The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-14
THE BEGINNING
OF MEMS RALLY
Rev. Or. Brown Extends an Elo-
quent Call to Service at
the Y. w. c. A.
Building.
AN EXCELLENT SUPPER
The Union Meeting Sunday Evening
is to be Addressed by the
Rev. Or. p. Marion
simms.

Just about forty men heard Rev.
Or. ]. M. Brown of Trinity Methodist
church extend the Call to Service
at a supper Friday night in the Y W.
c. A. as the first step of the forward
movement. The supper was an Elk
cellent one, we'll served. and 1t gave
the diners all they could take care of
for the hour they were at the table.
Late corners had no chance to '.Fletch-
erie" their food, as the supper be-
gan on time and closed in time to al
low the diners to attend the union
prayer meetings or other meetings
they might desire to participate in.
DR.. q. B. Newcomb offered prayer
at the invitation of H. C. Brown, who
presided w. j. Fulton Ssosed the
supper with prayer. Rev. DR.. Brown
| had been chairman of the committee
of 100 at Sioux Falls, where he had
a pastorate before coming here, and
he briefly outlined the plans and pur-
poses he had developed there, closing
his talk, which was necessarily short,
| with an exhortation to implore the di-
! vine guidance in the entire work. He
said that it was neither layman's
movement nor a ministerial move
ment, but an effort of Christian men
| to reach other men and to restore &C
livity in the church, and as such
needed the support of ALL
At the close of his talk, c. r. Joy
read letter he had just received
from Fred B. Smith, leader of the
movement, who was starting with
four teams to invade New England"
which is considered to be the hard
est field. Mr. Smiths letter was full
of the enthusiasm of triumphant work
and reported the success Of the move
ment in nearly every place.
The supper was sort OF pre-
|liminary to the great event of the
campaign, the presence of the Ce-
dar Rapids team of seven here Thurs
day and Friday.
/ Rev. DIR. j. F. Sanders will preside
at the union meeting in the First Bap-
fist church Sunday evening. when DR..
i P. Marion Simms will address the
people Of Keokuk on the value of per-
sonal work in connection with the
Men and Religion Forward Movement.
| DR.. Simms is expected to sound the
keynote that will awaken the men Of
| Keokuk to the duty confronting them
of an advance all along the line, and
his address is being looked forward
to as splendid preparation for the two
4 days OF conference Thursday and Fri
day and the roundup meeting the roa-
lowing Sunday.
Great musical plans have been
made. Under the leadership of c. R.
Joy the choir of the First Congrega-
tional church will form the nucleus
of q chorus of those who have sung
in THE Messiah" and will give two
of the choruses of that wonderful ora.
torio Miss Baldwin will sing solo.
The service will be preceded by a
song service in which all of the choirs
of the city are asked to take part. The
rest of the program will be as fol
lows:
Song service.
Devotional service
Solo, Zone Sweetly Solemn
Thought" by Dudley Buck. Miss Bald
win.
Offertory.
Chorus-"And the Glory of the
Lord by Handel.
: Sermon.
Halleluiah Chorus, by Handel.
, Benediction.
Postlude.
/ The organists will be Miss Ander
son and Mrs. Arvilla e. Cooper.
The invitation is not only to the
men Of the city. but to all who de
sire to attend. The men are especial
y ly urged to come out