Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-27
Final Week Of Revival Begins AuSpiciOuSI

ter 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 their lives as we'll as their
lips they will overthrow the forces
OF evil that have been sent beating
against the cause of God and His
truth. God doesn't hate sinners,
but He does hate their sins"
He told that IL was mental agony
ing and doing that brought the
urged the church people not to be
careless professors another min
ute, urging them to al least con-
fess that they are sinners. Il
think there is something wrong
with the religion of the average
man or woman. You seldom see
tears coursing down their cheeks.
Did you ever weep for the sins Of
the church, because, you knew the
power of the church was being
Slapped by the worldliness in it,
Did you ever weep because Of your
own sins?" was the challenge that
Sunday put up to the people.
'tAnd learn another lesson. l
learn the power of prayer. Every
man and woman that God Almighty
has ever used to light up the fes-
tering spots OF this God-hating,
disappearing old world that sneers
and mocks at God. have been men
and women of prayer. He then
gave instances which he himself
has known of the power of prayer.
The third lesson brought out was
that the bible is full of spirit. The
next the fact that God feels
sorrowfuI over the lost
And 1 learn another lesson. I
learn the possibilities of the human
soul. never look into the face OF
a man or woman, or a boy or girl
but that 1 think they are locked up
caskets of possibilities. You are a
part of Gods plan and so am l. In
sofar as I am in harmony with
Gods plan, is Gods plan going to
succeed. There isn't a prostitute
or a drunkard or a thief that WASH t
part of Gods plan and Gods plant,
so far as they were concerned, will
never be perfect, but God will go
ahead and work without them.
The sixth lesson brought cut was
that deep concern always moves the
unsaved for Jesus Christ and his
truth. He stated that what the old
world needs is a little concern, and
he illustrated the results accomp-
lished elsewhere during the cam
paigns and impressed the audience
with the necessity for deeper con-
Germ during the last week Of the
here.
Minstrel Psalm.
At the afternoon service Mr.. Sun
day spoke on the beautiful twenty
third psalm which he said has
been called the minstrel psalm.
and as such has gone and still is
going singing and winging- its way
down this earth causing people to
forget their sorrow and their grief,
land l think it has charmed away
more grief, dried more tears and
driven away more sinful thoughts
from the hearts Of men and women,
sent more comfort into the great
army of the discouraged and the
and / think it has
charmed more drunkards from their
cups, more gamblers from their
cards, more prostitutes from their
lives of sin, more inidels from
their blantant infidelity, and as
such it is still swinging and wing
ing its way up and down the earth,
and it will never cease until, in the
providence OF God its mission is
complete, and it will turn and wing
its way back again to the throne of
God like a tired dove and fold It's
wings. to go up and down the land
no more" he said.
Another has called ii the psalm
of the lark. That is a mighty good
name for that bird they tell M,
never sings except when on the
wing. AS the bird mounts higher
the song increases in sweetness.
And in conclusion he said:
There are men and women to-
day who stand by the graves where
they buried their ambitions, their
hopes and virtue, and buried the
things that are noble. But there
can be a resurrection through the
song that will cheer and inspire"