The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-04-08

I final decay because it did not give the
| fullest acknowledgment to Jesus
Christ that it should.
The Unitarian church," he cried,
even with Harvard college behind 1t
is going to decay and the Roman Cath
olic church will say mass over its
death yet, because no church that does
not give the full acknowledgment to
Jesus Christ cannot survive. I have
been asked why don't jump on. the
pope and the Roman Catholic church
and have answered that I have been
so busy cleaning up the mess in my
own dooryard in the protestant
| churches that haven't had the time
to give to them.
But I have found there are not
many instances that the Roman Cath
olics need going after. It is true that
one occasionally finds just as big hypo-
critics in that church as in any other,
but the Roman Catholic church ac-
knowledges a Christ and gives that
Christ the full mead of worship it
should. And have friends in the Ro-
man Catholic church who are just as
near to me as many OF my protestant
friends and I know them to be good
and upright citizens who are living as
God would have them live.
But / am against a church that does
not give the proper, acknowledgement
TO Jesus Christ and that Is why the
Unitarian church cannot Nye.''
Scored Other seets.
The evangelist slightly raped the
Christian Scientists ana other sects,
who he said, were playing tag with
God and hide and seek with the devil
Probably these were the most start
ling statements Of any he made during
the afternoons sermon so that many
who came out of mere curiosity and
for the purpose OF hearing a sensation
sprung were considerably disappointed.
Rev. Mr.. Sunday yesterday afternoon
quite disarmed even the most hostile
and agreeably disappointed many who
had previously been suspicious and the
lukewarm who had said while they did
not believe in his methods yet were
open to conviction" He is an emo
tional speaker and yesterday gave a
number Of examples of what he is
capable of doing when he gets worked
up to a high pitch. But his address
was an appealing one that held the in
terest of everyone in the large audi
ence that numbered about $500 peo-
pie until the closing moment when he
retired from the platform while the
great choir was singing The Battle
Hymn of the Republic.
Meaning or GrenadIers.
Mr.. Sunday began with the derivation
Of the word giving the number of gren-
adIers in the British army as 2,540 and
then stated the modern church member
was the grenadier of the militant
forces of christianity. He said the
first twenty -five verses of the Sermon
on the Mount revealed the whole mean
ing of the term.
Then he went on TO explain the me-
cessity of the grenadiers today in life
and spoke of the conditions Of politi-
cal unrest that is sweeping the land.
He said it was the day when all things
antiquated had been put aside for the
modern conveniences which pertained
to every line Of existence.
THE candle and the gas light have
been put aside and we have electricity
in its stead" he said. "The day is
past for buggies and wagons and we
have automobiles instead, the day is
past for the CRATER and boodler and
we are getting the upright man in
stead. The day is past for the rule of
the corrupt and drink-ridden politician
and we are having government by the
people in their stead. We are having
primaries where people express them
selves instead of having few who
were supposed to represent them do
as they pleased And 1t is so with the
church. The time has come for men
to be the grenadiers and work for
Christ"
Many Historical References.
Rev. Mr.. Sundays sermon yesterday
afternoon was illustrated with many
historical references, both from sacred
and profane history. He cited the
dance of death by Salome and the re-
quest of Herodius for the head Of John
the Baptist in calling attention to the
houses OF bad repute and the sort of
women who did such dancing
u can see her now" he cried, doing
that can-can dance and wiggling her
body and twirling around with one
AS0L ~ q QuaNtSL uA cAA ana the s0LuSf
at a quarter Of twelve with a smile on
her face like the cat that has just eat
en- the canary. Oh that kind OF dane
ing has cost a good deal. That girl
got next the king and he told her she
could have anything she wanted just
because she danced her way into his
affection and she rushed off and asked
Herodius what she should ask for.
And the kings concubine, just because
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