The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-10
BE HERE NEXT SUNDAY
"The Calf PATH WiIl be the Topic OF
His Address to be Given in Y. NJ.
c. A. Auditorium in the
Afternoon.

CldllOu OH SUNDAY afternoon, january
14th, $3.50 o'clock will be the Rev. P.
Marion Simms, Phi. D., of vinton, Ia.
DR.. Simms possesses in a remarkable !
degree the essential qualifications 0,
successful lecturer. Each lecture |
has purpose and contains living
message. His stories and genial good
humor make him popular with all
classes. He Is native of Tennessee,
educated in Cumberland University.
Carnegie has erected so many
monumental public libraries and
Rockefeller has propped up the tot
tering treasures of SO many colleges
that any new acts Of philanthropy
on the part of either one of these fl
nance kings causes only an occasion
flutter of the public eyelid 1t re-
mains therefore, the lot of the strug-
Cling populace to produce for the adj
ministration of the citizenship a less
err light in the constellation of philan
thropical stars whenever the history
of great men in this class threatens
to wither and decay
It's long jump from the records
of the building of mammoth libraries
to those of feeding hungry newsboys,
but a graceful spreading of the wings
Of charitable intellect probably will
permit safe descension The chron-
icle of the philanthropie exploits of
one p. Marion Simms. Pin. D.. pastor
of the First Presbyterian church OF
| vinton, certainly is not made with an
intent to do injury. II ever min
lister were practical, Rev. Simms Is of
that description That ancient aphor-
! ism, practice what you preach" has
| become SO time-worn that its usage
| in this day and age generally signifies
only feeble attempt at joke. But
the Vinton minister is an exception
to the rule. He is an implicit be-
lever in the theory expressed In the
old adage and if ever he fails to car
ry out it's directions it's because he's
4 bumped brick wall too thick to per-
nit the boring of a hole and too
high for scaling. Needless to say
walls of this nature, with Mr.. Simms
are few and far between.
As an advertiser DR.. Simms has the
edge ON most of his companions in
4 the pulpit. He gets out circulars and
cards boosting and advertising his
church which are copied all over the
CO. One Sunday morning he made
the following announcement from
4 the pulpit. 1.-THE funeral services of
/ the late Mrs Prayer Meeting will be
held in the Sunday school room of
the Presbyterian church ON Wednes-
day evening at 1880. She has been
4 feeble for some time, but recently her
decline has been rapid. Her death
was not unexpected. The doctor
could scarce detect any pulse on
q Wednesday evening of last week
Cause of death is said to be heart
failure from the want of exercise and
criminal neglect of her family. The
officers Of the church are requested
to act as pallbearers and the teach
fers and officers OF the Sunday school
as honorary pallbearers. The choir
is requested to sing" This announce
ment was reprinted in thousands Of
newspapers and even got into ar
Alaskan daily.
Dr. iSimms gets his recreation or
the lecture platform. His favorite
subject is The Calf Path" This is
the lecture which he will deliver a
the mems meeting on Sunday after
noon. He will deliver this lecture
ference of the Protestant Methods
church which meets in Baltimore
This is the highest ecclesiastical
court in that church and the chic
discussion at the coming meetin,
will be the movement which is OF
foot to unite the Methodist Episcopa
church south. Methodist Episcopa
church, north, and the Protestan
Methodist church.
Dr. Simms' lecture entitled 9TH
Calf Path is frank discussion O
some modern and living religious con
ditions and problems. Nothing sec
tartan. The pulpit and press ofte,
! discuss, What is the matter with tn
church? Why do men turn deaf ca
to her call? Why does Professionalism
r speak without authority? What is tn
remedy" This lecture is a masterl,
!. discussion of conditions and TIL
) remedy and a timely accounting O
!. stock.
4 AS live wire Rev. Mr.. Simms /
sizzling all the time. He aweken
sleep-walkers with an awful Jolt an,
is SO determined in making nois
that snoring matches are unknown Il
his vicinity
The music will also be specia
feature of the meeting on Sunday al
ternoon A hearty invitation is es
tended by the committee of the Asse
1t is optimistic and brim full OF hu
lmo-.