Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-09-21

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- sae neeuly anu wants 81 nus people made
. nim u y o. an occasional mis-
'ahe - Is certain err no had never prayed
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Sne au.lelce raeher Imam 70 7anythlng
neM u ssaI1lins q eloquent In the
Moius 81 'ne arg amelts presented. ouch
coaoltlons raced henry Maxwell this
morning as ne preached against the sa-
toon' accoIuins 10 us purpose DEFER
mined on the Week peiore. Hs had no
new starements 10 make ABOUT the evil
,nnluence Q. tne Saloon IN raymond.
What new iacts We're there He had no
s5arthng liiustratlons OF the power of
lne saioon N business OF poltlcs% What
couio ne say 5na1 mac had not peen SAID by
, temperance !. orators q great many times
ne eIecG OF ms message this morning
oMeo los power 70 inc unusual fact OF
nus piea 'sll aDous the saloon at all,
eogether WIN tne events that mad STIR.
reu she people. ne mad never IN the
course OF ms Ten years pastorate men,
.lonea the saloon as something to be re-
saIuea in'ene hsht OF an enemy, NOS
ionly 20 tne poor ana the tempted, but
70 she business nIe OF tne place ana the
5cautch itselI. Nc spoke now with q
freedom that seemed TO measure his
compete sense OF tne convection that
Jesus wou!o speak SO. AT the close 8
pieaeeu WIN the people 70 remember
sne new NE tnat naa begun at the Rec
tanele' Inc regular eiectlon OF city OIL
GERS ~oaiu pe an !! Issue III that election.
Wnat OF. tne poor creatures surrounded
oH the nell OF drlnk while just begin
SIM Who could tell what depended on
their environmentg Was there one
word to be said by the Christian disci-
pie, business man, professional man,
citizen. in favor of continuing to license
these crimes and shame producing in
situations Was not the most Christian
thing they could do to act as citizens
in the matter, fight the saloon at the
polls, elect good men to the city offices
and clean the municipality How much
had prayers helped to make Raymond
better while votes and actions had real
~ been on the side. of the enemies Of
Jesus2 Would not Jesus do this 2 What
disciple could imagine him refusing to
suffer or take up his cross in the mat
teri How much had the members Of
the First church ever suffered in an at
tempt to initiate Jesus3 Was Christian
discipleship thing Of convenience, Of
custom, of tradition? Where did the
suffering como in2 Was it necessary,
in order to follow Jesus steps, to 80 up
Calvary as we'll as the Mount Of Trans
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