Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-12-01

she held the large audience of women
in rapt attention.
Prayer was offered by Miss Mary
McElroy, state secretary of the Y. w
&c. A. Of Missouri this was followed
/ by solo, Saved by Grace" by Mrs.
E. G. PIERCE.
After thanking in very feeling
manner, the Eastern Star for the beau
tiful pin they presented to her and ex-
pressing her appreciation of their at
tendance as lodge and also the pres
ence of the factory girls, Mrs. Muir
head announced as her text Romans
| 1929, Even the righteousness Of
God which is by faith of Jesus Christ
unto all and upon all them that be-
lieve, for there is no difference. For
all have sinned and come short of the
glory of God"
An Unpopular Sermon.
She said in part: This is the most
unpopular text in the Bible. 1t is the
hardest to get men and women to
agree to and believe. Although men
4 recognize degrees of sin and judge the
sins of men and women as great or
small In Gods sight there is no diff
ference; to Him. sin is sin, whether
it Is the outbreaking Of sin in some
of its worst recognized forms CT
whether it is some secret sin hidden
! in the depths of the heart, far from
the view of the men and women about
you
There are no degrees of sin-break
, one of the ten commandments and YOU
are guilty of all Thou shalt not lie is
J one of Gods commandments. In Gods
sight the gossip who passes lies about
; her neighbor is not one bit better than
! the abandoned woman of the streets.
when you come up to Gods throne,
! he will not say, Have you been a
5 theft Have you been a liar?' But
) instead, Have you been born again 2
Has the blood of Jesus Christ washed
you pure and clean?'
IF you break one of Gods com
i mandnents you will have to rub ell.
i bows in hell with the poor outcast you
s will not speak to here and your re
! morse will be greater than hers.
i You ere not to be congratulated
: upon being pure and decent. If you
had been placed in the same sur
; roundings, if you had had the same
f temptations, YOU would not have been
8 one bit better than they.
n There is no such thing as a theatre
/, going Christian The world has con
:, cocted that phrase but before God
;. there IS no such thing as a cardplay
:, ing, theatre going, dancing Christian.
4 Many time some poor girl is res
: cued and brought into the fold an:
> she starts to 90 to church, but sht
S might just as well be put into an ice
l. box, as to be put on the back seat in /
II church and either ignored entirely o
:. else spoken to in g. condescendin,
: manner. You would not nurse bah.
: in an ice box. No more can you rais'
d a baby in Christ in the frigid atmos
n phere of the church.
: "No pastor and no Sunday schoo
u teacher should let fallen girl who ha
Is been brought into the church be gon
~ more than two weeks without gettin
S out and finding where she Is. Will
II you are singing RESCUE the Perish
l. ing the devil is out seeking whom h
q may devour.
81 am ashamed of Ottumwa. Her
!. is city of $4,000 inhabitants with 80
% fallen women, and not a rescue home
ID beg of you women, of you P E. o.
lie of you Eastern Stars, you club wome
ID not to let a girl die In the red llgd
district because there is no harbor fo
ls her soul. l have never gone to ma
y, =, and asked him to help put girl o
A her feet and been refused, but I hav
e, been refused by women.
lie when you get Christ in your hear
the outcome of your life will be a
at right The outcome of pure hea,
;. will be a pure life God says, 'Whe
i you seek me with all your heart, Their
will be found in you. Have you ev:
taken that mirror, the Bible, and lool
a., ne ed at your own lives? Have you sal
~ ~ God, am I what I ought to be?' NJ
2, am I what my clubs want me to b
ed nor my crowd wants me to be, NJ
st what my church wants me to be. 81
d. am I what God wants me to be.
eT God knows the life you lead and 1
io Is disguised with you. He has nothin
~, to do with luke warm Christian. Yc
he will have to straighten out your bac
d. tracks. If you don't meet your jud
on ment here, you will have to meet it
he the other side. I would rather me
mine here"