The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-03-27
Evangelist Quoted Words of
Master and Then Rebuked
People Who Say He is
Too Rough.
CHANGED HIS PLANS
Consent of People Packed in
Tabernacle is Gained Yester-
day to Postpone Amuse-
ment Sermon.

| DR.. Scoy1lle preached the strongest,
most effective sermon he had preach
ed to date in the campaign yesterday
afternoon. And the discourse was
not the famous one on amusements,
either. A dismal afternoon with a
tabernacle to about 1000 persons,
caused Scovilie to decide to hold his
sermon on THE Ten Plaques" until
next Sunday afternoon. He put the
crowd to vote and nearly all seem
ingly were agreed that he would be
wise to take the action he finally
took. Twenty-eight persons hit the
trail.
"Yod are nearly all church mem
bers," he said "How many think l
would be right in changing my sub
ject for this afternoon? l don't think
III put the other side to vote" he
said as the hands went up. you're
about the finest bunch I've SEEN
But 1 will ask" he added, smil-
ing, how many persons there are
here who would be SO mad they
never, never, never would forgive me
were l not to preach on amuse-
ments?"
One hand went up and the crowd
laughed-so did the evangelist.
Another Rap at Critics.
Scoyille hurled epithet after cpl
tibet at sin. He paced back and forth
across the platform like wild man;
he quoted invective after invective
that Christ had used in his preach
{ Ing two thousand years ago. There
are lot of people in this old town."
he cried, who have been too nice to
read the sayings Of Brother Scoville
in the newspapers. All I've got to
say is, that l hope everyone of these
things I have quoted from Christ's
teaching gets into the press and that
you people cut EN- out and paste em
in your Bibles. Then, the next time
someone starts bowling about my
being too rough, just get your Bible
down and site them to Christ Him
SELF
The evangelist held the crowd al
most breathless from the beginning
of the discourse to the end. His text,
as announced was: GAS many as re-
ceived him. to them gave he power
to become the sons of God"
The Red Light District.
But the evangelist didn't linger
very consistently around the text. He
went down into the red light district,
taking the crowd along, denounced in
vitrolic language the gang that cries,
'seggregate the red light women"
and declared that he would like to
see "a bunch of city officials with
manhood enough and God almighty
enough to say, on the very same day
that that damnable gang bowls, seq
gregate the women all right, but at
the same time just seggregate the
damnable, rotten bunch that goes
down there!'"
The crowd shook the building with
applause. Scoville continued. His
face was wet with sweat The rain
descended steadily upon the low roof
of the tabernacle, but the crowd for
got the rain. Every person leaned
toward the preacher. "Jesus Christ
called them dogs, and sorcerers and
sons of hell" he shouted, land yet
you can't stand what I say. Jesus
Christ stood up and told that bunch
where to head In
Used Steaming Phrases.
Scoville began his sermon by quot
ing for the edification of his hearers
several verses from the Bible to
show that Christ and the apostolic
preachers of His day were not at all
backward In using steaming phrases
and torrid words in denouncing sin.
There have been a lot of people
in this old town, he said, "who have
though / was using words too rough.
You listen to this. I'm just going to
quote you few. And" he interposed
bluntly, Il hope the daily press car
rles everyone Of them tomorrow. /
want the reporters to get 'em all.
Woe unto you scribes, pharasees,
hypocrites.' Put the name of Jesus
after that. 'Whited sepuichers' is
what Paul called them once. Stephen
said, we stiff-necked and uncircum-
cised in heart and ears Why If I'd