Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-11-12
NOTED EVANGELIST HuRLs gpsz
THETs AT SOCIETY MoMEM
WHO FORCE HUSBANDS TO,
PLAY SECOND TO PET RRuTEs.
SAYS POLITICIANS
ROT THE COUNTRY
THEoLoGIANs AND SCIENTIST 90
WHO PROCLAIM THAT cHR,sTs,
TEACHINGS ARE NOT PRAcTtl
CAL TODAY scouRGEp.


| TEACHINGS ARE NOT PRAcTkl
! CAL TO-DAY scouReEp.
Why call ye me Lord. Lord and do
not the things which / say.''-Iuka
VI: 46, was the text which
ReV William A. Sunday used
as fail last evening to ef-
fectively rap the church members and
theologians OF today. who advance the
opinions that the teachings Of Christ
according to the Bible are impractical
In this day and age of the world,
Society people, especially the WON.
en-, who would rather 20 round with
O dog In their arms instead of baby,'
came in for scathing criticism. The
people Wero ralSed over the Goals for
spending billions each year for LIQUOR.
tobacco AMI amusements, and mil.
hons for jeweiry and cloaks for dogs.
when the churches OF the land are
forced to suspend work In the various
missionary fields because OF lack of
funds.
lie made examples of the business
men OF today; of the politicians and
'le lawyers who. and Judges who
could not be made to sentence one or
tne;5 5Wealthter lawhreakers because. 3ff
leaEtG Gf pfdHical influence ahe Whole
sermon teGmed with the etafipalist.s
unusual Sandayisms and scorchire
words. eii'ts
me tabernacle was packed as ,lsuaI.
al standing room being taken.
Hey. G. P. Pledger, Sundays rieht
hand man, and Charley Butler. the 80.
lolst, made their first bow to ottum.
vans last evening. Mr.. Pledger's an
pearance was merely an acknowIedp.
ing DOW TO Rev. Sundays introduction.
Messrs' Butler and Fischer favored
.he DIG crowd with beautiful sacred
auet Shadows" Their voices blend
~ the most pleasing and harmonious
manner and their vocal work promises
70 even exceed the magnificent record
already established
Bible Impractical?
After reading the words OF the terp
tev. sunday proceeded at once and
launched boldly into his sermon with.
o'I any preliminary sligmishing
What DO yon believe Jesus Cfrist
meant when he said these wordsr
Diu ne hlabe a. mental reservation ar.
ula ne say one thing and mean an.
other! Some people claim that tha
teachings Of Jesus are impractica1 at
me present day and age of the wnrIS
In Boston Y. M. G. A. a debate yn,
recently held on the question. .Pe.
solved, That under the present sociaI
political aud economic conditions I'M,
teachings of Jesus are not pract,caI !
AND the judges, so-caIled christia,,
men, decided for the affirmative We
i've III the only age since the days ~
.he apostles when such TEACHINGS car,
pc applied. Some people think HAT
When they get a little money ahead ~.
acquire culture they become inonuno, .,
from obedience to the law OF Cod nut
no one 10 immune. God did not make
one way OF salvation for the million.
are and another for the pauper
The principle of love is the princ,.
pie underlying the gospel. This nav
be checked, but it can never he deeaat
ca. Love knows no such word as sfa;l !.
lhe world is diving for the practice,
application of Christianity. Sometimes
there Is more Christianity in sand.
wien than in tract. | aIwavs has
sympathy for the tramp who went to
the door OF Christian woman ana
asked for bread, but was given tract
on the bread OF life. What he needed
was two slices of good wheat bread
with big chunk of meat between, The
} surest route to mans heart ia nor
through his head. but through hiy
stomach"
. An Apt Comparison.
Some contrasts between Jesbs,
teachings and the modern interpreta.
ton OF these teachings followed.
Jesus says, Forgive your debtors J,
the Word says, 1T is more blessed 10
give thaa 20 receive The world saws.
get all you can and can what you gef
Jesus says. Give to him that aaketh
OF thee; the world says, Join some
CHARITY association Jesus saws. From
, him that would borrow of thee turn
thou not away; the world says. Not
unless you can get first mortgage
| at per cent Jesus says you cannot
serve God md mammon'; the world
says. That's easy serve God ON
Sunday and the devil for the rest of
the week. Jesus says, Love vo,,r
neighbor as Yourself; the world SAYS.
: First come I, then again jesus saw.