Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-26


no outlet
So we've got people who go to
church and take in the sermon and
the song-everythiEg never
pass anything on to anybody else.
Dead! Dead,
There are two forces that go 10
the end; first, good-and bad; God
and the devil. Jesus said, He that
is not with me is against me" He
that gathereth not with ne scatter
eth abroad"
Enthusiasm! Cromwell against
the king; Luther against the
church; Paul against an empire,
Faith is courage taxing hold. Hope
is courage holding on. Enthusiasm
is courage on fire. Get oA fire for
Christ and :or the church and tho
cause Of Jesus and see what the
world will 10!
Don't be afraid OF religious en-
thusiasm. Our Christianity today
is roo cold coGventlouality is sur
locating Il. You can yell like Co
manche Indians when your side
wins IN the Diamond or they brine
home the pennant; but let some
soul be won from darkness to light
and you say. Keep quiet; don't
get excited"
Whore is the delight? \ man
makes a home run, breaks the tie
or wins the game; you carry The
hero OFF the grounds on your shout
ders; but when the prCdigal son
makes a home run from the hog
pen TO heaven. and breaks away
from he devil, you carry him out
aud put him in the refrigerator aud
pack him on ice.
Perseverance, CONTAGIOUS.
Enthusiasm and perseverance 10
no something for God and His
not epidemic. You've got to rub
elbows with somebody to commun-
icate it to others in the world. The
Romans shortened their swords
and extended their kingdom. You
shorten the distance between YOU
and the sinner and you'll add 10
the kingdom of God. Walk up and
take him by the hand and give him
a smile and you'll bridge the chasm
batwecn The church and the world,
That's the way TO do. Don't sit
around and expect him to come
and hunt yOu up.
Personal work What is e? Il
is that department of the church
efficient TO deal with the individual
rather than the masses: il is anal
ogous to the work OF the sharp
shooter in the army, so dreaded by
the opposing fierce.
Have sympathy.
Have sympathy That's one OF
the loveliest traits of character in
a human being-sympathy II lev
els the mountain-sympathy. 1t
bridges chasms-sympathy. II gives
bread to the hungry-sympathy
II melts icebcrgs-sympathy. II
brings people into the church.
Beecher said. THE man who
lives for himself will have the
privilege of being his own mourn
or at his funeral"
They are just simply shut up in
their own she'll like an armadillo
10 concern about other people in
the world.
"He that is not with me is
against me; he that gathereth not
With me scattereth abroad"
So. whenever the devil wants to
show one of his corn piles he takes
YOU out and picks out the finest,
most respectable man or woman
he can find who isn't a Christian.
He won't show you the down-and-
outer, the thief and the prostitute
or the fellow waiting for the cleo
Iric current, the wrecks Of human
ity-he is too sleek for that
But when he wants to show YOU
a specimen of God, he will take
you out to the Lords corn pile and
show you the worst, dried-up, mil
dewed little nubbin he can pick
out. and you are Just big enough
fool 10 gulp il down, too.
Did you ever shoot ducks? We
have a decoy wooden ones. and put
have decov wooden ones. and put
reeds. and we'd hide behind thu
brush. and when the wild ducks
came flying across they'd see the
ducks down there and
they'd seem TO say. This is a good
place TO feed: come on down"
And they'd drop down among the
decoys and we'd shoot in among
them and bag as many as we
wanted.
10 tHE uGNil uda Bpl Nln uCEpN .
ducks fouting around this coun-
try. floating around everywhere 70
lure men and women in every way. !
Be like a farmer down in CEN &
trail New York when he went to a
circus. In a side show they had a :
case full of all kinds of snakes Z
He had his old hickory cane in his Z
hand, and he began TO pound
through the glass. when a fellow
hurried up and grabbed him.
Hey, rube, what are you do
ing?"
He said, Smashing snakes; r
smash EN- whenever ! find emit
doesn't made any difference
where"
That's the attitude you should ,
take toward the deyil-hit at the =
devil any place you get chance /
That's what God wants you TO do. /
That's what | do; that's my atti-
tude
say to YOU. begin on yourself !
You don't like to figure il up II /
you know it's going against you !
every time you put it down. do !
you? Like a little boy starting 10 I
school. His shirt-Waist was torn /
and his msmma said. "Rere, put on /
your coat; nobody will know IT,
But he said, Il will know it's !
there and I'll he afraid somebody /