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


wise, hats off please"
"You people on the outside,
looking in will have to be still
or take sneak."
"There isn't lodge or society
in Ottumwa that hasn't got hypo-
critics among it's members; but
II a man uses that as an argu-
ment against the lodge he's
blatant fool and iackass."
:sYou fellows give the church
going pennies rest; let the dol
lars work awhile"
"When you find a man that says
there are Inconsistencies in the
Bible you'll invariably discover
that he's keeping a woman on the
side lust around the corner"
"Where did Cain get his wife9
From his father-in-laW, of couree--
there were enough buxom danse,s
in those days for Cain to choose
any kind Of a frow he wanted, no
matter what matrimonial dreams
were busting his beifry."
al heard II prophesied that OF
tumwa would bo my graveyard.
Let me toll you right here that
the laws Of this country give
man the right to protect himself
and III do it-don't you forget
It. II any man tries to get gay
with this tabernacle he'll be shot
so full Of holes he won't make
good sieve and III pay the at
torney's fees when the trial comes
off"
"if good preaching would save
ottumwa the city would have
been saved long ago. You people
need something else and by the
grace Of God I'm going to give
II TO you.'
ON he fiumjiegered II can see
why you are so generous 70 q cir.
Gus and so pusillanlmous and
parslmonious towards religion.
It's not a fair deal to put God on
a lunch counter basis
"Pass those plates down the
aisIes. I want every ono to put
somethln' In 'em. Spit In 'em If
ua,, h,un ~ ~
"Men can 90 to hell az quick
from church az they can from
a bawdy house or saloon.'
"I've never found Catholic
priest that doubted the divinity Of
Christ. I've got to listen to some
Protestant mutt to hear that"
al can take my knife and a
piece of soft pine and make bet
ter set of city officials than lots
Of cities in this country have"
"If you kids down there In
front don't behave, you'll go out
through the window"
"Take the churches from tho
city and ottunnwa real estate
wouldn't be worth ten cents on
the dollar in year."
"The more people there are that
believe in the Bible the less there
are for the policemen and judges
to deal with"
"The law of their own desires
is the only law recognized BY
most church people"
"Who does not believe in God,
is a child of the DEVIL"
"HaIf Of the church membership
could die today and there would
be felt no physical loss In the
spiritual world"
"This town Is going to hell.
There is too much Joining church
and not enough joining God.
There is too much playing tag
with God and hide and seek with
the devil"
"Once man said to me, ! have
never been drunk, have never
committed adultery He didn't
have the devil bested any"
"God don't look at the fine
clothes you wear, or whether you
hoof it or ride around in an auto.
mobile. Your Dun and Brad.
street rating is also passed up.
What He looks at is your heart"
"I'm a plain clodhopper from
Iowa, and don't like this society
shake of the hands with two
fingers"
"Pentecost saved 5000 souls
with one sermon. Now it takes
5000 sermons to save the soul of
one blear-eyed, doubie-jawed old
skeptic." .
"Sone husbands let their wives
90 about the house in mother-hub-
bards. They look like feather
bed with string tied around II,
and whenever thev M o.tf In $l,a