Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-04-26

Der, booze keeper and gambler and 9TH
ers of their like.
After you have made a cursed gam
bier of a man by your card parties and
We go out and get and save him and
lift him up, and because he falls once
in while, YOU turn up your pudgy
nose at him and will have nothing to
do with him. Don't palm off that
bunch on US.
Who Was Gains Wife?
With telling effect and with wither-
ing sarcasm Sunday said he was often
asked by unbelievers," Where did Cain
get his wife?' At some length he ax-
planned that Cain was 12S when he took
his wife and that there were thousands
to choose from. Stepping aside from
his theme for moment he let this fly:
L don't think that it is nearly so much
| where Cain got his wife that bothers
some of you Holsters as where
did the fellow around the corner get
! his?
! Branching from this thought he went
after the saloon and followed II up by
taking a rap at a certain class Of
church members in the following char
/ acteristic style:
There's one word that is spelling the
doom of the saloon. That is votes.
If the church people will but vote right
the saloon will be down and out in 40
been damned and cursed by it as by
| nothing else. and tell you it is DOOM
/ ed, There is no law of God or man
l,or +l,a%
stand making beasts out of men and
| they say TO God, "Ha, Ea what are you
| going to do about ito"
Whenever the day comes when all
| the churches and all the men of the
churches go on record and say to the
saloon. go. that day the saloon will
go. He'll will be SO full of church
members that their feet will be sticking
out of the windows You better sauirm
some of you old geezers
Could Not Offend Some.
Referring TO offense that some
thought he might give by his words on
the truth Sunday exclaimed Good God
there are some people in Marshalltown
whom I could not more offend than
could make a skunk smell sweeter by
pouring something on it,
To illustrate faith Mr.. Sunday told g
beautiful story of the voyager whl
sailed on and on until he found the
falls of st. Anthony, for which he was
searching and toward which his faitr
kept urging him on.
Touches on Nature.
OF those who make the claim tina
nature is their God Mr.. Sunday sale
they were deluded, and he painted an
other word picture of the sinking SUI
and the birds seeking their nests, which
he transformed into raging storm
with the clouds racing overhead ant
the winds hurryng to destroy an.
kill.
Il can study the rocks he said
but they will not tell me of the rocl
of ages. l can study the stars but the,
viii not tell me of the star of Beth
lehem.
hmm ortaIity Of the Soul.
He took up and discussed most log
ically the Immortality of the soul. an
in doing so. delineated the differenc
between the man and the beast and tn
!. functions of mind and brain of each.
He told how faith was the basis {
righteousness, and how by not exer
.cising faith the faculty was in tim
lost, the same as when man cease
to5use certain muscles Of his body thos
muscles became weak and useless. ]
: was in connection with this argumen
On faith that he said" If you refuse t
do what / tell you to do, and then ga
4 don't know what am talking abou
you are fool.
Conscience Not True Guide.
e Conscience is not true guide
9 said the evangelist, when referring /
e the claim of some people that the
: were guided by it. AS an argumer
>. against the claim he told of how III
q Hindoo women threw their childre
l. into the Gauges to be destroyed, ar
II believed they were doing right becau.
n ffheir training had been such that
: taught their conscience that it was n
wrong.
In closing Mr.. Sunday, said, "Gc
al says if you do SO and so'you will s
t to hell. You can't change it. argue :
ly you viii it remains the same
ss When you stand on the mario
neck Of land that separates you fro