Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-13
SUNDAYISMS

S@rhe reason a lot OF preachers
are failures is they are preaching
Il lot of tOmmy-rOt, pOppy-c0ek,
nonsense and they think they've
got an improvement over the blood
Of Jesus Christ, the Son OF God"
"YOu goddess, old reprObate. If
your old carcass Is ever kept out Of
he'll 1t will be by repentance and
faith in what you sneeFing1y term
this slRughterhOuse religion. There
has never been n sinner that has
ever been saved in any other way
than by repentance and never viii
be.''
81 don't bIame the people half as
much as | blame q lot of NUTS who
call themselves preachers"
"YOu can argue against God anil
against Christ and the bible and
against religion but you can't argue
against SIM
"My Cod, It is almost hopeless
when DOPE sinks its fangs into yOp.
A fellow will break away from the
booze game and win out and If he
is thief he will become square but
there arc mighty few of them over
get away from the grip Of dOpe.s
ooh, you aren't man enough to be
a Christian! IL takes manhood to
be a Christian. my friends. in this
old world! No man can be q man
without being q Christian and no
man is a man unless he Is q Chris.
tian. Therefore. IL y0u want to be
a man be Christian; If yea want
to be less than & man, serTe the
devil and so to hell!S
81 can't lind words sufficient t.
express ms appreciation and al
miratlGn fer the newspapers Of this
cOEntTy fer the great work they
are doing in helping spread the
gospel IN every nook and corner in
this city and t. millions Of people
that never hear my sermons"
~0ne night Needy preached on
the Phi!lIpian jRiier. The next
morning the st. Louis Globe Dem0-
crat had this headline: 'H0w the
Jailer ut Phallipi Got Caught They
were throwing the papers around
in the Jail and as there WIS q fel.
low in there waiting to be tried Tor
burglary he picked UP the paper
and read the keadline-SHOW the
JaIier at Phillip Got Caught and
he said. That's a town In Illinois
I cracked a safe there one night. l
never did Ike that guy, / wonder
how he get here lie started TO
read and found II WIS a sermon. He
said, what the HELPS the matter
with the BeWspaPerSG Going
crazy 2"
"An the prophets carried big
sticks"
@StrOng men resist. The deg
gone Weakling compromises"
%We'Te got the finest lot Of edl-
tors and newspapers In the tri.
cities of anywhere / have ever been,
except one dirty, rotten little sheet
Il won't insult them by calling It
D paper"
at makes no difference whether
Q preacher breaches in his shirt
sleeves or puts on one OF these
black night shirts-H he can
preach better IN that silk kimonR,
let him go to it. It makes no DIFF
ference whether his collar buttons
in the back or in the 'front.' II he
breaches the truth
sThe modern saint isn't q dis
furbing element enough in the COM
munfty.7
"TOO many people IN the church
today have got q $50 pound pres
sure on, but they've got the breaks
set"
"A lot of our religion IS too slow.
We never catch up with the sinner
before he is too old or dead drunk"
sFhe only thing that you really
believe Is the thing that yOu are
willing to fight for. and by the
grace of Sod, II need BE- die for.
THAT Is the only thing you be-
HeFe.7
ssThe Lord picks cut q high type
of manhood or WomanhOOd, then he
tries to mold other people,