The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-03-02

who shows up. It's these girls who
raise the dickens in town. The idle
ones"
1.-The religion Of your churches will
never get above the religion in your
mothers hearts," he declared. '"The
religion In Keol1uk will never get
above the religion in your homes
There has been lot of difference
in mothers. Lord Byron said his
mother was a fool. If he was any
sample. she must have been. Patrick
Henry's mother is said to have been
noted for her conversational powers.
am surprised that there aren't more
patrick Henrys."
Without his mothers prayers,
George Washington might have been
brilliant man. But he never could
have been greater than the father of
his country and beacon light of the
world. When you thank God for your
country and Old Glory, thank Him for
the prayers of George Washington's
mother"
Says keokuk Is Wet.
Scoville turned loose of his daily
shot for the wet element when he
said that "Keokuk is so wet right
now that you have to keep your feet
in the high places. You'll sit around
here until they run in wet bunch
en- you again and then you'll say I
wish 1 had listened to Brother SEQ
VILE If you're going to keep Iowa
dry" he shouted, back UP dry senti-
ment and keep under the banner Of
the cross"
The evangelist referred to his own
home of former years and the days
when my brothers and I sat on the
little red bench and ate our breakfast
together. The years have passed"
he said softly, "end George and Ross
and daddy have gone home. Mother is
here but I'm the only man left In the
family. I am not an old man but
past years"
IF I wanted to bring the world to
Christ" said Scoville, "Fd begin at
the cradle, not at the grave
I'D rather go to hell and be in hell
forever than to break my old mothers
heart. Yet that's what a lot Of You
stubborn hearted, bone-headed fellows
are doing. sitting back there saying
4 won't do it, when yotr mother
would have given two eyes to have
seen you converted And your beau
tiful little wife is praying for you
every night and every day. Suppose
your mother had been one of these
katy-dids. One of these street CAD
ders?
You men go home and burn the
decks Of cards on the center table or
in your room and get Sunday school
quarterly. There'll be day when
two cent stamp won't take a letter to
where mother lives"
The Spoiled Child.
The evangelist deprecated the man
ner in which many children are being
.'petted and spoiled "You send your
little lambs down to school and then
wonder why they come back little
goats" he said THE reason is, they
were little goats when you sent them
down. If had sat back and said
won't do it, to my mother when
was a kid. she would have turned my
little nose toward the north star and
NV backbone toward the equator and
7 would have smarted as no kid ever
smarted before. So,
.J'd rather have the hide Of kid
hanging on the fence than little
anarchist saying to me 4 wont do it, y
..There's no trouble with the boys
and Girls who work. It's the idle
devils who raise hell" he shouted, and
the crowd gasped. Keep the boy
busy. Keep the girl busy" he adj
vised.
Mr.. Sabin's delegation Of 100 bust
ness men. young men and boys, Dire"
a big hand when it marched into the
tabernacle. That's the best delega-
tion this old town has ever seen.
cried Scoville animatedly, as the men
end hoys fled in. The delegation from
tho section of town lying north or
Main street and west Of Tenth street,
was present also. in charge of Rev.
NcFlree Of the United Presbyterian
church. -
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