Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-17

When the Burnt Offering Began.
the song of the Lord began also,
Rev. Mr.. Sunday yesterday after
noon said:
The difference between the 18th
and the 29th of Chronicles is the
difference you can find sometimes
manifest in the church-periods of
great enthusiasm and zeal, only to
be followed by a great lapse, and
people seem TO have no interest
in anything that pertains to the
church. We see it oftiml~ in in
dividuaIs. There are men and wo-
men whose names used to be con-
nected actively with religion and
for some reason they have grown
apathetic and Indifferent anc when
you hear their names pronounced
today it is never in connection
with anything that pertains to the
advancement of Gods cause and
kingdom
l can tell you of families whose !
names used TO be intimately asso- |
Ciated with everything that had for
its object the uplifting of the cause
of God and bringing men and Wo-
men to Jesus Christ, but because
they have climbed a few rounds
higher in the social ladder, and
have gotten a little money nova |
DAYS that comes in dollars where (
it used to come in pennies. they |
seem to have cOrrespondingly de /
creased in interest in the cause OF /
Jesus.
Ahaz was the 18th king of Ju- !
dan. He was the son of lothian !
one of the COOLEST men that ever
lived. but he was one of the most !
sreputable scOundreIs that ever /
disgraCed the human race. He was
the I1th king of Judah and l read /
this:
"Ahaz was 20 years old when I
he began to reign and he reigned |
Is years in Jerusalem, but he did |
not that which was right accord !
ing as David, his father, had done. /
for he walked in the ways of kings
of Israel, and he made molten I
images. and moreover he burnt in
cense in the valley of the son OF
Hinnon. and burnt his children
in the fire, after the denominations
of the heather whom the Lord
had cast out
He sacrificed also and burnt in
CtuSe III tue t5H p'oooS 49,"
the hills and under every green
tree"
Power OF Sin.
That is an illustration of the
power of sin-what it can lead
man to do, and degrade and pol
lutte his character and his ability
until he makes the world a car
buncle in which he lives.
And he pIundered the temple,
He didn't stop at that Ahaz took
away a portion out of the house
of the Lord and out of the house
of the king and out of the house
of the princess and he gave it to
the king of Assyria, but he helped
him not. There was no worse sin
that a Jew could commit than to
desecrate the temple and to go in
and take the vessels used for the /
worship of God by the high priest
and then turn them over to some
God-forsaken heather simply be-
cause of some political or some
financial alliance with him. II
And Ahaz gathered together the /
vessels of the house of God. and
cut in pieces the vessels of the
house of God, and he shut up the
doors of the house of the Lord,
and he made many affairs in every
corner of Jerusalem and in every
city of Judah and he made high
places to burn incense and to pro
woke the Lord God of his fathers
to anger. At last he died, and his
life ended in a dishonOred grave.
Ahaz slept with his fathers and
they buried him in the city, even
in Jerusalem, but they brought him
not into the sepulchre of the kings
of Israel.
He lived such a disreputable,
idoIatrous, od-forsaken, iniqui- ]
tous, Iicentious life that when he !
died they wouldn't disgrace the
bones of his dead ancestors by
putting his old sin-sOaked carcass
by the side of them. They did ac-
cord him the honor of being bur
led in Jerusalem, because he had I
been a king, but they didn't bury {
him in the sepulchre of the kings. |
Ahaz died and they buried him
in Jerusalem, but it would have
been a good thing if they'd put ;
him some place else, but they /
didn't. That's up to them, not to :
me. 1
They buried him in Jerusalem, {
but they brought him not into the
sepulchre of the kings of Israel" !
Hezekiah. his son, reigned in i
stead. Hezekiah from the parental s
heritage. had a good deal against {
him. He had one thing in his IA J
had for a mother one of I
the noblest, COOLEST women that {
ever lived. Her name was Abijah, {
and she was the daughter of Ze- I
chariah. and he was a godly man.
But Hezekiah had for a father. the :
most good for-nothing God-fOr- t
saken. Teprobate that ever dis {
graced the earth. But he had a t
good mother. t
God Bless Good Mother. Il
I have known many a young fell |
low that made a great success who E
had for a father a man whose {
name was anything but decent, {
but have never known of one d
who made very much of a success G
when he had for a mother a sort
of goOd-for- nothing, fTappe, | '
trizzle- headed, manicured-fnger- t
nail mother. an always-kissing q
for a mother. 1 have t
never known of a young man be Z
ing successful when he had d v
mother like that a
But I have known many a fell /