Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-12-15
GENERAL PURPORT is.
mot THEIR BUSINESS"
SUNDAYS REMARKS REFERRING
TO STATEMENT ARE BRIEF
DELIVERS STRONG SERMON ON
"ExcUsEs"-coNvERTs, 1859.

ENSSSES -SSNVE 10Ss
"Any man or set of men who
attempt to set salary or regulate
the remuneration for such work
as Brother W.. A. Sunday is doing
in this city Is either ignorant, OBJ
fuse or both."-Rev. r. G.'Davies.
when the signers of that petit
ton take stock in the great cor
poration OF Christianity of which
Jesus Christ is the president
then only have they any right to
say what shall be done with Gods
offering. Who will have the au-
dacity to say what shall be done
with our offering to God-who
but a Judas?''-Rev. w. II. Hor-
mel.
The men who signed that petit
ton are dishonest-that's the Ian
guage, dishonest. They don't be-
ieve what they have signed. AS
Roosevelt said once, They told an
untruth but they are known by
shorter and uelier name."-T. D.
Foster, president of John MorreII
plant.
From the moment that Rev. F. G..
Davies. pastor Of the First Baptist
church, bearing sheet torn from the
Courier, containing the story of the
petition signed by number of OF
tumwa men together with letter of
Endorsement signed by Mayor 7. J..
Phillips, walked to the front of the
platform last evening in the tabernacle
at the opening of the service and held
the paper up for the inspection of the
snaiance--a rapid fire denunciation Of
the letter, it's purport and signers, sec
onded by Kisses and applause from the
audience lasted for nearly an hour.
Rev. Davies, Rev. w. H. Hormel pas
tor of the East End Presbyterian
church and T. d. Foster, president of
the John Morrell packing plant each
talked in turn, followed by few brief
remarks by Evangelist w. A. Sunday.
The substance of the remarks con-
corning the letter and proposition,
which suggested that Mr.. Sunday give
his free-will offering from the people
of Ottumwa, with the exception of ST.
600 and expenses, to the poor of the
city, was that the petition was a piece
OF audacity and that it was none of the
business Of the signers what Mr.. Sun
day did with his gift from the people.
! Say Petition is Junk.
Il suppose you have all seen this
story In the Courier this evening""
Rev. Davies said, holding the sheet up
for inspection before the audience.
What shall I call it,"
Nothing" junk" "An INSULT"
'Rot!' were the answers Immediate
ay given back from the audience above
chorus of Kisses.
Il am not here to abuse anyone Nj.
Davies proceeded Personally I'd like
TO get every one Of the men who sign
ed that petition in a good, old fashion
ed Christian prayer-meeting, on their
knees before God and pray for them.
They don't realize what they have un-
dertaken. Any man or set of men
who attempt to set salary or regu-
late the remuneration for such work
as Brother Sunday is doing in this city
is either ignorant or obtuse-or both
was surprised when I saw some Of
the names on the list. Some of these
very men who have employed their
business lives in Ottumwa to the sole
purpose of grinding their employees
down to starvation wages and holding
them there-but they simply cannot
regulate the wages of all men.
That letter and petition is an in.
Gt11 NJ ~ ,lly ~ Nv
each and every one of you who have
been in favor of him and getting him
here. Why don't these men pick out
some high salaried empioye Of the rail-
road or Of the Morrell plant and regu-
late their salaries and tell them how
much to give to their families and
how much to charity? We men back
of Mr.. Sunday feel that the time Is
come for US to stand up for him Here
tofore we have been letting him fight
his own battles, but we will take a
hand in this ourselves now--these
signers have stepped over the line and
we're going to stand up for Mr.. Sun
day. Are we right?"
The applause that followed answer
ed the minister's question. The ex.
preston lasted several moments be.
fore Rev. HORNED, who spoke next,
could make himself heard.
''lt's Not Their Business"
I'D like to say just this to those
men if they were here: It's none of
your business" Rev. Horned said ia
opening. For the past three years
we ministers and the business men
have been trying to get Mr.. Sunday 10
come to Ottumwa. | sat in all the
meetings we have held when this re-
vival was discussed and planned for
] never saw one of the men who sign.
ed this petition in any of those meet