Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1916-09-19
THE EVANGEL|S-
TIC MEETINGS
Over 300 People Heard DR.. Brown at
the Christian Church Last
Evening.


devil?"- the Christian church
last night. The speaker said when
the man asked this question he was
"a sceptic, but afterwards became a
Christian and like many great men,
frequently stands behind the pulpit
and breaches the unsearchable riches
of Christ.
The ostrich sticks it's head in the
sand when it sees danger and then
believes the danger past. Man may
deny that there is devil, may say
that he is creation of the magma
ton of man, but the fact remains
that suffering, evil and wrong are in
the world. We can't settle it by the
ostrich method.
The speaker said that men are
made strong in hardships. The
toughest trees are the trees out on
the unsheltered hills. The greatest
souls pass through storms. The
greatest blessings of life come
through tears and suffering. The
most massive characters are scanned
with scars. Midnight is as essential
to unfold the beauty of the rose as is
the sunlight. Every obstacle man
overcomes makes him stronger for
the next.
DR.. Brown said the law of CRAWL
tation holds the worlds in space. 1t
is a most useful law. Yet falling
body may crush the life out of man.
To avoid this death God would have
to abolish the law of gravitation.
Fire burns. A child falls into the
fire and is burned to death. but God
cannot take the heat out of fire with
out destroying the blessing of fire.
Again he said that God could not
kill the devil without destroying hu-
manity. Evil resides in man, not in
matter. Sin is in man. The devil
is in human life. 1t is man who
alone can stand where centuries
meet and gather up history in a
choice. To destroy evil in this world
would be to do away with the power
of choice. Man would be a machine,
good not from choice, but because he
has to be. When man becomes a de-
terminer he steps into grandeur. The
speaker declared that God is killing
the devil as fast as we choose to let
him do so. Jesus came into the world
for this purpose. "He came to de-
stroy the works of the DEVIL" and
just as we let Christ work in us and
through us is this purpose accomp-
lished in the earth. The devil of dis
ease is being slain. The Black
Plague took thousands of people in
the past, left cities without an in
but medical science knows
how to combat this devil of disease
now.
The devil of ignorance is being
killed. "Ye shall know the truth
and the truth shall make you free.
The speaker closed with an earnest
appeal to let God have a chance in
our lives.
A good crowd came from Clarion
to hear Mr.. Brown last night, he
having held meeting there recent
ly. There were twenty-five people
from that place, including Rev. and
Mrs. Wright of the Christian church
Of Clarion. They added much to the
Interest and helpfulness of the SER
vice.
Many said that the baptismal SER
vice was the most beautiful they had
ever witnessed. A cross hung above
The water was brilliantly illuminat-
ed by electric lights, all the other
lights being turned out.
Mr.. Brown will speak tonight up
IN the subject, ''If l were Woman"
This is one of his Chautauqua lect-
Tres. You will want to hear this.
Noman's chorus and woman ushers.
All are invited to this service.