Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-12-03
1900 MORRELL MEN
AND FAMILIES THERE
SERVICE WAS OF UNUSUAL. PowN
ER-soNGs BY FISCHER AMI
BUTLER MADE slNauLARLM
STRONG IMPRESSION.
c o N YER SION S
Total announced previously. .1,5oS
Tuesday niaht.-.. ss
Total TO date 4 -s7o

Total TO date 4 .s7o 4
Morality embracing the doctriru&
that all the wealth, culture, anteS
cedents, education, honesty, knowH
edge. fame, position or prestige im
the world can not gain for man thai
kingdom of heaven without the said
walton of Jesus Christ--was the ser4
mon that Evangelist w. A. sundaM
selected from his fund of materiaN
last evening to present his message
to an audience composed largely oa
WORKING men and their families. and
ne made that message so plain THAI
slxty-elght men and women responded
TO the Invitation and walked forwarta
taking their stand for ChristianityI
Fifteen hundred seats had been rad
served for and were nearly all o0.
cupied by employees of the. MorreM
packing plant and their families.
Everything at the meeting and pe1s
tanning to 1t seemed to conspire I'd
make the evening one OF unusual
power and earnestness No incons
venience was occasioned by the yenv
tilation nor the heating. There wera
no Interruptions by calls for doctora
or other men in the audience. Thu
babies We're all quiet. The musid
showed that Mr.. Fischer had cares
fully planned his part Of the programs
The special musical numbers of tho
evening were singnlarly strong and
appealing. Immediately before tha
sermon. In response to request
Messrs. Fischer and Butler rendered
what has become their favorite seN
lection with the Ottumwa audience1
Shadows At the close Of the ser4
mon, Just. between Rev. Sundaya
prayer and the invitation, Soloist Butt
Ter sang an appealing solo, will Gha
Circle Be Unbroken?"
| His impressive voice and mannes
was inspired by the atmosphere of thd
meeting and scores We're quietly weepi
ing before he had finished. He glida
ed easily into the touching words and
air of Tell Mother I'll Be There
and followed with verse from seva
eral other numbers OF similar importd
A nameless. intimate communion ap}
parently exists between Mr., Bntled
] and Mr.. Ackley at the piano. Tha
accompaniment never falters, all
though the pianist never uses music3
and the soft strains of the piano trulA
harmonic with the singing OF tlla
| soloist.
Mr. Sunday used no particular te1W
| Though brief, his sermon was couch3
/ ed in words easily understood and
| was intensely interesting from bed
| ginning to the end. His imagina1
! tive picture OF his experience afted
reaching heaven was beautifully told
| and In 1t the evangelist carried hid
entire audience with him The disa
course in part follows:
What Does Man Want?
There are several questions thas
every man asks himself sometime durt
ing his life and | am going to asla
myself these questions for your bene!
fit and see il | can't, answering thens
myself, make those solutions so plain
| that every man and woman here TOD
night will agree with me- The first Id
what do want most of all?
Life. Life is the answer. Wealth 1
All the money on earth can't puIy
chase life. Carriages and horsesi
automobiles? Their pleasures end
with life. Clothes2 You can only
wear one suit or dress at time and
death will end your enjoyment OF
fine raiment. Fame? Yes. possibly
but your enjoyment of that will end
when your life does. we all wants
life | don't want to die. I want to,
Hive to be hundred years old.
enjoy life. | always thought there
was something woefully wrong with
the man who wants TO die. It's man
hood and life that We want-only the
sinners want to die. They are the
only ones who get tired OF living.
Where shall get that llfee FROM
the physicians? Go to a physician and
ask him. He'll say that in some casea
he can prolong your days for whiis