Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-12-14
FOR SUNDAY READING.
All sorts of Opinions.
MORAL TONE OF MESSAGE.
Observation-Disclosures

The moral qualities of the president
message were discussed by Rev. DAVE
| Beaton at Lincoln Park Congregations
| church. Chicago. He said:
"In a democratic form of government
the moral qualities belonging to tn
4 head of the nation are of supreme i'm
portance
THE tragedy which placed Presiden
Roosevelt in the chair of state made hi
first message a delicate and Difficult
task. On the one hand in danger o
overlauding his predecessor or falling Z
come up to the highly wrought expecta
tions Of a sorrowing people, and on thu
other Of losing his own individuality IL
! the recommendation of measures of hi.
predecessor or appearing to treat thos'
measures with disrespect In both these
sets of dilemmas the new president hal
acquitted himself with delicacy and wis
dom.
I'm the BODY of the message We notice
first: The spirit of fair play and impair
TALLY in the treatment OF all question!
involving the rights of capital and the
rights of the people, especially in the
conservative, discriminating and YET
fearless examination of the trusts anc
their influence on the government of 9
free people. The enemies and the friends
Of trusts alike must pause and RECOGNIZES
that they have rights that can not be in
fringed without danger of commercial
death and that they carry evils which
threaten the very existence OF a free
people.
Again. the message gives evidence OF
a strong, intelligent sympathy with the
wage workers and laboring classes"
.eDowIE. THE COLOSSAL FRAUD"
'Dowieism, the Colossal Fraud of the
Century" was the theme Of Rev. Henry
Irving Rasmus in South Park Methodist
Episcopal church. Mr. Rasnlus said:
I'VE are to take character from the
portrait gallery OF the New Testament
and the first century as fair type of a
personality so prominently before the
public in the opening OF the twentieth
century. Simon the Magus had be-
witched the people by his sorceries and
announced himself 'as some great one.
The people said OF him, This man is the
great power OF Cod
Justin Martyr. who lived In the first
century, said that he went to Rome dur
ing the reign OF Claudius, where he
gained such a reputation as to be wor-
SHIPPED as a god. This impostor, wit
Messing the marvellous power Of the
apostles. sought 1t presumably for his
own selfish ACKNOWLEDGMENT His sue
cessor Of reincarnation is here in these
opening days OF this last century.
Every age has had it's religious i'm
postor. who has attempted to startle the
world by his claim Of divine authority to
the existing order OF
things. OF these Jesus himself spoke.
saying many false prophets should
arise accompanied by the warning not
to follow them.
I'VE are to consider the most notable
of modern times. Let me remind you
that the times are propitious for the de-
velopment of this admixture of many
kinds of vagaries. This is one OF the
transitional periods in which many peo-
pie are adrift in their beliefs, and any
thing made Enthusiastically plausible
will have multitudinous following for a
season. ~
Permit US to consider this subject
under three items-the man, the system,
the results which will inevitably follow
in due time.
When nature made the founder OF
this somewhat new organization 1t made
a freak. OF great determination. with a
marked ability for commercial shrewd-
nesu, he has succeeded where many a
smaller man would have hopelessly
failed. The reckless audacity Of this
self-claimed modern incarnation of a
generous olden prophet is beyond paral-
lei
Suppose We draw comparison be-
tween these two Elijahs? Elijah the
lirst, bold, courageous mighty reformer
that he was, went forth in the deliver
snce Of his message without escort. Eli
jah the second goes forth surrounded by
a four-square guard. Elijah the first
was fed by the ravens, whereas Elijah
The second, as a Chicago newspaper has
put it, is fed by the gulls.
Elijah the first sought the widows
nd, but he paid back in a wonderful.
Way by "a barrel OF meal that wasted
not, and cruise OF oil that never failed
Elijah the second seeks the widows aid
md gets it, but the widow looks in vain
for barrel or cruise. Elijah the fret
heads of the enemies of God, and 1t
came Elijah the second thunders away
for the fire upon the heads OF his enc
mics. but it never comes. Elijah the first
walked footsore and weary, Elijah the
second rides in the handsomest OF car
riages drawn by the sleekest OF horses.
Elijah the first ended his earthly
career poor man. Elijah the second,
when he dies, will be rich as Croesus.
Elijah the first went to heaven in a
chariot OF glory in the midst of a whirl-
wind. 1t is yet to be ascertained how
and in which direction Elijah the sec
ond will go.
1T does seem that this reincarnation
of Elijah discovered that he made
mistake in his first history. and is now
attempting to rectify, so far as possible,
the mistakes of his former record AS a
commercial barterer In religious things
he has no peer. He boasts that If he
lives twenty-five years longer he Will be
the richest man in America. Has he for
gotten the divine injunction, "A good
name is rather to be chosen thar great
riches
Claiming to be a representative OF
the Chist. let us put them side by side
Jesus Christ who could say The foxes
have holes and the birds Of the air have
their nest, but the Son of Man hath not
where to lay His head John Alexander
Dowie, who car boast. i am worth a.
million rated AL Jesus Christ, who
could say, Freely We have received,