Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-05-06
Expected That Closing Meetings Will
Be Most Effective Of Series = serv
Ices for Sunday = Large Attend
ance Last Evening.

1AAoSS -
fective Of the series.
The largest congregation OF the
week since Sunday night attended the
meeting last night. Special features
of the service were the music by the
large Welsh chorus, solos by Mr..
Crossley and prayers in the Swedish
and Welsh languages Rev. Crossley
preached on Character Building, "and
Rev. Hunter read the third chapter of
the first Corinthians commenting in
his usual forceful manner.
Closing Services.
Following is the program for the
closing meetings:
Thursday evening = Last song SER
mon, From Guilt to Glory said to
be the most beautiful of all. Rev.
Crossleys song sermons.
Friday evening - The Parlor
Dance"
Sunday, II a. M Services in all
the churches.
Sunday. $3.50 p.m.--Meeting for men
and women in the First Methodist
Episcopal church. Secret societies
and men generally will occupy the au-
ditorium and women in the balcony.
! Sunday evening - Double header in
the First Methodist Episcopal and the
First Presbyterian churches. Rev.
Crossley and Rev. Hunter will each
speak at both services.
Monday evening = Cards and The
atres."
Tuesday, Ais p. m.-Farewell to
school scholars.
Tuesday, 7:45 p. m.-Closing meet
ing.
Babes in Christ.
In reading the scripture lesson Rev.
Hunter spoke in part as follows:
"And / brethren, could not speak I'M
to you as unto spiritual, but unto car
nal, even as unto babes in Christ. I
have fed you with milk, and not with
meat, for hitherto we were not able
to bear it, neither yet now are We
able l am very fond of babes. That
is one reason why am so fond of
your city. You have 50 many beau
tiful children. You have so many
splendid schools on your hill-tops,
shining out like beacon light for
God. The church is nursery, a
school and battlefield.
"Babes are not born into the church
of God by, baptism and confirmation,
but from above. We have too many
big babies in the church. They must
be fed. Certainly they must be fed if
they never read the bible. And then
they must be amused. Oh, to see a
lot Of big babies OF the church sitting
around table playing with a lot of
cards with spots on them for amuse-
ment. Some Of these big babies are
right in their element at any social af-
fair where they can be the whole
thing. They care more for some of
these things than they do for their
souls salvation. They have no time
for anything spiritual, no use for a
meeting of this kind.
Regarding Dancing.
"And then nobody in the church but
a big baby could take any pleasure in
dancing. The next time you go to a
dance, stop up your ears so that you
cannot hear the music and see if the
dancers do not look like a lot of crazy
people, jumping around. Lunatics like
to dance. At the insane asylum they
have dances every week And then
the babies must be carried. The
church is carrying many big babies.
1--WE find babies eating, sleeping
and crying. So it is in the church
Just hit one of these big babies and
hear him cry out against the church
against the minister. They are nc
good for witnesses or workers. Let
me tell you some of the needs of the
church. We need more faith More
faith in our bible and in one another
We need more fire.
To Build Up Church.
How to build up the church? Lei
every man and woman who is a lover
of the Lord become member of g
church. Destroy all the churches anG
take away all the ministers and what
would your property be worth. The
ministers are the cheapest policemen
on the face of the earth, just as the
church is the cheapest institution Ev
cry boy and girl who loves God ought
to join some church. My children all
Joined the church before they were Z
years of age. Let your children join
the church if they wish to, if they are
not more than 5 years old. Attend
church. Do not get into the habit OF
thinking you are doing your duty il
you attend church once a week, or
Sunday morning. Get to church twice
on Sunday and attend the prayer
meeting on Wednesday night If
. had my way there would be no amuse
ments on the night of the mid-weel
prayer meeting, no band concerts OF
such as that. Everything would BIZ
quiet. Be generous. Wherever 70,
find giving church there you find
prosperous church. The true apostoli.
church is an Incorporating church
1t is praying church, it is a witness
Ing church, it is working church, i
Is a revival church,
Character Building.
In speaking of Character Building
Rev. Crossley took his text from Luke
B-8: He that hath ears let him hear,
and said in part: Some of you younf
men consider yourselves about al
right and yet if your sister or some
bther young woman you think a grea