Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-01-18
POINTS way TO
CAIN HAPPINESS
EVANGELIST MCCONNELL : SAID
THE END DOES NOT CEASE
TO BE WITH DEATH
MUST LIVE IN PEACE
Congregation In First M. e. Church
Hears Stirring Sermon on
Death; Song Service
Was Rouslng. a..

1T is appointed unto man once to
die, but after this the Judgment" was
the basis of Evangelist McConnells
sermon last night in the First M. e.
church. From the outset the speaker
endeavored to show his auditors how
to attain happiness in the great be-
yond, and every syllable OF his dis
course was convincing argument. Pre-
vious to the sermon the song service
in charge of Prof. Scholfield was in
dulged in for over half an hour. This
was most inspiring service as was
indicated by the rousing manner In
which Charles Sheppard sang the
chorus of one song, and in the duet
by the professor and Mr.. Mcconnell.
This last number, 81 Love Him, to
the tune of "Old Black Joe" was splen-
.didly given. Rev. S. Isaac Elder, pastor
of the South Ottumwa Baptist church,
led in prayer.
Death is Always Ahead.
EVANGELIST Mcconnell set forth in
his discourse some scientific facts hav-
ing to do with simple and compost
elements. His sermon was given with
but one end in view, that OF conVlnc-
ing his auditors that they should make
gain everlasting happiness in the next.
The end does not cease to be with
DEATH" said the evangelist. Death IS
always ahead. It is that which is BE-
fore us. Happiness is the universal
desire after death. The only reason we
are not happy here is because there
are things that disturb our peace.
Physical pain is one of these. There
are some things we cannot get away
from, even in death, and one of these
is myself. There are only two things
in this world: simple elements and
compost elements, A simple element
is anything that has attributes or
qualities that cannot be taken away
from it. The other element l will illus
trate by myself. My body can be de-
because it is compost ele-
ment. What is death? drop dead on
this platform. What has left this body?
The Passing Of Man. -. |
something left it and with it went
Line. Mcconnell With that passing
went the man. The brain does not
think, the eye does not see, the ear
does not hear, for the something that
operated them has departed. 1t still
has the brain, eye. ear, but they are
useless. contend that man is being
who has a brain through which he
thinks but not by which he thinks.
Weight is an attribute of IRON 1t can
not lose it's weight. 1t is the same
thing with man A man never loses his
sight. Perhaps a cataract might OBJ
scure the vision, but an operation does
not restore the sight. Sight is a
metal power. 1t is an instrument
through which we see. AS an evidence
of it being mental power. you and
can now see our boyhood homes in our
mind A man. is never happy unless
he is in conformity with himself. If
your tastes are degraded and your
will favors it, your conscience will
say don't. do it. and your judgment
will say don't do it, You are not in
accord with yourself. Conscience is
one of the faculties that we can not
get away from. If you are at peace
with yourself. away from the disturb
ing elements, you will be happy on
your side.
Man can not get away from himself
by dying His record will follow him.
There are four things in this world
that we should watch. The first is
our thoughts. Two children can be
put in room and held there for
twenty-five years. One will come out
a fiend incarnate and the other the
opposite Their thoughts were active
On different lines. Then there is your
words. How would you like to meet
all the words you ever spoke
The speaker then referred to deeds,
reciting the story Of Happy rack, a
in WI
singing and telling stories. One day