Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-07-06
To Hold Big Barbecue.

mans thoughts, you will remember,
as we'll as his words. The spirit Of
this occasion and Of these guests was
a sort of you tickle me and I'll tickle
you spirit Nobody was invited who
was not expected to pay back in kind.
And moreover, these very dinners
were supposed to give credit to a
mans religious account.
i A Modern View.
'There is many a man today who
thinks he will be approved of God in
| proportion as he has been a good fell
| Verify he has his reward, but not in
the resurrection of the just. Social
| functions and activities NAV be given
as an expression OF true religious in
| tent. The men and women whose So
cial faculties have been consecrated
and expended freely in an effort to
meet the needs of the world needy of
such a service will have their reward,
though it be long deferred.
The Holy Supper is kept indeed,
In whatso we share with another's
need;
Not what we give, but what we
share,
For the gift without the giver is
bare;
Who gives himself with his aims feeds
three,
Himself, his hungering neighbor, and
me-
No 10 ~g
with which this great dinner scene
closes, was called out by the pious re
mark of one of the guests who had lis
tened to Jesus as he spoke with the
host. Blessed is he that shall cal
bread in the kingdom of God A vel
meaning, but dim and confused con
ception,' says Arnot, by one utterly a
variance with Christ, says Edersheim
of the common Jewish expectancy
that the Messianic kingdom would be
begun with great feast The feas
was already prepared, the Messiah
was already come, the very blessed
ness was already present, but the.
/ were utterly refusing to accept hin
and sit with him at his feast
Excuses are Weak.
In that marvellous wisdom which
ever described him, Jesus set tn
exact situation before them in the par
able with which he followed thi
pious remark. The excuses which mel
We're Offering for not sitting wit
Christ We're of three kinds Propert
must be looked after and the first i
necessarily detained. | have made
p,,rchosac cavc another and pr,,d an n
demands that look after them Surel
this is reasonable excuse for my ne
glecting religion. The social demand
of life are too great, says a thirt
and / have not time for the seryic
Of Christ. Thus with one consent the
all offer excuse. What sad mistak
each fthem have made! The posse:
sion of estates, the engagements c
business, the social demands of lif
preventing fellowship and obedience
yea. even respect toward Jesu
Christ And these are the thing
make us miss the marriage supper {
the Lamb. Well does Bishop Ryle o.
serve: 1t is not open profiigacy thu
J fills hell. 1t is excessive attention
, things which IN themselves are Lawful
, 1t is not avowed dislike to the Gosp,
which is so much to be feared. 1t
, that procrastinating, eXcuse-makin
) spirit which is always ready with
reason why Christ cannot be serve
: today.
y Thaw's Council Fights Change.
New York, July 5.-Counsel If
t Harry K. Thaw appeared today befol
/ Supreme Court Justice Gaynor at
a James. L. ]. and argued against Il
: application for a change OF, venue fro
i Westchester to New York county
|. the hearing to decide the question
S whether Thaw should be release