The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-06
Man Walks Down Aisle Accompanied
by Wife and Daughter and Sur
renders Bottle of Whiskey
to Evangelist.
J ASKS CHEER FOR MAYOR
"You've Got Mayor Who Has Back
bone, They Tell Me, Stand
Back Of Him" scovilie
Says to Crowd.


CAMPAIGN FIGURES.
Trail hitters last night. AZ
Total trail I1ltters. ........... 1923
Attendance last night. $500
Total estimated attendance. ~ 800
Charles Reign Scoville had finished
his sermon last night--the last We'd
nesday night sermon Of the cam
paign-and was in the midst of an
impressive invitation service. The
trail hitters were being applauded
down the aisles in all parts of the
building. The chorus and audience
were singing HE Surely Means Me-"
1t was the first time the "raggy" song
had been used for an invitation hymn.
Ed Card, mission worker Of st.
Louis, had been asked by Scoville to
take his stand in front of the plat
form and to greet the converts with
''the evangelist. He stood, his face
beaming, his arms outstretched, smil-
ing jubilantly each time he shook the
hand of penitent.
Suddenly, out of the crowd, came
man. He was Of middle age and
plainly dressed. On either side of
him was woman. One was his
wife, APPARENTLY, and the other his
daughter. His arms were about them.
was unshaven and his eyes were red.
AS he took his place in glory row."
Card stepped up to him, placed an
arm around him and whispered
congratulatory word.
Here. take this" said the penti-
tent, pulling half pint bottle, half
filed with whiskey, from his hip
pocket. Cards face beamed like
star. The tears came out and coursed
down his cheeks.
That's ALI" he cried. "That ends
it. You've come to. the right place,
brother; Jesus is the only one who
can put this dope out of your life"
Crowd Gives Cheer.
Card turned to DR.. Scoville and
handed him the vial High in the air
the revivalist held 1t and the crowd
cheered wildly. When quiet has been
restored Scoville spoke. We've had
paign," he said. Here's a man who
is cutting out the BOOZE Give him a
cheer"
me chorus and audience sang on.
And the trail hitters continued to
pour down the aisles until nearly an
other half hundred had come. And
the bottle of red liquor" sat during
it all upon the evangelist's pulpit,
the contents sparkling and scintiflat
ing in the bottle like myriads of
liquid diamonds.
Well dressed men and women
made the pilgrimage to the front in
the course Of the after service. Little
girls came-and little boys. Many
brought their friends, left them in
front and were swallowed up in the
sea of faces as they sailed forth to
talk Jesus" to others in the throng
who had not yet gotten the sawdust
on their shoes.
DR.. Scoville's sermon was one OF
the most eloquent he has preached.
1t was not long. But every word
carried with it the essence of force
and power that held the crowd still
as death during the half hour that
he talked. He grew dramatic at
times and the grip he exercised over
his auditors was not lessened when
he drifted easily into some bit of
pathos that brought tears from the
crowd
Penteeost Is Theme.
He talked again upon the theme Of
"Pentecost." He referred again to
the 5000" that had been converted
that memorable day in Jerusalem.
And" he cried, Just as more than
5000 have come down these aisles
already, so God can save a hundred
more tonight If you will only come"
Scoville startled the crowd once
with a reference to local conditions
I'm glad the time is passing" he
said, when police and city officials
go round and instruct the subordi-
nate officers as to whom they shall
arrest and who they shall leave alone.
Those years have gone. But the
christian people Of Keokuk have got
to stand together.
ooh. business men, Y. NJ. c. A, pas
tors, Sunday school officers" he
shouted, stand together like men for
Jesus Christ, Let this town know
that God will be recognized, and you
can run every old devil this side of
hell out of Keokuk You can make
conditions SO that these damnable
sissies will not be soliciting young
men on your streets.
Have painted the picture too
dark" he asked. Have /? Tell me,
yes or no.
MOI" Numbered the crowd.
Have Mayor With Backbone.
You've got a new mayor, now,
ne continued, "a man who, they tell
me, has a backbone and who will
help you to clean up. Let's stand
back of him and help him and may
God bless him in his efforts for old
keokuk!" The shed rang with ap-
plause.
Drive out your dives" cried the