Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-01-25

.,i f% &
lessly In favor OF the whisky business
before the meetings. A mighty move.
ment is on now for a law enforcement
administration for the cause of a dry
town. The fervor Of Christian patriot
ism is mighty in the hearts of al
classes, merchant and laborer. The
saloon business Is doomed in Qttum-
wa Before the meetings finally closed
about $4,000 was raised for the es-
Establishment of a city rescue mission
that would be open day and night fol
the help Of those who may be down
and out in the estimation of men. OF
tumwa Is today thoroughly furnished
unto every good work for the cause OF
God and home and country. The re-
gions round about our city and the
many Small towns have felt nightly
this quickening power of God. The
spirit of unity Is greatly manifest In
all of the churches of God. A renewed
interest in the hearing OF the old gos-
pei and In the study OF the word Is
evident on the part OF all, both old
and young. Life has a heavenly in
spiration.
As An Evangelist.
Rev. w. A Sunday is modern
Elijah and the spirit OF that prophet
of old lives in him again. His courage
and faithfulness reminds one of the
wicked Ahab king of Israel, and re-
buked him and the nation for their
sins, prefacing his words with the
phrase so often on his lips. AS the
Lord God liveth before whom stand"
SO Mr.. Sunday breaches in the con-
seriousness of Gods presence as he
fearlessly drives home the truth that
the sinful heart needs. John the Bap-
fist, was of the same dauntless spirit
as he made Herod and his unlawful
wife tremble under his rebukes. Foe
the first two weeks of the meetings you
are reminded of these old prophets Of
God as he goes after sin within or
without the church and leaves nothing
But besides exhibiting this
relentless spirit against every form Of
sin, he more than any other evangelist
that / have heard reminds me OF the
greatest tactition on record, namely
the apostle Paul. He is filed with the
love of God thru the Holy Spirit and this
makes him very sensitive towards the
feelings of all classes. He senses the
conditions that arise in and about his
very depths of his heart. AS a genius
he is quick to meet the needs that arise
in those delicate moments when it
takes but very little to sway mems
minds one way or an other He doas
not antaEoniZe men In classes, unless
such class are identified with sin as
an organization that the sin cannot be
without at the same time at
tacking the class as Il whole, Thus II
is with the liquor business and all oth-
er occupations living on the profits Of
vice and wrong. Even then, in all his
spirit, and words, he gives
clear evidence OF his love for the men
who are in the sin which he condemns.
You are impressed that his heart longs
to lead them out into a holy life. and
that none would do more than he to
help them. Like the great apostle ne
aims to be "All things to all men If by
any means he might win some" 9th
srwise there would not be such num-
oers from all classes. high and low,
him by the hand for Christ and for a
'ighteous life. Hate and en,nfty would
not bring such glorious victories in the
name of Christ. He wins all classes to
owe him with such loyalty as they
never loved any other man for Christ's
sake. At the same time he wins the
hatred from many in all classes as
hey have hated no other man for the
sake of their sin which is so uncom-
attacked, yet in love. How
'ften would they have stoned Christ
n his day but for the fear of the null
itudes, and how brutally they mis-
reated the apostle Paul because of the
lin on which they depended for the
profits which came from their business
# vice and idolatry was faithfully ut
.acked.
n the Light Of Evangelist Of Today.
When you see him at his work, you
will be impressed with the fact that
le has the genius of hard work with
,ut which there can be- no genius
some have said that there is no genius
nut hard work, Whatever may be true
quality and material Of his sermons as
Veil NiS al ilIlo uSIiNSIy OI WIZ
impress you as the hardest working
preacher that you ever listened to. You
will be conscious of the fact that his
sermons both in their preparation and
n their delivery, are the product of the
highest energies that he possesses. In
hem the whole man speaks to the
,earts of the people with all his mind,
oul, spirit, and strength. He brings his
whole being to bear upon any propo-
ition ON hand. have met preachers
Who We're just as consecrated and just
Is earnest as Mr.. Sunday, but none Of
hem possessed the powerful faculty Of
'erceiving things so clearly in their
'arious relationships. He seems to see
in the light of Gods un-
truth, and as it really is.
With his prodigious mind he is able
0 martial scientific and historical
acts both of the past and of the pres
mt and make them his servants in the
interests of the message that he has
rom God. Besides this he has voca-
ulary by means of which he is en- |
.bled to make others see things as
learly as he sees them. He is CONVEX |
ant with the most, common facts !