The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-10-03
Vawter Evangelistic Meetings
Christian Church. .41


There has been a decided intercs
shown in the evangelistic meetings
Mr.. Vawter has proven himself to b.
| all expert in leading the chorus AMI
! getting the audience to sing. Butle
is blessed with great deal, in fact
all unusual amount of musical talen
so the singing is excellent and the or.
chestra is very much appreciated
Mr. Brotherton's solos are sung with
power and pathos and the audience i:
eager for him to sing.
As an evangelist c. r. L. Vawter is
a decided success. He is witty yet
logical interesting to old and young
Last Wednesday night was High
School night. Over 200 teachers and
students marched to the church and
occupied the seats reserved for them.
They were very enthusiastic bunch.
Mr.. Vawter's subject was Life.
Life is like as a vapor. Sometimes i
fog scatters quickly, other times it
stays OH for days and days. The
theme OF some of the most familiar
and best loved poems is life. Must
tmake our life worth while and to do
this we need a guide that has been
all along the way and we need a COM
pass that will direct us the right way
home. At the close of the service ID
OF the High School students lined up
for Christ.
The subject Thursday night was
The Divine, Pattern" Gods injunc-
ton was See that thou make all
things according to the pattern"
How carefully the lsraclites followed
Gods instructions when building the
Tabernacle--just temporary build
ing. More important than. the build
ing is the worship in the building
We are very particular that our tailor
or dress-maker make our clothes to
fit us but when it comes to religion
think anything branded religion will
do. Many men demand more of their
tailor than they are willing to do for
God Find out what is Gods plan of
salvation then follow it to the best OF
your ability. The Bible tells us we
must believe that Jesus is the Christ; |
We must repent of our sins; we must |
confess Christ's name before men; we |
must put on Christ by baptism and
then live the Christ life--be faithful;
until death.
The theme of Friday night was
Repentance. By careful considera-
ton it was found that repentance is
not doing penance; it is not the mere
of tears although some may
shed tears. Repentance is deeper
than tears and has to do with the con-
flct of man and is shown by the life
he leads afterwards. Some men think
repentance is quitting their meanness
but it is more than that Because you
quit borrowing money does not pay
your past debts. Go back and
the past as far as possible
and then walk straight.
Saturday night is there a Cod
Proven Without the Bible" was the
subject. "The fool has said in his
heart, there is no God" To make the
assertion that, there is no God, one
must be all wise-must claim to know
all things; must be omnipresent-l
at the same time. The
irst principle of logic is every effect
las a cause Mr.. Vawter began from
his and traced the making of the
'arth in different periods and it would
re readily granted that the earth has !;
n intelligent Maker or cause, which
5 God. .
Sunday was a great day with big :
Bible school in the morning In the ,
fternoon at 3 o'clock Mrs. Lucille +
dize spoke to large audience of wo- y
len and girls. Subject was "The
joining Night This was a great i
ervice, one much enjoyed by the wo- v
len. The evening service was held v
l the Opera House and fully 100 :
eople listened to Mr.. Vawter's ser h
ION on The Devil, What He is Do r
lg in Butler" This was sermon y
n popular amusements and the drink Il
uestion, card playing and dancing +,
ere considered. The immense auul-
nee decided to refrain from these h
ms and influence others to refrain r,
ON them Z
There were no services Monday r
lght, the services were resumed r
tuesday, evening. This is the clos +
g of the meeting. Everybody invit.
each evening. y