Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-11-21

ter side of mankind, and when he ask
ed all to stand, the entire audience
rose to its feet. The cQInplete. SERMON
is given below: i'ss. 'r''--, 7s-'.
"rhe Three GROUPS.
Copyrighted by Rev. IVY A. sunday
Matthew 1922. Lord Sit l: Lord is
It'll
God had created man ard placed
him in the Garden of Eden and gave
him an explicit command, and man
disobeyedAWibh the 4ull penalty before
his face, for God said, In the day
thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely
die NOT meaning. Iof course, la period
of "a hours, b9t meaning that man
would reach ahd4pass a crisis, Man
ate of the forbidden fruit and the
world became. .asr ssLiaXe,yard and the
sentence of death was passed upon the
human race; but nc, sooner. did man.
sinRthan God gave the promise that.
"thesseGd of%thA woman shall shEuise
the head. Of the serpent aud in the
fulfnesss of stiTfTe Tests came into the
world as the fulfil tnanta Of t hat prom
lse He opened the eyes Of the blind,
fed the mu i.,t, performed fls
miracles and demonstrated by word
and deed that he was the Son Of God.
But the Jews. kpurned and, rspudiated
his claims and theirr enmity finally
eliminated iii the greatest W tragedy
that God ever saw or man ever com
mitted-the murder of, 1.-The Son OF
God.
But before thaL,saa, tragedy several,
Incidents occurred. from one OF which
take my TEXT and Insssags Stenight.
Jesus said 10 mis- disoiplesisf':lGGo. III
TO town and yto3dds WIN find a place
where two ways partEl.s sfreAbriof-
tavern, and there you will find a colt
tied whereon never man sat. Loose
him and bring fhilnEto.me, and if any-
ene asks whNlsilnpiy Say the Master
hath need of himtSGa, And the disciples
went into the, Town and fau1Hit the
place, and if, the ,taxeIns in those, days
were anything likerthe ordinary tav;
ern in ourt tia y. i4t1 might have
been iotf 6I towhlii' l6aftnsaGi sitting
around. chewing Tobacco splitting and
GUESSING, ntslkitlg politics and discussing
the financial ahestion Of theHda5. And
] can imagine the disciples Walking up
and Rnloosinglt he colt, andl:oneiIfel
low splits QUITE enbigh tobacco iSics
70 drown a fsbbiH and sayss:1 sHgy,
there! WhatttareAyou going TO do?"
And the disciplsasays. The Master
hath need Of hini..SE and the old fellow
says, CAL right. all right The dis
ciples take the eat and so to where
Jesus was, and He on its back enters
the city i'll his famous triumphaI
entry, and. the people come out and
shout, "Hosannant sBlessed is. he That
eometh IN the name of the Lord"
They pull of their. garments. and cast
them at his feet, streW his path with
flowers and you would have crowned
MIN ISinsg, but, not they. He said to
the disciples, You gofon ana you
will find fellow carrying a pitcher
OF water. "a Follow MIN, and in the
room he enters get ready Jesus
desired to eat that. night with his
Disciples the: Passover least, com
meniorating3 the passing oyer Eof TIE
dsstreyingfAnsR iEfFhat nighteat the
table Peter NOTICED that Jesus looked
sad ,aIf(a ;tfcubleds @lIe%turned TO Johu
who was always close 10 Jesus (Johl
was the favQTite disaiple), and said
"John. ask him What is the matter
John turned 10 Jesus and said Mas
Ter. you book ftl:onblsd and worried
what is the matter with you, are yor
sick?" Jesus looked up and said
"One Of you shall betray me" AnC
John said, Lord is it I?'' And Peter
said.4 Lord, is it II" and Judas, the
missRablBM old FSrch traitor had fthe
audacity to look Jesus III the face anc
say, Lord. is. it T., Even then hi
had fSeei1! sbartering for The, life o
Jesus Christ for thirty pieces OF silver
about SIS. jesus, said. Tt is lie t
whom give the sop and he handed
It to Judas. Jesus said, THAT thol
doests.do quickly, Priclsed TO -ths
heart, Judas JUMPED up and grabbqt
the money bag Che was treasurer o
the apostle band). and went ont
After they had sung, Jesus with iht
eleven disciples, went out across III,
little brook Kedron and entered inJt
the Garden OF Gethsemane, whicI
brings me to the subject of my mes
sage.
NotceFthe Difference IA Position
NOTICE THE DIFF ERENCI II
POSITION One group here, one owe
theEe. aud. Jesus AWAY, oNer there al
alone! The first group was near ID
edge of the Garden. They would 10
hays9had 10 go very fSer 10 have Son
out into the void where Judas was
hetraying his ,n1@,cr
eTherrtrpta isR.t- always pieaatnt-+t
bear When a fellow is going 70 b
hasgsds lsy4..d eS4nSt: like ton hears ia
sheriff ;lread the. death warrant #3Tn