Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-27

name on their calling list; and
you'd sell out to the devil, you'd
! spit in the face of Jesus Christ
| just to keep your name on some old
| double-chinned DANES calling list
1 have seen it the world over.
| And l want to tell yCJ, the devil
| don't care. Oh, the devil don't
care. Some people find fault with
God for creating the devil. The
devil wasn't always a devil. The
devil used to live in heaven. This
evil spirit was once a good spirit.
God don't make the devil bad, the
devil made himself bad.
Now in spite of Gods omnipo-
tence, my friend, listen-God could
not make a free being incapable OF
doing wrong, as freedom carries
with it, my friend, the liability to
sin of you want to sin, and he only
is able to do right who is also able
to do wrong, if he is fool enough to
do it. When you talk about free
agent, a free agent is one that can
do either right or do wrong, and
God Almighty decreed the freedom
of the human will. So you can
wrong, as freedom carries with it
the privilege to do either; and God
tells you what will happen if you
do wrong. If you want to go to
heaven, go ahead; and if you want
to go to hell, go ahead. 1t is up to
you, that is all
And so the devil don't care. Oh,
no. He will fiatter you. He will
cheat, he will deceive, he will
mock; he will lead you on to in
dulge and when at last you awaken
to the horror of your condition and
you try to break away, you will find
yourself held in bands stronger
than steel and more enduring by
that enslaving, brutaIizing, stupe-
flying appetite, and you will cry out,
"Oh, wretched man that l am, who
shall deliver me?"
God pity you; there will be none,
for the devil has taken you away
from the Lord.
But 1 want to say to you, folks,
instead of this supposed total indif-
ference, heaven and earth and hell
are all interested in this campaign.
Heaven wants to save you; earth
wants to cheat you, and hell wants
to damn you. They are all interest
ed; none are indifferent.
You just show God Almighty
you want to do something, manifest
the slightest inclination that you
want to serve God Almighty, and
you will find all heaven right at
your side ready to help you, in
spite of all the devil can do in the
world.
Oh, God, think what you are when
you sell out to the devil. The devil
doesn't care for your soul. This
world doesn't care for your soul.
1t will cheat you, give you chance
to make money, give you chance
to win fame. 1t doesn't care for
your soul
Christians Care.
Oh, I tell you, Christians care.
Do you think I'd stand here and
work like / do if l didn't care? AS
l have told you, you haven't got
enough money in your bank vaults
to hire me to do it if ] didn't care
and if l didn't believe you were
lost. Doctors tell me 1 will wear
my life short 20 years. My soul is
saved. And if l didn't care, what's
the use of my wearing my life out
trying to save you? 1 could be sell
fish and sit down and let you go to
hell, but 1 want you to get the
blessing of God, that God has given
me-
In all the ages of the world there
have been men in the soul-saving
men in the banking bust
ness, men in the insurance bust
ness. There have been men, my
in all walks of commerce,
art, science, philosophy, and there
have been men in the souI-saving
business. Maxim preached himself
. death when he was only 50 years