The Springdale news., 1915-09-03
BIG UNION REVIVAL CAMPAIGN
 ATTENDED BY GOOD CROWDS

from the third verse of the third book of Amos. with the following words Can two walk together except they be agreed.
 The appeal of the evangelist Sun day evening was more of an outline Iot the work to be done during the meeting, and more Of sermon to the various church members of the city a. to their work, and he made no di= rect appeal to sinners nor did he ex= tend them an invitation. In fact, lis sarmon Was made Up of cold-blooded facts directly to the church men b5fs, ia all effort to whip them in to strong drawn battle lines that will prove invincible in the campaign that is to be waged He stripped the veneer from the many so-ca1Ied Christians, and showed them in his m9st forcible language that a reViy- al campaign in Springdale, could not be successfully conducted, until the Christian people Of the town were agreed among themselves, and were willing to make many sacrifices to- ward the success Of the campaign.
 He ridieuled the many excuses that are given by those he termed weak Christians, in not attending to their church duties, and in logical WAY showed that religion and business could 90 hand in hand
 | appears from the very out-set Of the campaign that Rev. Hankins has q good insight into the true condt- t.2as in Springdale. and from his f.rst=zerIn3n il is evident that he is g5tts straight as an arrow to the ,foe@ot= the evil, and that he ts 4ia- fo make his sermons felt anoHe ilia hearers Like hot shot from q etafe4s mouth tHe evangelist fofie= = =azaszt5ou question toZ4fs aeafe#@. and they were directed to t5e= Christian people present and=aet 9az04HE He coHfiHe his remarks sole tsfIIa sinner
 Some Of his many questions were. Are y1u agreed with God that you vi 6a one of the individuals upon asizssh the Holy Spirit can operate il a-tler that you can bring some individual to Christi
 Bo you intend to make history for Heaven in this campaign
 Does it pay to serve God?
 Is their joy in the service of the Bord2
 Are you agreed in the helping of mankind whatever his creed or be- lief may be?
 Brother how are you going to save soul unless you have been on the square with Ged
 Hell is filled up with better folks taaa the Christian who robs his fel- low man.
 You needn't come to church oil sunday with long face. like you WIS attending funeral, and then ol Monday have q scrap, or cheat yom fellow man. If you do this yon are going the opposite way to HeaY= =el.
 If you never do anything for God exeeas flat what Yoa can conven- ny do. you-II never be a servant Of Col.
 Fhra isn't saea thing as 3 lit- tle sin.
 Wb6a a sinner eets mad. he's mad ha. 4ban Christian eese mad hes ri zhtaonsly indignant
 am not going to commence this .1maaten on the sinners but going te .c5mmeaee where il belongs, or Han kias don't run it.
 H9u much are you going to make 1T .Iesus2
 If the judgment day should sit on prlyer meeting night. Haven would b lonesome place.
 I'm against the devil. and if he pops his head up in this tent I'm going to take a shot at him. n1IAtAtf illdt N II II AiLtl HNlPlilA 1T S- tha power, and the people the means, that many will he brought to Christ Iil Springllae.
 In closing the evangelist used the following words, which tend to show iast what he expects to put into the resent campaign: T don't believe Iatt,thi,,e- Int o,t, ,-a1e,. hot s,-ilI axe4 ba abe to touch Sprinedale."
 stirman Edison and family have moved 10 Sprinsdale from their farm short distance southeast of town. and are occupying the resi- dence property at the corner of shi- loh and Meadow streets. Mir Eid- son moved into town for the winter in order that he might give more of his time and attention to the opera , ton of the two motor trucks in