Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-04-25
EVANGELIST BREAKS OVER RULE
OF NOT HOLDING MONDAY
NIGHT MEETINGS.
SAYS He is NOT VULGAR
Quotes Scripture as vindication Of
Statement That "Many Church Mem.
bers Are Nothing But Washed sows.,
Would Paint Scripture Verse.
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Religion 10 not a rappe blow
= out, but hard struggle.
: It's as wrong for me to lose my =
temper as for. some men to drink. =
Many church members are moth
ing but washed sows, and they .
soon prove they were never born =
: again by falling back into mud Of
theaters, card parties and beer
= guxxlings. :
!. II you want to go to hell, 60 :
: the quicker the better. =
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(By Staff Correspondents
Fairfield, April %. Especial. lit
was a picture Of q God Of forgiveness
that Billy Sunday painted for 2,100
people last night, picture OF saliva
:tion by repentance and at the close
six took the stand for Christ.
He built his sermon for II Samuel
kills, And David said unto Nathan,
have sinned against the Lord And
Nathan said unto David, The Lord
hath also put away thy sin" ITO my
mind" said Mr.. Sunday, the story
from which these words were taken
is one Of the saddest that appear upon
the pages OF the Old Testament.
Whenever read 1t have two emo
tons. One is the strengthening IF
the belief in the authenticity Of the
Bible. This story points out a mans
sin, and II man had written the Bible
un-inspired by God, there would have
been no picturing Of sin. But by the
inspiration of God the whole story
was put in. We are able to read just
what men and women did, and then
comes the forgiveness of Cod. God
forgave them their sins. He will do
it again. TO whomsoever will are
the promises.
David's Sin.
"The other feelinS is one of sad
ness. am sorry that great King
David sinned as he did. OF all the
sorrows that wiring the heart, burn
the mind, that OF being disappointed
in somebody you thought was your
friends Is the bitterest dose. These
ministers here. everyone Of them, can
tell you Of members Of their churches
that they trusted for support but who
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1T Is SO sad to think that man
who could write the, wonderful TWEEN
ty-third Psalm could stoop to the sin
OF adultery. Why In this and kindred
Psalms he lifts me up SO high Is |
read that can almost hear the rust
ling Of the garments OF the son Of God
and catch glimpse OF heaven. The
next time we see him he Is dragging
the name OF God in filth.
David was a man after God s
heart. Well cackled an old infidel
to me once, If David was a man after
Gods heart, don't admire Gods
taste. David was not a man after
Gods heart because he sinned, but
because he had the manhood to nc
knowledge his sins.
Let the wicked forsake his ways
and the unrighteous man his faults
God wants to help us and tells US how
to try. We must work, for religion
isn't a frappe blowout, but it's a hard
struggle.
"The more light, the greater the
guilt. It's as wrong for me to lose
my temper as it is fer some men TO
drink I'm not SO constituted that
crave drink but - built so that
lose a piece of my temper pretty
frequently I'm trying all the time,
though, and she's coming right along.
The more light, the greater the
guilt; the less the light, the less the
guilt. Jesus reproached Bethsaida
and Capernaum saying that II the
mighty works that were done in them
had been done In Sodom and Gomor
rah they would have repented long
ago. Sodom and Gomorrah had not
seen Jesus, had not seen his wonder
full miracles; Capernaum had, aud
therein lay its fault. The man or wom-
an of Fairfield who rejects Jesus
Christ is a greater sinner than the
heather of Al. lea, who has not had
an opportunity to know of the teach
of you people here every night and
still you refuse to accept Christ; you
grow worse condemned each day.
'In this story too is one of the
sweetest pictures can bring to a sim
ner. 1t is the picture Of forgiveness.
A man becomes sinner by his
thoughts, a criminal by his acts. l
can think all day against the laws
OF Iowa, and yet am not criminal
until l commit the act that breaks
one of them But you are a sinner
already IL you have thought about
the deed.
Nothing will take the place Of be-
ing born again. 1t won't save you 70
believe in the 80 articles Of confess
sion of the Episcopal church. or the
Apostles creed or the Auxburg con-
fession of the Lutheran church, you
can believe all that and still 60 to
hell. The devil believes that.
Not Vulgar Gays Sunday.
HE that is born of God doesn't
commit sin. That is he doesn't make
1t daily practice He may make
Mistakes debut he doesn't com
init sin as a regular practice. not
much he don't. When a hog gets In
mud he stays there; It's his natural
element. When sheep does, 1t geta
out. Many church members are moth.
ing but washed sows, and when they
fall back into card parties, theaters
and beer guzzling they stay. You say,
.O' Mr.. Sunday, that Is so vulgar
Don't know I'm quoting Bible do you?
Ever hear this. The dog will return
to his yomit and the SOW that was