Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-06


Rev. Mr.. Sunday preached a pow.
erful sermon on the love and com
passion of God for the people OF
the earth. In part he said:
No book ever came by luck or
chance. Every book owes it's ex-
! istence to some being or beings,
and within the range and scope of
{ human intelligence there are only
three things-good, bad and God.
/ All that originates in intellect, all
which the intellect can compre-
/ bend, must originate from one Of
/ the three.
/ So the only being to whom you
/ OF l or any intelligent being could
attribute the bible is God.
| Here is a book that as far ex-
/ ceeds the combined efforts OF man
as the sun exceeds the brilIiancy
and life-giving power of these
/ lights, which are but base imits-
tors of its glory. Here is a book
that tells me- of my origin and my
destiny. Here is a book without
which l would not know of my orr
gin or destiny except as I might
CLEAN it from the dim outlines OF
nature or reason, either or both of
which. to me, would be unsatisfac-
/ tory in the extreme.
Most people believe in a God
who will reward the right and pun
I ish the wrong. That being true,
what attitude ought you to assume
toward my teachings, when l an
nOunce as my text a verse from
the word Of God: What shall the
end be. of them that obey not the
gospel of God? ?"
Ever since God reached down
one dark. stormy night, 80 years
ago. and saved my dirty, sin-cursed
soul. until this minute, 1 have been
praying that l might be able to
pronounce two words, and put into
those words all they will mean to
you; if they ever become a reality,
God pity you. One is Eternity"
Away off Wonder, somewhere. you
think it will end, but. on and on
and on it goes, until some one haA
said:
IF God should commission a
bird to carry this planet, particle
by particle, to the yonder world,
making a round trip once every
thousand years, and if, after it had
carried this planet to yonder world.
He would prolong its life and COM
mission it to return the world back
to this planet, making a round trip
every thousand years; after the
bird had finished that task, you
wouldn't be five minutes in eter-
nifty. And yet you sit here with
nothing but a heartbeat between
you and the grave.
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thousand years from tonight, we
will all be consciously somewhere.
Ten thousand years and eternity
has just begun.
What shall the end be to them
that obey not the gospel of God?''
' pray God that He might give
ne some new figure of speech to-
night, that He might impress my
mind, that 1, in turn. might i'm
press your mind in such a manner
that 1 could startle you from your |
and sin, until you !
would rush to Jesus.
Life Is a Hand Breadth.
What is your life? A hands |
a hairs breadth
yes, one single heartbeat between !
every man and woman here to- |
night and eternity; just a sheart- |
beat, and heaven or hell for you. |
according as you have accepted |
or you have refused Jesus Christ |
as your Savior.
Now, / have never met a man or |
a woman in my life who objected |
to religion, that I could not CLASH
fly under one of two headings. |
First, men and women who, be-
cause OF an utter disregard of
Gods claims upon their lives, have
become by and through that disre-
gard, blase, degenerate, the pol
Rooms and maFpiots of Gods earth,
and have thus thrown themselves
away beyond the pale of Gods
mercy or any hope of salvation.
Or, second, men and women with
splendid, noble and magnificent
abilities, which they have allowed
% become absorbed in other mat
ers and they do not give to the
subject of religion so much as
passing attention. And yet, they
lave the audicity to claim for
themselves an intellectual superb
,rity to those who believe the
,ible, which they sneeringly term,
that superstition"
Listenl I will challenge you, il
-ou will demand of yourself the
anne honest. candid inquiry you ;
Iemand of yourself in other mat
ers, that you do in medicine, you I
10 in law, you do in science, you 1
viii know that God is God. and
esus Christ is the Son of God, and :
he bible is the word of God. But {
on won't do that. You think it is s
veakmindedness for a man or wo- i
nan to believe in Jesus Christ as [
be Son Of God.
What shall the end be to them
hat obey not the gospel of God?" {
What is the gospel, that people {
ught to obey it? Well, it is the I
God news of salvation through t
aith in Jesus. {
God never told mankind that [
hey were lost, headed for hell, and s
hen left you to grope your way d
ut yourself. But God says: II {
ave sent a guide, My only begot- r
IN Son, who will tell you how to t
ct out OF your lost condition"
That is good news for God to / il
I'll a man. that he is lost and then .
end a guide to lead him out and O
ring him back home and back to t
eace and back to Joy. t
What does it bring to you by b
'usting in the finished work OF e
esus Christ? +
Oh. 1 go to Bridgeport. Conn. S
nd l go and rap at the door OF the a
ind home. and I say to Fanny J.
rOsbV who went to glory some r