Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-11
BARDOLPH BACK
ATMR. BEvERIDCE
Claimed Evangelist Was Dis
missed Because Not Ortiz
odox in Preaching.
REVIVAL SUDDENLY ENDS
Town All Worked Up Over State
ments Published by the Trav-
cling Minister.

Bardolph, ILL.,, Feb 10. 1910.-Editor
Rock Island Argus, Rock Island, H.:
1 received a copy of The Rock Island
Argus from a lady in Rock Island with
the letter printed by said Argus writ
ten by Rev. Mr.. Beveridge, who was
holding one of his Trades in Bardolph
for 8 or 10 days. | send you under
separate cover a copy of the Bardolph
News with a letter in it written by
Rev. Mr.. Rosenkrans of the NJ. E.
church, at whose church Rev. Mr..
Beveridge was holding his meetings.
I ask you with all due respect to Bar
dolph to publish in your valuable
paper the item written by Rev Mr.
Rosenkrans
I am a member of Vashti Shrine %,
White Shrine of Jerusalem, at Rock
Island, recorder OF W0odbine camp
1858. r. n. of A. l am well acquaint-
ed in Rock Island
Yours very truly.
MRS. H. K. OGDEN.
Reply of Pastor.
BardOlph News: Mr. Beveridge, in
the Macomb Journal of Feb. 2. gives
facts relative to the meeting" in which
he ISLANDERS Bardolph church people,
churches and myself, in order TO
shield himself He was booked to
help me in a prOtracted meeting, TO
begin New Years eve. and was adver
tised thus. Later he wired me (coI-
lect) that he could not come till Jan.
l. He arrived on the 7:15 train and
the writer paid S1.25 express charges
on his hymn books, which he later
tried to force our people TO purchase,
but failed. He was invited to the par
sonage to talk over plans for the meet
ing, but he said he was not yet ready
to tell his plans fully. l suggested a
conservation meeting for Sunday night
and that we invite our Methodist peo-
pie to come forward and consecrate
themselves for service in the meeting,
but he scornfully rejected the idea,
saying. You'll have to get them con-
verted before they can be conse-
Grated" The man seemed sour and
grabbed
Say It's All Graft.
We told him we were advertised to
have a missionary lecture on Turkey
Jan. I. illustrated by stereOpticon and
that he would be expected to exhort
after the lecture. He remarked that
he supposed the pastors had to do
something to interest the people in
missions and he couldn't blame the
poor fellows as they were bought and
sold at conference on the scale of
their benevolent collections, but that.
personally, he did not favor missions
or any other "side show of the
church. and that the church was get
ting to be all graft" He lamented
having the lecture during the meeting,
but finally said he would attend, Of
course. and help. as he did not dare
to air his ideas of missions publicly.
as it was not policy. and in order 70
be better able 20 do so he read the
manuscript through Monday he de
cided not TO attend the lecture, but
Monday night he spoke from a text in
the lecture-Jno. 4:35, using some of
the subject matter of the lecture,
knowing it would he used again and
illustrated the following night.
Condemns superintendent.
During his addresses Mr.. Beveridge
publicly condemned DR.. r. f. Buckley,
late district superintendent of the
Galesburg district; at least u minis
ters of the district Hedding college
of Abingdon, the discipline OF the NJ.
f. church (Which he compared to
skim MILK. its bishops, missionary
work, Epworth league. Ladies' Aid so
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