Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-05-19

Proverbs. LET thine heart retain my
words; keep my commandments and
live He said in part:
Napoleon, at one time, when asked
the greatest need of France said, Good
mothers There was never a time
when there was a greater need of good
men in the world than now, and good
mothers make good men. If you and
|, my friends, were as good men as
we were taught to be by our mothers,
both by precept and example, we
would all be much better men than
we are now. Never in the history of
the progress of the world was there a
more crying need for good men, men
OF heart. There was never such a
time when the world needed men who
looked beyond their own private needs
and pleasures. God helping the man
who thinks more of business than he
does of religion. We often hear the
expression, That man will cut your
throat for business but he is a good
Christian That is fallacy Such a
man is not u Christian, and his work
| is not that of business man If he
| is not honest in business he is not a
man of heart. not Christian man, no
matter how successful he may be in a
| business life.
Men of Heart.
| 81 have never seen the time in my
| life when | couldn't earn my living,
since the day when | was left to shift
for myself when but a boy. However,
| / have often seen the time when /
needed a strong man to take me by
| the arm and lead me to better life.
That is the kind of man we need now.
Men of heart. strong men who have
the courage of their convictions.
I'VE want men of head. The best
men in the world today are the men
1 who have good brains and have dedi
Gated their talents to God. They are
the men who rule the doings of the
world and who govern the best spirits
Men of Principle.
eve want men of principle-me1
who are true to their principles ant
convictions no matter where they are
or under what conditions they are la
boring. So often we see men who are
all right, for instance in Ottumwa, bu
who. when they get to Chicago or ST
Louis, are not SO good They are no
4 consistent So often too, we seen mel
who profess Christianity, but who sa,
4 nothing against game of baseball OF
Sunday, right in their own city.
tell you that when such dissertations
of the Sabbath are allowed withou
punishment, men are not doing thei
duty by themselves or their Maker
Grant a Consistent Man.
think the greatest thing Genera
Grant ever did was not the feeding 0
{ the Confederate prisoners at the EN-
of the war, nor the protection OF Ger
Robert f. Lee when President Johr
son would have executed him as tra
tor but his refusal to be the guest Q
the president of France at the races il
Paris on Sunday, because, as he state
in his letter to the French official, ne
; Their his religious traditions nor tn
. customs of his country would alloy
him to disregard the Sabbath in tina
, manner.
; Il presume most of you know that i
+ the civil war | was on the confederat
} side. | know what it is to stand II
t and be shot at in open battle, and a
1 sure you that it requires more courag
!. for man to stand up in the world an
declare his religious principles than
does to stand on the battle field an
5 brave the shot and shell OF the oppo
; ing forces But that is that the worl
D wants now men Of con~are. men
t purity, men OF consistency, me.
+ character, men CT Dunt1