The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-12
that he is prepared to give full infor-
nation to competitors.
a NOTEWORTHY EPisTLE.

series of meetings at Cedar RAPIDS.
In anticipation OF them and some OF
the things likely to be said and done
in connection with them tie Republi-
can of that city addressed an eplstle
to the people of Cedar Rapids which
cannot be too highly commended be.
cause of the good and timely advice
! it contained The article is too long
for reproduction in its entirety under
existing conditions, but it is due to
the readers of this paper tnat the
salient points be placed before Them
Nothing truer or more timely or in
better spirit has lately appeared in
any Iowa newspaper.
The first step was to welcome Mr..
| Sunday. The people of Cedar Rapids
were reminded that Mr.. Sunday was
their guest and that it was incumbent
ON them to treat MIN as such. Inc
/ hope was expressed that everyone Will
let him have his own way and let HIM
try to work whatever OF good he cah.
Some people say this and others say
that about Mr.. Sunday, but what
they say really does not matter very
much In support of this view the
Republican went on to say:
Mr.. Sunday is no saint and he prob
ably does not know it ali. Gypsy
Smith said in Chicago the other day
that the longer he lives the less ne
thinks OF himself and the more OF
God Mr. Sunday has his own ways.
He says things IN his own language.
He ought to know what makes an I'm
preston on men. He mas been at IL
long enough. But there IS something
in MIN. There is some titanic power
in the man. He will undertake TO
hold 1000 people two times daily for
I'VE or six weeks. Could you do that?
Are there many men who could do
that? How many speakers are Jnere
who could fill the tabernacle, full,
even one time Did you ever stop TO
think of that? Think of it now.
Place it to the credit OF the man.
Cedar Rapids was reminded in the
article that it is not village, and it
is only in the villages that people
| still quarrel about the preachers. 1t is
really a very primitive community
that gets by the ears over such things.
Then followed this good advice:
/ Let them not affect the rest of us.
| The man who wants to go in for such
things as Mi. Sunday breaches, that
! is his business. And the man who
| does not want to go in, that is his
business. Let each one mind his own
business. Every man has enough to
| be concerned about in himself. He
need not take upon himself any re-
sponsibility for any other man. May
each man, like Paul's beloved Timothy
| Keen that which is committed to his
trust, avoiding profane and vain bah
| blings.'"
/ Perhaps the best part of the epistle
was that addressed to prospective con-
! verts. These were counseled the mo-
ment they saw new light for them
selves,-and the hope was expressed
there would De many such,-not to
presume to give direction to others.
They were reminded that
THE average man who gets religion
quickly is apt to think SO well OF 1t
that he Immediately wants to force 1t
upon everybody else. II you make up
your mind to live more decently. pear
in mind that many others have been
living that way all the time. There
viii be nothing new in what you nave
discovered. Do not try to measure
all men by your own views, not I'M
mediately. Give it fair trial in your
self. TRY it two or three months be-
fore YOU make too much ado about
If to others. Don't think chat most
of the people, your neighbors are go
ing to hell. for, as matter OF TACT.
there are only few going that way
There are lots of us going to meet In
heaven. many who have never called
upon the name of the Lord, but who
have been doing the deeds OF
kindness, of mercy of Charity
Who have had faith in their fel
low men, who have extended
helping hand, the unexpressed Sa
maritans who bind up wounds
these are all going to heaven. But
some of the shouters may be lost on
the way. We hope not. But they
may" ;,
Concludingly this was said, and vel
! said:
and when it is all over may it be
said He hath showed thee, man
what is good And also bear in mine
that the Lord does not require sc
much as some of the preachers make
out They make big noise as the
) roaring of many waters They fill tht
, pathway with great temptations ant
, stumbling blocks and problems. II
order that they may demolish then
with their logic or their eioquence
and that they may be praised of men
But the Lords requirements are few
and simple. They are these:
TO do justly,
And to love mercy,
And to walk humbly with tn!
God
That's all there is to religion. Tha
: is all there is to life That is all tser'
4 is to salvation"