Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-05-27
OLD SOLDIERS AND.
v. R. c. ARE GUESTS.
Of M. {. CHURCH.
MEMORIAL SERVICES ARE CON
QUOTED BY REV. VoNCkH-
LARGE AUDIENCE IN ATTEND
ANCE--BAPTiSTS HEAR FhEth
sOYS eULoolzEo.

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church. The beautiful decorations
prepared primarily Tor TN G A. r
and W. r. c. who we're 10 nav" been
The honOred guests last night, added
very much to the splendid spirit MAT
prevailed The patriotic decorations
the "Recessional. sung by the choir.
andthe patriotic sermon by the pastor
Rev. j + Vonckx, were all in perfect
accord.
Will Ottawa Ring Victory Bell.
The pastor in troduced his message
With reference To he ringing Of The
liberty Bell, then he showed how the
Liberty Bell Of 1876 was Victory
Bell and that it spoke i reefod
message II spoke of an enemy. Of 4
victory and of the means TO the vie
tory. an dthis three-fold message
was clearly seen in the text This
is The victory that ovcrcometh the
world. even our faith"
The world OF sensual msts and
pleasures, the riches, The hanors. ana
the dignties is the enemy that has
conquered men. Satan tempted our
Lord with this temptation bu, the
Lord did not allow the kingdoms OF
this world and the el0ries OF them to
blind his eyes to the greater spir-
itnal considerations. Satan tempted
the militarists of Germany with this
temptation and II was too much for
them and the selfish ACKNOWLEDGMENT
was theresnlt German mililarism Il
the great enemy tina, must be met to.
day.
Victory Is assured for we are on
The Lords side. God Is against the
l'rtisslans because their principles are
AZ variance with those OF the King
dom OF Heaven, Victory is assured
because Jesus Christ has conquered
Satan andthus delivered us from The
penalty and power of sin. but the
truth remains that we must appropr,
ate il before We can come into the
benefits OF il. God not only wants
rs To accept salvation Ia escape the
epnally OF sin, but also hat we might
be Tree from the power oi sin Here
Ia the hope for the drunkard, the drug
lend and all with sinful habits. Let
The poor, nnfortunatemen made slaves
by appetite do their part and God
will surely setihem free. But God
moi only wants Ms to be free from the
penall Y andthe power Of sin, but lie
wants MS To free others from this
same power Love thy neighbour.
and Go ye' refers TO freeing the
world from evil dominaiiMl. whether
The evil be that Of slavery as il pre-.
vailed IN aur own country. the liquor
traffic that is on its deathbed, or the
Hun; and since this is Gods will vic.
tory II assured
THE means 70 victory is by faith
and works, faith that expresses IT,
OF active cooperation The boys are
going 10 the camps and to the front
and we praise them, and we are pledg.
ing ourselves to the War Chest and
buying War Stamps and Liberty
Bonds, but some people have forgot
ten that God stands ready to give
added assistance as people pray. 'Ye
RECEIVE NOT because ye ask not are
words Of our Lord, and again, ASA
ana We shall relieve etc Someone
has realized this great neglect and
has suggested the Victory Bell. and
and adopted it At eleven o'clock ey
church bells and any0lher eblls rinp
our calling upon everyone to stor
wherever they are, whether in school
Office, store, shop, field or street tf
bow Iher heads and offer mp q pray
or for our boys and Tor victory. and
then they og on their way Elgh
adopted the Victory Bell on May The
thirteenth. some OF the towns IN the
southern part fihe state have adopt
ed IT, last week Il was presented L
the commissioners al the general as
senbly Of the Presbyterian churcl
that was meeting in Columbus, O., ant
II was referred to committee fol
recommendation Why not have q
Victory Bell in Ottawa?
Farewell for Soldiers.
Sunday mornings service a, III,
Baptist church was Of the nature q
farewell service for Nh Glenn Shul
or and Mr. Wilbur Rugs, These tNl
young meI. lef' today with the 3clot
tites for AtlaHta, Ga The pastor
paid high tribute TO Glenn SHuler
who has been aach faithful and el
iieipnt mrmbe Of The Baptist church
We are proud We said, 10 lay 81
tile altar 81 on country dies" twt
admirable young men We Know tia
they will 20 forth in khaM and prove
good soldiers OF Jesus Ghrid as wei
as soldiers OF Uncle Sam We ar
sure they will stand for the highe
things IN their army career and thu
BE- a help 10 other young men whI
put up fight against the things tina
tear down character As we loo
about orr churches we notice tina
many OF our finest young men ar
going from us Surely The church !
doing is patriotic duty in sendIn
snch a splendid group OF Christian
Xpliur mon IN "A ia IN he gtiuppln ia