Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-08-12


themselves to be felt in politics. 1t is
expected that good people will more
and more meet the responsibilities OF
nigh and noble citizenship"
Present Conditions.
What is the condition at present T?
The people who ought to control do
not assert themselves as they should.
The moral forces in this nation are
not united as they should be.
Statistics show that nearly one
half of the total population above the
age OF ten, is composed OF commune
cants. There are not more than 6000,-
600 in this country who have no con-
nection with the church, direct or in
direct. The attendance in our com
mon schools is less than the attend
ance at Sunday schools in this coun-
try. 1t is thus evident that the church
is as alert as the state is in securing
it's future. The activities of the
church have been amazingly multi
piled and organized. Whatever they
desire to do they can accomplish
through one or another of a hundred
auxiliaries.
Christians Have Ability.
There can be no question of the
ability of the Christians to do any
thing, everything they are really re-
solved to do. They have the numbers;
they have the VOTERS 900, 900 of
them church members, they have the
wealth, they have the educational ia
cilities and they have the agencies.
hn to
al leadership and looks to them for in
itiative, and they are hallowed with
prestige. All these forces should have
consciousness of their strength and
what is possible to them when once
they use the power that is theirs to
use. Here is a giant who does not
know his strength or certainly does
not use it. Let him become conscious
of his strength, let him know his pos
sible moral power and he can remove
mountains.
Demand for Teachers.
"The demand is for teachers who
will train this giant, who will discipline
the army and make it a willing instru-
ment in Gods hands for the wise and
pure government of cities, states and
nations. You and I. as believers in
righteousness, are to stand for right
eousness.
Here are the evils What are we
to do with them? Stand up against it.
Do all you can for we think too much
of our sons and daughters to see them
lost. Do not think that because your
son is all right that you have no in
terest. One part depends upon the
other. 1t is just as pitiable that a
brainy man in another county should
be ruined as it is were the man your.
neignbor. The low element in Ottum.
wa is menace to every home in this
city. Whose boy will it catch? You
don't know.
Many Are Lost.
See the world as it moves along,
SO many sacrificed to love of money or
power, SO many given to the death to
crafty the depraved and unholy de-
sires and appetites and you feel the
truth of Emerson's words that The
cheapness of man is every days trag-
edy.'
Unity Has Better Ideal.
Unit yhas a better ideal for the in
dividual and for society. 1t would not
smite, it would lift up. 1t would and
it must place more emphasis on the
fact of brotherhood. 1t must meet vice
walking in public places and overcome
it for the sake of man. We must haveI
safer streets, better general life. 1t is
the duty of Christian and moral men
and women to help usher in the better
day. The church has large place in
the life of this community. Through
the church life, that is, through his dis
cirles, Jesus would come to all our
homes into all our life and thus bless
the city, !