Willmar tribune., 1919-04-30
ALDRICH CAMP AlCN
CLOSES SUNDAY
Last Week in City i Being Marked
By Big Record Breaking
Attendance.

The Aldrich Evangelistic Campaign
Is fast drawing to a close That It
has been a great moral uplift and
spiritual benefit to our city is evident
In many home, and even business
men report stricter accounting re-
sponsibility in business circles. The
closing week sees even greater crowds
attending the services as the people
from outlying points are at last able
to come in. Several messages of espe-
c1ally vital interest and heart-search-
Ing appeal have been delivered, and
men and women in large numbers act
upon the Biblical admonition seek
the Lord while He may be found; Call
upon Him while He is near"
"Amusements" constituted the topic
for Friday evenings sermon when the
evil results Of dancing, card-playing
and theatre going were emphasized
with convincing clearness. "The text
which sould be applied to every
activity Of ife," said Mr. Adrich, ''is
whether such practice will hurt
physically, mentally or spiritually"
That the amusements in question, be-
cause of their passions, tenseness,
excitement, and late hours weaken
the physical resistance of the body,
dlsslpate the mind and kill the spirit
ual power of the persons who partake
in them, was emphasized. "The law
of this state forbids gambling. It
does not say whether it is dollars or
prizes, and when you gamble for cut
glass dish, you are just as much law
breaker as the man who goes down
in the gambling hell and CANDLES for
a twenty dollar bill, and if the law
were to be enforced you could be ar
rested in your parlor playing for a
prize just as quickly as the man in
the gambling hell. A dancing Christ
ian is never soul winning Christian"
On Saturday evening the subject
was "The New Birth" Jealousy was
held to be one of the foremost sins
Of the world, being the sin which
caused the devil to fall, and is today
the great affliction of mankind. God
made man perfect; the devil made
them imperfect, and if you are ever
going to be made perfect again it
must be Good that does it,
On Sunday three big services were
held. Sunday morning Rev. Aldrich
spoke on 'The Holy Spirit" in a mes
sage which will long be remembered
by those present. The Sunday even
ing's sermon is printed elsewhere for
the benefit of our readers. The Will
mar Band again assisted at the even
ing service, rendering a number of
pieces which were highly appreciated
by the audience. After speaking a
few words of commendation of the
band boys, Mr.. Aldrich called upon
the people to show their appreciation
of their services by large contribu-
ton. They were given a purse of
$94.80. This was one of the collec-
tions for special needs locally, men
toned from the platform. A previous
evening another collection was taken
up for the work of the Salvation Army
amounting to $144.27.
A delegation, numbering twenty-five,
came up from Minneapolis on Tues
day evening to attend the service
Among them was Rev. Hognander,
pastor of the Swedish Mission church
of North Minneapolis, and Rev. Her.
ron, pastor of a Methodist Episcopal
church. Each one spoke a few min
utes on the abiding results of the
Aldrich campaign held in their COM
munity just previous to the Willmar
campaign, speaking very highly of
the work of the party. Mr.. Aldrich
then spoke on "The Second Coming
Of Christ" He said: 1.-THE second
coming Of Christ is the great hope of
the church and without it there is
something lacking. Upon it depends
our salvation, our sonship, our purif-
cation, and it's doctrine makes us
stable in our faith
Bible Conference Next Week.
An arrangement very pleasing to
the Christian people of Willmar and
especially to the many converts of
the evangelic campaign, has been
made whereby Bible Conference will
be held in the tabernacle Monday,
Tuesday and Wednesday of next week,
sessions to be held both in the after
noon and evening, and if possible in