Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-09-12
INITIAL ADDRESS
+. GIVEN BY GORDON
WINNIPEG MINISTER OPENS
SERIES OF INTERNATIONAL
TALKS At LOCAL CHURCH.


First Congregational church both Sun
day morning and evening to hear DR..
James l.. Gordon, the famous lecturer
of Winnipeg, Can, give the first of
his series of inspirational lectures.
| This series will last for twelve days,
the talks starting promptly at 3
o'clock each evening of this week.
DR.. Gordon is big of stature, has
big voice and brings big message In
a big hearted way. His talks Sunday
were immensely enjoyed by those
present and indications at present
point to rousing meetings during his
stay In the city. The lecturer talks
with such plain and simple style
that everyone, both children and
grown folks, become interested at
once and fear to lose even word Of
what he says. Yet there Is such ear
nestness and profound belief in what
he says, in DR.. Gordon himself that his
message is brought with unusual force
and strength to his hearers,
At the morning service Of the church
DR.. Gordon took as his topic After
Death What?, delivering a powerful
sermon on the immortality of the
soul. Next to life, he said, the most
universal thing is death. Dead cities,
dead nations, dead empires, dead civil
lizations. Death ruleth, death reign
eth. But that which Is universal must
be beneficial No man can, logically,
reason himself away from the thought
of Immortality. 'fE
Hope Is the prophecy Of immortal
| ity, Dr. Gordon affirmed If life with
out hope is an impossibility, a uni
verse without future-a spiritual fu.
| ture for spiritual faculty-would be
| an absurdity. Time is eternity, dealt
out in atoms called moments. On the
study table, in Abbotsford, lies the
journal of Walter Scott, in which the
last words written are these: To
morrow we shall" 'o'~ ~
Think of the universal aspiration
for Immortality, said the lecturer
Even agnostics have lived in the light
of dawning immortality. Professor
Huxley remarks to John Merely, II
| would rather have an existence IN
perdition than no existence at all"
The faith of Tennyson overstepped all
his fears and in his farewell words to
the world he sings:
! II hope to see my Pilot face to face
l
! The subject of DR.. Gordon's talk in
the evening was Fools of Modern So
! ciety. That young man is fool who
mistakes knowledge for wisdom he
said. There are educated people and
graduated people. You may possess
college diploma and not know every
thing The greatest university is the
university of hard knocks.
THAT young man is fool who is
| looking for an easy place." he argued.
! ''The only easy place is in the grave.
Every precious thing in the world has
| a price attached to it. You can pos
sess anything in this country If you
| are willing to pay the price.
THAT man is fool who wishes that
there were no God. The worst sort of
infidelity is inf1delity of the heart.
Even Ingersoll believed in the exist
ence Of God. He discovered Gods
signature in the sweetness, of the lily
| and the beauty of the rose. That man
Is a fool who does not stand for some
noble principle. In the last analysis
there is only one question to ask
about a man-what does he stand
for? .- =
| "That woman is fool who sacri-
fees the spiritual welfare Of her chill
dren for social position DR.. Gordon
also stated.
! DR.. Gordon will conduct question
drawer each evening and prior to his
address this evening on The Blacklist
! Stain on the Reputation of Young
Man, he will answer the following
questions: ...
/. Is there prejudice against a
man In the business world when his
hair is growing gray?
| 2. Is a lawyer ever justified in de-
Tending a man whom he knows to be
! guilty? 81. ~ - A
8. II you were woman would you
favor woman's suffrage.
| 4. Are women more selfish than
J men?
| s. Is there personal devil?
6. Who should carry the house.
hold purse, the husband or the wife?
| T. Does a man have to cruelty his
| intellect In order to be Christian?
8. Is Christianity the final relie'cn
4 or will it be superseded?
9. Can a man be honest truthful
and fair ard succeed in business?
10. Is it right to dance?