Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 285, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 December 1915 — METHODIST REVIVAL NOTES. [ARTICLE]

METHODIST REVIVAL NOTES.

Sunday will be a great day for the evangelistic services at the Methodist church. The evangelists will have charge at the close of Sunday school tand will speak and sing to the children. The services at 10:46 and 7:30 wiH be of especial interest to all people. At 3 o’clock the evangelists will hold two special mass meetings. The women’s meeting will be at the Presbyterian church, and Rev. J. McD. Kerr will give an address upon the subject, “The iModel Woman.”, The men's meeting will be held at the Methodist church and Rev. H. W. Kerr will give an address upon the subject. “Malting of a Life.” These addresses have been given all over America and will be worth hearing by all who can attend.

Rev. J. McD. Kerr, the evangelist, held the closest attention of a very large congregation last night at the revival service at the MethodisJ church. His subject was “Preparation For Heaven”. He showed in a convincing manner that man was a sinner and had to ‘prepare to meet his God by pardon and salvation. God has done everything possible to win the love of men and he has prepared a way by which man, though a sinner, can be saved by divine pardon and merty. The Wonderful singing of the evangelists is a great attraction each night. About severity-five ladies of the church occupied the front seats as members of the Industrial Society. There were five conversions around the altar and it was an interesting sight to see sinners seeking salvation and Christians trying and help them by song and prayer. These revival meetings are stirring up the church and the entire community has become interested in them and they promise to do much good for the advancement of the spiritual life and power of the church.

Mr. and Mrs. True D. Woodworth, who spent Thanksgiving in Monticello, went from there to Columbia City to visit Mr. and Mrs. Newt Pumphrey.

County Truant Officer Steward was in Fair Oaks this morning ironing out some little matters affecting a few youths who have not been attending school. The law requiring attendance was framed for those people who wilfully neglect to send their children to school and l Mr. Steward has very good success in bringing them to understand this fact without harsh measures, but he has the power to prosecute where necessary and recalcitrant parents should know this and keep their children in school.

The Christmas shopping season has begun and ihe frugal buyers are doing their shopping early in order to get the widest field of selection and to avoid the rush that comes at the very last. The Republican whl bristle with ads -luring the next moath. Some times the reading matter will have to be curtailed in order to take care of the advertisers, but there is really nothing of greater importance for the newspaper reader than to get posted on the stores that are planning i’or your business. Rensselaer will be a scene of shopping industry for the next three weeks and we hope that readers of The Republican will read the ads and patronize the advertisers. It means an advantage to you that you should not fail to use.

iMedaryville is quite well represented here today in the lawsuit of Gregory vs. Barnes, which is a landlord case a tenant. Among the witnesses are J. R. Guild and Frank Kroft. Mr. Guild is the man who could carry the thirteenth district if nominated by the republicans for congress and we believe a great mistake will be made if he is not nominated. The primary form of 'making nominations has caused so much of a change that a person hardly knows how to go about it to get nominated in a large district at least, and this may keep iMr. Guild from making an announcement, but we believe his friends should start the ball rolling and roll it clear over to the national capitol. We’d almost change districts to get a chance to vote for him.