Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-05-26

and he impressed upon the congrega-
ton that it was the duty of every
Christian to give of his time and his
means to further the work of extend
ing Gods kingdom upon earth. tie
spoke in part as follows
"My dear friends There is no usel
for me to stand here and argue that
the Christian religion is the truth. EV-
erybody in this house of worship
knows that. Neither is it any use for
me to argue that the Bible is the only
true book. That you also know. the
Bible has been the guiding light OF
Christian civilization for centuries and
ever that it is recognized more today
than ever, is indicated by the fact that
in the last eight years, there have been
more Bibles printed than in all the
years previous. The book is printed
in SS5 different languages and has
spread around the world, breaking
down idols and lifting the mists Of
superstition and doubt as it went like
clouds before the rising sun.
81 believe the time is coming when
this will be an Anglo Saxon world.
When we will all speak one language;
all belong to the same church and all
have the one God. The spreading of
the Bible to the uttermost ends of the
earth will bring about this result
The Needs of the Hour.
"First and foremost, the need OF the
hour is salvation for the unconverted
and every unconverted man must re-
ceive the grace of God if he wishes to
enter heaven. He must be converted
into Gods church and acknowledge the
the Saviour before the world.
"The second need of the hour is
the sanctifcation of the Christian aft
err he has acknowledged Christs
that tends to hold him down. One lit
tie sin harbored in your bosom and
toyed with until it becomes part of
you will bring you down. If you have
| anything wrong in your life You must
throw it out. You cannot play with the
fire. You cannot live wrong without
your neighbornood knowing it, with
out the town knowing it, and without
God knowing it.
IF the community in which you live
| is no better for you having lived in
| it; if the town is no better and if
| your home is no better then you have
not done your work. We must be more
in earnest. 1t is true some people will
/ say you are crank. You are a
crank-because you are doing some.
thing they are afraid to do.
THE needs of the hour are for you
and for me to do something. We must
! be liberal and give of our means and
! our time to the work of spreading the
joys of Christianity. We must live SO
that when we are gone it can be said
| of us that the world is better for the
work We have done; We want to live
4 so close to God that when We die we
know we are going to heaven"
Saturday Nights Lecture.
Palestine is blighted, deserted
country. In the days of Christ it was
rich and prosperous, today it is blast
/ ed wilderness" was the declaration OF
DR.. Wharton on last Saturday night
in his lecture entitled The Land OF
Jesus" to an audience which crowd
ed the big tent to its utmost capacity
DR.. Wharton has been great trav
eler. He has crossed the ocean five
times, but upon the journey described
he went as leader of party of thirty
His description of the sea voyage and
of the sea sickness of his party was
laughable in the extreme. He carried
his hearers rapidly across the Atlantic
to Gibraltar, through the Mediterran
can sea. stopping at Naples, Vesuviu.
and Cairo. He showed them the vale,
of the Nile, the pyramids, the land o
Goshen and Port Said The approach
to the Holy Land which was made a
Joppa was wildly described
The Dead sea, the river Jordan, Beth
lehem and Nazareth, all were visited
An interesting feature was the de
scription of wedding in Nazareth
The peculiar customs and habits o
the people and the striking character
istics of the country, especially thos
, made use of as illustrations in tn
Bible story were all touched upon an,
their significance explained
Change of Time
During the coming week the after
noon meeting, which in the past ha
. been held in the First Methodist Epis
copal church between the hours of
and 4 O'Clock will be held one hou
later, between A and o'clock. Thi
change in time has been made il
order to give an opportunity for th
school children to attend.