Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-27

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as IL it were drops OF blood fall
ing down TO the ground" was the
theme upon which Mr.. Sunday yes
terday> morning founded his SER
mon on the subject; "Be:ng'in Ag-
ony," in which he said:
II must have been a new sight
for the angels. They had beheld
many wonderful things, they had
seen tEeir brethren angels, who re-
belled, hurled over the battlements
Of glory. Angels are angels only
because they do the will OF God,
and when they cease to do the wiz
of God they become devils. The
devils were once angels, and the
reason they are not angels now is
because they rebelled against the
Will of God. When you refuse to
do the will Of God you are a sinner,
you are a saint because you do the
will OF God
You are an American when you
submit to the will of the govern
ment. When you refuse, you are
traitor. 1t must have been a
new sight for the angels. They had
seen Sodom and Gomorrah de-
stroyed with the fire because of
their transgressions; they had seeH
the old world destroyed with a
flood because OF mans iniquity, and
they had seen the destroy ing angel
with drawn. sword go through the
camp of the Assyrians and slay 1885,
900 of them; they had seen God
beat back the waters Of the Red
sea, and they had beheld the first
born in every Egyptian home slain /;
but they had never before beheld
the Son of God sweating blood.
Divine Gun Bitter One.
learn that the divine cup is a
bitter cup, whether the fallen an
gels drink. in their eternal impris
onment, or whether fallen man
drinks the bitter curse of God upon
him, or whether the unfallen Christ
drinks it. Christ said, "Is there no
other way whereby we can save
this sin-cursed world?"
The Father said, Absolutely no
other way, my Son. You have TO
go on the cross and die
And Jesus said, Not my will
but thine be done"
When the churches say that with
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they will overthrow the forces OF
evil that have been beating against
the cause of God and His truth
God doesn't hate the sinners, but
He does hate. their sins
1t was a terrific exhibition
Jesus Christ, who had never sin
ned, ctaining His clothes with
blood, not for anything He had
done, but because of the mental
agony He was in. knowing what
punishment was going to fall on
those who were rejecting Him and
His offer OF mercy. 1t wasn't bod
lily pain that Jesus suffered. Jesus
was no coward. If He had been
afraid of suffering martyrdom and
the pain that would have been in
f1icted by His death on the cross,
He wouldn't have been as brave as
multitudes who have gone to the
cross and have burned at the stake.
Don't ever dream OF entering
heaven without first of all you
have been regeuerated by faith in
Jesus Christ l think the universe
sees God in different light. l
think the angels have, too. What
JOY would have swept through the
hearts Of the angels who didn't join
in that rebellion but who stood and
fought against the devil! And if 1
ever have the least Shadow of a
doubt about the existence of an
eternal hell, it will all vanish when
see Jesus going into the garden
Of Geths emane sweating drops OF
blood.
Therefore, if the devils in hell
ever had any idea that there
ever would come a time when
they would be emancipated
from their eternal imprison-
ment, it all vanished when Jesus
Christ went into the garden, for
they know that He was there pray
ing and sweating drops of blood be-
cause of the sins that they had
brought to humanity through their
rebellion and the humanity follow
ing their example was rebelling
And God knew where the devils
were that hal rebelled and Jesus
Christ knew where they were
going. That's what brought the
whole thing from Him.
Don't be e. careless professor an
other minute. If you can do moth
ing more, smite on your breast and
say, God be merciful to me, a
sinner"
Power of Prayer.
So ! learn another lesson. learn
the power OF prayer Every man
and woman that God Almighty has
ever used to light up the fostering
spots of this God-hating, blasphem-
ing, old world that sneers and
mocks at God, have been men and
women Of prayer. From all de-
nominations and in all ages they
have been men and women of
prayer Martin Luther used to say.
This will be an exceedingly busy
day and ! can't think Of assuming
its responsibilities without at least
three hours of prayer" and he
leaped from his bed and fell OF
his knees and prayed the night
through and as day dawned he
wakened his wife and said, 1T has
come, it has GOMEZ"
Then I learn another lesson. The
bible is full of this spirit. When
ask you to have it, am not asking
you to establish a precedent, / am
only asking you to follow an ex-
ample. This spirit of concern puts
to shame the half-hearetd, cold, in
different way that the attitude OF
the church of God is taking toward
the church OF God.
David said, Weep more, because
thy people have not kept thy
word"
Jeremiah said, "oh. that my head