Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1916-12-05
Between $500 and $17o0 Raised
Sunday Morning Which Covers
the Running Expenses
of the Campaign.
THE MEETING SATURDAY NIGHT
Sunday Night Crowd was the Larg.
est Since the Bromley Cam.
paign Opened.

The women of the w. c. T. U. car
ried out a beautiful surprise on the
crowd at the tabernacle Saturday
evening. Twenty-three girls, repre-
senting the dry states of our nation,
went to the speakers platform and
the w. c. T. U. passed by throwing
flowers at them. A fine delegation
was present from Homer and from
the showing made, that little town
has wide awake society. OF course
the w. c. T. U. had 'yell," and
they yelled it as if they had been
yelling all their lives. 1t was
something about not being permitted
to vote so eff the nation goes wet
we will lay it onto Pa" The ladies
of this organization have done much
to girdle the earth with the prin-
ciples for which the white ribbon
stands. And the world before long
through their efforts and that of
others will be "dry all the way
around"
Another delegation with lots of
pep" and all pulling together was
the boys and girls of the 9TH and
Sth grades. They came in with a
shout that almost broke the meet
in up and people wondered what
had struck the tabernacle. They
didn't know but that the Ku-Klux
Khan or a bunch of the Crusaders
had fallen upon the place! All rub
bed their eyes and turned to look to-
ward the big double door and saw
"our boys and girls" march in, bear
ing many banners and making noise
enough to awaken every slumbering
soul. Everybody surrendered, for
the graders captured the crowd
with their yells and youthful en-
thusiasm. The whole audience en-
ioyed with the youngsters the
"Honey in the Rock" The boys and
girls are making this song popular
since Myers got them to singing it.
The surprises for the evening
were not through coming. DR.. Brom-
ley announced that he would furnish
a treat to the crowd: that because
of the strenuous day before him,
Miss Cain would supply for him in
preaching the sermon.
Her text was taken from Heb.
2:S, and from it the three, words,
$50 great salvation" She showed
great familiarity with the scriptures
and that department of theological
training known as homiletics. She
Impressed all with the earnestness
of her message. She said that it is
great salvation because it delivers
from the penalty, power and the
presence of sin. She spoke Of that
time when at the coming of the Lord
we shall be free from the presence
'of sin.
It is a great salvation because of
it's scope. 1t is for all classes and
peoples. 1t is great in it's cost. The
speaker told of the sacrifice of lit
tie Billy, newsboy of Gary, Ind,
in behalf Of a young woman. The
hoy lost his life. On the day of the
funeral stores were closed, factories
stopped and people came to pay tri-
butte to his memory. But this is
nothing compared with the sacrifice
Jesus made for u.s. "He bore our sins
in his own body on the tree"
1t is great salvation in its re.
suits. 1t -cleanses in obedience to
the word, justifies and pardons from
sin, sanctifies in setting apart to the
Lords service and gives an inheri-
lance incorruptible. It is the great
salvation because it is free and be-
cause of Gods love.
1t was most excellent sermon
and the beautiful illustrations and
their lessons will linger in the
hearts of the hearers.
The Sunday morning service at
the tabernacle was devoted to the
raising of incidental expenses of the
big Bromley meeting and although
it was deeply regretted that the us
ual Sunday morning sermon had to
he omitted, many felt that the SER
vice was one of the most inspiring
OF the services. If any of the critics
and pessimists had been present at
this service and had seen the will
lingness with which men and women
subscribed $25 or SIS or on down
the line of contributions, they would
forever be silent.
Within one hour, between $1600l
and $500 had been raised and the
committee on finances now announce