The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-21

GREAT SUNDAY
At The CHURCH.
Lively and Interesting Sabbath With
Evangelist c. E. HilIis, Who
Spoke Four
Times.
I THE FIRST INVITATION
81 II Was Given on Sunday evening
When Three People Responded
After The Ser
vice.
THE FIRST INVITATION

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First Baptist church of this city,
Evangelist G. e. Hills spoke four
times, first in the Sunday school. then
at the morning service. at 10:45, then
in tie afternoon at 2::30, at Baker
mission, and at 4 80 in the evening
again at the church. 1t was busy
day. The first invitation to the I'M
saved to make public cor fession OF Je-
sus Christ as their savior and
redeemer, was given at the close OF
the evening service las night, when
three persons came forward The mu'
sic at the evening service was espe-
cially fine. The special numbers rem,
dered were, q beautiful fclo by Mr..
Hufstader, two numbers ~ the Y. NJ.
G. A. male quartet. and q rio by Prof.
Zoellne, Prof Maloney and Miss An
derson. These special numbers were
OF the highest grade and were highly
appreciated by the large audience.
In the morning at 1O:45 the subject
was THE Stairway of Gold, and 1t
was based on the 32nd psalm. He said
there are nine steps in the life of
every person who is a christian today,
and as we find them here in this psalm
they are as follows: Conviction, re-
pentance, confession, forgiveness,
aprayer, preservation, instruction, guild
ance, and rejoicing. 1t was most ex-
cellent sermon giving clearly exactly
what it means to be christian.
In the evening at 1880 his subject
was 1.-THE Worlds Greatest Thief and
{ his text Hebrews 2:3 How Shall We
Escape If We Neglect SO Great Saliva
{ tion?'
The sermon was one OF the most
masterful yet delivered by the evan
h gelist. His words seemed to be on fire
and went like fiery darts into the
hearts of the people present.
He said, pray God, that these
& words may burn their way down into
1 the hearts of every unsaved person
under the sound of my voice tonight,
and If at the close of the service you
20 out OF the. doors of this building
unsaved that they may flash before
you in words Of flaming fire as you
are going home, and that as you lie
down on your bed tonight, you may see
them written in fire, and as you walk
Ito your work tomorrow that they may
flash themselves Before How shall
Il escape If neglect SO great saliva
tion?" How shall you escape my broth
Il sr, you my sister, you and you and
you unsaved friend. "Oh God burn,
burn. burn these words tonight into
4 the heart Of every unsaved person by
4 the holy spirit as am talking" was
4 short prayer the evangelist then
made while preaching the sermon.
The greatest thief in this world to
E day is neglect and unsaved man he Is
d on your track, he is following you
\ Oh neglect, thou greatest thief in the
S world, thou incarnate fiend of hell
4 thou robber who has robbed thousands
a of people out Of their souls salvation
and sent them to hell, thou monster
thou are let loose in Keokuk tonight
stay, stay thy deadly work
This is a solemn question said DR.
Hills. 1t is left unanswered can
not answer 1t for you and you canno
answer it for me. It is question
that cannot be answered, how shal
q you escape going to hell If you di
I turning your back upon Jesus Christ
4 There is no escape said the evan
gelist as he hurled this sentence GU