Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-12-01
BACKsLlDERs HIT
Evangelist Sunday in Yesterday Morn
ina's Sermon Urges More Con-
stancy to God.

Because in his estimation it applied
to one-half or two-thirds Of the people,
Rev. w. A. Sunday yesterday morning
gave a strong sermon on backslidins,
taken from jeremiah, 18th chapter,
18th verse Thine own wickedness
shall correct thee and thy backslidlng
shall reprove thee; know. therefore,
| and see. that it is an evil thing and
bitter, that thou hast forsaken the
Lord thy God and that my fear is not
in thee, saith the Lord God of Hosts.
The careless backslider, the card
playing backslider; the Sunday morn
ing store-open backslider; the dance
backslider; the grog-shop backslider;
the sold out-to-the-devil back
slider, were all held UP in deadly par
/ allel to the true men and true women
and the vast difference was pointed
out by the evangelist in the strongest
terms. Preliminary to the sermon, the
customary song service was held.
Leader Fischer sang ITO Thee Fly,
and Rev r. r. Sadler Of Pella, editor
OF the Baptist Record of Iowa, offered
prayer Referring to the backsiider as
being untrue to the Word of God, MI.
Sunday said:
in business, true to his wife and be a
liar and falsifier to his VOWS and
promises made to God? That's what
it means 10 be backslider. 1t means
YOU are liar: it means you are false;
it means you are a. hypocrite; you are
untrue.
I 90 to man and say: ''They tell
me you are an old thief and they
oil no
that so?" He says, "Well, suppose SO,
but am only human, don't put tn"
, standard too high; don't expect too
much"
1 go to another and say: They
! tell me you are an old libertine; that
, you would crush womans virtue as
r that so?" And he will say, well, |
9 suppose so, but I'm only human, don't
put the standard toe high"
Is that the way men talk when you
2 go to them with such questions? No
: sir If you go to d man and tell him
he is lihertine it arouses his blood
! and he will say: Il demand that You
i bring me your proof. | don't allow
e any man tic tell me I'm a linertine.
d Come on and prove it,"
II go to 4 man and say: You are an
5 old Methodist backslider an old LII
: theran backslider, a Congregational
: backslider Is that so" They will say,
n 81 suppose so.
G That's what it means to be hack
a slider Knew. therefore. that il is an
evil thing. and bitter, that thou hast
\ forsaken the Lord thy God, and that
. my fear is rot in thee, saith the Lord
n God of Hosts
What about the women, God Al
mighty mapped out the same path for
# both. don; forget that. But man Is
: cutting out for himself a niche away
i below where God placed him. want
Ii TO tell you that your wife has just as
= good right to go down street with I
Is load of booze on or smoking pipe
=, or with northwest piece of Battle
20 AK plug tobacco in her mouth as yo'
n have. She has just as good right tt
ID go into pool room or sit around am
y cuss as yoi have and if she does thosS
N things she is not a bit worse thas
&c you are Why does God Almighty give
you those privileges and not give then
az to you wife? You wouldn't live fifteet
N minutes with cussing woman. The1
III why expect her to live with you? (
V lot of you fellows, If you wife live
~ like you do you would go whinini
i .e around tc the court house looking foy
J. o divorce. You say you feel disgracedi
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