The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-04
Reverend Elan, Preacher of Strong,
Logical Sermons, Straight From
the Shoulder
Talker.
HOWE, THE MUSICIAN
Eian and Howe, the Wherefore and
"How' of the Christian Church
Revival Ser
vices.

Notwithstanding the 1nciomenL
weather and the many counter attrac-
tons the revival services at the
First Christian church were well at
tended last night.
Mr.. Howe's solo, Time Enough
Yet" was very effective and was APP
preciated by the audience.
Evangelist Elan delivered short
but interesting discourse on THE
Worlds Tribute to the Christ using
for text Matt. 1913, Whom do men
say that l. the Son of Man, ann" He
dwelt briefly upon the fact that the
greatest men of our age and nation
are practically all outspoben chris.
tan men and avow allegiance to
Christ as the Savior of the world.
Roosevelt, Bryan. Wilson, Clark and
nearly all our leading statesmen are
devoted christians. Why do men
count it an honor to be called Roose-
velt republicans or Bryan democrats
and yet hesitate to be classified as
followers of Christ when He towers
Infinitely above all of earth's great
men?
Among all the opinions offered as to
who Christ was, not one person re-
garded Him lightly, some said He
was John the Baptist. some jeremiah
or one of the prophets.
So today even intelligent infidels
recognize Christ as the greatest and
noblest character of all time, not a
fault can be found in His conduct and
the system of ethics which He re-
vealed are admitted by ali to be I'M.
surpassed and incapable of improve
ment. In politics, in literature and in
religion Jesus stands today the mas
ter of all
Prophets, apostles and martyrs all
testify to His majesty Millions OF
earths great ones today bow the
knee and confess Him as Lord of all.
The speaker dwelt at some length as
to the opinions of men who knew
Christ in person and proved conclus-
lively by the testimony of enemies of
Christ as we'll az by His friends that
He was the Son of God.
Meeting this evening at T:45. Fine
music and helpful service.
Rev. Elan preached strong and
practical sermon.
This Is the greatest question in
the world today and was asked by
: Jesus probably to bring out the con
fession of Peter. Some, and I viii
say the majority of the brainiest mer
of the world have answered this
question as Peter did. could prob
ably spend the rest of my time naming
men that you know OF great intellect
ual power who have stood out fol
Christ but will only name few
When the speaker named such meI
as Roosevelt and Bryan, who could
and did take the pulpit and preach fol
Jesus and his work Gladstone of Eng
land said too that out of the fifty-fve
brainest men of England fifty of then
were christians.
When Jesus asked the question yor
notice that none Of these people hat
a bad opinion of Jesus. Some sait
he was John the Baptist, some Elijah
jeremiah or one of the prophets II
we want an honest opinion of any
man today we get statement both
from the mans friends and enemies
Let us see what some of Jesus
enemies said of him Judas was the
first pronounced enemy of Jesus, list
en- to his testimony: 4 have sinned In
that have betrayed INNOCENT blood y
Even Judas that thought go much OF
the thirty pieces of money. Then
take PLATE, who IS like great many
people today, simply kind of friend
of Jesus. He said: II find no fault
in him. Then Pilates wife. in her
message to PLATE said: 81 beg of you
that you have nothing to do with ~
just man" Thus you see no one
could find fault with him, neithe,
can they now. His most bitter enc
mics today are not able to find flaw