Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-10-20
REV. /. F. LAWLER,
NEW PASTOR HERE,
OCCUPIES PULPIT
METhODiSTS GREET THEIR PAS
TOR, WHO DELIVERS INTRO
DUCTORY SERMON BEFORE
LARGE CONGREGATION

wi h their new pastor Rev. Hiram f.
LAWYER, yesterday, when he made his
hrst appearance in an Ottawa pulpit /
He Is speaker Of ability, and is pos
sessed of II pleasing personality, and
during his short stay here he made
many friends
He preached at both the morning
and evening services at the First
Methodist Church and attended the
Sunday school service at the Epworth
Church
In the morning he chose for his sub.
ject Young Men Shall Prophecy and
Old Men shall Dream" He spoke OF
the wonders thar had been wrought
from the dreams of middle aged men
and of the fallaey of lite without
dreaming
Tracing the methods of men who
are doing things IN the world today
by first seeing their vision or dream
OF the event that was to be accom-
pished and then starting ont with It
determination to make the dream
come true, he cited many examples tc
prove his theory. Among these were
General Pershing of the A. f.. f. DR.
Anna Howard Shaw of suffrage fame
and Jessie Walker the Methodist mis-
sionary, who came down the Illinois
Valley establishing churches and was
one OF the tOrerunners OF civilization
in the middle west He urged upon
his hearers the importance Of dreams
which through the aid of God, were
made to come true
An excellent musical program was
given by the choir, assisted by Miss
Vera b Ham and jay ;. Rufner
In the evening Rev l.aWler gave Al
sermon which was equally a. good a
the one delivered in the morning, The
subject was On the Trail He too
the life of Christ as the trail and
urged everyone TO hit and follow the
trail, taking the life Of Christ and His
teachings as an example for their
every day life.
During his stay in the city Rev
Lawler was entertained at the home
Of DR. and Mrs A. J Roberts on
Christie street, He arrived Saturday
and returned To Belydere, where he
has been pastor OF the First Methodist
Church, this morning.
Rev LaWlcr and his family VIII
drive to Ottawa next Friday morning
to make their future home On tins
same day Rev c. A. Briggs and fam
lily, who are moving from Ottawa to
Freeport, will leave tor their new
nome.
Brotherhood Has Sing"
A splendid group Of men gathered
al the Baptist Church Sunday night
for a brotherhood sing led hy JOnn
l.. Hoff President De Lapp led in 70
sponsive reading, and l. l.. Thomi.
son led in prayer The pastor spoke
on When Terah Went Half Way.
Text Gen. ll.32, "Terah died ia
Haran' The sermon in part
There is much to admire IN Terah.
He forsook moon Norshiping. idOld
trous lr OF the Chaldees at the call Of
God He broke with evil associations
and made a new beginning in the
quest OF a true religion 1t took real
courage to do tha. But he did not
keep up the quest That is the fact
tremendous with significance. He set
tied down in ilaran half way house
to the promised land Of God.
IT il always a fact tremendous in
results when a man quits the contin-
ued quest tor God, The rich young
man whom Jesus looked upon and
loved, who kept the commandments and
was anxious to inherit eternal life,
committed the fatal error refusing
to 60 all the way Christ asked him IN
renunCiation He was not far from
the kingdom, but he did not take the
last steps He would not pay the
price; he would not make the SaCri-
fee
There are people today, respect
able. we'll thought of, who move in
good society. but they have Camped
in Haran They go so far with Christ,
but will not go all the way. They
will not fully surrender, tie up to the
church and live a lie of sacrihCial
service for the kingdom Of God 5 sake
There are some Tcrahs in the
church. They have quit reaching ou'
for deeper religious experience.
they are void Of enthusiasm, blase,
burned out They don't worship regu-
larly or line up with the church work.
They have a name that they live and
ere dead They have baked on the
Christian journey and settled down at
Haran. They won't serve to the point
Of sacrifice, they won't give until il
hurts. Paul had to tell the Gala
tons. 'Ye did run Well Who did
hinder you" They quit witnessing
herocally for God, The author Of He
brewa speaks Of certain Christians
who ought to be eating meat the food
of full grown men, but are stil on
milk Baby Christians 70 he coddled
and Coaxed. Never growing up tel
virle Christian manhood, because
they went TO sleep at llaran John
Mark was a good apostle until the
port Of Perga was made, then he
showed streak Of yellow and Quit
cold He hadn't the sand to face the
dangers of Pamphyllia with PAU!
Demas was a faithful COlaborcr of
Pauls for a time, But he hit hard
places and the old love of garish days
reasserted itself and he. too, quit cold
Hear Pauls word, "Demas hath for.
saken me, having loved this present
world All this is tragedy Think of
Christ's terse summary, This man
began to build and was not able to
finish Such were the disciples who
departed from Him and walked no