Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-07-07

SnOOC from MS NOUN Wlen ne speaks.
Why the devil has got too much sense
to go around in makeup OF that
kind. l know he wouldn't come in
that kind of stage costume to Otum-
wa. If he would come to Ottumwa in
that kind Of makeup you would make
a getaway out Of the other end of
the city. You would put ten miles of
water between you before you stopped
Why you would skeedaddle as fast as
you possibly could If he came to-
town he would come some other way.
He would come to ETAOI brnwotjlw
He would like to come into the city
on one of the early morning trains and
have the mayor and the council meet
him at the train with a brass band and
with a carriage drawn with white
horses and take him up to the city
hall and turn the keys of the town
over to him. And there is plenty of
mayors and councils that would 90
that. The devil prefers to travel in
common because he comes to do bust
| ness with the people.
The Bible Tells.
The only reliable information we
have of the devil is what we get from
the Bible and he is able to transfer
himself into an angel of life. When
God created the devil he gave him
command Of the heavens and placed
him on the highest position, next to
God himself. But the devil was not
content and he commanded the angels
to look to him instead of God. The
Lord then condemned him and called
him satin and drove him from the
heavens and he fell to the ground and
one-third of the stars followed him. He
is now the father of the disobedient
children of both heaven and earth.
What if when you went home tonight
some one klocked on the door and
when you went to the front door there
stood an angel waiting to stay all
night. Would you admit the angel, or
would you say scat you devil? How
would you know it was an angel? We
are not versed well enough in angel
ology to tell what an angel is.
No Female Angels.
We have pictures of angels in our
religious literature, and artists have
painted an angel to please the pop
ular opinion. The way the picture
looks is willowy, laughing girl of
about eighteen or nineteen years old,
with long wavy hair hanging down
her back, dressed in filmy white
gown, crown of victory on her head
and harp in one hand making music
to beat the band. Anybody that
knows anything about angels konws
that there is no female angels.
know some of you women think so.
i know how the men tell their sweet
hearts and wives that they are angels
and all that, but they tell you a lie
!, because there are no female angels
and you can not find it mentioned in
the Bible. If you will take the very un
usual pleasure of reading it from one
lid to the other you will find thai
every angel mentioned in the Bible is
male. If any of you women can show
me where female angel is mentioned
in the Bible will give you new pail
Il of side combs and new peek-a-boc
!, waist
Man is superior.
; The Lord had whole grand army
. of the angles and third Of them lef
with the Devil the first time they hat
i a chance. When l was little kid
: used to sing, 4 want to be an ange
, and with the angels stand and al
that kind of rot, but since have go
OlQ9T 10 uOI Will W De du anger
And l think God that never can bt
an angel. The only reliable informa
,, ton we have about angels Is founc
in the Bible Angels were created ,
race of servants in his household. Fo
four thousand years before the begot
ten was born the Lord tried to save
! the world and made failure Of
every time. He tried to save Lot ant
his family from the wicked city ant
only succeeded in saving the old ma,
!, and two of the gals and the old woman
! was lost. Man Is not made lower thai
I the angles they are superior. Whel
. God created man he created him il
( his own image and likeness.
Best Creation.
Man is Gods greatest creation. H
4 exhausted his power of creation whel
= he made man. There has never beel
}, greater creation than man and Their
!, never will be. Can you imagine Go
}. making something even greater tha
e himself? He made man in his owl
r image both male and female We ar
v the sons and daughters of God and h
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