Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-04-19

experience of the Galveston flood,
! stating that in Galveston, previous to
he disaster, the people refused to con-
slider the evangelistic work, but after
| he flooding of the city and the cyclone
disaster. the cvangelists who went to
Galveston were eagerly heard. and
heir campaign proved great success.
He pointed out that a great religious
awakening is sure to follow such ter
rible occurrences as that of yesterday
It San Francisco.
Sermon on "Faith.'
Dr. Hobson's subject for the evening
was Faith" the sermon following an
extended song service conducted by
Alexander Davidson, and children's
service, during which Dr. Hobson gave
1 very impressive hand talk for the
children. In speaking of faith, the
evangelist defined it as ''the medium
for procuring salvation and likened
it to money, the medium for procuring
qualification of worldly desires. He en-
phasiZed the necessity of a personal
faith. showing the fallacy of expecting
The faith of the pastor of church, or
of some other member of the church,
TO bring about salvation for any but
that particular individual.
.'The Brnzen Serpent
Rev. ID. S. Toy, at the Memorial
Christian church, preached powerful
sermon on the subject, The Brazen
Serpent Uplifted in the Wilderness"
1T has become necessary for the
church to resort to fairs. festivals,
grab bags, and the devil knows what
else, to run the church, and it is a dis
grace to the people who profess them
selves Christians that this is So said
DR.. Toy inIhe course of-his address. He
added later, along the same line. I'VE
have too many that are better Baptists
than they are Christians, better Metho-
dists than they are christians. and bet
ter Presbyterians than christians.
DR.. Toy likened the serpent raised
by Moses as a cure for the sting of
the fiery serpent of the wilderness to
Christ. 'As there was no physician
then who could cure the bite of the SER
pent, there is no way now to cure the
Satan sting except that pointed by God
At Spencer Memorial.
The meeting at the Spencer Memo
rial church was well attended, and
Rev. Charles T. Wheeler gave another
of his eloquent and powerful sermons.
Mr.. Wheeler spoke on the subject,
Baptism of the Holy Ghost" In his
usual powerful manner he brought out
the thoughts he wished to convey to
his hearers, and succeeded in making
a most deeply felt impression on all
who heard him.
He took the text, Eye shall receive
power after that the Holy Ghost has
upon We and be Witnesses He went
on to show how all Christians might
receive power from God if they would
but have faith in Him and get the
spirit of the Holy Ghost in their lives
In an apt illustration he showed how
useless was all the many kinds of pow
erful machinery that have been invent
ed in late years if it were not for the
power that drives them, and how it
would. be impossible to generate this
power without the fire which creates
steam to run the enormous and pow
erful machines. He then compared
lives with these machines and showed
how uselessly people live without the
Holy Ghost which would supply the
needed power.
Meeting for Children.
n special meeting for children will
be conducted tomorrow afternoon at
Broadway Presbyterian church, at 4
O'Clock. DR.. Hobson. who seems par
ticularly fitted for this line of work,
will give chalk talk for the children,
and Alexander Davidson will lead the
sunbeam choir"