Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-05-30
.CUDL|PP TALKS
ON MEMORIAL
TO veterans |
G. A. r. and w. r. G. Speci1
Guests Of First M. e. at
Patriotic Service
FUTILE POST GOES
TO WILLARD CHURCH

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South Side Veterans AM
Corps Hear Sermon By Il
Rev. M. E. Reusch
Sunday was Memorial sunday a.
the old soldiers, their wives and fal
ifies attended special church service
which had been arranged In ke0Dsu
with the day.
Mem bes Of Cloutman post, g. A.
the Women's Relief corps, spAniA
war veterans, members of Co. q, THU
Iowa infantry went to the First Met
odist Episcopal church where the. ~
tor, Dr.. John Henry Cudlipp. gAvoH
special sermon, In Memoriam. Mex
bers OF Tuttle post, w. r. G. and
group OF veterans who are not ald<
with any of the organizations Atten&
ed the special service held In the M
lard Street M. E. church and heat
the sermon prepared and delivered
the pastor, Rev M. T. Reusch, Ia the
honor
The Rev. Mr.. Reusch talked alos
grizzled veterans In the days OF
and praised them for their worthy nt
tives. He touched on the cresti0n
preparedness and emphasized the
portance Of being able to stand VA
the right and to maintain the coSl
try's stand on the question. BQ1
churches were filled with friends q
the guests OF honor occupied speed
pews, the color standards OF the
ganizations marking tho spacee
What Mean ThsSs stones N "
Choosing his text from Joshua I ~
What Mean These Stones, Dr. CudliJ
said:
Christianity and patriotism
twin forces. The one can scarcely "a
list without the other. The purer
nations religion, the truer will ~
patriotism. In the truly loyal henS
love Of country is coexistent with
love for God. So that, Jesus CAI5
asked much when he demanded
thy brother smite thee on one clsee4
turn the other Also Nothing pf0Yoky
man like an insult to his honor A.
religion or his country. ssI |ss
History certifies that AS a matte
has paganism, and the church cra4
relative to 1t, and has gotten hold n
sturdy faith in God, her love
country has steadily grown and
come intensified. Observe. All gree
nations have been, In some deEfeM
permeated by the spirit of the Chr1
tian's God, Greece and Rome not n
cepted. for, although they may seesl
to have been isolated from the graSl
GUS watchcare OF God, yet Is II IA
true in fact that God wrought throrel
them some Of the mightiest achisy
ments in history!
Greece, as you know, gave 10 a
language, fitted as no other up to thg
time, for the dissemination Of the O.
pei OF Jesus Christ Rome unified TN
nations, thus making It possible n
spread the gospel to all parts or IT,
then known world. Hence II wAS thu
at It's very inception the gospel spr0o
as by magic. Indeed, from all pGrN
OF the Roman empire there waS
simultaneous outburst Of Christian ~
tivity. Thus 1t was that Rom1
naughty Rome, allowed her chiefe4
enemy, and too. her unknown an
chiefest friend, to live and grow
her very bosom, until at last she gaS9!
up the fight and Christianity raise!
her stately head from the ruins.
Forces Are Related.
Comrades OF the Grand Army
ladies OF the Relief corps, fOpeN
and with as much emphasis q u
know how, Christianity and pAtr30|
Ism are twin forces.
"Bismark, one Of the three grsate
of modern statesmen. In speaking
the Incompatible German soldiery
tho ranco-Prussian war, dealared, "a
was the bible In the knApSack 0& q
German soldier that gave the fath1l
land victory
1--WE are told that an African prime
sent an embassy to the court Of Qu01
Victoria OF England, with this inqu1l5
! BE pleased to tell the prince tho r.
| cret OF England's greatness. NJ
think you was her reply? Did a.
point to England's wealth. No. ~
she point to England's heet? No. n
she point to England's gunsf IN
Did she point to England's splendl
soldiery? No. What, then. was a.
answers This. Pointing to cor
of the holy scriptures which lay ne
by, she said, Tell the prince that III
/, is the secret OF England's greatnedI
"Our own Abraham Lincoln M
once complimented In this fAShia(
Mr. Lincoln, we are sure that ~ hAa
Providence on our side. TO lwhi1
remark Mr.. Lincoln replied: \ S
mot so much concerned a. to whsth
Providence Is on our side a. d