Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-09-28
DELIVERS SERMON
IN MORMON TEMPLE
PRESIDENT breaches ON "A
SOFT ANSWER TURNETH AWAY
WRATH, AND PROVES HIMSELF
GOOD PULPIT TALkER.
Butte. Mont. Sent. 27.--

Butte, MonJ., sept. It, res
ident Taft arrived in Buttg . morn
ing, he found the city eager TO well
come him. The streets were gay with
bunting and there was nothing in
sight to mar his reception. He was
welcomed at 1880 at the depot by a
reception committee, and waiting mo-
tors took him and his party over a
line of parade, and after his speech
on North Montana street, opposite the
court house, he was whisked away to
his train and started on the journey
to Helena, where he was welcomed
by thosands.
President Taft had decided limp
in his walk when he alighted from
The special train here today. He
sprained tendon in his foot before
leaving Beverly, but had suffered no
bother from it until yesterday, when
after a day of constant going, with lit
tie or no rest, the foot became .swol-
len. The hurt is not serious but is
eausinge some discomfort.
Taft's Tabernacle Sermon.
Salt Lake City, Sept. 27.--In the
pulpit of the Mormon !. tabernacle in
This city, where four years ago Theo-
lore Roosevelt, then president, preach
ed a sermon on right living and the
duties of good citizenship, President
Taft yesterday faced an audience
which he said inspired him to try to
follow the footsteps of his predeces.
sor and deliver preachment.
Mr.. Taft did preach a sermon-text
and all. The immense audience in the
fiag-draped edifce, the splendid mu-
steal program Of operatic and patri-
otic selections, the enthusiastic cheer
ing as President Taft appeared, and
the quick response of the audience to
points which he endeavored to inl-
press on his hearers-these inspired
him, the president declared, with
higher thoughts of country and pa
triotism.
Appeals for Amity.
The presidents sermon was an ap-
peal for amity between the people, for
attributing the best rather than the
worst motives to the action of others
when possible to do so, and not to
harbor hatred and animosity.
"a soft answer turneth away
wrath, but grievous words stir up an
ger" was the text Mr.. Taft selected
from the Book Of Proverbs. The SER
mon was homely utterance, largely
made up of stories to give emphasis
to the points.
From the tabernacle the president
was driven to review parade of
about 10000 school children. Thence
the president proceeded to the Young
Mems Christian association, where he
made brief address, and later he at
tended service especially arranged
for him at the Unitarian church. After
this unusually busy Sunday morning,
Mr.. Taft left Salt Lake City at noon
for Ogden.
When Senator Smoot introduced the
president to the audience in the tab
ernacle the cheering was so great that
Mr.. Taft could not begin his address
for several minutes.
The Presidents Sermon.
"I thank you from the bottom of my
heart" he said at last, 9'for this ex-
preston Of welcome and good will.
| am told that my distinguished pre-
decessor, under the inspiration Of an
audience like this, delivered an ad-
dress in the nature of sermon up
ward OF two hours in length. have
felt that on this Sunday morning it
s"eb' hOSCoSdIy iOT Ulo 10 MAKE Sucn
effort as could to follow him in some
thing that may sound bit like SER
mon. As sermons are begun with the
quotation of a text, having more or
less relation to what follows j am
going to give you the words from
Proverbs: "A soft answer turneth
away wrath, but grieyous words stir
up anger
1T is a text that has forced itself
on my mind during the last ten years
with especial vigor, because | have
come into contact with oriental peo-
pies and with those descended from
the Latin races Of Europe. have had
chance to compare their views of
life, their methods of speech and their
social conventions and amenities with
those of the Anglo-Saxon race"
Actor Stays Wife; Suicides.
lyons, Neb., Sept 27.-Albert Ba-
Iser the, owner of the Raker Theafr;o,J