The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-24
sapt1s. Church Was Crowded Last
Week to Hear Special Sermons
by Rev. z. 3. Nc
Allister.
START ON FINAL LAP
4seeond FiddIes" Was Last Nights
Subject and the Speaker
Urged Acceptance Of
the Truth.

ing held at the Baptist church started
on the final lap last evening when
Rev. F. B. McAllister spoke on the
subject, Second Ffddles." Those in
charge Of the meetings stated last
evening they had been more than
pleased with the results of the first
weeks meetings. The weather has
generally been ideal for such meet
ings, making it easy for the people to
attend. It was estimated that about
held last week. The largest night was
spoke to the women. and the smallest
night was Saturday. Not only were
the officials pleased with the attend
ance but also with the results for al
ready twenty have responded to the
call. This is considered by the n
good, considering It was the first
week. The chorus also, under the
able leadership OF Mr.. Laubersheimer,
has been increasing in size and ability
and have been contributing consider
able to the success of the meetings
Last evening Rev. McAllister spoke
very plainly and forcibly of the var
ious excuses we have for the devil,
and the reasons why God is made
second fiddle by US. He said that
there are great many that are ex-
cusing the devil because they are
having such good time. He stated
that christianity did not want to cur
tail good time, but merely insisted
that we cut the cussedness out of
the times we were having, and If the
cussedness can't be cut out, then
christianity would naturally insist
upon its abolition. He said there
we're many stating they were having
good time when in reality their
wives and children were suffering in
want.
Think Ourselves Good Fellows.
The speaker. strongly ridiculed the
idea OF present possessions as SUI
perior to future PROFESSIONS. He said
that God was second fiddle with
some of us because we thought we
were good fellows as, it was, and did
not need to be better. We get our our
moral maenifying glass, size up our
selves and pat ourselves on the back,
and say, What fine fellow / am"
But If YOU turn the spotlight of God
upon your heart you will see it is any
thing but pure and wholesome, and it
is this that God wants to clean up.
Some are contending they will not
become member of a denomination
because they know of certain hypo-
critics in the church. The speaker
contended there were hypocrites in
the church and they were the lowest
pieces of humanity he knew Of, but
even in the group which Jesus had
there was a Judas. In every lodge
are black sheep that the lodge mem
bers, If they had to do over again,
would blackball them. Is it any won
der they slip into the church? But.
tne great mass of the people in the
church are good wholesome genuine
folk and one little ins!pid hypocrite
should not be the means of obstruct-
ing our best selves from their high
est efficiency. In conclusion, the
speaker very energetically told of the
man and woman that was making God
as second fiddle by, saying they in
tended to do it some time He said
that tomorrow was a thief and liar
anu that the pathway of life was
strewn with wrecks that had said
tomorrow
Tonight Rev. McAllister will speak
upon the subject, Cooking the DEVILS
loose. This address will be for
Dcth men and women.