Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-08-06
SLVDGE SCOURCES BICOTS
DsnSunOsJ Nan Like Or. YOskum for Ig-
RSFAnos in the Pulpit
INSTRUMENTAL IN DAWNlNG SOULS
oSsnon. sense Always at Premium In
ReaaEaous Matters. says He In
Dasosprse on Duties of
MIS- and wife.

Rev. Charles w. savidge at, the Peoples
church Sunday morning based his sermon
on the recent occurrence in Colorado, when
ne publicly rebuked Evangelist Yoakum for
teIlinS Eodly wives they should follow un-
Eodfy husbands. no matter where. He de-
nounced false preachers.
There ~ not a grander business on
earth than the ministry" said RsV. MT
savidFa, ~but no man should believe every
thing ministers say simply because they
are ministers. I believe there Is many
soul damned because the preachers damn
IL. Prom the time OF Adam portions Of
the ministry and priesthood have been
the greatest harm to the people. An iBnor-
ant and corrupt pulpit is worse than
gambling houses, brothels or the saloon.
These places have their stamp plainly
upon them while the ministry walks In the
livery Of God.
I wish that our people might become
skiIlflIl In reading the Word Of God and
spend much time in prayer in order that
they might read preachers. There are
warnings from Jesus and in Bible passages
against false preachers and misguided ones.
There In a criterion for the proper judy
mont OF pulpits and ministers. for there
IL no better way OF understanding the
Bible than by reading the Bible in its
own light and with the spirit of God.
somstimes I wish commentaries had never
been written. II God cannot teach me by
the Bible and spirit 1 will never be taught.
Tired of YOskum Glass.
Il get tired of such ignorance and
fooleyy as displayed by DR.. Yoakum in
looking at one passage of the Bible and
considering that passage alone. DR..
Yoakum is a fanatic because he makes
such interpretations. The level-headed,
well-balanced man would never make such
interpretations. What we need today ia
spirit men and women, but we need
to be level-headed men and women, too
There ought to be school in this country
for cranks and fanatics, equipped with
some sort of a machine to straighten them
out, though l confess 1 fear some of them
would have nearly every bone broken in
the process. For my part 1 believe l am
going to be held responsible for all
know and preach and It behooves me to
act and talk circumspectly.
Never take leave Of your common sense
no matter what is preached from the pull
pit. where there lie no Bible nor preaching
God guides our poor humanity by common
sense. by the dictation of the higher judg.
ment, and we need not go to ruin because
a preacher tells us to.
Wife and Husband Equal.
lin a home, 1 believe wife has just as
much to say q husband and that the
husband has no right TO keep all the money
and hold the wife grudgingly to account
for every penny. She has a right TO hall
the income II she has good sense TO us,
it. II she hasn't the husband should
keep about two-thirds OF it. Discuss your
plans and affairs in common and wall
together. Confidence, good sense, God IL
the home-these are among the greatest
things in the world
THE wife Is no slave to the husband
Such a doctrine is a vile travesty on God
All OF us should obey God rather thar
man do not believe a woman SHOULD
leave her husband because he is unsaved
as a rule. They had better stay together
That woman through her prayers, tn,
eohseeraiion Of her life and her efforts
may bring her husband to Christ. Con
trsFy to obeying your husband in al
things ] should advise wives to die befor
surrendering God and the principles O
Christian womanhood."