Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1916-11-21
DR.. Bromley Takes His Text for Men
From the 18th Chapter of the
Book Of Common
Sense"
TABERNACLE FILLED AT NIGHT
Sunday Evening Sermon ''Whatsoev-
er a Man Soweth, That Shall
He Also Reap"

DR.. Bromley's lecture. His text, he
said, was found in the 18th chapter
of the book known as Common
Sense" and it was something like
this: "a man is not man unless he
is as pure as a woman" The lecture
was some plain things from a clean
life. Dr.. Bromley said he was not a
reformed drunkard, had never been
down in the depths, and spoke out CT
the abundance of his experience. Men
have gone to him with confessions
that are too dark to appear in print.
He said he always liked to speak to
the negroes of the south, because they
were responsive. They will make a
man think he is doing fine whether
he does or not; but a eolored audi
ence would have to go some to have
kept up with that which listened to
him Sunday afternoon.
That audience was certainly color
ed with enthusiasm. The speaker
was often interrupted with great ap-
plause. Everybody wanted to fight.
Some wanted to fight the speaker,
but the great majority wanted to
combat the great evils of American
life as never before. Men We're NOV
ed to tears as the speaker brought
the home of their childhood before
them and caused them to think of the
rights of the child. The child has a
right to be well born, declared the
Evangelist. ''Is it right to contribute
to unborn generations certain pro-
clivities and tendencies" he asked.
The speaker said that pictures in the
home have wonderful influence in
the life. There are pictures in some
offices and newspapers that are an in
suit to decency. He criticised the
stage when he said that the majority
of women on the stage had lost their
Virtue, and the dance got it's share
when he said that modesty is that in
| WoHuCh Which hecpS a iiiaH hl HIS
proper distance and nothing breaks
down this modesty like the mod.rn
method of dancing. He presented
some startling figures to prove his
assertion that more women fall
through the dance than in any other
way. DR.. Bromley is believer in
the single standard The unfaithful
husband got his scoring along with
the rest. The speaker said that
courtships should not end at marri-
age, but should continue through the
years, even when 'the silver threads
are shining among the gold" He
spoke Of that book entitled, "He fell
in love with his wife," and thought
the sweetheart and lover spirit should
always continue after marriage.
| In the lecture there was the sound
of shot and bursting shell, storming
the strongholds of sin: there was al
so the beauty of the rose, the grace
of the lily, the music of the fields the
brightness of perfect days and the
true heart of Christianity.
The tabernacle was full Sunday ev-
ening and when Dr. Bromley came
upon the platform he was greeted by
Applause. from the audience. The
Evangelist threw the f1ashlight upon
an old truth, Whatsoever man
Isoweth, that shall he also reap" This
is a simple truth. yet hard for peo-
length of time that elapses between
the time of sin and it's effect. Sins
with immediate effects are avoided.
1t takes time for most sins to run
their course. 1t requires time for the
valleys to be filed, for the century
plant to bloom, for forests to grow
up and return to the earth from
whence they came. Forces are going
out and coming back. Sin sets in mo-
ton influences that come back to the
life. Sin pays you back. 1t will
find you out. No one can escape from
certain consequences of sin. There is
a courage of sin when it is commit
ted, but when the harvest comes.
there is a shrinking and cringing, a
cowardice of sin. The sum total OF
your sins if figured up may be worse
than murder No one knows what
evil acts upon the part Of Others may
be gathered up in the sins man COM
mits. Between the rich and poor,
God makes no distinction in his
standard of morality. You can't
go to heaven unless you are al
Christian. Most people reason
by the deduction method. That
is, when they see certain evil eff
feet, they say that no one should do