Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-12-12
hing that which you cannot under.


tects and phenomena, and that which, /
leads up to and causes phenomena and
effect. What is it by which you trace
the cause of the effect? 1t is reason.
What is reasono It is the faculty by
which you trace the relation of cause
and effect. So you see that you are q
wheel within wheel. Where did ret
son como from and what does it con
sist of? DO you believe that you have
reason?' Yes. Reason has done many
things. Reason has penetrated far i'll
TO science Reason can tell You to-
night fifty years from now the minute
when the eclipse will take place. or
when . certain comet will swing with
in the vision of the human eye
First Causes.
But man with all his power knew
not God. As for any way whereby i
sinner might be reconciled with
God consistent with Divine perfection
it never entered mind or Heart of nan
until revealed by the spirit of the Nv
| ing God. Man by reason knew not
God
Take consciousness. THE power or
my mind by which know my own ex-
istence.' as the operation of the laws
of nature. But there are whole los
of things about myself that | don't
know, and a whole lot of things that
| you don't know about yourself and ii
whole lot of things about both of us
that the doctor knows. There are lots
of things about you that know. that
YOU don't know, and a whole lot Of
! things about both of us that no one
but God knows.
The Modern Theory.
Listen, we have philosopher il
our day that is omniscent. If we ac-
cept his testimony. they are both
/ wrong. The world is held in place by
two forces called the centripedal and
the centrifugal, and one says | want
10 get away from the center and the
other wants to go to the center, and
the operation of the two forces pro-
duce what we call the force of gravity
and prevents us from flying off on a
tangent What is the force that pro-
duces motion? What is the motion?
The motion is the result of force; and
that is as far as your philosopher will
go and he will cash in Nobody ever
saw, felt, or measured force You
simply see, hear or feel the effects
You don't see force. You saw when
that arm struck this arm, and you
hear when the hands come together,
but you didn't see the force. You
simply saw the effects of force.
/ l shoot gun, you hear when the
gun goes off. You see when the bull
let strikes. You feel it if it hits yon.
But you do not see the force at
all. You just simply feel the eff
! fects of force. So force is a mystery,
Plays on Hearts AS on Keys.
Explain 20 me the influence of Jesus
in moving men and women to great
things to do mighty deeds. None was
ever equal to Jesus Christ in mould
ing the lives of men and women. He
knows all about it. Explain why it is
men and women come down the aisles
and take my hand. That explains why
4 it is. 1t is the name of Jesus Christ
that moves you to do great and noble
1 deeds. That explains why it is that
the name of Jesus Chfist appeals to
you and leads the booze fighter to
cut it out. and the thief to steal no
more, and the cussing man he makes
pray and leads men TO leave sin and
iniGuity. That explains to me why it
is that Jesus Christ moves men and
women to do mighty deeds.
DisbeIieyers Live in Sin
A man or a woman becomes too
progressive to be Christian. When
ever you become too intelligent to be-
lieve in the Bible as the word OF God
then your influence as business as
sociate and as a companion for others
is al an end. Don't you be hood
winked, young man, into supposing
IN, Il II ,J,+n to ~ n
superior intelligence. 1t is evidence
of a pigmy intellect or black heart
one of the two: and I have never met
a man III my life that disbelieved in
Jesus Christ as the Son of God or that
the Bible was not the word of God
who wasn't living in sin. When
can get him TO give UP sin he doesn't
have much trouble about believing.
Failure to Attain the Ideal.
| tell you it is the followers of this
Christ tina. makes the world what she
is. THE word became flesh and
awelt among us And lastly it is
, q prophecy, not so much of roretell
ing. All phophesying his name
Il am telling you that by faith the
drunkard can be made sober. I an
, telling you that the liar can be made
truthful I am telling you that Goo
will transform you. if you will accept
Him as your Christ Listen. If q
man starts out to live the kind OF
e life he knows he ough. to live
sooner or later something happens II
make him realize how far short he is
of reaching his ideal. Here is a MAI
. that wants TO be generous. he finds
! himself a "asping, grasping, squeezing
old skinfiint. Here is a man who con
cludes he wants TO be truthful ani
Vi he finds himself liar. Here is {
m9n who wants to be a pure man anf
he finds himself a libertine And hero
is man that wants his hands t
. reach out, His mouth to be filled viii
words of praise ard messages OF love
Z and ne discovers that they are fire.
lnuentiy flied with obscenity and pro
, family and in his failure to reach hi
ideal, he gets discouraged. Here i!
, e man who wants TO be sober and h
falls off the water wagon. He wants
TO pray and he cusses; he wants t
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