Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-11-17
BAPTIST CHURCH CALLED
into SERVICE TO MAKE
ROOM FOR SUNDAY THRONG
Some e5Sundayisms

"lf stopped to throw at every
yalIer dog that came shifting
around my heels I'd be kept so
busy shyins rocks that I'd never
get anything done for the Lord.
It's like the 'possum and the
skunk-if the 'possum stopped to
fight that animal he'd not be ad-
mitted into his own family for
several months and that's my fix
exactly"
"If some of the fellows in this
burg were my friends think
that I'd backslid."
"If there's any man on earth
admire it's brave preacher
and If anything, Methodist
preacher because you have to keep
him a year whether you like him
or not"
al have no sympathy for a
mayor who believes in and advo-
Gates an open toWn--not the least
bt.u
IA young working girl in this
city, employed by one of the
larger merchants told one Of my
party the other day that her en-
ployer had threatened to dis
charge her il she didn't quit talk
ing about my meetings so much
because he was not in favor OF
revivaIs. Let me tell you some-
thing. I've got my eye on that
case and If that old lobster fires
that girl III ball him out and slap
boycott on his old dump in a
minute" @
~ despise merchant that
will sell out to hell just to take a
few goods off the Shelves"
There's more boys &C. IS the
devil between and 10 o'clock at
night, eadding about the streets,
than any other time"
"Dawncns and ca'd-playine!
Say--do you people know that
those are the two principal amuse-
ments down at the Insane asyl-
umns in this country?'
"There's too many children
damned into this world instead
Of born into it."
''It's now or never in OttumWa.
If the forces of sin conquer in this
battle believe that this city will
be a mighty good one to move
out Of"
"lf ! don't ruin the grog busi-
ness, don't know what I'm talk
ing about. pride myself on my
ability to run the booze Joints out
of town."
when am dying will call
my wife to me and tell her to send
for the butcher so when am
dead he can skin me, to make
drum heads out of my skin and
go through the streets of the city
crying, my husband still lives to
fight the booze business"
"some OF you peoples char.
acters would make black mark
on piece of coal or tarred pa
per-"
"f could reproduce the hearts
Of you people on canvas here and
show the people what you really
are | wouldn't have much of an
audience. Most of you would de-
veIop consumptive cough and
start on the next train for Dem
ver."
ut is the men Of might and
means who are upholding and
supporting these places Of infamy,
not the poor men,
"There are one hundred fallen
men in this world to every one
fallen woman
Keep your henroosts locked up,
you who are shocked by my
preachlngs.'
"of all the fol de rolls and fool
ishness, think the Christian
Scientists are the limit"
"l am almost afraid to say
something funny at times for fear
of breaking some of the old,
antique bric-a-brac."
"Lots of you people consider the
essential to Christianity is to have
a face long enough to eat oatmea,
out Of churn. That is not Chris
tianity. It's cramp collie"
The audience was moved to
cheers and hand clappine yester-
day morning, when Rev. Sunday
read a massage from w. L. Roach
Of Muscatine, which contained the
information that a delayed eourt
decision just closed all saloons in
Muscatjne. Mr.. Roach is a mil
lionaire iumberman and Sunday
convert.