Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-11-27
TRACES IDENTITY
Of CAIN 5 SPOUSE
EVANGELIST OLIVER ANSWERS
At ALBA Meeting MUCH
DISCUSSED QUESTION.
Especial Correspondence.)

Especial Correspondence
Abba, Nov. 26.-Tuesday night wa'
the banner week day night of the OIL
yer evangelistic meetings. The mems
organizations Of the different churches
were at the tabernacle in a body anC
occupied reserved seats in the center
section. Many other men were also
present called out by the evangelistit
subject, Where did Cain get his wife
which was ably discussed by the
preacher After giving a historical
description Of the time Of Cain and
the condition of the human family on
the earth at that time he came down
to modern times and describing some
Of the modern Gains wives. 1t was a
heart searching sermon and was not
without results. A large number of
| conversions were recorded and the to.
| tai for the first two weeks Of the
| meeting will reach close to four humid
red. This is an unusual number for
the early stages of the meeting.
Big Revival at Buxton.
Monday evening DR.. Oliver and men,
bers Of his party held meeting at
the Methodist church at Buxton. The
evangelist delivered stirring mes
sage on "The book of life" At the
close Of the service twenty-five persons
protested conversion.
Men Organize For Work.
A committee of men from the DIFF
ferent churches have organized for ef-
fective work. Every man in the city
who has not made profession Of
Christianity will be invited to the
meeting and If the first invitation does
not succeed a second and a third will
follow as necessary. Great prepare
tons are being made for Farmers
day which will be on Saturday, Nov.
49, The ladies Of the churches will
serve coffee at one of the churches and
big crowds are expected from the rural
communities. Special services will be
held on Thanksgiving day with a ser
mon in the morning and no service In
the afternoon but the regular meeting
at night Sunday, December IA will be
the great Sunday school rally day. All
the Sunday schools will make an ef
fort on that day to greatly increase
their attendance and all will form In
a body and march to the tabernacle In
parade form.
Tuesday afternoon the subject was
FISHERS of men," This afternoon he
spoke on Coming empty handed" To-
night the subject will be 1.-TWO
Opinions"
Gains Wife.
In his discourse on where did Cain
get his wife," Evangelist Oliver said
in part:
1--WE start with Adam and Eve as
the original pair In the garden Of
Eden, and understand that genealogy
does not name the daughters born in
the homes of the ancients in the Bible
record, as a rule; that the family
name was handed down through the
sons. We figure according to the
statisticians, that population will
double itself twice every twenty-five
years. At the time Cain married there
were between 1000 and 10000 people
on the earth, possibly so per cent of
them we're girls and women. That |
would mean between 5000 and 5000
of that sex upon the earth, and it Ger.
tainly would not be hard for Cain to
choose wife from that multitude
Take the entire population of the earth J.,
as 1t doubtless figured at that time.
between 1000 and 10000
people; put them in villages so to 100
inhabitants each and scatter them
from ten to thirty miles apart. and you
will have chain of villages as long as
from Chicago to New York. The ques- !
ton, "Who was Gains wife," Is Of !
more Importance than where did he !,
get herr" Let me consider the crime
Of Cain. Abel was a keeper of sheep
Cain was tiller of the ground. When
Cain brought his offerings unto Je-
hovah, it was rejected. The Bible says
Unto Cain and to his Offering God
had not respect" Gains unrighteous-
ness overmatched his formal Offering
to God. Abel was righteous man
and he therefore followed the plan of
sacrifice as an atonement for his sins,
and he brought Of the f1rstlings of his
flock and the fat thereof, and Jehovah
had respect unto Abel and to his offer.
ing. Cain was very angry. God re-
ouked him and told him sin was
at his door. Cain murdered
MS brother in a field. God asked him
4 little later. "Where is Abel, thy
orother?' and he said, IT know not
Am my brothers KEEPER" The blood
vas dripping from his hands. the blood
If his murdered brother God pro-
bounced a terrible curse upon him, and
Cain replied: "My punishment is great.
n than I can bear" The Hebrew text
will also bear this Interpretation: my
is greater than can be
orglven" I am appalled, at the au-
lacity Of Cain. 1t makes one shudder
o think Of the perfidy Of the wretch
Who in cold blood murdered his own
,rother Jehovah appointed a sign for
Cain, lest any finding him should smite
lin: In other words he was branded
lie had sown to the wind, he was reap
ng the whirlwind. He was guilty Of
louble infamy, he not only became a
a red-handed criminal, but
re asked some woman to share the .
stigma, of his wicked life, to bear his |
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