Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-11-22
OLIVER TELLS OF
HOME STANDARDS
ALBA EVANGELIST LAYS DOWN
CODE FOR RIGHT LIVING BY
HUSBAND AND WIFE.
Especial Correspondence

Especial Correspondence
Abba, Nov 21.-Lax home discipline
and low standards Of home morality
formed the chief topic of discussion In
Evangelist divers sermon at the tab
ernacle last night. His text was, rs
1t Well With Thee; Is 1t Well With
Thy Husband; is 1t Well With the
child" The lesson was taken from
the experience of the prophet Elisha
and the Shunamite woman who had
caused prophets chamber to be built
the old prophet as he went back and
duty.
Taking the text from It's original set
| ting after telling the story in an i'm
pressive way, he applied it to modern
conditions. First he asked the faith
ers and mothers, the husbands and
wives, "Is 1t Well With Thee?" It
was personal question. Man is re-
sponsible for his own salvation. God
forces 1t upon no man. In the second
place he applied 1t to the wife who is
a processing Christian. SIS 1t we'll
with thy husband?" If more wives
would be consistent in their Christian
profession they would have more
power with their unconverted hus-
bands. Third was the relation to the
children. rs it well with the child"
The Summarizes child was one OF
promise and its death was the occasion
of deep sorrow. Many child today
Is dead in sin but the parents seem
to have no concern. God expects and
will hold us accountable for those Of
our own household. The sermon
abounded in incident and illustration.
Extracts from the Thursday evening
sermon follow:
The worst thing the devil can do Is
to palm off on a man one of the mod
ern fashion plates or devotees Of idle,
wicked amusements of this age for a
wife.
think the worst specimen of wom-
anhood we can find in this century Is
the shallow society whiffet who rides
down the streets in an elegant touring
car or limousine holding a fuzzy pod
die or short cared bull pup in her arms.
A preacher should be man first
and a preacher afterwards. If he Is
not sure enough man he will never
become an effective preacher of the
gospel.
There are any amount OF society
women in our time who have actually
murdered the mother instinct within
them and will redden their hands with
the blood of their unborn offspring or
employ a criminal doctor to do the
work for them before they become
mothers.
SIS it we'll with thy husbandT" This
question is especially for the married
woman There are thousands of men
In this state who could be led to
Christ If their wives would pay the
price, lead clean, consistent Christian
lives, give up worldliness and pray
through. A Woman came to me In a
western state few years ago and
said, Doctor, wish that you would
pray for my husband He is better
man than I am a woman and all he
needs is to join the church" Instant
ly thought, well, sissy, you must
need fixing If you are processing
Christian and you tell me your hus-
band who is out of the kingdom Of
God is better than you are"
Time after time women have told
me that they had model husband.
Maybe that is what Is the matter with
the rascal. According to the diction-
airy model" is a small imitation Of
the real thing. What you need Is a
sure enough man who has backbone
enough to serve God and not a little
homeless, nerveless mollycoddle who is
mere makeshift, or Imitation of a
real man.
The following are some of the chips
from Evangelist divers AK Head"
sermon:
The church OF God in America has
been on the defensive too long. 1t has
been playing sham battle with the
devil; preachers have been firing
sugar coated bread pills when they
ought to have used thirteen-inch shells
and large sized cannon balls. God
help us to press the battle to the gates
and tear the gates off and 60 in and
possess the land! Use the sword of
Gods spirit while We build the walls
of Jerusalem.
The issue In this great campaign is
not, which church shall receive the
largest number of accessions? but
shall we be able to lead the great mass
Of unconverted people to the Lord,
Jesus Christ? Regeneration is the
message, and regeneration is the meth.
cd of building up the kingdom of God
and charging the borders of Zion.
When they discovered that their op'
position to Nehemiah could not pre-.
vent his splendid work, they suggested
a compromise. They said: Come
down to the plains of Ono, Colonel Ne
hemiah; we want to have sociable
talk with you; you are mighty fine
fellow. We want you to visit u.s.
Nehemiah said, ooh, no." and then he
wisely added, "They sought to do me
mischief" Church member, hear me !;
whenever the devil suggests card
party, bridge whist, progressive euchre,
a dance, a visit to the theater, give the
answer of the intrepid Nehemiah, "Oh
no." for the devil seeks to do you mis-.
chief
The scripture here says 1.-THE
young men cut wood" That is exactly
what they went out to do Definite
purpose, continuity of design, specific
effort, combine the essentials of vic
tory. The Jordan, that historical spot
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