The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1902-04-24

| In those days the people were not edu-
Gated in colleges and did not wear creased
| trousers. We must make allowance for
these things. Civilization has advanced
| though the principles of christianity, the
fundamental of our civilization, remains
/ the same. Truth never changes. but the
people do
And we also imagine that in the pro-
| gress of civilization the methods
ought to remain the same. Those I'M
educated men Christ sent out to christian
| ize the world had no means for education.
| They had no repertoire of sermons. No
/ fixed plans of operation in the conduct
of the meetings No galleries of good
| looking women reciting melodious song.
and no bands of music. To them day
was as thousand of years. There was
no schedule time. No fixed appoint
| ments ahead. No advertising. No post
ing of bills designating future meetings.
| They just went; and if the weather was
| favorable and the people listened to them
they kept going.
| In the progress of centuries things have
| changed; and we do not stop to consider
the growth and the modern way old
| things are presented for our glory and
| edificatiOn-
Oliver Bros. are here at the urgent
| solicitation of the Ministerial Union.
The date was secured after three months
earnest effort. They paid stated
amount, but at the close of the meetings
will receive free will offerings. They
| are evangelists of wide reputation, of
fine character and scholarly ability
|
| We are pit to disapprove of the meth
DDS of the evangelist in his means for Sc
-,
that lie is here for a short time and he
must do his work promptly. His appeal
to human sympathy in dramatically rem
| dering the scenes of a great disaster
| aHalens the natural side, and he follows
the vent of tears with the scripturaI
| thought. Your wrong doing under such
| an impulse strikes your heart with terror
| if you wicked; and if you are back
sliding christian you have feeling of
| shame and regret.
The anecdotes which the evangelist di-
| yersifies his sermons, may have an an
cient like flavor. and on account of age
and service, ought to be retired and cold
| stOraged, are good because he makes them
| applicable. An old thought in new set
ting is the best anybody can do. and if
you know how to put this and that to-
gether, you wise. That is the sum of
| knowledge and wisdom. All the old
philosophers could not tell you any more.
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| Mr.. OliYer did not deliver his lecture
on temperance, Monday night, as an
nOuneed. The attendance was not as
large as he desired, and he said he did
not wish to waste so good message be-
cause the people he wanted to speak to
We're not present. The weather was
threate ming, and the rink was not filled.
4 of hQ
ent. The joints closed at O'Clock the
same hour as the business houses; but
where the crowd? MIR. Oliver may
keep that message behind a masked bat
terry and shoot it off unawares. AT any
rate, it will probably keep, and fired in
; ambush may wound and MAIN promis-
cuously. 1t will be anxiously looked for.
-
Tuesday night Mr.. Oliver sprung his
surprise the audience. 1t was that
ambushed gun on the liquor traffic. His
, use of epithet and invective surpassed any
of his utterances. He held the people of
Dodge City responsible for the open Joint.
He spoke of the subsidized city officials
a who obtained the blood money as license
. for the sale of the Illicit stuff. The lee
I ture chilled the marrow bone and put the
blush of shame on those who by liberation
allowed the open joint to exist. But the
responsibility is not in the individual
The community and those who should
direct the endorsements of the law are
amenable for the enforcement of the law
e Mr. divers message against the liquor
traffic was strong arraignment. and il
e was highly charged with fact and argu-
ment. 1t a condemnation of an IL
: licit business in the most scorchlng terms
: Profound silence prevailed during the
j. speaking.
al Words cannot too strongly show tbs
t hideousnesS of the liquor traffic, but i
i requires more than words to put it down
e 1t was a form of slavery cruel as the
q bondage of the negro, and Mr. Oliver be
e lieves that the liquor traffic will never b'
e dispersed except in the way that human
n slavery was abolished-by blood.