Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-10-11
GOLDEN ACE IS
WELL RECEIVED.
THEME OF HON. JACK T. sWEE-
NEY At NEW DAVIS STREET
CHURCH PLEAsEs.
LECTURE IMPRESSED
We'll Known Aoosier Speaker Ho'ds
Audience Enthralled; New Ed'f'es S
Had Auspicious Opening
Last Night.

a large audience listened with rapt
attention last night to the WORDS u
Hon. lack r. Sweeney of Columbus
md. when the we'll known Hoosler lee
turer delivered his popular lecture
.srhe Golden Age at the new cnurch
of the Davis Street Christian denomln,
alton. No more suspicious event could
have served to open the new edlnce.
That General Sweeney pleased ms
auditors there could be little DOUBT
from the manner in which the large
number present drank in the words as
thew fell from his lips. The theme was
one to leave good impression, III thae
it taught moral lesson as well as GU
tertained those hearing II. me beauty
And comfort that was evident on an
sides in the new church editice or the
Davis Street Christian congregation,
IMPRESSED Itself on all who attended
the lecture, which was the opening
event in the new church. The congfe-
cation felt no little pride in welcom-
Ing It'll friends to the new church nome
ana made no mistake in securing the
lecturer with his excellent subject OF
"The Golden Age"
Service Of Man.
The speaker defined the golden age
az the human race as that period OF It's
existence when it renders the hlghest
service to the world, and is best served
nv the material forces which surround
II "Man is the greatest thing in the
universe" said he. Greater than any
thing he has ever acquired and ne mas
been an acquiring animal. Greater thah
anything he has ever ORGANIZED, ana he
. Il II.
Greater than anything he has ever
achieved. and my brain reels ana my
mind staggers when try to compre.
bend the achievements of the great
magician, man. The highest service
therefore, is the service OF man.
The Golden Age.
The lecturer then dwelt at some
length on the application OF his theme
first to the young. They were exhorted
to take UP no life task that did not in
some way minister to and serve man
Second. The government, he said.
will reach it's golden age when it min
listers in the highest degree to the cit
izen. He stated that the difference be-
tween the United States and the Old
world governments lies in the fact that
1t is "Of the people, by the people and
for the people
Continuing, General Sweeney said:
''Third-The golden age OF society
will be when everybody serves every
body else in the highest degree.
"Fourth-The golden age OF the
church will come when it renders the
most valuable service to the world.
"Fifth.-The golden age of the home
xilI come when It renders the highest
service to the inmates thereof"
sweeney's Aphorisms.
All Of the points made by the lee
turer were gone into in detail and un-
folded clearly and plainly, that all
might appreciate the real value Of them
A few terse sayings that struck one as
quite In keeping with the points being
explained, we're made by the lecturer
Among them were the following:
81 would rather be man than to be
the Atlantic ocean"
when America opens her mouth in
command, the rest of the world walks
Spanish"
THE church must get down of it's
stills and go about serving like it's
master"
"The noblest motive that can induce
4 woman to marry is that she may be-
come servant Of man. That is not
a one.sided motive, however, but should
also animate the man to serve a
woman"