Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-11-14
FAITH WITHOUT WORKS
DON'T AMOUNT TO SHUCKS"
SAYS EVANGELIST SUNDAY
Some Sundaylsms

and preach better than can,
,uttinski, old sister-l'm from
Mizoo, just show me-
"Most fellows have few good
p'lnts-(but lot of 'em carry
quarts),"
"There's no use trying to kindle
revival on pack of cards or
demijohn Of booze; you've got to
clear the rubbish away first before
the foundation will stand
"Who defeated Pete Hepburn out
here? The whiskey gang did. II
can't give that bunch as good as
they send III pack my trunk
"They keep track up in heaven
Of how much you give Just as they
do how much you pray. A lot OF
you old Holsters skinned your
thumb nail over the edge Of that
coin to see whether it was smooth
or not and God saw you do it."
"God puts the coal in the ground
but you men must dig it, He puts
the aold in the hills but you men
must mine and smelter It. He
doesn't give you treasures for
nothing"
"sonne men in old Ottun,Wa are
30 sinking mean and despicable
that the devil himself would duck
up a dirty alley to avoid passing
them on the streets"
"some people in the church
wear out ten pairs of hold-backs
to one pair Of tugs; they come in
under the wire riding in the
hreeching."
a. can hardly wait until ! get to
heaven, but when do thereil be
Jubilee in hell. I've an idea that
the brewers in this country will
run specials all over the United
States to my funeral. Gee, it's pa
thetic the way | love that gang!'
~ don't believe in reading much
fiction. | haven't time to swim
through fifty feet OF sewerage to
pick up one scintilla of truth"
"The man that cleans your
horses, sweeps out your banks,
runs your auto, and does you dirty
work for you is every whit as good
as you are If his heart is in the
right place. Pm with The under
dog in this fight every time"
SIT wouldn't surprise me if
man would invent Hug-o-kiss-o-
saueez phone so that a young fell
low in Ottumwa could court his
girl in Burlington with all the real
pleasures Of esthetics."
God wants church dignitaries
that will dig .deacons that will
'deac'; stewards that will stew
and not make nuss out of it,
either: that's what's the matter
with lot Of you old loosters-you
make muss out OF everything you
tackle"
flames said that faith without
words is not worth shucks-or
words to that effect. That's what
he meant anyway"
"If you're full of ginger. tooasco
sauce and pepperino-you'l Undue
ali those with whom you rub eI-
bows With the same enthusiasm
"You fellows that lay around
and wait for something to turn up,
Just keep on layin'--the sod of the
graveyard will turn UP for you"
"There'II be no babies in hell.
You society women that have no
use for babies. YOU'D better not GO
to heaven for there'lI be lots Of
babies there; you'd better head for
hell"
"You put one preacher up in the
pulpit pulling for Christ and some
of the congregation down in front
pAseng for hell and you'll start
Ieuah house every time. Then a
,>huneh of the old hypocrites that
have been bitten begin to grumble
snd growl and say they don't like
his preaching. Old Money Bags
will tie up his purse because the
minister reproved him and the old
libertine gets on his ear because
the pastor had the nerve to drive
Il In there. Then they send .
committee TO the conference or be-
gin pulling strings will, the bishop
and the elders will get together
and stroke their long whiskers
and say, We need new preach
er-one that will draw So they
get the minister exchanged. Whyf
Answer me that--Why? Because
he's had the backbone to stand up
and preach against sin no matter
If 1t did hit influential members
Of his own church. Is it any won
der some pastors arc slowly wear.
Ing their lives out?"