Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-05-21

Welding his argument with e1o-
striking illustrations, and presenting
his address with marked clearness,
Rev. Mr.. Sunday Thursday night de-
livered one Of his famous sermons. on
the subject, '1s 1t Well With Thee?"
He asked the questions, 'Is It we'll with
thee? Is 1t well with thy husband. Is
It well with thy child?" and he an
swered each in their physiological
order.
The net result Of this sermon of
questions and answers was forty mine
converts, but the indirect result was
that it set many men and women to
thinking of the condition Of their
lives.
Eighty-se seven Converted.
The total converts for the day was
eighty seven, there being thirty-eight
who came forward at the mothers
meeting in the afternoon. Dividing
his address into three portions, accord
ing to the phraseology of the text, he
took up each in its order and an
swered each as he came to it.
For an hour he spoke and into that
hour he crowded many homely truths
and stinging rebukes for those who
heed not the invitation and earnest ex-
hortations for men and women to turn
and come to Christ. OF each division
Of his sermon he made an address, and
closed with brilliant oratorical cli-
max, 1t being a recital of his personal
experience, both in his life of sin and
after he found Jesus.
Postoffice Force Guests.
The special guests at the service
were the mail carriers and the post
office force and their wives and fam
lilies, to the number of about one hun
dred. They were given reserved seats
in the central section. Rev. Mr. Sun
day, before he began his sermon, paid
the following compliment to these men
after he had thanked then, for coming:
x do not believe there is any class of
employees working for the government
who, as a whole, are more trustworthy
and truer to their trusts than the post
office employees. One thing 1 am es-
pecially grateful for is the help they
have given me in other revivals. espec-
tally at Jacksonville, Ill"
Text in Second Kings.
Mr.. Sundays text was from II Kings
1925: "1s 1t we'll with thee! Us it we'll
with thy husband? Us It well with
thy child?"
The story of the incident with which
the text has to do will be found in the
same chapter as the text, from the
eighth to the thfrty-seventh verses.
Mr.. Sundays sermon was in part as
follows: 'sNorth of Jerusalem there
stood the village of Shunem There
was in that community an ideal home,
presided over by one of the famous
women Of the day. In his work the
/: prophet Elisha passed by the home.
and the woman saw him, and she felt
that he i"sas good I11an. She said to
her husband, There is a man Of God
who is going by She said to her hus-
band ] perceive that this is holy man
of God. which passeth continually She
felt there was much blessing that
might come from association with this
man Of God.
Realized the Influence.
Certainly 1t is better for you to as
sociate with a preacher or priest
than a saloonkeeper. I perceive she
said. She wanted to bring the influ-
ence of that man into her home Some
people are SO blind to their condition
that they never allow themselves to
associate with godly people.
This, woman Of Shunem suggested
that they build a room to their house
for the prophet that he might use it