Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-27
GENESEO SENDS
DELEGATION OF
492 TO REVIVAL
Special Train Brings Crowd TO
Hear Sunday Deliver Power
full Sermon at Tabernacle.
BY GOTTA BARTHOLOMEW.


last evening at the tabernacle tc
hear Rev. Billy Sunday preach OF
the subject, mo Man Cared for Ms
Soul" taken from the 142nd psalm
for, as the delegation filed in, the
people filled row after row unit
approximately 500 had taken the
seats reserved for them-to be ex.
act, there were 1872. 81 am mighty
Rlad to see so many people from
Geneseo here tonight" said Rodey
= II didn't know Geneseo was sc
large a city" and so delighted was
Mr.. Sunday with the strength and
spirit Of the delegation that he vol
unteered to go to Geneseo some
morning and preach to the people
Of that city. He said he knew
many of the people there, and il
would be real pleasure to meet
them again in tGeir own town.
1t was great night. fraught
with emotionalism, but of the kind
that brings real results, for ap-
proximately 400 people came for
ward to renew their vows and take
a stand for Jesus Christ at the
urgent invitation of the evangelist.
They poured up, eagerly grasping
the outstretched hand of Sunday,
who greeted each one with a smile
and a word. pat on the head of a
boy or slap on the shoulder of an
. old-time friend. 1t was a wonder
&ul sight and one that will long re-
mAin in the memory of those who
were privileged to be present. Il
want to tell you folks" said Sun
day. you must be deaf, and dumb,
and blind, and paralyzed: you must
have eyes in the back of your head
if you can't see that Gods spirit
is moving in upon this city. What
would bring you here night after
night. great throngs of men and
women, turned from the imple-
ments and instruments of your toll
and hurrying up here. only that
you are interested in the salvation
of souls. knowing that this world
isn't ALL"
Dramatic Performance.
In addition to the Geneseo dele
cation, which was brought by a
special train, there were delega-
lions from the First Congregation
al church of Moline. the Berea Con-
gregationaI church of Davenport,
this delegation consisting entirely
Of Boy Scouts, every one of whom
came forward and took their stand
for Christ.
Likes 20 Preach Here.
Mr.. Sunday was delighted, and
before launching into his sermon
he said he appreciated the cooper
alton that is being given him. He
said he never remembered preach
ing at a place where he enjoyed
doing so more than right here in
Rock Island, "and if my pleasure
inSfeases at the same rate it has
Zen going, why 1 don't know what
will happen" he said. II am es-
pecially pleased that so many men
are in the audiences, and young
men and students of the high
schools and Augustana college; I
love to see them, and l can pick
them out in an audience every
time. 1 am delighted and happy"
he continued.
Mr.. Sunday delivered a wonder
full sermon last night. 1t seemed al
most inspirational, and the listener
words poetical at times to a mar
velous degree swift as the motion
that he described in the repetition
of a story told by Count Tolstoy of
a man who was promised by the
government as much land as he
could cover in a day, starting at
one point and going as far as he
could in one direction and return
~ h1F h.
story was given with the dramatic
art of a great actor, and at its
close he threw himself on the floor
in imitation of the man in the story
who found death the reward for
greed, giving to the portrayal of
the character an ending that was
thrilling.
@aHe used but few of his charac-
teristic phrases. combining himself
to the strict preaching of the COS
pei, driving home the thought that
Gods care for mems souls and
that personal work is needed to
bring sinners to see the light
Let's not betray Jesus Christ with
guilty silence another minute, -
he said.
Place with God.
IT wonder" he continued, eff it |
would be possible, in the day of
judgment, if any of you should |
shuttle off this mortal coil and |
drift out with the tide right now
how God would stand before you. |
tell you, the trouble is that we
fail to realize that without Jesus |
Christ, we are lost. There is no |
way under heaven given among |
men whereby they can be saved |
You fail to realize that without /
Jesus Christ you are lost, lost.
"Oh, He came! What for? To |
open up a plan Of salvation, to
keep US out of hell. He cared. He
cared. He left the song of the
angels and the presence of the re-
deemed and made His way into
this old vale of tears.
God has been waiting for some
of you men and women 10 years,
20, 30. 40. so, 60 years. Come on
in and make heaven happy and
hell sad. Come on, Make the an
gels sing. Will you? God cares.
God cares.
Why l Love Jesus.
do you wonder that / love Jesus
Christ? Do you wonder that l
want to do something for Him and /
for you, when He set my old soul
free 80 years ago one dark night
in Chicago, when 1 found the peace
Of Al /