Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1916-12-12
"The Superior Man" was the Subject
Of the Address Sunday
Afternoon to Men
Only.
MEETS WITH MUCH APPLAUSE
Night Address on "What Does it
Profit Man if he Gain the
Whole World" Etc.

Superior Man" "Man is the wonder
of creation, the highest order Of all
earthly creation" said the evange-
list. "No monkey ever became man
or did mans work. We succeed or
fail according to our vision Of life.
Sandow, weak boy, followed his
vision and became the strongest man
of his day When other boys were
going to the bad Edison was at home,
laying the foundation for his splen-
did inventions. In too many cases
| the training of the children is left
entirely to the mother, when every
child needs the masculine element in
it's bringing up. The needed type to-
day is the manly man. He must dis
cover and develop himself and put in
to life that which will help and bless.
His character, like that of Lincoln's,
must be regulated by conscience and
founded on principle.
|
hood, you must eliminate whatever
is illogical and wrong. You must
acquit in order to acquire. You would
like salvation, but you do not like to
quit sin. You should own up to sin,
like a man. Cease offering excuses for
not doing what is right. Men are
excusing themselves for not becom-
ling Christians on the ground that
church members are not living right.
| The pool halls of this city are do
|ing the boys lot of dirt and you
are to blame that they are here. We
should have Y. M. C. A. for the saw
ing of the boys of this city.
Profanity is one of the worst
crimes. God is our best friend and
it is cowardly to take his name in
vain. It shows a lack of culture and
refinement and sets a bad example
before the boys. To be a manly man
you must quit your Sabbath desecra.-
ton. This day was not established by
the church but by God. There ought
to be six working day law as well as
an eight hour day law for railroad
men. God gives you six days and it
is not right to steal the seventh.
Cut out the gambling habit. The
manly thing is to report what you
know about it to the officers. Man
illness will not be afraid to stand in
the court room and back up the Of
ficers in the enforcement of the law.
Let cards alone; you do not know
where they will lead. You ought to
| fight the establishment of dancing
school in this city as hard as you
would fight the starting of saloon.
Manliness will not repect or listen
to unclean stories. If you want to
be real man you must cut out the
use of tobacco. Some men love the
old corn cob pipe better than their
wives. All have right to the
streets, but the smoker disregards
the rights of all others.
I don't believe that God ever in
tended man to smoke or he would
have put a chimney on his head. The
Bible condemns tobacco chewing. 1t
says that the animal that cheweth
the cud and parteth not the hoof is
unclean. 1t is a poison and a little
of it will kill cat. 1t gets into the
system. A cannibal would not eat
some of you. A fifty year record
of Harvard college shows that five
sixths of the men students have used
tobacco but in all that time no to-
bacco user ever graduated at the
head of his class. Refrain from the
use of booze. You would not live in
a town that had no churches, but If
the church people did as you do,
stand off from them, we would not
have church. Are you demanding
that other people maintain decent
living conditions for your benefit and
you not contribute in any way? 1t
is not square deal. Maintain right
conditions in the home, where the
wife should have equal privileges
with the husband Don't be man
that cannot be distinguished from a
pig in pen. Quit your rebellion
against God. God can take the worst
sinner and make a man of him, if
given a chance"
The evangelist spoke in fervent
terms that carried weight and a
punch that at times brought long and
loud applause.
DR.. Bromley's text for the Sunday
evening sermon was: "What does 1t
profit man if he gain the whole