The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-03-26
Amusement Sermon at Tabernacle Today
KNOCKOUT SCORED AGAINST |
: KID SATAN BY SCOV|[[E.
Walk and Talk with kina.

SSAAlS uO"A thio Olu odWuuoL LIdkl
tonight" he yelled, "and you can walk,
and talk with the King all the way to
the front! It's glory TRAIL" he con-
tinued, leaning toward the crowd, then
pacing back and forth across the car
peted platform or along the low rail
In front of it like a Gagged lion. 1T
leads to the Land of Endless Day, tC
the City Where They Need no SUM"
On the converts came. Old men and
young, little boys, school girls, old
women, middle aged women. Some
smiled joyously as they took seats In
GLORY row." Others wept silently as
they made their way down front. A
fashionably gowned young woman OF
twenty brought two friends down to
the evangelist and stood smiling, her
eyes glistening, as Scoville reached
out his hand and said, God bless you,
girls"
A total Of 1858 persons have re-
sponded to Scoville's call for penti-
tents in the past four weeks. The
total estimated attendance for the
meeting to date, is 100000.
Mrs. scoviIIe Scores Again.
Mrs. Sccville's solo last night made
a tremendous "hit" with the crowd.
She held the audience still as death
as she sang the stanzas of a song.
sweetly simple, entitled AFTER the
RAIN"
After the rain the sunlight is
brighter,
After the storm the breezes are light
err, y
After an absence friends are the dear
er,
After sorrow God seemeth nearer"
The words Of the song seemed to
affect the 5000 men and women gath
cred beneath the rude roof like a
sermon. Tears were in the eyes OF
the assemblage as the evangelist's
wife resumed her seat on the platform.
Scoville had his crowd in high good
.humor before he began his sermon.
How many Of you remember what
the subject of the sermon for tonight
was as announced?" he asked. A
sprinkling of hands went up over the
audience.
How many OF you came out to
hear the subject tonight" continued
the preacher. Many hands went roof
ward. Now be careful" admonished
Rev. Scoville. Thought you said y'ou
didn't know the subject" The aud
fence smiled.
Saved to Serve.
I'VE are not saved to Loaf he as
serted. I'VE are saved to serve. You
get busy and. serve God and you'll
bring heaven right down here" he
added stolidly you don't have to
wait until the hearse backs up to your
door or they hang out the crepe to
get to heaven. ~ az
THE other night a personal worker
went back here and talked to man
and his wife, he said "They were
standing within hundred people Of
ME. The personal worker asked the
man and his wife to come forward
They had been in the church but had
started drifting away. The man said
they would come Saturday night.
my friends. this is Saturday night"
and Mr.. Scoville leaned forward The
crowd leaned forward. too, and was
still. This is Saturday night" he
said. calmly. land the wife lies cold
in death right here In town. They'll
bury her tomorrow" ~
AS to whether a man will know his
wife. or friend, his friend in heav-
en-, DR.. Scoville said that, as far as
"I am concerned. l don't know wheth-
ar God will want these old bodies we
have now, or not. But II He wants
them, He'll get EN-"
Relationship is NobIer.
"They neither marry in heaven or
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