Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-31


you haven't given honest value has
blood on It, That fine house you
live in doesn't belong to you Il
you Euilt it out Of money you
swindled other people out Of. The
devil is always a passenger with
you in your automobile IL he fur
nished you the money with which
you bought it.
Sin of Deception.
There's blood on your hands il
you rent your property for a sa-
loon; there's blood on your hands
if you rent it for prostitution.
There's blood on your hands if
you are robbing God by the long
hours and the poor pay you may
give your clerks and compel them
to live below the hunger line. Oh,
there's blood on your hands If you
sold fake mining stock and you
knew 1t was a darned svindle
when you sold it to the people.
There's blood on your hands if
you've got money that you picked
out of the pockets of other people
ACA z . O4OOA OA gOA4 hAAuS.
Jesus has come to your place Of
business and in a still. small voice
he says. Follow me. Stop your
lying, stop your schemtng, your
deceiving, your drinking whisky.
cheating, protesting to be decent
when you are keeping somebody on
the side. Stop all your infamy and
sin Stop that way of living when
you bought that dress with your
womanhood," and the salvation of
your soul hangs on the decision
you are going to make
It's not a question Of Gods pow
er to save. No, God is able to
save everybody if they will only
come. It's not a question of Gods
power, how long God will have
mercy but the only question is,
What will you do?" It's up to
you. not up to God. God is able,
God will have mercy. Will you give
him a chance to exercise his
mercy?
Many a man today is being
crushed by his prosperity and 1
want to say there is never any real
pI OAII III uOlhS NlOnk- IOu uOu L
need to go to church to know that
it's wrong to steal. You can get
all the proof you want of that dby
calling man a thief If it was
right and honorable to steal and
you called a man a thief, he'd walk
up and smile and shake hands with
you. Thank you for the compli-
ment. old fellow"
A clerk went out to get a FIVE
dollar bill changed and he met a
colored man and he said, Have
you got change for FIVE dollars?"
The old fellow said, mo, boss,
but I thank you for the compli-
ment."
Wrong To Lie, Cheat. Scheme.
We all know it's wrong to lie.
That's why you have no use for
and the man who lies
in trade will sell you a domestic
article and tell you it's imported.
ne will tell you It's all wool when
It's half cotton, So, we have no
use for a fellow that lies and !
cheats ad schemes.
We all know it's wrong to swear. |
If it wasn't we'd teach GUESSING in /
he public schools. If it wasn't !
wrong to swear, why you'd consid- !
Or it an honor to introduce your
BOY to me and say, Here's my boy, |
le's the best cusser in this city"
That's a disgrace. If it was right !
70 swear. we'd have cussing part |
IF the curriculum of our public |
schools.
When God wants you to do right !
and you are struggling to make up |
your mind whether you will do it /
,r not, who are you struggling |
With? God? No. You are strug- |
cling with the devil, trying to
break away from the devil. Oh,
/ ought to alarm you because it I
makes you realize what an awful
grip the devils got on your souli
You are struggling with the devil. !
But after a man becomes a Chris
ian and the devil tempts him to
orsake God, then he fights whether
le will yield, then he's fighting
With God. because Gods spirit is
rying to hold him from yielding to |
ne devil. Then you can see how
much of your life God has when the
IeviI isn't able to get you to do
Frong.
Struggle With Devil.
But when God wants you to do
light and you struggle, you are
truggling with the devil. That
hows you what an awful grip the
evils got on you. Who are you
chatting with? God? No! You
re struggling with the devil. with
our evil nature in your life, not
18th God. Gods mind was made
p before the foundations of the
rorld were laid. The plan OF sal
alton was made before there was
ny sin. God knew what he was
Ding TO do all through. the same
S electricity was made before Tom
Olson ever made a light, before
Franklin ever few his
lite.
And so, the instant you yield you
re saved. Rising up switched
from following the devil
, following Jesus. Therefore he
lust have counted the cost and
his books. He put one
de against the other. All right,
ou can do IL. Here Matthew wrote
own:
ere's the life I'm living.
ere's the Job I've got.