Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-11-17
BAPTIST CHURCH CALLED
into SERVICE TO make
ROOM FOR SUNDAY THRONC
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INN had come. We have towards in
the church as we'll as anywhere else.
[ wish. as 1 go up and down to preach.
that | could say to you to give your
hearts to God and join the church !.
can and do say it with every ounce OF
nv manhood I wish | could say the
hest men and women on earth VIII De
there. That is true. The best men
and women on God Almighty earth
are in the church of Jesus Christ, al
though not all that are in the chucn
are the best. We have yellow dogs
in the church as we'll as out of it, and
when we start fight for righteous,
ness I can pick that crowd out as
uuickly as anybody. Have you ever
seen a dog. little yellow mongrel,
going down the street and he meets
boy, and that dog has his mouth
wide open and you would think ne
would. swallow that boy. The KID
stoops down to pick up stone, or d
stick OF something to hurl at the dog.
but the dog doesn't stop to see what
1t Is. He puts his tail between his
legs, butts back his ears and looks
like streak going through the dust.
When you begin to fight for decen-
CIV and virtue and righteousness, tell
you it doesn't take long to pick out
that yellow dog crowd, as sure as
you breathe.
Brave Men Needed.
We need brave men. The trouble
Is that the church of God has settled
down, at the expense of principle, I'M
I'll, my friends, it is mighty hard to
know which the devil can get the most
put OF. The devil says, 20 don't fuss
with us. Build your tabernacle, send
away and get your preacher and his
helpers. Let us fill your town with
saloons and with staggering, bleary.
eyed, bloateG face, sputtering, cursing,
tanning, ragged. filthy. vermin cover
I'd, good for-nothing, pewking sots. Let
ns sourmandize our Infamous appetites
upon their virtue, but don't preach
against our business ! tell you,
men and women of Ottumwa, In the
name of God, In the name of Jesus
Christ, in The name of the Holy Spirit
end the Angles, in the name of every
decent man and woman in or out OF
the church, in the name OF everybody
that loves truth and virtue, declare
war against hell and iniquity, high,
i low, Oh Tic I'LL topo c'hu Ill tAlS '.1'
leys, I declare war.
The brave men in the church can
do more good for God and the COM
n1unity than anybody else. That leads
me to say to that young man who
boasts, of beinb brave, here is the best
place to show your manhood or your
lack OF it. The devil wins his bat
tile by trickery. intrigue, cunning and
subtlery. and the best place on earth
for you to show your manhood Is in
the church.
We are not facing silver question.
or gold standard question, or the
question of municipal ownership, or
expansion on anti-expansion, or revo
luton or standpatterism. II is a
question OF God, and of home and Of
native land. I can see the two forces
as they resound i'll combat and can
hear them as they come in the midst
of the people. You and | are trying
TO wage for God and Truth We
loudly. bemosn Russia's need of man
hood, but need of far greater i'm
portance lies at our door today. 1t
Is shame that the people of Russia
should be held in poverty and ig-
norance all these ages, but 1t Is more
shameful that greed, and graft, and
rot, and sinking lnfanly should de-
monte our institutions. I tell you
hat old Iowa needs manhood to
carry on +la fight against your damn
able grating. politicians and your
rotten sinking fellows that have
flooded the legislative halls and cursed
your state. Old Iowa needs manhood
10 help clean UP her rottenness and
her infarhy today.
Old Ottumwa needs manhood to
help clean up for God, and decency
and Bobriety, and righteousness, and
YOU have chance to show your col
Drs Many an old lobster in this town
ls wondering right now whether or not
he will take hold of this campaign
and give 1t his interest and support.
He ought to have a wheat straw tied
lip his back for back bone; it would
be vast improvement over that thing
he has now. despise, abhor man
pr a woman who will wait until they
see that a thing is going to become
popular, then climb on the band wag-
M. Yes. despie man or a woman
who will hibernate and wait until the
Tide begins to turn, then creep from
InelI QlDeIudt1OH anu go around Wlell
The smoke of the conflict is clearing
away and the wounded is being gather.
I'd up, and they will say, "See what
we did
BETSY and / killed a bear" Oh,
res, but you were hiding in the loft
while Betsy was dong business, down
below.
Despise Coward in Pulpit.
like to see a brave preacher. #
there is anybody on earth I despise
L Is to see a little coward in the pull
pit. A brave preacher can do most
tnything that needs 20 be done When
in the name of God, will the preachers
IN this country let their non-essential
diversions of opinion go by the boards
Ind present solid phalanx and fight
against the forces of sin and iniquity
Il there is anybody that ought to be
brave it is the Methodist preacher
because you have to keep him here
whether you like him or not. So
wnen we have brave preachers we are
going to have better churches, better
homes and better towns.
When YOU talk about ~rot takin