Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-15

sermon last evening, the IulIu VI
the day. He spoke on the theme
why call ye me Lord. Lord, and
do not the things I say?" He said :
In the sixth chapter of Luke. in
the 46th verse-'FWhy call We me
Lord. Lord, and do not the things
say?"
Why call yourself a Democrat
and then vote the Republican
ticket
Why call yourself honest and
then lie?
Why say that you are pure and
then live in sin?
why call ye me Lord, Lord, and
do not the things which l say?'
What did Jesus mean? Do you
| believe he meant the things that
are recorded that he said, or do you
| believe that he said one thing and
meant another? Do you believe that
4 he uttered things that were i'm
practical and impossible for us to
carry into effect and then told us
| he'd damn US if we did not live up to
! it? I don't believe you are fool
enoug to charge him with that, and
! if you are that doesn't justify the
fact that you are a fool if you do
it.
Did he put the standard too high
for human attainment and then
tell us he'd damn us if we didn't
reach it? No,
1 will admit that Christianity
has fallen way beneath love as the
original standard Love is the dom
inant principle of the world; love
can never be defeated. Love may
be checked; love may be prevented
for the time being, in accomplish
ing its aim, but love will drill a
tunnel through all the mountains
of opposition and reach the goal
for a touchdown. Love-it's the
mightiest thing in the world! And
the world is starving today for the
manifestation OF the love of God
in the hearts of men and women.
/ believe that there is no preju-
dice existing between man and
men, between masses and classes,
between capital and labor, that
can't be driven from the world by
the principles of Jesus Christ man
ifested in the lives of man and men,
masses and classes, capital and
labor
What did Jesus Christ say? I
haven't time if you had the dispo-
sition TO hear all that he had to
say, but listen!
Jesus Christ said, Forgive your
debtors"
And the world says, Sue them
for their dough"
Jesus Christ said, Its more
h1ocGaH 70 crjTy n n
The world says, Get all you can
and then can all you get"
Jesus said, Give to him that
asketh of thee, him that would Dor
row of thee turn not away"
The world says, Go to the As
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Jesus Christ said. You can't
serve God and mammon"
The world says, God on Sun
day, mammon through the rest of
the week"
Jesus Christ said, Love your
neighbOr as yourself"
The world says, First come l,
then l, then l come again"
Jesus Christ said, Him that
smiteth thee on one cheek, turn to
him the other also"
The world says, Call a cop"
Jesus Christ said. Let him that
is among you without sin cast the
first stone"
The world says, Choose judges
that know the law and will give a
decision in your favor if you put
them there"
Jesus Christ said, 'eWhosoever
would be great among you, let him
be seEvant of all"
The world says, IF you want to I.
be some pumpkins, you must keep |
a valet"
Jesus Christ said, What God !
hath joined together let not man I
put asunder."
The world says, 81 will divorce
you and marry another woman and I
that will not be sin"
You lie!
The only scriptural grounds for /
divorce is adultery. When it comes
10 the divorce question l am a Ro-
nan Catholic from the top of my
head to the bottom of my feet. l
believe the Bible teaches that you
nave a right, my friend, to get a
livOrce on scriptural grounds, but
you never have right to remarry
Is long as the one from who you
ire divorced is alive.
| am an ordained minister of the
gospel, so help me God / shall
lever prostitute my manhood and
high and honorable calling to unite
n marriage any man or woman
Who has ever been divorced for any
eason, as long as the man or wom-
N from whom he or she is divorced
S alive!
One day in Chicago a fellow came
Ip and rang the door bell, and oh. {
lie was dressed fit to kill Had on |
silk lid. he had a diamond in his .
hirt front as big as a hickory nut,
atent leather shoes, a Prince Al
ert coat, silk lined, hung below '
is knees. And there was a girl {
bout Is years of age-a peach of I
girl-One of tLose kind of girls ]
ou'd involuntarily turn and look
t twice if you saw her on the
understanding by his side.
So he tipped his lid and said, S
Does the Reverend Mr. Sunday i
We here?"
l said, Il am he
He said, will you officiate at a
ur wedding" c
I said, Have you the marriage c
cense?" 4
He said, Sure Mike" f
l said, I'm from Missouri, come t
cross" C
So he pulled it out and l looked il
it and l said, That looks good
, me-" f