Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-11-14
Ex.6AsERALL PLAYER FLAWS IN.
FLUENTIAL CHURCH MEMBERS
WHO PULL FOR HELL WHEN
PASTORS WORK FOR CHRISTI
NEED STEWARDS WHO
CAN REALLY "STEW"
SPEAKER SAYS THAT BREWERS
WILL RUN SPECIAL TO HIS FU-
NERAL-RuTLER'S SOLO is A
FEATURE OF MEETING.

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| FEATURE OF MEETING.
| All the knowledge, study and prep
| aration possible for the successful &C
| complishment of task Is utterly use
less unless you are resolved to get
down. dig and work. was the main
| thought that run through the SER
mon by Rev. w. A. Sunday at the
tabernacle last evening. The evange-
list was at his best The building was
!, crowded as usual last evening, the
congregation beginning to gather at
6:t5 o'clock.
Each evening it is necessary to
throw open the doors earlier in order
to admit those wishing to gain the
choice seats. The tabernacle is in
variably filed several minutes be-
fore even the song service is com
menced by Choir-leader Fischer. Mr..
Buffers solo was 'No Night There
| Never before has a revival-singer in
| Ottumwa created such a deep i'm
preston on his hearers as does Mr..
Butler night after night His songs
are we'll selected and he has mas
terful control of his voice which is
| itself wonderful. He sings with great
| feeling and power
Sermon on Work"
Rev. Sunday took his text from
Nehemiah IV:6-"And the people had
| a mind to work. He began by giving
a brief explanation leading up to the
utterance of the text.
Nehemiah was cup bearer to King
Artaxerxes. News of the deplor-
able and rundown condition of the
| him by his friend, Hanai, who had
been to Jerusalem and saw for him
self. The news made such a sad i'm
preston upon Nehemiah that when
he walked into the presence of the
king the old monarch noticed that
his countenance was sad and inquired
! the reason.
Work Was Needed
! He informed the king what he had
learned regarding the city, that there
were none that were taking an in.
terest to rebuild her broken-down
| walls, and asked of the king permits
sion to return for the purpose of re-
building the walls. The king readily
| acceded to his request and in adj
dition gave Nehemiah an order upon
the keeper of the forests to give
! Nehemiah all the timber that he
might need And in the incredibly
short space Of fifty-two days, l am
informed in the word Of God, that
4 tho walls had heen rebuilt
The secret Of the success is found
in the words Of my text, 1.-THE people
had a mind to work."
There were others in captivity that
knew as much about this condition as
did Nehemiah, but ] am not informed
that they were concerned about it..
Enthusiasm is Contagious.
the smallpox-it is contagious. and
you will communicate 1t to others.
! If you are lazy. carping good-for-
nothing, nonetity, other people will
! become as useless as you, If they are
| unfortunate enough TO rub elbows
with you.
SO he went back for the purpose of
rebuilding the wall
Now 1t is one thing to know what
to do, and another to do it. The
trouble Is not found in that people
don't know what to do, but they are
too lazy to do IT.
/ You may know how to shoe q
horse, make a dress. write an edi
torial, but your knowledge is per.
fectly useless to you unless you put
that knowledge into practice. What
you are and what you do is vastly
more important than what yon know
The existence or non-existence ot
an institution depends upon whether
it meets, or fails to meet. the pur
pose for which it was intended
The world has no use for a drone
The world is not slow to discove,
that thing Is useless and will soon
slough it Off
If the church meets the purpose for
which it was intended, namely, the
salvation OF the sin.cursed arC
damned, that will be found in the fact
that you as individuals do or fail tt
do your duty
Some people pretend TO believe bu,
never work at 1t.
THE people had a mind to work.
James said that faith without works
is not worth "shucks,'' or words tc
that effect.
The most successful preachers
against Christianity are the inconsist
ent professors.
The bad sermons which people
preach with their lives have far more
influence than those that are preached
with lips.
You pray one day and cheat some
fellow in a horse trade the next day
I can tell more about your religion b,
ltrading horses with you on Thursda.