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

and expense than what we have so fal
received, we have been we'll repaid
The great revivals under Ezra and Ne
hemiah We're born of prayer. Wher
Daniel knew from reading the Prophets
that the time had come when the LORD
would return again the captivity of Is.
rael from Babylon, he gave himself dill
| igently to prayer and to the confession
| OF lsraeFs sins, pleading the promises
that God had made to them. IL you viii
| be faithful to follow out the directions
of Rev, Sunday, You will, from the very
beginning OF your campaign of prayer
and labor, realize clearly that Gods
hanQ Is upon the movement for good
The masses of the people will realize
1T and you, will often hear them wit
ness to the fact with great joy. The
spirit of courage and OF hope will
nightly pervade the church before the
tabernacle meetings begin.
The Christian Life Exalted.
The one object of the revival is that
men should be saved from sin and it's
consequences, in order that they might
find their highest joy in God. wilt
thou not revive thy work that thy
people may rejoice in thee?" Mr.. Sun
day shows turnout his work and
preaching that the highest JOY that hui
man life has capacity for in this world
as well as in the next is found in God.
God made man for himself in his own
likeness and after his own image
Nothing can satisfy the longings OF the
human heart but the knowledge Of
God in Jesus Christ. The fullest ca
pacities Of mans being can only be de-
veloped and enjoyed when God has full
possession of him, in obedience to his
will ] never heard more fearless
or more able champion of Jesus Christ
as the way, the truth, and the life. Like
the apostle of old, Mn Sunday is de-
termined to know nothing among men
but Jesus Christ and him crucified. as
the power of God and the wisdom Of
God to every one that believeth. What
ever the resources at his command that
he brings to bear upon his prodigious
labors, you are impressed that to his
mind and heart, Jesus Is all and in all
for him. All the great machinery Of
the organized meeting is used by him,
as mighty genius, In order to im-
press the people with the fact that
Jesus alone is worthy of all their love
and obedience.
God Honors His People.
The united. praying church. as re-
suit, is awakened to new life and ener-
gy, by repentance and faith toward
such a mighty savior The unbelievers,
attracted by the wonderful preaching
and the faithful attack On sin within
or without the church, and witnessing
the repentance and the joy of Gods
people, are also moved by this testi-
mony of God among his people The
world thronging into the tabernacle.
witness a gladness and enthusiasm and
a Christian fellowship the like of which
they have never before seen. have
witnessed in many meetings hundreds
standing reverently for two and three
hours drinking in the blessings which
they have never before experienced in
such measure and with such joy. AS
a result, one predominating theme was
upon the minds and hearts of the null
titudes, in the home, the office, the fac
tory, and the store, and that was, the
wonderful work Of God in the meetings.
Prejudice vanished like fog before the
sun, after one or two hearings
of this man whose heart is big with
the love both for God and for men. 1t
was easy for the Christian to do per-
sonal work, because every heart
seemed open to the truth as presented.
To persuade friend to come to the
usually resulted in his con-
and interest in the meetings. |
Conviction of sin was evidenced wher-
ever you met a soul, for the spirit of
truth was working nightly thru the
preaching in the tabernacle and thru
the sermons published daily in The
Courier No doubt you have often
prayed with the Psalmist. 'Restore
unto me the joy Of thy salvation.''
Immediate Results at Ottumwa.
Hundreds of the new converts united
with the church the first Sunday after
our meetings closed, many of them
without being personally solicited.
Large numbers united with the church,
es who did not come forward during
the meetings. BY actual count between
three and four thousand took their
stand for Christ and took Rev. Mr. |
Sunday by the hand, meaning thereby |
that they either renewed their coven-
ant with God as those who had in the |
past become back-sliders, or that they |
for the first time in all their experi-
ence knew what 1t meant to be saved. |
AS a consequence, we have had the JOY
Of witnessing the reception of new /
members into the church each Sunday
since the meetings closed. Some
churches up to date have received be- |
tween two and three hundred members |
to reinforce their ranks, The attend
ance at the regular meetings Of the
churches has been large and enthusiasts
tic ever since. The Sunday schools
and all of the auxiliary societies have
taken on new life in a very marked I
degree. The membership of the church
IS baptized with an unusual measure
Of faith, hope, and courage that accom-
olishes things, This renewed and en-
arged energy of the church was inn
nediately harnessed to the causes Of
civic righteousness and Of temperance.
A remonstrance petition against the
saloon was circulated among the vot-
ers and within a few days the saloon
vas closed in a town that, seemed hope