Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-07-09

And they We're all filled with the
Holy Ghost, and began to speak with
other tongues as the spirit gave them
9th verse
And there We're dwelling at Jerusa-
lem Jews, devout men, out Of every
nation under heaven
9Th verse
Now when this was noised abroad
confounded because that every man
heard them speak in his own Ian
guage."
18th verse
And they were all amazed and mar
yelled. saying one to another: Behold.
are not all these that speak Galilae-
ans?'
"'And how hear we every man in
our Q own tongue. wherein we were
Now I want to call your attention to
the sixth verse which 1 will repeat,
and is as follows:
Now when this was noised abroad
the multitude came together and were
COMPOUNDED because that every man
heard them speak in his own Ian
guage."
Now bear this in mind. Now I Will
u ) e1iid desCilDe llefF HuTsudy. HlSHt
When arrived they were
singing hymn and l think they sung
three or four more before they knelt
for prayer. They had good song SER
vice. They then knelt in prayer and
had. seemingly, power in prayer
Some of them prayed for as high as. /
should judge, eight minutes. After
they had prayed for power. that is
Pentecostal power,--the leader read
lesson on holiness which, If remem
Der rightly, was the eighth chapter of
Romans. Now up to this time could
say Amen" to all that was said and
done. But from here on the "amens"
began to stick in my throat and some
way would not come out as free as
would like to have them do.
He began his sermon by attacking
every one opposed to his way of think
ing. Right here l want to say the
Lord commanded us to love our enc
mics and If we have the least bit of
hatred we will never enter the pearly
gates of the New Jerusalem. So could
not choke out an amen to that. Al
though he hit the truth several times,
he was just like man on roller skates
for the first time. He would stagger
around until he lost his balance Then
over he would go. He went along at
this rate for nearly an hour. Then he
closed his discourse and gave an altar
call for those that We're seeking more
power, to which about eighteen young
women and three or four young men
responded.
Now here is where the strangest part
of the meeting comes IN. have seen
people really struck down by the power
OF God. But they were dead to this
old world and everything around them
for the time being. And know beyond
a doubt that 1t was the power of God.
But to proceed-They offered up q
few short prayers. Then all at once
there was an elderly looking woman
broke out in a kind Of goose fashion
dialect that (she said afterwards she
did not understand) and then another
broke out In something like it, only
she sang at it.
Now anyone with just common sense
knows when anyone is talking a ran
guage or just jabbering, and I believe
! have at least some horse sense, al
though some, lately, have accused me
otherwise
Well. 1t was not long until several
people seemed to have fallen under the
power and there were about nine wom-
en- and two men lying on the floor. But
at least all l saw were playing opos-
sum, for when God does anything 1t is
DONE and there is no two ways about
IT,
under the power of God, a cannon
could go off and it would not affect
him. But when one young man began
to get ready to have his part, things
began to look interesting to an out
side observer, or at least they did to
me. The preparations this young man
made were: He took all his money
and gave to his wife and then gave her
his watch. He then loosened his vest
and the circus began. OF all the DEM
onstrations l ever saw, this beat them
all.
Now the most Of you people here in
Ottumwa know that I have been
around home before I was converted
andl also that used to follow the show
business some. But this fellow had
an act that beat any muscle dancer I
ever saw in all my life. And you
must admit that have seen a few
anyway. He shook himself off the
chair and on again and then off. And
he kept this up for nearly thirty min
utes inside Then he got outside and
the police took hand at the shaking
business and brought him out Of it.
Now then turn to the First Cor. and
the 14th chapter and the 33rd verse,
ana we nave these words: For God
is not the author of confusion, but Of
peace, as in all the churches Of the
saints" Now l want to say that there
was 9 lot of confusion there, as you
may Judge.
Now turn back with me to the 9th
verse, including the 23th, which Is as
follows: (Now listen, for this is the
inspired word that was given to Paul
for the Corinth church.)
IT any man speak in an unknown
tongue. let it be by two, or at the most
by three and that by course; and let
one interpret"
Now here is the verse that settles
the question if we take the Bible for
our guide.
But if there be no interpreter. let
him keep silence in the church, and let
him speak to himself and to Cod
Now in conclusion, l want to say
this that the Bible says that in the last
days there shall be perilous times. And
L believe we are in the last days.
have heard people say that this
world is getting better; but it is not
so. 1t is true that the world has gain
ed In knowledge but God said that
the wisdom of this world is foolishness
unto God. So our wisdom is not going
n H.