Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-11-28

roads defect. She turns to God What
about the end? Heaven---hell the end
of the way. God sought through songs
OF poets and prophets in other ages to
warn men to fee from hell. God
placed in prophecy a mountain, Mount
Calvary, and on that mountain He put
the cross, emblem of hope, joy, glad
ness mingled with sorrow. as the smile
shines through the tears like the rain
bow through the spray. God put there
the cross, the stumbling block, as JOS
eph Parker said, over which all the
eternal love of God broke into sill
very spray of speech when Jesus said:
Him that cometh unto me I will in
no wise cast out
God said: why man will not climb
that cross God put right there L
mountain on that mountain, He put Il
cross and on that cross He hung His
son and He said: "I will touch the
hearts of men by the thought of father
and son. They will not trample the
blood of my son beneath their feet"
Hear me, men, For 1900 years man
has scaled Mount Calvary over the
quivering body of Jesus Christ: he has
trampled into the soil of this sin-curs-
ed world the tenderest message Of
love God can give through sermon.
song or tears and they have laughed
to Scorn the messages of love In their
mad rush TO hell
What do you think God could have
done differently than He did? What
would you have done had you been
there? He said to the disciples: go
4 back tarry at Jerusalem, fo'i am go.
Ing to send you out to tell those pep
Pile that have killed Him that God
wants to save them from He'll" God
tired to save them from hell. He put
i'll prophecy the mount. on the mount
the cross. on the cross His son, and
they killed Him, and then God said
after they had done that: You 30
back to Jerusalem, disciples; am not
going to give that crowd up yet. and
God Is trying to save YOU from hell to.
night, He has sent preachers &c
preach to YOU. Moody pictures III
ornate language what, ,..e ina gines was
the conversation between Jesus and
Peter,
Gods Love Through, Christ,
1900 years ago God leaned over thu
battlements of glory and looked GU
this earth and saw us bearing the bur
den our guilt, staggering, bruised, IL
he'll, and He walked out in the garden
and plucked the lily OF the valley, he
pluclled the roses. and he tied and
twined them with the smilax of His
love, and he attached cord to the
basket and to that he fastened a, card
He leaned over the battlen,ents an
!, He dropped II. down in the manger al
Bethlehem, and the wise men came
and they picked up Jesus. and in His
, infant face they read: God so loved
! the world that He gave His only be
gotten Son, that whatsoever believet!
on Him should not perish but have ev
. erlasting life" That is the Christ tina
> wants to get into your life,
i But hold minute. God WASH
, through. They love the flowers, the!
$ ripped them, they trampled them be
5 meath their feet, They spat in Hi
! face they cursed and damned Him
S they nailed Him on the cross, and OIL
from the tomb, on that Easter morn
. He burst the bands of death and arose
! in conquering majesty to stoop +
death no more. The Holy Spirit cam,
!, down on the Apostle John. he pickle,
! up his pen and wrote the words of IN,
k text; Behold stand at,tlle door an,
t knock; if any man hear my voice ant
f open the door, will come in and SUI
5 with him and he with me-
! Gods Love SO Deep.
/ Glorious truth. don't understan
it, but I believe it,
When I quit playing bail, the SUD
q den change from outdoor, active, att
r letic life to an indoor, office life nearl
: killed me, and was compelled to qui
e the Y M. G. A. | went to Lake Genev
e to the Y NJ. G. A. camp there, to bull
e up and recuperate. One day, when
,. became convalescent, I strolled out i
; the beautiful August sum- walked GU
e on the pier, stood there with con
+ pany of my friends. We looked dow
into the clear blue waters Of LAX
5 Geneva and away down l saw a pebbi
5 held in the embrace of ray Of sur
y light, and I said to my friends: Let
; go in bathing" They said: Lets
it." We hurried back. changed on
!. clothing, and with bathing suits on W
u walked again on the pier. l stood an
d looked and still away down I could Sc
IS the pebble, or whatever it was. hel
J. in the embrace of ray or sunligh
u and said to my friend. John Hapsel
e I'll dive and get it, He said: M
y it's too deep"
70 I said, Il used to be good dive
le when I was a boy out in Iowa. I ca
get it."
II He said, IT'S too deep" When tn
le sun is at the right angle you can sc
81 something brilliant away down in tn
i. water. Lots have tried to get it,
I said, 'I'll try and get it anyway
So got ready. ] shot down, dow
k, down, down l went The water roa
IT ed above my head. l plunged on an
Il, with eyes open and hands far GU
IS stretched I said to myself: II wi
1T get it," and deeper down I plunge
u and l felt the pressure of the watt
is increasing with the ratio of the dept
" plunged again and the water chile
le me until could feel my teeth chatte
re ing with the cold and said: "But
1T will get it now felt my breath ge
at ting shorter and said, "Once more,
III l fail, fail" and l plunged down an
I'd reached out with eyes open and hanc
re outstretched, and I whirled and sh'