02 Mar 1917
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Newspaper
Mooresville Times
Location
Mooresville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1917
Page
1
The five week Union Evangelistic campaign led by Daisy Douglas Barr closes Sunday. Over three hundred have begun the Christian life and more than two hundred have reconsecrated. The revival unified the community and boosted civic and religious ideals. last Sunday’s collection covered the campaign expenses.
The Union Revival led by Daisy Barr and Mrs Barr has deeply stirred Mooresville. Morning business meetings and Sunday gatherings have boosted spiritual value with sermons on The Bloodless Battle and The Value of a Man. A free will offering will support Mrs Barr and assistants. community support is urged.
The piece criticizes aggressive evangelism that harms churches and praises Mrs Barr for experience and a heart-centered approach. It emphasizes wining hearts before hands, avoiding hypnotic methods, and keeping union meetings on common doctrinal grounds.
The Daisy Douglas Barr Evangelistic Party held chapel talks and afternoon sessions at Mooresville High School. Sixty seven of one hundred forty five students who had never professed faith accepted Christ, with several others likely to do so before the meetings end.
In Mooresville Mrs. Barr and her workers reached many souls unseen before. They emphasized that signing a card saves no one while accepting Jesus saves. The meetings, nightly sermons, and Spirit-filled singing left attendees grateful as they move to the next field.
The vocational agriculture department led by Rex Romine with local business support begins an endless chain pig club. Each eligible boy or girl gets a pure bred sow pig at no cost, repaid by two piglets from the first litter, then passed to the next participant. First pigs, seven Spotted Poland Chinas about 150 pounds, were given to seven students.
A local appeal lauds Mooresville as a strategic residential town. It cites clean air, healthy elevation, drainage, and proximity to Indianapolis, arguing the community offers superior living, lower building costs, and easy access to urban amenities for families seeking to own homes. It promotes Mooresville as a suburban haven with affordable lots and local financing options for home building.
The Union Evangelistic Campaign vivid reports unity and fellowship among Mooresville young people from different church societies. It notes over one hundred youths were won for Christ, aided by evangelist Mr Huffman whose talks, especially on "Changing Clothes" last Sunday, were highly praised.
An individual signs that they now own a drag line and requests work in that line, offering appreciation for any assignments. The message expresses readiness to perform and seeks opportunities in the specified field.
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