The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-10
THE GOSPEL Of
JESUS CHRIST.
Was the Interesting Theme Of XII,
Sermon Of Rev. James c.
Mccain Last
Night.
NOT MANY ATTEND
Much Interest is Shown by Those
Who Regularly Attend
Two Meetings
Tonight
NOT MANY ATTEND

The second meeting of the series Of
the week OF prayer was held at the
First Baptist church last evening and
there appeared I'D graw,h in the size
of the congregation, We; it was good
meeting.
The closest attention was paid with
perceptible interest in every part Of
the exercises, all bright and active
and earnest The pastors who have
so far preached seem to have been
imbued with the great Importance OF
their duties en- these occasions and to
preach with unusual force and deter
mination to bring about greater in
terest here that the most exalted re-
suits may follow. These meetings, it
vival among church members, as the
ordinary revival is to call sinners to
repentance, to prepare church mem
bers with the real spirit of their CALI
| ing. that they may continue in the
NEW year ready and willing and anX-
ious to do continuous and enthusiastic
work for the Master. 1t is held that
| to be blessed with this new baptism,
members of the churches must attend
these meetings else they will not re
ceive the bountiful blessings vouch-
safed to those whose faces are seen
present to give cheer to the pastors
who preach and encouragement to the
other members Of the congregations
who are regularly attending.
Rev. James T.. Sanders, pastor of the
First Baptist church, officiated at the
opening exercises. The old doxology,
Praise God from Whom all Blessings
Flow" constituted the first of the ex-
ecises, then prayer by Reverend
! Harry B. Foster, of the United Pres
byterian church, another hymn. and
the scripture lesson from the first
chapter of Romans by Rev. r. w.
Lilley of the First Christian church.
The touching solo When Can See
Him Face to Face was then sung
with tender effect by Miss Baldwin.
PRAYER followed by Rev George G..
Williams of the Congregational
church.
After another hymn and Reverend
Sanders gave a glad welcome to those
present and in view of the fact that
these meetings are kind of preface
al the great rally of the Men and Re-
lieion movement soon to be held in
Keokuk 1t was expected that the
meetings would he more largely at
tended. With a membership of 5000
in the various churches it was re-
markable that so few We're present at
these meetings He then introduced
Rev. James C. Mccain of the Metho-
dist Protestant church, the speaker OF
the evening
Reverend McCain's sermon was
founded on verse i6 OF the first chap
ter of Romans. He said, going home
after hearing the striking sermon of
rev Sanders the night before, he
asked his family what he should
preach about at the meeting he was
addressing and the prompt answer
was "Preach about Jesus There is
inst as much need of preaching Jesus
continuously today as at any other
period of the worlds history He took
II for granted that all present were
interested in christianity. He would
not saw that all the people of Keokuk
who are not here are not interested
in church work, but he would say that
thev IRE not as mnch Interested as