Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-07-08

word was God. The same was in the
beginning with God All things were
made through him; and without him
was not anything made that hath been
made. In him was life; and the life
was the light of men. And the light
shlneth in the darkness; and the dark
ness apprehended it not. There came
man, sent from God, whose name was
John. The same came for witness. that
he might bear witness of the light.
that all might believe through him.
| He was not the light, but came that he
might bear witness of the light. There
was the true light, even the
light which lighteth every man
coming into the world. He
was in the world, and the world was
made through him, and the world
knew him not. He came unto his own,
and they that were his own received
| him not. But as many as received
him, to them gave he the right to be-
come children of God, even to them
that believe on his name; who were
born. not of blood. nor of the will of
the flesh, nor of the will Of man. but
of God. And the Word became flesh.
and dwelt among us land we behold
MS glory, glorv as of the only begotten
from the Father,) full of grace and
truth. John beareth witness of him,
and crieth. saving. This was he of
whom | said. He that cometh after me
| is become before me- for he was be-
fore me. For of his fullness we all re.
ceived, and grace for grace. For the
law was given through Moses grace
and truth came through Jesus Christ.
No man hath seen God at any time
| the only begotten son. who is in the
bosom of the Father, he hath declar.
| ed him."
The wonderful farewell dscourses
OF Jesus, wherein he barred his heart
| to the inner circle of his friends. and
which have been the comfort and in
| spiration of his discipIes in all ages.
came from the pen Of John. He most
clearly understood their Significance.
and most wildly remembered them.
Thew were photographed upon the SEN
sitized plate Of his spirit. and after
ward produced for the instruction and
DELIGHT of the overwhelming circle
of the friends of Jesus.
D = A
The miracle OF the feeding Of the
five thousand is reported by all of the
evangelists, but the discourse relating
its significance is reported only bv
John, who Is ever more concerned
with the inner meaning of an event
than with the details of the event
itself.
John stood by the cross and receiv.
ed his Masters diving heuuest That is
the sort Of loyal love that marks a
true friendship.
All the intimate incidents and ut
terances of the sacred hours in the up
per room-the feet-washing, the inter
,, ruptions, the perfidv of Judas are
oueatber to us by the disciples whose
noint of observation was the breast Of
his Lord So, generally. 1t is John
who enables us to become most init.
mate with Jesus. He takes us through
the awful scenes of the nassion, the
trial, the crucifixion and the resurrec-
Htion. 1t is when we follow Johns
leadership that we are quickest to ex
claim concerning Jesus, my Lord and
my God"
News and Notes.
The Reverend Arthur S. Lloyd.
Episcopal Board of Missions, has ac-
cepted the office of Bishop Coadjutor
of the Diocese of Virginia.
The Boston Y. M. c, A. has inaugur-
ated a radical innovation in education
al work by Christian associations. In
that it has undertaken day school,
which will fit for college.
The Unitarian body has been with
out a missionary In Japan for some
years. although it started work here
about twenty years ago. Now its first
missionary. Rev. Clay MacCauley, has
returned to take up the work in Toxic.
Considerable agitation has been
created by the refusal at first of the
New York Presbytery to license three
cause they could not return satisfac..
tory answers on certain doctrinal
points, especially with respect to mir
acles and the inspiration of the Scrip
lures. At second examination these
men were admitted One is brother
OF Hugh Black, the Scotch preacher,
and another is under engagement to
go to China as Y. M. c. A. missionary.
After ten months of revival cam
paigns in American cities, Gypsy"
Smith recent sailed from Montreal
for England. He estimates that dur
Ing this time more than two million
persons have heard his sermons. An
eSull VI llilS NlSll, llS SdS >,
has been the meeting of twenty men
who were converted in meetings which
he conducted In this country years ago,
and who are now preachers of the
Gospel.
Rev DR.. J. Wilbur Chapman, the
evangelist. and Charles M. Alexander,
the singer and their company. have
been holding services in Melbourne,
Australia. arousing the city consider
ably
A wide diversity Of mission inter-
Iests were considered by the priests
gathered at the Catholic Missionary
Congress in Washington recently.
Many orders we're represented. as well
as parish work.
The New York City Confederation
of Churches has made a religious can
vass of section Of Harlem having a
population Of 103,691 persons. or 23.-
652 families visited 1909 have abso-
lutely no church affilation. These
families. classified. show that so per
cent Of the Jews have no synagogue
connection, 12.S per cent. of the Roman
Catholics no connection with their par
ish. and 35.2 per cent of the Protest
ants no relation to any church.
The gifts of the native converts on