Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-05-27
LlBERALIsM's GREAT VICTORY.
The International Sunday School Les
son for May 20 is 1.-THE Council at
Jerusalem."-Acts 1915.
(By William T. Ellis.)


May is the month of ecclesiastical
conventions, and by the time these
words are read most, Of them will be
in full swing or already adjourned,
Among ministers and church work
ers these gatherings are principal
subject of present interest. A strik'
ing parallel may be found between
most of them and the first council OF
the Christian church, which was held
in Jerusalem about the year so, and
which is the theme of the present in
ternational lesson.
In larger aspect, there is the same
struggle under way this month as
was witnessed in the first church
council-the endless strife between
Journalism, tradition, prescription and
prescription on the one hand, and on
| the other the growing, expanding life
1 of the church. The liberalists are still
with us, caring more for precedent
! than for principle. The struggle for
adherence to formal practices Is per
haps best illustrated by the debate
over amusements. The world is used
to discussion of whether Christians
| may smoke, or 60 to the theater OF
| ride in utomobiles-which was actu
ally the subject of legislation at re-
lustre and fluffiness. To half a pint Of
| alcohol add half pint OF water (or else
/ you may use full pint OF bay rum II
you wish) and to this add one ounce 81
beta -quinol, which your druggist car
supply you consider this one OF my
most remarkable formulas.
] MISS G. r. B.-My complexion for
mula will produce an almost magica
! transformation on any skin. The mos
common cause Of a bad complexion ]!
| a. granny, spotty and uneven color of tht
skin. Added : to this are occasional
freckles, red spots and liver spots.
! All blemishes disappear in shor
| time and the skin takes on an ever
pinky-whiteness all over, which Ii
! adora BILE ssFreckles and red spots van
fish. Mix two tablespoonfuls of glycerin'
| with pint of hot water and one ounce
| Of zintone, which you can get at tn
! drug store. Use this cream liberall!
every day. - -,
/ MISS LOTTIE G.-Yes. pimples cal
| be very quickly removed by taking on
or two teaspoonfuls after meals of {
mixture Of twelve ounces OF sugar, on
ounce of sarsene and a pint of water
Get the sarsene at the drug store by tn
ounce,e in the original package. s....,
MRS: r. IT. V-Here is my formul,
for that shampoo and dandruff remover
a gem, assure you. Dissolve one tea
spoonful Of eggoI In half a cup Of wa
/ ter You @can get enough eggol TO- las
you for at least dozen shampoos, a
4 the drug store, for moderate. price
/ This eggoI shampoo far exceeds, ever
the best soap, or any other article 10
the purpose Fever used %
MISS R. T. H-No, positively do no
use any mechanical contrivance in al
endeavor to develop the bust. The fol
lowing safe formula has produces
splendid development in many cases
thought you realize that bust develop
ment is difficult to accomplish. Mix to
gether a half cup of sugar, two ounce
Of ruetone and half a. pint Of cold wa
ter. Dissolve thoroughly and take regu
larly two teaspoonfuls three or fou
times a Observation-Disclosures.
cent convention OF one of the m1no
observation-disclosures wear hooks an
eyes instead Of buttons, or ride il
street cars on Sunday, or belong t.
social organizations which do not cor
form to the usages and convictions o
certain bodies of Christians. Here W
have the temperance of the Juda17
ing Christians Of the Apostolic churcl
who insisted that all believers SHOULD
conform to the practices which the,
themselves favored. - p.
The struggle between Christian lit
erty and church restrictions is oil
and continuous. What is the libert
Of today may be the restraintHof te
4 morrow Probably it is inevitabl
that the. Issue first Joined in the Jerr
Isalem council should continue throug
4 all other ecclesiastical gatherings t
the end Of time. At least, it is steady
ing to read the reports of present da
4 ecclesiastical meetings in the light G
4 st. Luke's narrative Of the first churc
council. and Pauls own comment upo
lit. as found in the second chapter Q
Galatians. Some of us extract con
/, fort from the observation that eve
in the apostolic church the Christian