Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-11-21

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power enough to cast the devil out Of
kid as big as a peanut. Pretty soon
Jesus came down from the mount with
Peter, James and John and the father
saw him. coming This boy was pos
sessed with the devil and if#there is
a.-father here that has never had
trouble with his boy l would like to
look at you. This father was weighted
down with trouble, and it was all
caused by the devil. Some people
tninlc,you are throwing stones at them
when you talk against the devil.
Some people say ,tThe old devil
does well, let him stay. We must
have the license from the saloons to
pave our streets and light our city.
Let the saloons stay Every saloon
giyesfthe devil a better chance To get
Your boy, and ! want to tell you, If
YOU want a better world, then do
something TO keep the devil from get
ting your boys,
Judas bought as.ticlet--to hell for
thirty pieces Of silver, and it wasn't
a round trip ticket, either, ..g...
This father came with his boy. He
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canst help US, have compassion on u.s.
| brought my son to your disciples to
see il they could help him, but they
could not" That eff" implies doubt
What made him doubt Jesus? Failure
on the part of the disciples to live In
Touch with Jesus so they could cast
the devil goru led that father to doubt
the power Of, Jesus. Failure on your
part as church members Ito live the
way you ought, keeps hundreds out
of the church.
Friends and Real Friends.
AS a principle Increases in its mean
| ing. it decreases in the numbers. Sup.
posing by education mean every man
or woman that can read and write?
There ara about 72,0O0,000 in the
United States. Surprising by education
! mean evnry man or woman that has
graduated rom public school? About
one-ffth 9f,the population come under
the head of education. Surprising
mean by education every man or wom-
an that. has graduated from college
Onerhalfl OF one per cent would com"
under that head. /,
aSupposing by my friends | mean
everybody that smiles and says, How
do you do9'I have scores of that
kind. Surprising by my friends |
mean everybody that will defend my
character when my name IS evil
spokeniof I have. lamentably few. Il
you want TO find out how many friends
you. have let the tongue OF gossip go
wagging' an2 some one peddle the Cos
sip UP and down the neighborhood, ~
4 Ing about you, and 1t won't take long
to find OIL! how many friends you
| have.
7 was in Evansville with DR.. Chap
man and ! said to DR.. McClain. pastor
Of the Cumberland Presbyterian
church, ssDr. now many members have
vou?'' He said, 1879, but 27S of then
| don't count I said s.Out of tbs
number you do count, how many
help in these meetings. He took me
by the hand and cried IS ne said
'The largest number I have been ablt
to muster has been twenty-seven, ant
if my life depends on making it fifty.
would have TO die Those S72 people
didn't amoant to that many snaps 0
the fingers They way a lot of people
live in the church of God you would
!, naturally think they had a through
, ticket to heaven in a Pullman palace
; car and we're waiting for the porte
10 wake them up when they head int
the yards of the New Jerusalem. Coz
pity YOU. You will be side-tracke'
with hot box sure. If l had 10
tongues anu every tongue speaking
| different ,Kpy at the same time.
) could rot doAustice TO the chaos tina
: the world.loving. dancing, whiskey
; guzzling, card-playing crowd in tn
church brings to the cause of Jesu
{ Christ
) There is but one voice from tn
; faithful preacher about the church
= that is she is sicll4bnt we say it i
such delicate terms" that she seem
+ to enjoy her invalidity. About fou
g out OF every Eve who have their name
/ on our church records are doing abst
lutelyEnothing To- bring the world t
/ Christ. and the church is not viii
!. better for their having lived in it.
, Christians Are making g. great def
) out Of Lent don't believe in thi
. Lent and Easter formality;. the roc
:, that wrecked the Jewish church an
j upon which the Catholic church wa
!: struck aid was split.
: The dangers TO the church az | Sc
them are assimilation to-. the Morl'
:. the neglect to the. poor, and all SUI
med uD mean a fashionable churc
With religion leftEout. Formerly Met
y odistsrtusetl to ATTEND class mseting
Now. these H;aT'e abandon ednin alier
y churches 1Nolaserly shoutsmof .epTais
we're heard. Now such holy tiemoustr
y tion is consiieretlaundienih .a0nce i
awhile sor.,e. foQp, 1sodiY' sister fo
1ets's arsslf sFd pipes aut:ilf 9: false
to-. apoloefi4c Flsortsof*a key. Anne
i Brother SUndami%aJ DON'T. expect az
o2%those oEsifled, petrifedse ayed-i
wool; staflped on the cork Preshyte
q ians ergEpiccopalians to. shout ffAlae'
liHt it WonId dc sou .dodfto loosen Y
# wont hurt:you a:rhit I think aho
half the professiRg Christians .amou
Re - nothing 3as..a $piritnal, force M Tn
haNe; q kind Negard for, religion b
as for Having q frm gfin On G9d,,
fpr eFanselica! Seryice. as ior, q chez
fiji spirit OF self,denial. as FOL preva