The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-18
DECISION DAY
At TRINITY N. E.
...v Decision Day of the Revival
services Marked by Large At
tendance and Many
Conversions.
m THE SUNDAY SCHOOL
following Or. Potter's Plea to the
Scholars, sixty Make the Great
pecision-ResuIt Of the
Evening Services.


Tho revival services at the Trinity
" churol are gaining rapidly in
interest and numbers. There was a
large attendance at all the morning
services while at the evening service
The large auditorium and Sunday
school room OF the church were filled
IN their fullest capacity. Decision day
was observed in the Sabbath school
Yesterday morning. DR.. Potter made
touching address to the school on
throwing away, or disregarding the
only Savior we can ever hope to have,
Illustrating it by true story OF west
eru life in which boy, lost on the
nrsirie in a blizzard, had only one
match to start fire by which to keep
!, from freezing.
Al the close OF DR.. Potter's talk
about sixty of the Sabbath SCHOOL
scholars made the great decision and
accepted Christ as their Savior. The
special feature of the music at the
morning service was : solo by Mr..
lansing of TT. Madison. Mr.. Lansing
has an excellent voice and his singing
vas musical treat for all who heard
him. DR.. Potters sermon was in the
nature OF personal talk to the con-
sregation on The Valley of Decision;
his text being found in Joel 3:13. Null
titudes, multitudes in the valley OF de-
cision: for the day of the Lord is near
I, the valley of decision. Space will
not allow us to give DIR. Potter's adj
dress but we must add that it was an
excellent discourse. At the close Of
the sermon about thirty of the con-
yerts united with the church.
81 Evening Service.
The lesson for the evening discourse
vas found in the twenty.third chapter
Of the gospel according to st. Luke,
thirty-second to forty-seventh verses.
and the text for the evening sermon
was found in the thirty-third verse.
And when they were come to the
place, which is called Calvary, there
they crucifed Him, and the malefac-
Tors. one on the right hand. and the
other on the left
Dr. Potter heartily entered into the
story of Christ's crucifixion. portray
Ing hnw Jaspc uoc x;,op :, ,,,ool, ! r,oJ
aud how the mob that clamored that
lie be crucified how they led Him out
oil the gate on the west side of the city
and up the road that led to the place
known as Cavalry. How that Jesus
vas compelled TO carry the cross 20
winch He was 10 be nailed and how
On the wav He gave w7ysunder this
neavy burden and then how His per-
secutors at this stage In the journey
8Ner standing around chagrined and
potasnowing what to do since they
reared to touch the cross. laid hold
VI one named Simon, Cyrenian COM
ias out OF the country whom they met
~ .ne way and who was compelled at
llie hands OF the angry mob to carry
.ne cross under which Jesus had fall
lsh' UP the hill to Calvary. In this
.Ouhtry when man was taken out
" oe put to death. he was supposed
~ carry his cross on which he was to
we 70 the place OF his execution but
ou.'st iell exhausted on the way.
NoW they reach Golgatha. and
assos kneeled beside the cross. The
s'oss IS now laid down and the dear
wear Jesus was cruelty and most brut.
on. nailed thereon. Once nailed to
We ~, cross the cross is now erected
. a,.n the Christ suspended thereon.
WI. wa e0e blood dripping from the
sa,,. ui wounds made by the cruel
t ian@ ~here they pierced His prec-
w.. oa' iee1 and hands, and now how at.
n !, sle cross is dropped into the place