Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-11-03
SAYS PINK TEAS
ARE INEFFECTIVE
REV. w. 3. SANFORD TELLS
PRESBYTERIAN CONGREGATION
GOSPEL is FORGOTTEN.
DISC 0 U r A G ES FUN
Waterloo Divine Says Church Must
Evanselize the World-Recom-
mends William Sunday-Speaks
At Y. M. c. A.

HShus WiiiIam Sunoay-Speaks
At Y. M. c. A.
That the church loses sight of the
gospel in competing with theatres in
attracting crowds through the medium
of entertainments and other amuse-
ments and the fallacy Of endeavoring
to evangelize the world with pink
teas, was brought out very forcibly in
yesterday mornings sermon by Rev.
William B. Sanford of Waterloo at
the First Presbyterian church. The
eloquent divine, in response to an in
vitation from the session Of the church
to speak, made an excellent impress
sion with the largo congregation, and
without min cling words, gave his views
on the utter disregard shown the gos-
pei.
DR.. F. F. Stoltz, who recently re-
tired from the pastorate, introduced
Rev. Sanford, who prefaced his SER
mon with a brief reference to the
coming of Rev. William A. Sunday,
stating that while the evangelist
would say many things not
pleasing, he would leave the
city with the good will Of all. In the
sermon three texts were touched
upon, the third chapter of st. John,
tenth verse; the eighteenth chapter
of st. Luke, nineteenth verse; and the
seventeenth chapter of st. John,
eighteenth verse. He brought out the
love of God for the world, the coming
| of the son to seek and to save the lost
and finally the son delegating the
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Pink Teas Ineffective.
IF we could save the world by ma
chinery and organization" said Rev
Sanford, cit would have been saved
| long ago. We see new machines in
vented every day to save labor, ad-
vance our civilization and do the work
at smaller cost. We are glad Of
these things, but the saving of soul
is something that cannot be done
cheaply. The quicker the church finds
this out the better it will be for ev-
cry one. Our Savior could not do it.
| 1t cost him his life to deliver the
world. We must fully realize the Cos
pei, think Of what we have to do, and
then start out. You cannot evangeliZe
the world with pink teas, as many
have tried to do. You have got to
understand that it is mans Job and
that it will take a man to do it.
''Thomas Beckett, the most desc.
late, debased and degraded man in
England, was raised to the highest po-
sition in the Church Of England by
King Henry in order that he (the
king) might get his hands on the
great treasures of the churches
through Beckett. But as soon as Beck
EFT had been given this position his
better part asserted itself and when
the king demanded the riches, he was
refused them. Thomas Beckett died a
martyr, raised from the lowest of
men to be saint.
Gospel, Not Amusements.
MANY churches try all sorts OF
things except the gospel They even
try to compete with theatres by Civ
| ing entertainments and other amuse-
ments to draw the crowds. You cannot
save the people in this way You have
| got to understand the gospel and
preach it. for in no other way will you
succeed in saving the world. A short
time go a minister, wishing to draw
a crowd, advertised he would amuse
| his congregation by getting out OF
wrists. How long do you think this
thing will last? The people will soon
get tired of it and fall away again
without having received any good.
I'VE have no right to depreciate the
value of the world as great many OF
US do and God has proven that we
have no right to lessen the value OF
a soul. We have to have the optimism
that Christ had, for he never lost
faith in saving a soul and we must
never forget that Christ will save all
sinners.
The White Always Wins.
Zone day as was on my way west
toward Van couver, B. c., my atten
ton was attracted to a small stream
called the Thompson river, running
along near the track. watched the
stream and 1t grew larger and larger
as it sped onward toward the Pacific
ocean. 1t was fed by the streams OF
clear white water from the Rocky
Mountains. At times it branched out
into lakes that were so clear that
when you looked into them you
thought that the earth had been in
verified and that you were looking
down into the sky. 1t goes on long
way in whirling eddies ana rapids OF
clear crystal water until it comes te
the black, muddy Frazier river
4 which has its origin among the placer
mines and is black from the start
As the Frazier and the Thompson
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