Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-11-24
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Rome was severe in her demands. Pr
late as the representative was the es,
sence ~of severity, and because OF his
treatment they had sent a petition to
Rome to intercede with Caesar and
have PLATE recalled.
PLATE knew that the Jews hated
Christ, especially the gang that ran
things. He knew also that that very
class that hated Jesus had sent a com
mittee to Romo to intercede with Gaze.
sar to have him removed. And PLATE
knew If he did anything to further III
crease their emnity his head would not
be worth anything and he would lose
his job.
If he should show friendship for
them he would hold his job.
So Would You.
Plate, In order to curry favor would
slap Jesus in the face and do anything
to win favor, and lot of you fellows
will sell your soul to the devil to win
the favor Of some old whisky-soaked.
wizened-eyed, peanut-brained, ward
healing politician That is what plate
did and you do it today.
Caesar Was Supreme.
Second, What would Caesar say?"
Caesar was supreme; his word was
law, his every whim would be execut-
ed. Now Jesus had been proclaimed
as their king by some of the Jews.
and Plate, If he showed the slightest
friendship to Jesus, would incur the
enmity of Caesar, and would have to
walk down from the throne.
Therefore PLATE thought this all out,
in, nrIn IN ,,Il =
please Caesar, he was willing to turn
Jesus Christ over to be murdered.
You, in order to please goddess So
ciety, politics, or riff raft, slap Jesus
Christ in the face, and turn from every
noble conviction that you ought to
yield to. You are doing that every
day.
Don't Mind Society.
Never mind what society says. You
do what is right and manly.
Plate! What miserable failure he
made. He had influence to help him
and yielded to the interest that
damned his soul PLATE had often
heard Of Jesus and often longed for
the opportunity for Jesus to appear be-
fore him.
He longed for the chance to pass
sentence, and often imagine the look
of surprise on his face, when Jesus
walked into his presence. Just then
the messenger dashed in with the mes
sage from Mrs. PLATE.
Art Thou?
Plate turned to Jesus and said,
Art thou the Son of God?'
Jesus said, II am
Jesus Christ was the son Of God or
he was liar.
Jesus Christ was the son of God or
he was an imposter.
Jesus Christ was the son of God or
he was a bastard, the illegitimate off.
spring Of a Jewish harlot, for he was
born out of wedlock.
he was either conceived by the Holy
Ghost and was the Son of God or he
was bastard, the illegitimate fake,
the biggest fake that ever breathed.
Despises Unitaranism.
| despise your Unitarian doctrine
which makes Jesus just a good man.
My mother taught me that a good
man does not lie. How can Jesus be
a good man and a liar at the same
time? The Bible is either the word
of God Or lie. Then to perdition
with the doctrine that Jesus was only
a good man. l would hate to make out
my Judge up yonder bastard down
here.
He said: art thou the Son of
God?'
PLATE called for a basin of water
and walked out before the rabble and
said:
Il find no fault with him, | wash my
hands Of his blood. +. He stepped down
before the crowd and washed his
hands.
If he had washed his heart he would
have been clean man.
PLATE in He'll.
There has come from across the sea
book entitled. Letters From He'll
In that book plate is represented In
the lost world (this is another fool
noveD, and he is bending over a
stream of water into which he dips his
hand Ca stream Of water in hell is the
limit according to theology; say that
is another fool novel idea-everybody
has little fool idea about religion)
So PLATE is represented in the lost
world dipping his hands into stream
of water, and some one touches him
on the shoulder and says:
What is the matter, Pilate?"
He raises his hands, red as the blood
of Jesus Christ can make them. and
with an awful look Of agony. he cries
viii they never be clean?"
No. They we're red on earth, and in
hell, and the blood is on you and will
stay there to damn you in hell If you
don't accept Jesus Christ.
PLATE had not the courage of his
convictions. He was convinced thai
Christ was right and the Jews were
wrong, and his claims true
What He Might Have Done.
But if PLATE had said Of Jesus, ''He
is right. I will stand by him-if l die
and you can not kill him as long as
sit on the throne he would have taken
his stand among the greatest charac
tiers that the world ever brought forth
If he had taken the crown Of thorne
and put it on his own head, and taken
his robes and wrapped them about the
form Of Jesus and said, Mail me &c
the cross, but let Jesus CO. he would
have walked with the grandest com
fany in the world.
He did not have the courage of his