Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-23

associated charities. They somc-
times preach charity with more en-
phasis than the church. There are
some organizations that enter into
competition with the church il
preaching phases of religion but
not in preaching religion itself
None-for they can't
And then here, some individuals
thunder against vice and graft with
more emphasis than the pulpit. All
right. They preach one or more
phases and forms Of religion, but
il is to the church that humanity
must always turn for the last word
sir, on the problems of human life
salvation and their eternal des-
tiny.
Issues No Substitute.
Now. people are dissatisfied with
philosophy and science and new
thought ism and ethical culture
ism" and metaphysical healing
ism" and a lot of other 'isms" and
"sisms." 1t doesn't amount to any
thing when you have a dead child
in the house 1t doesn't solace the
troubled woes of this world, and
they will tell you when they were
sick. and the doors of eternity were
opening into their faces. they will
tell you. the only comfort they
could find was in the gospel oi
Jesus Christ.
Christianity is the only one sym
pathetic religion that has ever
made made its way into the world,
because it is the only religion that
came from the heart of God. There
will never be anything better than
Christianity. than the sun, than old
mother earth to make things grow.
There will never be anything better
than a bubbling spring.
So the church can do today what
Jesus did. by a wise use of what
she's got on hand and by the bless
ing of God on what she has on
hand. Then the question comes in
your mind. What has the church
on hand with which to feed this
hungry world?" She has two
things.
First. II has set up principles
which it puts into the practice Of
the everyday life of the individual,
of society and of business. which
will solve every difficulty, every
problem of city, state and nation.
We will solve it with the gospel of
Jesus Christ, all right.
Church Has Truth.
Now, what's she got? First. she
has truth The truth is, man is a
sinner. He can't save himself. He
must have a supernatural savior.
Jesus was = I'm of the Virgin Mary,
crucified, dead and buried. God is
God and the only God. Jesus
Christ is the Son of God. Saliva
ton is by repentance and faith in
the fact that Jesus Christ died on
the cross, became our substitute,
and when I accepted him as my
savior God put it down to my
credit as If I'd accept the law
through my faith in Jesus Christ.
And it has justice. Capital and
labor will shake hands. capital will
give labor a square deal, and labor
will civ e capital a square deal. 1t
has truth, it has justice. Whatso-
ever you would that men should
do to you, do We even so to them"
Let the capitalist do it to the la
boring man and let the Iaboring
man do it to the capitalist.
She has purity. And to purify
the sins of some city, pandering
will cease and you will hang a
For Rent" sign in every brewery
and distillery and saloon. 1t has a
person that has power to create
every one of these principles, and
that person is Jesus Christ the Son
of God.
So religion has the two things. 1t
has the principle and the person.
Sceptics have said, We'll if Chris
tianity will only preach it's princi-
pies instead of its person. Jesus.
We will not find fault with it." and
they won't either. The infidel won't
find fault when you preach truth,
or virtue or justice. If you will
preach the principles of Christian
ity. When you begin to preach
the person, then they begin to fight
and sneer and say that Jesus
Christ was not the Son of God.
Build Religion On Jesus.
And you will find as you look
this world over that whenever a
preacher or a church breaches a
set of principles instead of the per-
son, that church and that minis
ter becomes sterile, powerIess and
RUTHLESS and will die.
Do you want to know what is
the matter with the church? A
multitude today are preaching the
principles of religion, but they are
not preaching the teaching of
Jesus Christ. All this social SER
vice and welfare. that is a princi-
pie, but you can preach the princi-
pie without the person, but the
principle without the person won't
save you.
1t don't always suit the devil to
be painted in black. so he trans