The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-01-07
REVIVAL is STARTED
Special Meetings In Progress At
Central M. E. Church.

Ivigor. The Sunday services were I'M
usually Well attended and full of in
lterest and profit During the session
of the Sunday school some 37S were
'lpresent and the orchestra is growing
in effectiveness and new scholars are
slbeing received. The good work is
Igradually moving forward.
At the morning public service,
beautiful solo Here Am /, Send Me"
was rendered by Prof. J. Richie Bell
1.-THE singer during the special meet
letter by the pastor. The talk of the
} morning was given by Miss Mabel O.
lHilbish, of Des Moines, who is con-
Injected with the Woman's Home Mis-
Isionary Society, and the various as
lpects of the work of the society were
presented in a touching manner Pris-
ION work, the Deaconess work, the Ne
, Igro work in the South, the Educa-
tional work among the Mountain
J Whites, the Mormons work, the Mex
: Iican work, the Indian work, and the
work among the foreign population In
Jour large cities were all touched up
on and particularly emphasized. Miss
lHilbish was plain but effective
speaker and the instances of sin and
! Suffering related by her, moved many
in the audience to tears. The annual
TIthank offering of the local Home Mis-
lsionary Society was afterwards taken
) land amounted to $3.50. Miss Hilbish
r also spoke at the meeting OF the Ep-
worth League in the evening and gave
a talk that was vitality interesting to
1.-THE young people. In showing the
possibilities for usefulness among I'M
favorable conditions, she told the
Istory of an earnest and consecrated
/ lyoung girl only 10 years of age and
lher work among the mountain whites
! of the south. This girl had only u
fair education and yet she was en-
Iabled to teach her associates some
! knowledge of music and gave the
young girls an insight into the art of
trimming their own hats and making
their own dresses, while on Sunday
she maintained a Sunday school and
also took charge of the church SER
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preacher, often doing even that work.
The public service in the evening
under the direction of Evangelists
Barrett and Bell was the first of a
series of meetings that they are to
hold at the church. The audience
packed every part of the building and
many are said to have been turned
away. A chorus choir of about 40
voices is under the direction of Mr..
H.. Richie Bell and their music is
HEARTY and enthusiastic.
| Mr.. Bell sang as a solo, rs He
Yours" in a beautiful and touching
manner. He is very sympathetic
singer, with wonderfully clear voice
and distinct articulation, and his solos
have been thoroughly enjoyed by the
people. Mr.. Bells home is in Mon
treal, Canada, and for a time was as
ISOLATED with the late D. l.. Moody.
| He has been with Mr. Barrett about
three years and great success has at
tended their work.
The discourse by Rev. Chas. F. Bar
rett was taken from the first two verses
of the 18th chapter of Hebrews, spe-
cial stress being given to the first
Verse: Wherefore seeing we also are
comprised about with so great a cloud
! of witnesses, let US lay aside every
weight and the sin which doth so cas-
lily beset us and let lis run with pa
thence the race that is set before us,
looking unto Jesus the author and fin
Usher of our faith"
The speaker began by calling atten-
ton to the way in which the world
looked upon and examined Christian
people, continually testing them in Or
der to prove the sincerity of their pro-
fession. st. Paul represents life as
a race which has to be run in order to
have it q success. How to win in this |
race is the anxious concern OF many;
first, we must enter and give careful |
preparation for running by laying aside |
every weight or hindrance to GUS
success.
The speakers delineation of the |
Grecian games and the strenuous
struggle for supremacy by the ath-
letes was vivid and realistic and his |
narration of some OF the events of |
the late Spanish war was highly in
teresting, but both of these incidents |
were used to illustrate point in his
subject. The faithful and diligent |
work of the blacksmiths in forging the
links in the anchor chains which hold |
some of our largest vessels as de- |
scribed by the speaker made a deep |
impression on his hearers.
Rev. Mr. Barrett is forcible and |
energetic speaker and holds the at
tention of his audience to the very
last. BY story and illustration, he
impresses the truth in a vivid way
and in a manner that the people will |
not soon forget. A notable instance
OF this was in his vivid description of |
the winning of the base ball game.
There are times when he is almost dra.
matte in his delneation of events and /
in the statement of facts, and he does
not hesitate to play upon the humor /
of his audience, with his pointed sto-
ries; but every one Of these points
have truth that he intends to inn
press upon his hearers.