Evangelist Works In Love; "No Blacksnakes" About Him

Lincoln, Nebraska, 1904

BLACKSNAKES

Evangelist Rowland Has None Concealed About His Person, but Deals in Kindness

There were four professed conversions in the young people's meeting yesterday at the Second Presbyterian church. This service is becoming a force in East Lincoln for a Christian life that is making many glad.

The meeting of last night was a sweet, spirited one and simple, clear directions were given for entering the better life. No evangelist who ever visited Lincoln excels Mr. Rowland in ability to guide an enquirer. He was a trusted lieutenant of Mr. Moody in several of his great meetings, having charge of inquiry meetings, a work the great evangelist never entrusted to any but the ablest men. In one thing Mr. Rowland differs from most evangelists and pastors. He has absolutely no blacksnakes concealed about his person for any one. What he can not do by kindness and love and gentle persuasion he refuses to attempt to do at all. The feature of the meeting last night was the presentation of requests for prayer by people who were burdened for friends.

Rev. Long said he had the names of forty-seven in a little book for whom he was praying. Perhaps it is revealing a confidential message, but the pastor did not sleep much last night on account of some of these people whose names are in his little book. Second church people feel that they are getting back into regular work of an apostolic sort in having fifteen or twenty services a week. Back to the days of which it is said, "The Lord added to the church daily such as were being saved."

Rev. Long assured his people last night that in some one of the three services held daily some one was being daily led to Christ. The subject for tonight will be "The Man Who Lacked But One Thing."

—Lincoln Evening News, Lincoln, Nebraska, Nov. 16, 1904, p. 6.

Note: Evangelist L. P. Rowland began the evangelistic campaign Sunday, Nov. 6, 1904, at Second Presbyterian church, also called Second Presbyterian Temple, corner Twenty-sixth and P streets. The Rev. Barzillai M. Long was the minister.