Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-01-31
REV, WILLIAM DAWSON
DELIVERS ADDRESS
SECOND OF SPECIAL SERVICES
AT NJ. E. CHURCH.
LARGE Audience Assembled Again
Last EVening-Prof. Daniel
ProtherOe Sdng-VieW New Edi-
flee Mayor Becker Speaks this
Evening.
lFrom Wednesdays DaiIy.l

Another very interesting meeting
was held at the NJ +. church last
evening, the second of the series uf
special meetings being conducted this
week and to end with an entertain
ment Friday evening. The feature OF
the evening was an address on
"World's Debt to the Church. " by
Rev. William Dawson Of East Troy.
The following program was carried
out:
"Wbo Is He That Overcometh the
World but He That Believeth'-I.
John 5:5.
Special Music-Prof. Daniel Proth-
eroe.
Address, Worlds Debt to the
Church. REV. William Dawson,
East Troy.
Vocal Selection Monasha Quartette
of Waterloo
There was fine audience. Pro f.
Protheroe sang one of his own COM
positions, "Fear Not, o Isreal," from
his sacred cantata entitled, "a Song
of Hope" The sweet toned Packard
piano used in the church is by the
courtesy OF the w ID. Sproesser Go.
After the address, the audience was
shown about the handsome new edifice.
The following is a synopsis of the
able address of Rev. Dawson:
| am debtor TO the Greeks and to
the barbarians, to the wise and to the
unwise-Rom. l Ia.
God bless all the Churches, and
blessed be God who giveth US the
Churches in this hour of need-Lin-
coin.
The beautiful thing about human
history is the perfect accord OF it's
greatest souls Paul and Lincoln en-
joyed perfect unanimity of thought
Paul recognized his debt as a scholar
TO Greece. He says | am thankful
for the 1000 years of struggle which
has given birth to civilization, thank
tul for old Homer who has gwen us a
classic full of the life and lore of
forty silent centuries, thankful for
painter and sculptor and philosopher
who have spread learning and culture
ut the feet of the world, aud Paul
realizing this debt gave expression to
his deep gratitude.
We speed across eighteen centuries
to the age of Lincoln. What panor-
anna OF events is this panorama of
history. Il is full of the migration of
races, the building of nations and the
change o. dynastIes. Across this vast
stage of action pass the armies and
their leaders: the men who built
nations ana turned the tide of civillz-
alton into its destined channels. In
that time as in a crucible has been
moulded our government and religion,
cur at and science, our laws and
liberties that we enjoy today.
The best things of the world belong
to the world. There can be no mono
poly on learning. A poor Methodist
preacher may have the jeweled
thoughts of the myriad minded man.
| am debtor to all the kings OF
thought. | could tell you what liber-
ty cost, what government cost, what
free speech and free press and what
your homes cost. Oh, men, we are
debtors and America is the biggest
debtor on the globe. l will excuse
the money stringency-but never the
gratitude stringency. To all the de
parted captains ard kings and minute
men and patriots and nation builders
and wilderness subduers and consti-
tuition workers and man workers-wt
are eteranl debtors.
And we are debtors to Church.
What the sun is to the solar system
the church Is among the other institu
tiors of earth. In age, In Importance
In power-the church holds the pre-
emlnence. | don't mean the Methods
chruch. although include it, but tina
great institution-Greek, Catholic ant
Protestant, who On Sabbath morning
unite in saving the Lords prayer an
the Apostles Greed. That is wher
we all unite When get to Heaven
am gong to luok up the Dawso
family, all who have been fortunat
enough to get there and find just wha
influence the Church has had L
refining and clvilizing that on
family.
Eevn r. G. Ingersol who was Dor
In Congregational parsonage was
debtor to the church.
| am not talking of any local O
sectional part of the church, but til
church, that revolut ionized the moral
of III empire and civilized Paga
Britain, the church that produce
Cromwell, Milton, Livingstone, Giao
stone. Garfield and Mckinley. and tn
church that inspired Lincoln to pra
on the eve of Gettysburg for victory
this was the man who said "God bjes
the churches and blessed be GOD VIII
giveth US the churches in this time G
need.
If the men OF this nation only kne'
all they ought to know, they woul
thank God for the glorious Sabbat
morning and the music OF church bell
and the lofty spires of churches thu
point men to higher things.