Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1916-12-08

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Old Glory Face Card and Chester
Harris.
Lined up to date ........... 1874
Lined UP last night ........ 81
Attendance to. date $3.50. $4,000
Attendance last night ...... $500
10y Floyd Miies.)
Press representative of the Scoville
Evangelistic party.
| Beat it. devils and devilettes!
DR.. Charles Reign Scoville, yes, {
regular doctor (of divinity is after
you. He believes you are contagious
disease. Armed with long primer iI
the form of a sermon, he expects tc
probe and operate tonight. You devils
| and devilettes will be cast out, II YOU
victims respond to the doctors treat
! ments because he will prescribe a rem
edy that he guarantees will cure.
| The sermon subject will be Casting
! Out Devils. 1t will be directed largely
at infidelity. Since he preached or
infidelity earlier in the campaign, II
is reported that certain so-called un
| believers say he has not yet over.
throw their beliefs. Dr. Scoville in his
assault on devils will contend that
!! those who deny Christ are possessed
of seventy times seven and then some
Aiding and abetting the doctor will
be Old Glory Face Card of st. Louis
Mo-, the famous mission worker, and
Chester Harris of New York City, the
largest singing evangelist in captivity
A distinct feature will be the singing
of Ere You Left Your Room This
Morning, Did You Think to Pray? by
Mrs. Arlene Dux Scoville. This, her
favorite song, will be repeated on re.
quest
Hundreds of miners in the city and
surrounding country are expected at
the Saturday nights services, DR.. r.
U. Waldraven announces. In a recent
tour boosting the revival he made ar.
engagements for miners night. While
they will not march to the tabernacle
in a delegation, section will be re-
served for them and they will be ask
ed to sit together and stand together
upon the evangelist's request.
DR.. Scovilles invitation last night
was responded to by sixty-seven per-
sons. 1t was one of the most stirring
meetings of the campaign. The sing
ing was inspiring as led by Mr.. Har.
ris and DR.. Scoville. Old Glory Face
Card and Mrs. Scoville sang Mr.. Cards
famous glory song in duet.
When Mr.. Card sings he acts and at
the close the tabernacle rang with ap-
plause. Mrs. Scoville and Mr.. Harris
sang Won't You Come Back Home?
They, too, were warmly received. Mr..
Harris with his 300-pound smile had
the audience singing into the skies and
when DR.. Scoville started to speak he
found an audience OF $500 persons
charged with revival enthusiasm.
In the crowd were more than 1,200
farmers as it was farmers night. Some
had come to Ottumwa from as far as
thirty miles. DR.. Scoyille had all the
farmers and their families stand to-
gether and then he caused storm Of
laughter by saying:
Gee. that's fine looking bunch.
BY the way, ladies. you didn't bring
along any buttermilk, did you?"
DR.. Scoville's love for buttermilk
has been jokingly commented on by
ministers and laymen who know him,
the country over.
II was d IlSHl VI UlS ueleSdLlOLlS.
Besides the farmers, folks came in
bodies from Agency, Fremont, the
Willard Street Methodist church bible !
class, the Loyal bible class of the
Main Street M. e. church, the Stan
dard Bearers. the Wilson Presbyter-
ian church, Mems league, Triangle !
brotherhood of the Davis Street Chris !
ian church, Teachers Training class
and Methodist churches Of the city. |
Each delegation had a motto that was
repeated when asked for by DR.. Sco-
vile.
He preached on A Nationwide Re-
'ival. Not since the campaign started |
las an Ottumwa audience seen the
apparently more in earnest
He returned yesterday from ST. Louis
where he attended conference of
and leading ministers and
.hurchmen. Plans are being laid to
five years campaign under
he auspices Of the Federated
Churches of Christ of America. He
lad met such men as DR.. John r.
lott, conceded to be one of the three
II four biggest men living, and last
lights audience caught the spirit of
he conference through DR.. Scoville.
Or. Mott, who has been several
ines through the war torn nations"
aid DR.. Scoville, Stated that 4.3OO,-
90 men have been killed in that war.
figured out that if each grave was
we feet wide and the graves were
ide by side, it would make a grave
1882 miles long"
Then with tears streaming down his
ace and his voice hoarse with emo
ion, DR.. Scoville cried:
Great God, Christians, if the ma
ons will kill that many men in war.
hat should we do to save souls of
len as a Christian nation?"
There was long pause. The awful
ess of it all as depicted by the evan
elist caused everybody to think. He
elated how one man at the confer
nee said there are actually more men
cling whisky in San Francisco, Cal,
han there are men in the churches.
The audience gasped.
"Of course you are appalled," said
T. Scoville. What will you do about
/? Do you know that of the 100000 {
DO persons in the United States nrOh- |