Dodge City times., 1883-12-20
SUNDAY In DODGE CITY.
HOW DAVID PLEAD FOR GOT

An excellent choir furnished music Sunday.
male quartette composed of Capt. Wclch, T. C.
owen, L. a. Lanher and E. X. Garland, having
been Organized with Prof. C. 4. Miller at the or
gan. The opening piece trnly eHcel!4n,, the
rich, deep voices rending the air with melody The
minister, Mr.. Collins, read the 18th Psalm. The
choir sang the hymn:
How gentle Gods commands!
How kind his prccepts are:
Come. cast your burden on the Lord,
And trust his constant care
Elder Collins said he was glad to see so many
children present. ttherc were abou. thirty Sunday
school children iu the house., He said We had
improved in the wrong direction. meaning :ha: we
did not encourage the attendance of children nj
church service Ii is too much the cus:oIn to let
children stay the streets and play marbles,
while the old folks go to church. This is all
wrong. The minister said when boy he was
obliged to go TO church, and he was glad to 60
Nowadays it was Thought children did not under
stand the Bible, but tle minister said lie wished
older people understood it better than they do. He
said child should bc trained in the way il should
go. The strong moral tendency is in this dircc-
ton.
The minister announced his text from the 2sd
verse of the 74th Psalm: ''Arise, O God, plead
thine own cause, This statement was made
when it was unpopular TO say go. Jerusclem was
in the hands Of Gods enemies at the time He
said everything seemed to depend on God Man
seemed to be powerleSs. We have assurances if
we ask we shall receive. he referred to the story
of David and Goliah, and said God grants our
blessings not az favor, bit to convince ms of cur
folly. He said David, shepherd boy, asked to go
and attack Goliath, who WIS awing Gods people.
In those days the implements Of warfare were
rude, but the people showed as much wisdom in
war as we do in these days. David, conferring
with Sanl, was appointed to take Sauls army. and
was given Sauls clothes but these habiments
were too large for the little David. On the wav
he concluded to return and give up Sauls wca-
pons. and determined to fight Goliath in his own
way--a manner he had learned while a shepherd on
the hills. David had acquired skill in throwing
stones from sling. Goliath had impaned SO
small man as David when the latter confronted
him. but he whirled his sling and with unerring
aim the missile struck Goliath the forehead,
killing him Instantly: and no where else on the
body would the stone have done its deadly work.
David secured GOliath's sword cut off the head
of the slain giant and bore it off in triumph. The
minister, in illustration, said the moral was t.at
God had a cause.
He said European countries Danish rebclous
subjects, but not with God. He does not ban
sh rebcllious subjects. God and His subjects are
brought in harmony by the unseen power, and He
makes his subjects friendly to Him. We have in
the Bible remedy for all the evils of sin.
The minister spoke of the time when he sug-
gested the proper observance of Sunday in Dodge
City by the closing of places of business, and how
the suggestion did not meet the favor of business
men, who said their customers were not accus-
toned to Sunday. eve are reminded 0! a crcum-
stance which happened at cattle camp, a couple
of years ago. The men on the ranch had for
long time observed Monday for Sunday, but were
set right after seyer. Mondays had been 50 OBJ
scryed) Mr.. Collins said business is better and
business men are better satisfied under the pres
ent arrangements. We bow to God, he said, to use
Il figure. God understands His business said the
minister. He believed God did right, and he
would take His side, because it was the right side
''There is no wrong on earth that heaven cannot
remove