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

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| ashamed TO call me father"
/ There are men in hell tonight
| that were Influenced by the crowd
/ they went with There are men in
! heaven tonight because they wera
I Influenced by the crowd they went
with, and the appeal to the higher
and nobler instincts OF their life
and truth. Is It well with the man
who will sit even occasionally at
the gambling table and run the risk
of becoming a black-legged gamb-
Ter? Is it well with the man that
will take even an occasional drink
and run the risk OF becoming a
Keeling, vomiting drunkard, stag
gering to the pit of hell? Is il we'll
with the man that will take Gods
name in vain and tramiple God 5
laws beneath his feet? Is 1t we'll
with the man that will hang evil
thoughts upon the walls of his
mind and approach in his longings
the secrets of others? Is it well
with the one that is careless of his
or her companions? Is it well with
one that has no respect for God 5
holy day and uses it for his or her
own convenience, irrespective OF
Gods commandments? No, Ten
thousand times ten thousand times,
no! 20
God pity you If you go out into
eternity with the sin on your life
that is there now as you sit and
listen to me! There are several
reasons why God stands ready and
willing to forgive and remember
your sins against you no more
forever.
God said to Jesus Christ: 81 com
mission you to go down and tell
them to never mind what they have
done, forget the past and remem-
Der that I have full pardon for
them, free and eternal"
FOrsake Sins.
1t never enters into considera-
ton what you have been and what
you have done, if you are only
ready and willing to fOrsake your
stains, God stands ready and will
ing TO forgive them, no matter
what you have done-that is not
the question with the Lord. And
then, because of the life and death
and resurrection Of Jesus Christ it
is made possible to do His will and
keep His commandments.
During the Indian mutiny some
of the English were defeated and a
number of them were captured and
they were taken as prisoners to
what was then the headquarters of
the Sepoys, and among them was a
man who was wounded and bleed
ing from half dozen wounds. He
was lying on the floor when in
came an Indian officer and he
started to wrap a long chain about
each of the English officers.
When he approached the man ~
ing on the floor. so weak from loss
Of blood and his wounds that he
couldn't move, and lie started TO
wrap and lock the chain about him.
a brother Englishman named Baird
leaped to his feet and showed the
Indian back until he went stagger-
ing against the wall, and he said:
Great God, man have you Meth
er heart nor sympathy? Don't you
see that man is suffering from the
wounds and is so weak now that he
cant stand? He could make no
attempt to escape, and couldn't il
he wanted to, and you are not go
ing to add to his burdens by com
polling him to lie there with a
chain wrapped about him"
Said the Indian officer: There
are as many chains as there are
prisoners, and every chain must be
worn"
Then said Baird: you may put
two chains on me; / will wear
mine and his. Put two around me
instead of one"
And they locked two chains
around him and they carried him
out and dumped him into that in
famous we'll at Calcutta. This 9TH
er man was exchanged and he went
back to England and until the day
he died he never tired in private or
public of sounding forth the
praises of the man who, by wear
ing his chain had made 1t possible
for him to creep back again into
the arms Of his wife and OF his
children.
Oh, if that man had worn all the
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to what Jesus Christ did
when he made it possible for ev-
cry one of us to keep out of hell.
l don't see why you want me TO
kill myself trying to get you to do
what is right. l think that with
one message anybody who claims
to be decent would rush to Jesus
Christ. Your friends here and
your friends in heaven are anxious
for your salvation.
A man came up to a friend OF
mine and said:
Say, would you like to meet a
man who has been redeemed from
the power of the devil and strong
1rink?'
He said: Il would like to meet
any man who has been redeemed /
from the power of the devil, but |
a man who has been
held in the meshes of strong drink, |
for there is no man for whom I !
have more sympathy than he"
He said, We'll, take me by the !
hand. I wasn't always thus. III
used to be a prosperous man. 1
owned the three tallest buildings |
n this town. You can see my |
name carved there in marble, and |
was prosperous. 1 got to drink |
ng and gambling and got to be |
careless in my life. My friends I
and my wife and others pied with /
ne. but l wouldn't stop.
BY aud by 1 had to mortgage /