Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-02-27
DR.. Jeffrey Says Present.
War Is a Struggle for
Physical Power
BIG CROWD GREETS
FORMER OTTUMWAN
Nebraska Minister Is Given
Ovation at Banquet Of
M. E. Brotherhood

Seen In its true light this war IN
Europe Is wholly uncalled for and 10 q
struggle for physical supremacy &C
cording to the teachings given to the
warning nations by their popular phil
osophy." This WAS the keynote Of the
address given by DR.. Thomas w. JEFF
frey OF Lincoln, Neb., Thursday evena
ing at the fourteenth annual banquet
of the Methodist Brotherhood held at
the First M. e. church.
Two hundred men were served an
excellent Ave course banquet by the
women Of the church. The tables were
decorated with pink candles In silver
candleabra and hanging baskets filed
with pink roses and trailing vines woro
suspended from tho ceiling while tho
speakers tables held large high
handled basket Of the roses and tho
candles were in cut glass holders.
The men met In the auditorium OF the
church and after q short reception
music given by the Misses Margaret
The guests united in singing Come
tion was given by Rev. M. II. Reusch
the absence of DR.. Edwin A Schell Of
Mt. Pleasant, who was unable to be
here. During tho serving Prof. G. Day.
ton played trombone solo. At the
conclusion Of the banquet rising vote
OF thanks was given the ladies for the
excellent service,
s. l.. Vest, president OF the brother
hood, actat ~ sssAaAsteAter and Judge
M. A. Roberts was the first speaker.
His talk, while on the subject Of
Fellowship" dealt more particularly
with the good fellow, the man who.
loves his fellow being. His address
was short and pithy but full OF good
points and the sentiment throughout
was embodied in the poem with which
he closed, LET me live In the house at
the side Of the road and be friend TO
man." A great ovation was given
DR.. Jeffrey when he arose to speak and
at the conclusion of the address for
half an hour the people passed back
and forth through the reception room
personally greeting the former Ottum-
wa pastor. His subject was The
Breakdown Of Matedalism."
A chanoeabie World.
IN Oog1QuluS Inc 6QcAhoE CssAVy MO
lot of humanity Is cast In world OF
changes. Few things continue In one
stay. Even the stars above which
mock man with tho brevity OF his so
iourn upon earth, are changing. The
earth upon which we tread and whore
s.umber the countless tribes Of men, %
changing in every part and every
where. 1t Is not what 1t has been or
what 1t will yet be. But so gradual
are the changes and so almost imper-
ceptible that we are scarcely cogniz-
ant Of them. They do not Interfere
with our relations with each other or
with our mode Of life. 1t is the catas-
trophe of an hour or the cataclysm OF
a moment which claim our attention..
although we know that they are hardy
worthy of our notice. But uncommon
destruction Of life and property always
appeals to us. These are but the cleo
trio sparks of wasted energy which IN
dicate an unmeasured and immeasur-
able reservoir of power somewhere
beyond the limit of our vision.
I'VE have come upon times OF the
greatest interest to the whole world,
Everybody has been set to thinking.
Disaster follows disaster, rapine fol-
lows rapine. Lust Of land and gold
follow upon each other like the waves