Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-11-10

s'iV lnIee lnllSS you can say thaC are
SO. love God. I love humanity and
| am draining my life and doing my
leVel best to save humanity from he'll.
All Denominations in Hell.
When IS revival needed? When
city. When Presbyterian won't
speak to a. Methodist. When church
sspllts and sides are taken by the MEM
bers. There are lots of Presbyterians
i he'll. There are lots of Methodists,
Consregationalists, Baptists and every
othef denomination in hell. Knowing
the sacrament of the Lords supper
thu sacrement of the Lords supper
won save you; baptism won't save
YOU Now don't go out of here and
say I've been knocking your methods.
I'm not It's your heart that makes
the difference-not how many times
you've been stuck under water.
GU don't like me and my methods
Ihen how many souls have you saved
by your methods? When you grumbe
you nave backsliden--if YOU hadn't you
wouldn't grumble and growl. SO go out
and knock if you want to. Go out and
link hands with so-ci- et-ee and saloon
keepahs and gamblahs if you want
to.
"A ship is all right in the sea but
not when the sea is in the ship. A
church is all right in the world but not
when the world gets in her. Lots of
churches are about to sink under the
load of beer and liquor which has come
through a sprung leak.
Prefers Leg show to Prayer
Lots of prayer meeting nights. if
there happens to be a show in the city
the same evening. you'll find lots of
these Holsters down in the front row
of leg-show instead of in prayer
meeting. The church today is too
prone to be chuck full of worldiness-
from the official board down to the
members. It's a wonder to me that
the church does so well as she is doing
with the gang she has to deal with.
Most men have their property and re-
ligion in their wives names. How
many of you church people are really
saved? Some men only get in church
when a lodge member dies and then
they hurry back to a saloon and knock
the white collar off a glass of beer and
go home soaked to the gills
Sin Rampant Today.
AT no time in the history Of the
world is sin SO rampant as it is to-
day. Girls that haven't sprouted long
skirts yet: boys that haven't sprouted
long trousers know more wickedness
than our grandfathers did at sthe age
of thirty years. Iniquity is rampant
when is a revival needed? When
iniquity is rampant. When saloons
are running full blast and gambling
nall pianos are sending their music out
to the young men of the city; when the
men think that every girl that walks
the streets is victim of his beastly
desires; when hell reigns and virtue
lies bruised and wounded at the road
side When the church gets a real
revival these sinners will come flock
ing in here by the hundreds. No one
is dispensable to to the church Of God.
Remember that. When they beheaded
John the Baptist there was another
John ready to take HIS place. Just get
the idea out of your heads that you
are Indispensable to the church. Don't
think that when you walk down the
streets that the world tips so the sew
erage runs the other way.
Forces are Arrayed.
against this revival ever sinner in
Ottumwa is arrayed, Every gambler,
resort keeper, saloon man and every
evil influence in the, city. A burglar
never breaks into an empty safe; SOL
diers don't storm an abandoned fort,
I$have nothing against the mosquito.
It's the way he gets his living that l
object to.
IF you people want to see the great
est revival the world every saw just go
home and read the first twenty-fl five
verses on the sermon on the mount
and think about it. I dint ask you
to come here. l said NO to 125 cities
to Ottumwa. Remember l and my
party are not forcing ourselves on your
city. We are here by urgent request
and are your guests. I'm going to
make things hum here for the next few
weeks. I'm going to give this little
old burg the worst shaking up she
ever had
IF all the devils, irnps and forces OF
hell were arrayed before me here in
these front seats, reviling, sneerns
and kissing at me I'd keep shooting
Christ at them until their own rawlings
were drowned. I'm here to line up for
Christ and I'm going to do it. I'll shoot
him at these sinners in their filthy
holes until they crawl out and stand
in front of the hiding places and try to
scrape the slime off. They'll try to
make you think it wasn't them at all
but if you look closely you'll find their
clothes full of holes from my shot. I'm
hoarse and I'm going to quit for to-
night. Fischer. start up to music"
The Personnel of the Party
With Mr.. Sunday are Fred Fischer,
the leader of the chorus: A. B. Ackley.
the pianist and private secretary Of the
evangelist: Charles Butler, soloist:
Rev c. P. Pledger. assistant. and Fred
Seibert, the man who has charge of the
tabernacle and song books.
-IhtN. SlllludI WAS very urea anu
foarse last. evening. He has just closed
long series of meetings in Jackson
vile ard the strain left it's effects.
Monday will be the evangelist's rest
day. After Tuesday there will be meet
ings every afternoon and evening for
five weeks. There will be service
tonight at 1880 O'Clock Tomorrow
morning at 1890 there will be a meet
ing in the tabernacle and all churches
of the city, will Join in the services.
Tomorrow afternoon at 2:3O O'Clock
and tomorrow evening at 1880 O'Clock,
also, meetings will be held.
All the young peoples societies Of
the city will go together and hold
sunrise prayer service tomorrow morn
ing at $50 o'clock in the First Presby-
terrain church. Rev. s. l. Elder will
conduct the meeting.
Jacksonville Misses Sunday.
Jacksonville misses Rev w. A. Sun
day and his party. The following tele-
gram was received by the evangelist
last evening Immediately after the ser
vice from Bancroft. city editor of the
Jacksonville Journal
God speed you. Jacksonville is
lonely tonight"