Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-03-19
THE FRlENDtoFTsaE ,"DowN AND
o3J,"
The lnternau Sunday School Les
son for Nan 70 Is ~ ParaIytie
ForaixcSsassy esa,ed."sMatt 9: 1-f3
~ sWilliam T. Ellis. 81

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Readers delight tor get a peep into
an authors personal experience and
thought through his books. In this
biography whiGhs the c6uaday school
folk are et,.daxswe catch such q
glimpse ofEtAD wk1ter;; and, incident
ally, peSceelA aAe. outstanding trait OF
the hero. ,of TIE book. This author
Northumberland egade Jew: love OF
money Ad I'D him into the .odioua
calling u 4R epAector, which, in the
eyes Of 6hnsGelnedox Jews made him
an outcaT ee4,may have been ex'
tenuatli 49, Ia..,a.1 Ices II So lhis
~asA - - - 80. men lol,i
IN me ~. y. :1 Llor,a iaa noswe ~,
ana .t W. =. xi plosI apneIs
Oeslas - - ss :s..aAs. aSoi' o,nels
N e'oou' 'heni-
@seIve!' :
Nx:aes3esthew. He. does not set
himselfj rich and beneVo-
lent le1l 49, OIL Caperhaum
M3tthS& & 11eaeE levi, son OF Al
phusf n BAL of Caesar.
He &C. - AerG e1&s pose, like
modern nuAok 1zINhs,, because
he gave as9e Ae3O 4Aes celebrity
of his day ~ ~ Hosknew some
thing; ttla4 That: and
1t naoe4 oen6 tho figure OF
his % simmer saved by
grace. a2 q U0oaican, yet
Jesus 1Sdlc1e him. That
he cod - s1IseEeact about
hims - l1t e6us. 1e.we have
this sc11, and
OF 49, "a y .! i mo a.sse3 sofglve-
ness. .qs Cnrisxs 1nG1n,
came nossaoecSAi"tn the n9n but
sinners.
The tDt196st Social Factor.
NEXT to the presence and working
NJ the tnacr,das.e s,ar;f' AZ ffa, anvin1,
Gnd IN. the vnutrld the sreatertssociai
factor IT our. ANA IL fl rea,ftv of
sin. Mnxa4r.n tast. discs not IKE that
tendenefas.'' ''uufsyorable environ
ment." But Why tussle with labels
when - srxff in the hottie ia the
same pof,on? The fact 81 ain is
inesct II Il NV buafnesss 10 try
to study OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES world
problems: ana so4emnly declare that
the one need. aopafent to every close
observer. which the whole race has
In common il The need for some
new motive or power ia the heart OF
humanity. which viii brealr,or s,rpolant
that all prolific source Of eocifiE -
sin
Captious ones ,1xjadAoaGpezxel with
the teacher becdA H 49, u the
paralytic whosoe1t 3lllua1Ee - led
him down thrun91k e. heua roof. /,
"Son. be OF rood chez. t1senns are
forgiven jesus ~ax 1Sn. 4as ever,
dealing with fundame11fisg. You miss
the root.of soc6stys nnu1lftudinous ills
IL you overlook that tremendous
reality. hideous.. persisting. man-en-
shaving sin. Social questions are all
primarily Religious questions, because
they have 10 do with the heart Of man.
Boston's aereeventieth century club |
recently made thorough and dis
couragfng seady OF the city's places OF
amusement Various reasons are set
forth tor thes denased and debasing.
character OF what the investigators
found on the stage OF the most cul-
tured city on the continent; but the
best explanation Is the old fashioned
ONE which this bravest Of books. the
Bible, -does4not' blink: the fact'bf sin.
4 Mans Friends.
ThissstoTy Is laid In the city OF Cap
ernam, which Jesus regarded as his
home city. and (which he seems to
have loved as he did not love Naza-
reth. A poor paralytic, helpless, had
peen prougnt 10 t the mousse Wnere Jesus
was teacnlns. Ine tniohs was So
ereat aoout ule Mas1er that .nese
lour 1I1enos Ioueht their way through
Inc outer CROWD anu up 70 tne rool,
Wnere tney TORE ASIDE the lhatcn' ana
ieL tneir 1Ileno GOWN q. the 1eet .,
tne grained neaier anu the asoonisne'
mop.
Some personss do not like the de-
structiOn TO property involved in this
act. Some men accidentally locked
out Of their own homes. will go to
hotel rather than smash window
pane to enter. The conventionalized
mind does not understand that con-
ventions are to be followed, in ordi-
nary circumstances, and disregarded
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