The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-03-03

" a W. VI 10y oCCA 1Sdl SioSlOSS IAdt IL
can't get by with God on the judg-
ment day" and asked why, IF Mrs.
Eddy could perform miracles, doesn't
she rise from the dead"
"I'll tell you right now" he cried,
there never was a time when the
world needed to get it's feet on the
solid rock OF God like it does today.
Where could you find prettier town
| than Keokuk? My gracious! IL
could have one of those houses up
there on the river bank, would like
to live here myself. Where can you
find better town for business? You
people get behind the churches here
, and pull for God. You owe it to your
| town.
The Established Church.
Before you hike off with every
new fad Of a religion that comes down
the pike" he continued, you stop
and think what your ancestors went
through to establish the church of
your denomination. Your grandfath-
ers and great-grandfathers waded
churches in old Iowa; across the
country they went, in the saddles;
some of those old preachers didn't
get a hundred and fifty dollars a
year. Yet some Of you whipper snap
pers will hike OF with the first new
thing that comes along. If you're the
worthy son of a worthy father, fight
for the church he fought for. Love
the church he loved!
when Nicodemus went to Jesus
by night said Scoville. "he told Him
he was a teacher sent from God.
Why dfdn he say a teacher sent
from Boston-Mrs. Eddy Why didn't
he say teacher sent from Brooklyn
Dad Russell Why didn't he say
a teacher sent from Salt Lake City
old Brigham Young
IF Mrs. Eddy is teacher from
God why doesn't she rise from the
dead? If Brigham Young is teacher
sent from God why doesn't he come
back to his grandchildren and great
grandchildren. and bring his thousand
and one wives with MIN?
Take Old Fashioned Kind.
you can take your new fads.
shouted the preacher. Take all your
fang-dangled religions, your goats and
sissies and aligators and lizards and
turkey buzzards; hurdle the cross,
dodge the Bible, get round your moth
ers' prayers. Go that way if you viii,
but I'm going home to glory by the
way of the cross-in the good old
fashioned way.
"Ive got no USE" the preacher as
serted, "for that devilish, nelllsh,
dem onish brand of religion that does
away with the Lord Jesus C-.rist. r1ls
suffering and His resurrection.
The crowd applauded. He took
rap at spiritualism, also.
Don't give me any OF that other
brand-eQually hellish-that believes
In turning down the lights, getting
around a table and holding HANDS,
he said when I was young man
before l was married. used to
turn down the lights and hold hands,
too. We" and he smiled at Mrs. SEQ
Vile. who blushed roslly, used to
| call it devotional service. but 1t
wasn't religion
Scoville declared that every man in
Keokuk should be in the church
working for Christ" "You fellows
who sit around stabbing revivals and
evangeusts. he said, lust wait until
the hearse backs UP to your door.
Wait until they hang the crepe on
YOUR house, and see how you reel.
| you'll want a preacher then.
"Jf YOU want your kids to go to
Sunday school and church." he shout
ed once, "cut out stabbing and knock.
ing the pastor TO smithereens around
the dinner table. Praise God for MIN
and pray for him.
Like Hen and Chicks.
These fussy-wussfes who run
around the country lecturing on
Christian Science make me sick, he
said once. why, if some old Nor.
mon gets down here on the street and
starts preaching it's just like an old
men clucking. A bunch Of young roost-
ers will follow her of. m trying to
get you to open your eyes," he plead
| ed earnestly, land stop tagging on
after these old devils who come along
working on a lot Of hysterical buzz
yards. BY claiming they can perform
miracles. why don't they walk on
the waters of the Mississippi? Why
don't they pull off some miracle?
ooh, there's no sickness, out
Christian scientist dies just like the
rest of u.s." chided The evangelist.
COT course my hand won't burn II l
inf II into the fire. I'd like to see
an old Christian Scientist run into a
good old-fashioned billy goat some
time. Why when he bumps up against