The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-28
Evangelist Tears on Coat In Sunday
Morning Service and Makes Ap-
peal to Big Crowd Be-
fors Him.
BIG MEETING FOR MEN
5000 Crowd In WorshIp Shed In the
Afternoon to Hear Evangelist
In "Choir to Mire"
Talk,

DR.. Scoville's sermon Sunday morn
ing was n of the most interesting
of the day. THE Cross" was the rub
ject Of the discourse. He pointed out
-forcibly at times--that the cross
may be foolish to the ~pertshing," but
that to "thos who are saved, it is
power" AS he closed the sermon he
threw off his coat, leaped to a chair
and appealed to his audience to "go
before God with their garments
clean!"
when God hated sin enough to
give Jesus-his only begotten son." he
said, "how will any man or woman
dare go before Him with sin on his
garments?
II heard a story Of a missionary
who vas put to death one time by a
heather ruler. ITi die if I must the
missionary replied when a friend told
him the king had decreed that he
should be put to death. Jesus died
for me- But when he saw the man
ner of death he was to suffer he drew
back. The king had procured a dozen
snakes or more and tied them in a
sack. AS the missionary was thrust,
head first, into that sack of reptiles it
is said a most terrifying, grooming,
heinous scream tore from his lips.
The natives fled and refused to re-
turn.
Some such cry as that must have
sounded from the Masters lips when
he cried from the cross, MY God!
My God! why hast thou forsaken
me-
The cross" said the evangelist,
stood for shame once. Now it stands
for glory; once it stood for the end,
now for the beginning. Christ be
! came the death Of death, captivity's
captor and he put jail in jail"
Men Hear Afternoon Sermon.
Three thousand men heard DR.. SEQ
ville's sermon. "Out of the Choir Into
the Mire" yesterday afternoon. The
men listened quietly throughout the
serm and at the close many de-
clared that the address had been "the
greatest they had ever heard"
Billy Dawson. operator Of n OF
Iowa's finest cafes, and Robert E.
Garland, travelling salesman, both of
Des Moines, made short talks during
the preliminary services. The men
were in town visiting Guy S. VIII
lidluSp SSoNiASo PopiiShIy oSOh's
Following are some Of the hot
shots of the r~evivalist's afternoon
sermon:
"a lot Of you men may think you're
the head Of the family, but I'll bet
your wives are the necks. You know
what the neck does to the head
turns it.
eve think a lot Of men in this
town are regular trees in the pub
lie or social or professional life.
Well, when God strips the bark off
of some of those old skunks on the
judgment day, He'll find them full Of
worm holes. What they need is not
an evangelist, but a wood-pecker to
get the worms out.
I'VE have too much chalk and
cider, milk and water religion. We
ought to preach the gospel straight
from the shoulder. That's what I'm
here for, too
We've got to cut out this preach
ing a Diety Of dudes and a Christ
Of character.
Some old skunk will stand around
here claiming that he has nothing
against the saloon and then get down
and pray the Lords prayer. A skunk
would cross the street rather than
meet a devil like that face to face.
Beware Of the first tub of suds
| and you'll never have to worry abou
the last drink. ...
There Is some fellow In this build.
ing this afternoon who is making a
bowling success Of mis- business, but
his life is a d%amnable, hellish failure,
What we need in the world today
ie not more men, but more man.
When we used to have the old fash
toned house raisings' we got under
| the log and began to 'heave.' We
said, :he-o-he, he-O-he.' Now, In our
church life, we say 'she-O-she, she-O-
She
II think the meanest old devil in
this town is the fellow who sits here
night after night shouting praise the
Lord and amen and hen goes out
and won't help a neighbor.
The fellow who sits around here
! praying. oh God save me and my
wife and my son John and his wife,
ought to go to hell.
We've got too much %rottennes In
our own moral back yards. We've
| got to clean UP.
Il don't belong to the gang that.
thinks the world is growing worse.
do believe that its heaven or he1l
for every man. though. You can't get
! hat word perish wi Of the Bible.
Old Dad Russell and some of the
| others are trying it, but they can't
get by.
You show me where your delight
is and I'll show you where you spend
your nights.
The time will come when the doc
tor. the evangelist, the pastor. the
folks, will step back. But there is
one who says Loi l am with you al
ways
Don't a lot Of you~milk- men-wish