Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-08-29

W d large ana Interested congregation.
He used as his text the third verse
of the thirty-ninth Psalm, while 1
was musing the fire burned, and then
spake with my tongue" This he
said tyDified the three great forces,
thinking, feeling and willing. On char
acter building thought power, char
acter building heart power, and then
on the character thus built, the deter
mination to do things. He said in
part: "The improvableness of man
kind is the most notable feature of
the human race. It, is that character
istic that distinguishes it from the
lower forms of animal life. We have
improved more greatly along the line
of character building thought power
than along the line of character build
ing heart power. This is not surprs-
ing. The power of thought has existed
for ages but the law of love had it's
beginning at the crucifixion 1t was
then that the law of love for ones
fellow man was first taught and we
have improved greatly along this line
and I think that the time will surely
come when men will live together in
peace and harmony after this side has
more greatly developed.
"And then on the foundation thus
laid by this thought and heart power
we must make our determination to
do things. 1t is this determination
to do things that is the great thing;
not the doing of them. The crisis of
Christss life was not on the hill of
Calvary but in the garden of Geth-
semene when he resigned himself to
his fate. 1t is the determination to do
things that are right that counts, for
that Is the same as doing them.
S. II. Harper Talks.
The last of the series of mems meet
ings under the leadership of laymen
held Sunday afternoons at the Y. M.
G. A. was held yesterday afternoon
at the association parlors. Senator S..
H. Harper was the speaker Of the af-
ternoon.
The speaker said in part: There
are many people who believe, or
rather, try to make themselves believe
that the world would be just as good,
just as well off, that education and
the sciences would have made just as
great progress if the Christian relig-
ion had never spread beyond the
boundaries of that Gallilee where it
originated.
$4,000 years ago Egypt was a civil
lized state; that is, they had govern
ment, an army, and civil organiza-
ton. 5000 years ago it had made
progress, was more highly civilized,
had larger army and was in every
way a greater nation; 1000 years ago
Egypt was a warld power. 1t was
then ready to accept Christianity. A
little later Christianity was offered to
that country and 1t refused the offer.
The Christian missionaries came with
the olive branch of peace but Egypt
turned them away.
in the seventh century came the
Saracen with fire and sword and
forced Mohammedanism down the
Threats of the Egyptians. 1t became a
Mohammedan county. And what is
Egypt today? Today Egypt is cipher
on the face of the earth.
City Of Damascus.
Damascus was a city in the time
of Abraham. The title given to Rome
of the eternal city l think belongs
to Damascus. This city did not ac-
cept for time the Christian religion.
At the council of Nice it was repre-
SCIlSu NY q dClCSodIlOL 1uo eAnI
delegation left it's impression on the
council. But Damascus, like Egypt.
fell victim to the fire and sword of
the disciples of Mohammed and what
is Damascus today? 1t is noted for
only one thing and that is frr a lost
art. The lost art of making Damas
Gus steel. Do any of you think that
if the Saracen had not forced that
city away from the true religion that
it would be the cipher that it is today?
do not; think that today Damascus
would be one of the greatest cities
of the world had it remained Chris
tian city.
Persia was great country, great
empire, but it refused the Christian re-
ligion and was forced to accept the
teachings of Mohammed. Persia today
day is vassal country and it has
not done anything towards the pro-
gress of the world
India was great country, settled
by men Of the Aryan race, our own,
the white race, yet when Christianity
was offered to it it refused, but &C
copied Buddhism and Mohammedan-
ism Today India is vassal country
an ignorant country, without learning
or sciences
Conditions In China.
China, the country that has ac-
cepted Buddhism, Confucianism Mo
hammedanism, has accepted every re-
ligion but the true one. Today China
is of mental and moral rot.
go back with me 1000 year ago
to the Euphrates valley, the birth
place of the Aryan race. Soon the
increasing numbers of the people COM
PEELED them to migrate. Some wished
to go to India, others to the fertile
plains and valleys of Europe. A few
of them did go to India but MAORI
ty of them settled on the face of the
European continent.
"It was these men who, when Chris
tianity was offered to them accepted
it, and it is from these races that
every advancing step, every bit of
progress the world has seen since the
time of Christ, has come. Are there
any of you who can doubht the in
huence of Christianity in the face of