Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-04-26
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Christian Soldiers the Theme of Sun.
days Afternoon Sermon Delivered
With Unusual vehemence He
Scores tho Saloons and Vice and
Takes a Punch at Church Drones.

them to line up and dress ranks for
battle for Christ and the church
against the evils and wiclledness Of the
world. And, as mounted on a chair he
hurled his summons over the heads be-
fore him, and shouted for all who
would enlist for God and righteous
ness, practically the entire audience
rose as one man, Sighting their will
ingness to join the Lords army.
The scene, dramatic one in the ex-
IRENE, came as a great climax to a
great sermon on what might be termed
"Christian Soldiers which Sunday
took from the text in Luke 24:49, "And
behold 1 send the promise of my father
upon you; but tarry we in the city of
Jerusalem, until we be induced with
power from on high" AS in answer to
the call for volunteers, as the congrega-
ton stood, Mr.. Fisher led them in the
Battle Hymn of the Republic" which
filled the. big wooden building with its
patriotic strains.
a sermon On Patriotism.
Sundays sermon was one on patriot
ism-patriotism for Christ, the church,
godliness and the home. And in the
patriotism for these things he called
for the waging Of perpetual war against
the saloon, and all and every kind of
evil and ungodliness.
| He opened his sermon by telling of
the grenadiers of olden times, long be-
fore firearms or modern warning equip
ment were invented, who We're the pick
Of the soldiery, but came down rapid
ly to the needs Of christian grenadiers
in the army for righteousness.
He took vicious swings at the sa-
looms, the gamblers, the fallen women
and other forms of vice, while exhort-
Of Christ with active aggressive war;
fare.
Needs Men Of Decency.
Plunging into the meat Of his dis
course Sunday said," in these days of
right against wrong, or drunkenness
against righteousness, when the forces
of truth are against wickedness, God
must have men whom he can depend
upon for decency and truth. The most
effective means any man can take to
demonstrate the fact that he has no
right to call himself a. citizen is to OPP
pose a movement of this kind If you
stand out in opposition you have sur
rendered all right to be called a cit
izen.
God is not banking on the saloon
keeper, the black-leg gambler, or the
harlot to advance his cause" Continu-
ing and referring to the saloon he
hurled this threat" If can't rip that
cursed business from stem to gizzard ]
will pack my trunk and leave. If
can't shoot that business 50 full Of
hopes that it will hold neither booze
nor water, I will lie down" (Applause.)
He followed it with his DEFY" They
have blackmailed and derided me and
defy the whole bunch
Hands Church Members One.
Emphasizing the need of real chris
tians and real workers for Christ in
/, the church instead of the weak backed
ones, he gave out this advice, "You
2 have got to do something more than
wind jam in prayer meeting. can tell
more about some mems religion by
trading horses with them on Thurs
| day than by hearing them shout in
prayer meeting on Wednesday,"
Sunday said he had no criticism to
, make Of the Catholics, as so many
thought he should. mot much, ]
haven't, while we have so much filth
and dirt in our own back yards. 1t
keeps me busy he continued, with a
much rake in the back yard of the
Baptists, the Methodists, the Presby-
terians and the Congregationalists
The Catholic church has said high
mass over the rotten remains of the
Unitarian church, despite the fact that
the latter has Harvard College at Its
back" He paid a high tribute to the
Catholic church for it's answering
belief in the divinity Of Christ.
Tho True Soldier of Christ.
: Interrupting the theme of his SER
!. mon for moment, Sunday stepped to
one side to give resounding body
, blow to the so-called "higher critics
whom he characterized as "2x4 squirt
gun preachers" when the latter-day
critics say one thing and this book,
waving aloft the bible, "says another
I'll take the book for it and the others
} can go to -.
. Returning to christian soldiery he
, continued tits my purpose to show
: you that the true church member is
, the true soldier Of Christ. It's one thing
; to be member of the church and an
other to be a member of the body of
Christi
He told of the heroes of old. of Dan
, lei and of John the Baptist, and of the
incident of the latter's death when the
dancing girl demanded and received
his head as a reward from Herod. He
. spoke of the heroism of old, and of
men who were what they professed to
: be. "You profess to be christian
he said, "be it or profess what you
are. If you are a thief confess it,
Line Up for Right.
) "rhe devil has forced the issues
. Sunday cried, "and the time has come
$ when right and wrong have got to
} line. up. l despise a man who tries
j Ito do tight rope act and carries wa
| ter on both shoulders.
Z when the forces OF hell see the
, forces Of God lined up they begin to
Itremble. We have so many lined up
. with the church for business reasons,
J for lodge reasons, and for other rea-
Isons, that that is the reason the fight
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