Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-02-17
CEDAR Revival
MEETINGS OPEN
PASTOR, REV. DAVIES, CONDUCT.
ING SERVICES EVERY EVEN
ING THIS WEEK.

Cedar Feb 15.--The revival meetings
at Cedar church opened Sunday last
under very favorable conditions. the
weather was admirable and the roads
was crowded at the evening service and
at 7:15 the church was filled.
For half an hour In the evening the
choir and congregation took part in a
song service and also listened to
duet by Mrs. Ernie Lyon and Mrs. Lin
coin Warner. Miss Hazel Brown gave
a violin selection during the collection
and the large audience listened with at
tention to the sermon by the pastor,
Rev. Glen Davies. The sermon was a
preliminary one in view of the revival
meetings that will follow. He took for
the basis Of his theme False hiding
places Of backsliders and unconverted
people" Some hid behind the preach
er, and said they did not like his dis
course-grumbled at plain preaching
from the pulpit, but the preacher ne
said should not speak in the pulpit
about the sins Of other cities and coun-
tries but a faithful pastor should bear
down upon the sins Of his own people
The people always detest trimmer
especially when the trimmer was In the
pulpit, However, some people like to
have Smooth things prophesied unto
them" and be rocked to sleep In their
sins
Others were looking at hypocrites in
the church. Would pass over all the
good members and fasten attention on
the hypocrites. Such were hypocr1tes
themselves. Rev Davies told the people
to beware of the man who was always
regarding every other man as dishon-
est Generally he was dishonest him
self He warned the women to look out
for the women who were constantly
saying other women were impure
they were generally corrupt themselves.
Others said they had not time to at
tend church and religion and would I'M
precate the preacher if he kept them at
church till $3.50, and would not COM
plain to be at club meeting or lodge
meeting or card party or such functions
till a. m.
He sharply rebuked the people who
thought they could live all day for the
world and the devil and then kneel
down by their bedsides and sing lit
tie prayer in the face Of God that their
mothers had taught them; just few
before they went to sleep;
others were hiding in sin and back
sliding condition behind the fact that
had been mistreated. Some church
members and people in the communl-
ties were always wearing their hearts
on tuSlF sleeves III CIluICIl ClACleo. ASy
wanted to be the whole thing" or they
were offended. Such people needed a
good dose Of old time religion to
sweeten them up. Others trusted in
but this was useless. Some
people referred to certain moral peo-
pie" as fit for heaven but the preacher
showed that they were wicked in that
they treated with contempt Jesus
Christ by ignoring him and the plan
of salvation that God had provided
through him. There was only one way
to get to heavenly Jesus, and any
other way would lead to damnation. Mr..
Davies spoke about the inf1delity Of the
man who had no use for Christ, or
church, or preaching or religion. Who
lived without God and never prayed
with his children and wife In the home.
Such men were menaces to a decent
community and were worse than the
inf1del orator that mounted a chair In
q city square and Grated one Of Inger-
soils lectures.
He concluded by warning the congre-
cation Of Indifference to God. That
God would settle with the people who
spat In his face by their indifference.
The gray headed men were warned Of
the coming judgment of God on their
impenitence. He urged his hearers dur
ing the revival to come from their false
hiding places and get right with God.
Rev. Davies also preached in the morn
ing to the members and in the after
noon at the White Oak church on the
man possessed with devils" Meetings
at Cedar every night at 7:15.-The
Press Correspondent.