Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-03
REPENTANCEIS
GIVING UP EVIL
TOFOLLOW GOD
Mr.. Sunday in Sermon at TabeF-
Racle Pleads with Sinner to
Seek Paths Of Peace.
BY GOTTA BARTHOLOMEW.

Bf GOTTA BARTHOLOMEW.
Rev. Billy Sunday can't for the
life OF him see how people can go
on living their lives of sin when
the opportunity is always present
for them to turn to ways of right
living and seek the Lord as their
guide. How" he says, "can peo-
pie follow the devil, whom they
know to be a reprobate, a repuls-
i've creature, wicked clean through
and seeking their ruination, when
every great person in all history
OF time has been a follower of the
Lord Jesus.
Speaking at the tabernacle last
evening on the subject, God Com
mands All Men 10 Repent" Mr.
Sunday said, Religion is not
product of the emotions. Religion
is obedience to a command of God,
and God commands all men every
where to repent-the rich and the
poor and the black and the white,
learned or unleaTned, native or
Aforeign. He commands men every
where, in the office, shop, store,
factory, bank. legislative hall, col
lege university, on the street, the
haunts of sin and vice.
But the man who breaches re-
pentance is bound to stir up snakes.
but you can make a man feel as
though God admired him and
couldn't run this universe without
him, you will be great preacher
Repentance is deeper than sim
ply fearing the consequences of
sin. Repentance is not fear; it
isn't likely to be brought about by
it, Now l don't care what puts a
man on his knees, whether he is
afraid he will go to hell if he don't
repent. or whether it is because of
a manifestation of the love OF God
through Jesus Christ that breaks
his heart. l don't care what it is
so long as you keep out Of hell and
live right"
Conscience an Accuser.
Continuing, Mr.. Sunday said thai
conscience is a sure accuser that
sin has been committed and that
it will always find its victim no
matter how hard he may try to
avoid it. mo man ever lies with
out knowing that he has done
wrong" he said. "He doesn't need
to know about philosophy and sci
ence in order to know that he has
a trusting woman that didn't de-
spise himself that he did it.
Repentance is more than feel
ing sorry and promising you will
do better. Repentance is giving up
the whole thing and asking God to
forgive you that you ever did.
"All of US hate above everything
else anything that will reveal our
10 81 OF
anything that reveals to US our
faults and blemishes.
Just use some horse sense and
you will turn to God. The most
reasonable thing in the world is
being a Christian and doing Gods
will and keeping His command
ments and serving Him with ali
the power that God gives you.
When you turn your back to
God and hit the tOboggan slide, it
is only a question of time until
you get to the bottom. But, of
course, the cross of Jesus Christ
isn't simply a fire escape for you
to keep out of hell, while your vic
Tins go down TO perditiOn. That
isn't the plan Of the old world. If
the gospel Of Jesus Christ didn't
do more than that it wouldn't be
any good.
Take a tip from me. Bring your
repentance right down to a spot
cash basis. Every time you do
wrong make it right, right there.
Simply making good resolutions
won't free yourself from sin any
more than you can cure the small
pox or diphtheria by resolution.
You must forsake it; turn your
back on that sin; blot it out. No
matter how profitable the business,
if you are in a business God is
against, get out of that business
or it will put you in perdition. 1t
will be a snake that will drag you
to hell"
Several Delegations.
A number of large delegations
were present at the tabernacle last
evening. the one of the greatest
size coming from the Velie Auto
company of Moline. The men and
women occupied a place in the
middle section of the building, and
suspended above them was a model
Velie automobile, perfect in every
line in imitation of the new model
machine made by the Moline con-
Germ. Beneath5it was large ban
ner on which was the wording,
IF B. L. Champions, 1919"
A delegation of women from Cal
vary Baptist church, Davenport; a
large number of men from the
Mems club of the Christian church,
Davenport, and another large num-
Der from the Third United Pres !
byterian church of Rock Island.
But one of the most conspicuous
DELEGATIONS was The Argus Base