Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-04-09

house that canker in our nation, the
Mormon church. Such an influence as
1t has destroys the virtue of our wives
and daughters. 1t should and must
go.
"If under human leadership things
could be done such as were done at
Valley Forge, at Shiloh, on Lookout
Mountain, in Cuba and the Philip
pines, great God, what might not be
done under the leadership of God! IF
we declare we will win, the devil will
turn turtle quickly enough. The Holy
Spirit Is what will regenerate Ottum-
wa, Fairfield, Burlington and every
other place. Any lettering influence
cannot and will not come from the sa-
looms. the grog shops, the politicians,
the gamblers, but from pesus Christ.
THE time to fight is now, and God
expects every man to do his duty
Sunday Morning.
"Have We the Holy Ghost since ye
believed?" was the question chosen by
Rev. Sunday from the second verse of
the nineteenth chapter of Acts as his
text for Sunday morning. He preach
ed the power of the Holy Ghost, de-
claring that without 1t behind the
chruch Of God, the latter would be
forced to go out of business. He said
that If 1t were not for the spirit of
but third rate amusement bureaus.
Some of them, he said, had lost the
spirit already and were nothing more
now.
THE holy spirit has only been man
Tested physically twice in the history
Of man, once when Jesus was baptiz-
ed and once at Pentecost. 1t is i'm
probable that you or l will ever csc
this side of the grave physical mani-
festation Of it, But it is as much a
personality as Jesus Christ. you or l. e
wonders for God. Without it we are
helpless. With the Holy Spirit, Sam
son had the power to slay a thousand
Philisines with the jaw-bone of an
ass, and that's the same instrument
these higher criticism preachers are
using today. without the Holy Spirit
Samson was as weak and helpless as
a newborn babe.
",rhe church Of God needs the Holy
so they will work as they should
meeting the devil and his forces
squarely. ! guess the itinerant system
Of the Methodist church is about right,
for it's mighty hard for man to
preach in the same town fifteen or
twenty years without compromising
with the devil in one way or another
This man says to me that he never
drank, always lived clean, moral
life, that he always cared for his wife
and children. Good. God be praised
see you as God does?. Man lookethN on
the outward show, but God looketh on
the heart God doesn't keep Brad
streets or Dun's ratings on tap to look
up when you ask for admission to
heaven. He looks on the heart. What
you need is the Holy Ghost.
There are three classes of people in
every church. First, those who really
want to be saved, but don't care about
length Of this tabernacle to speak to a
man about Jesus Christ IL they knew
that by so doing they could save a soul
from hell. They look on religion as IA
sort Of fire insurance policy.
The second elias of folks care a lit
tie bit about their neighbors, but not
enough to count. They talk about the
latent power Of the pew. All rot Tho
pew has no power except the Holy
Ghost. love the church of God, SO
speak against things that are sapping
its life blood. and this is one. This
class contains the parasites of the
church, the pancakes that want TO
heat up or thow out.
1.-THE third class includes the people
( that know that ali things are done by
the power Of the Holy Spirit. BY my
spirit saith the Lord. To this class
belonged the prophets Of old, David
the psalmist, the apostles, Savonarola,
Luther, Wesley and Whitfield, Calvin,
Finney, Sturgeon, Moses, Joshua,
Gideon, Isaiah, Daniel Every name
that shines forth in history learned
that nothing but Gods strength has
power.
we need the Holy Spirit In the
church Read the epitome of the SER
mons preached in Chicago churches
today as you find them in the papers
tomorrow. Why, sinner couldn't
ind Jesus Christ with a search war
rant in any oflthem.
Too Much Machinery.
We need the Holy Spirit in the
church. man once said to me, Will
liam, we need more organizations
.Organi-what?' / said, More organ
ization? Why man, we've got SO much