Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-01-23
Sunday School Lesson and
Young Peoples MEETINGS

which set him to walking and leaping
and praising Cod 1t is the life, then,
that strengthens the body without. 1t
is not new arms or new legs or new
eyes That humanity needs. so much as
II is new heart; and that is the offer
which Christ makes through his
Church.
The World at Gaze.
me shop windows that attract most
attention are those in which there is
something moving. Any street fakir
VINO knows his business can get a
crowd simply by doing things. When
religion accomplishes real works. then
the attention of mankind is attracted.
Whenever Christianity sends man or
community, healed and rejoicing. on
his way, the world stands at gaze. A
ministering church will never suffer
from the Indifference of its commun-
ity.
one of the magazines told recently
now Catholic priest in a degenerate
town In the coal regions had trans
formed the community into law abid-
ing and thrift. That incident attract
ed attention. not only through the adj
jacent region, but throughout the ma
ton. The Baptist Commonwealth
reported the other day of the visit of
young Turk who, prior to the recent
granting Of constitutional government,
hau never been outside of CONSTANT
nople. AS a devout Moslem, he would
not go to Christian church, but he
was glad to spend Sunday morning in
visiting hospital He said to his
friend that he supposed that, after all
tn" Christians who needed help had
been cared for, then possibly the hos
pital would take in Jew or a Turk
1t was almost beyond his belief, when
he found an Arab and a Turk in the
oil l..
asked concerning their creed, and the
men in receipt of the same treatment
that was given to all other patients
That expression Of Christianity moved
him so deeply that when he left the
hospital he stopped on the pavement
and in Mohammadan fashion, invoked
the blessing of heaven upon such an
| institution. incidents without number
can be piled up from the mission field
to show. similarly that the Christlike
ministry of the representatives of the
Gospel challenges the attention and
admiration OF the most bigoted heath
en-. A ministering Christianity is a
conquering Christianity.
New Ideas in Religion.
The excitement created by Peters
miracle when he healed the lame man
caused the multitude to look to him for
an explanation. They had never seer
it on this wise before. Like many
modern people, they were afraid OF
some new fashion in connection with
the temple. Peter treasured them. II
was simply the same God whom they
had always known and worshipped
whose power had wrought the won
Ger. The God of Abraham and of Isaac
and of Jacob had chosen a new way
of expressing himself. What that way
was Peter explained as he presented to
them Jesus.
1t was model sermon that Peter
pr';a ched, especially in it's happy link
ing of great and general truth to an
immediate incident. Much teaching
and preaching misses the mark be-
cause it Is not connected with life. 1t
is possible to start from anywhere tC
so everywhere Peter made the near
est event text for preaching the one
Gospel that was ever on his lips. A
public speaker has been heard to say
that he always reads the latest edition
of the newspaper before going to the
platform, and usually he finds some
incident or event that will connect his
main theme with the most recent
present interest of his hearers. The
lame man was merely a text and an
illustration of the great message of
Christianity, that God is revealing his
love to mankind in new ways, and that
he longs to serve and heal them