The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-03-06
Sunday Schools Attended in a
Body and Many Glasses
of Young Men Made
Their Decision.
MEETINGS IN AFTERNOON
Big Gathering for Men With
Many Trail Hitters and
Women Hear DR.. Ullom
in Strong Address.

Two hundred and twenty-three per-
sons walked down the aisles at the
big tabernacle yesterday morning.
The invitation service was one of
the most inspiring scenes of a dav OF
inspiring incidents. Seat after seat
was vacated by ushers and filled by
the marching pentitents. Nearly ev-
cry person had either never made the
trip or had slipped away from the
church to greater or lesser degree,
according to the cards signed.
Scoville's face streamed with
sweat as he shook hand after hand.
Many children were among those to
respond to the evangelist's pleadings.
The crowd shook the building with
applause when class after class OF
young men left their respective Sun
day school sections and marched down
to the front.
This is a wonderful, wonderful
hour" scoville cried. God, truly.
is doing wonderful things for old
Keokuk today"
Hundreds Of men and women we're
in tears as grown men walked the
glory trail" with their sons-as
mothers lead the way for little daugh-
tiers.
Sunday Schools Win Bible.
The Sunday schools Of the churches
participating in the campaign were
present in bodies. Each showed q
good gain in attendance and Offering
over last Sunday. The Christian
church was given the Bible by DR..
Scoville for the largest gain In num-
bers-102-and the Congregational
school received one for the largest
per centage in gain, 80 per cent. The
Trinity Methodist church had the
largest school present, with SIT. The
gain in all the schools for the week
was 345.
Mrs. Scoville's solo was "Have You
Any Room for Jesus III Your Hearth"
The evangelist's subject was one
especially appropriate for the hour
with so many young men and women
Sunday school pupils present: What
Manner of Child Shall This be-" he
announced as the text. It referred to
John the Baptist.
I'm going to speak today to the
little tots, the parents OF Keokuk, the
mayor OF the city and to the governor
OF this state" he said in beginning.
He told Of the importance Of rearing
children right; of treating them as
chums and pals" and of thinking as
much Of the kids as Of the parlors."
You sing Where is My Wandering
Boy, he asserted, when nine
times out OF ten he is down where
he went when you kicked him out of
the house."
Children" said Scoville, ARE the
blossoms budded-not yet blasted;
they are the leaf of the copy book be-
tore single page has been marked
The rest Of you have to wipe and blot
and scrub the stains OF the pages be-
lore you can start with a child"
Tho Mems Meeting.
God or no God, he'll or no he'll, 1t
pays man to be man." Evangelist
Scov1lle told crowd Of nearly 5000
men at the tabernacle yesterday after.
noon. He declared that, granting that
there is no life beyond the grave, no
eternity. no heaven or hell. for the
power of doing good on the earth,
man should be clean morally and spir
itually.
I'll take my stand upon this Bible"
ne said as he placed the book on the
floor and stepped upon 1t. The
crowd cheered. Now" he asserted
nluntly. 'Tll defy all the devils this
side Of hell to undo me, as long as I'm
Banking on my God. There's one man
mat all the devils In hell can't beat.