day, as
was also the songs sung by Mr.. But
|ler, Miss MacLaren, and Mr.. Fischer.
Three Great Sermons.
Rev. Mr.. Sunday delivered three Of
the strongest sermons Of his repertoire
at the tabernacle services on the Sab
bath day. In the morning he gave his
famous sermon on why People Back
slide From God" This sermon will be
found in full on page OF this issue.
In the afternoon he preached to the
men, on the physical consequences of
sins of the flesh. His text was "what-
soever a Man Soweth That Shall He
Also Reap" His night sermon was on
What Shall the End Beg" 1t was an
able discourse on the hereafter beyond
the grave.
'What Shall the End se?"
Taking the text, What shall the
end be Of them that obey not the eos-
pei Of Cod" Rev. Mr.. Sunday Sabbath
night delivered a great argument on
the unknown hereafter. He led his aud
fence up to the brink OF the grave, and
pointed to the limitless enternity. with
this warning Of What shall the end
be?' ringing in their ears he pleaded
for men not to risk themselves in
eternity by dying without acceptina
Christ His argument covered wide
range of ground, including an extensive
discourse on tn edoctrinal truths Of the
bible and the divine source Of which
inspired those who wrote Il.
Sounds Warnlns.
His sermon briefly summarized Is in
part as follows:
What will the end be? 2" A hairs
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