Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-20
SUNDAY STILL
HOLDS INTEREST
IN BIG REVIVAL
At Opening Of Sixth Week Of Cam
paign Crowds Continue to
ThrOng Tabernacle.
BY GOTTA BARTHOLOMEW.

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knows what that means, and yet
somehow from somewhere Mr..
Sunday last evening received the
strength and the inspiration and
power to deliver q splendid gospel
sermon on the subject, How Shall
Ye Escape" from the text, How
shall We escape if ye neglect SO
great salYation?"
1t was a powerful discourse and
the third of the day and he again
and again declared that he was
dead tired and hot, exhausted and
yet it in no way affected the mes
sage that was given with tremend-
Gus power But then he has re-
peatedly said that he has been
preaching just as hard and just as
earnestly for % years and that he
expects to keep on for many years
more, and as one watches him, one
cannot but feel that he is endowed
with a power that is more than
human just as in time of great
affliction there is visited upon the
afflicted a certain power that is not
given every day.
At the beginning of the sixth
week of the campaign the interest
in the great revival is raised to
the ninth power and at the meeting
last evening the tabernacle was
crowded to overlooking. Great
numbers Of people were standing
against the outer walls of the tab
ernacle and in the side aisles, were
seated on the steps, on the sawdust
floor and wherever there was a
foot of ground The tabernacle
service is one at least where the
meetings are begun on time AID
where the people are there when 1t
is time to begin, which is indeed a
mighty good thing and would be
practice that would be well to COLI
tfnue after the revival on all ocHa-
sions. The people began to arrive
at the tabernacle hours ahead Of
the appointed time. Some even
bring their suppers and remain
over from one session to the other
in order that they may be on hand
in time to secure good seats. Last
evening by $50 practically every
seat in the building was occupied.
No Special Delegations.
There were no special delega-
tions in attendance, the people COM
ing from all sections of the quad
cities and the surrounding country,
the audience including many farm
ers who came in from the country
around about. The farmers are to
have a special meeting Tuesday
evening when approximately 1000
will attend in a body, that number
Of seats having been asked for
reservation.
Many pilgrims followed the trail
that points to better lives, 1.-THE way
being led by a young man who
looked as il he might still be N
his teens, but who had on his face
the look OF conviction that goes
with a determination to go straight
regardless Of what the whole vast
multitude might think or say. 1t
takes courage to face such an au-
dience and the many curious eyes,
but it impresses one as a noble,
manly thing to do and ones respect
for such a young man is proper
tionate to the really big thing that
he has done.
While Mr.. Sunday received the
recOnsecration vows he took time
between to whisper over and over,
Il am tired. tired, tired"
Mr.. Sundays plea was for the
unregenerated to accept Jesus now,
not to put that time off to some
other day that may be too late. The
Lord has just as much right to re-
ject the sinner at the last moment
as the sinner has the right to re-
feet the Lord when the time is at
hand. he said and by many stories
and illustrations pointed out the
futiIity of waiting to take the step
for Christ at a better time, he
said
If you neglect to take advant-
age of a thing when you may, you
have no right to complain If that
is removed beyond your reach when
you want it." he continued. You
can afford to neglect everything in
the world better than your saliva
ton. You can afford to neglect
your education and grow up in ig-
norance, you can afford to neglect
your health and 60 to a premature
grave, you can afford to neglect
your business and become bank
rupt If the ship was sinking and
the last lifeboat had made off you
could better neglect that opportuE-
fly to step into the lifeboat than to
neglect your salvation.
Neglect Not Contempt.
Neglect is not contempt 1t
isn't open rebellion and scorn, ne
glect IS admission that it is right,
but you are not just ready to be
decent and live the way God wants
you to live The way to heaven IS
blood stained way, not by Cor
uell, or Harvard. or Columbia or
Illinois or Iowa The way to
heaven is a blood stained way by
faith IN Jesus Christ. The way to
heaven is not by a coolNy or a clean
shirt or a cup OF coffee or a sinkor.
All viii fail without repentance and
faith in the shed blood OF Jesus
Christ"
In speaking on the inspiration of
the bible he said: your Iegisla-
lures can meet and by legislation
can change the state codes, but you
can legislate against the bible all
day long and still the truths re-
main unchanged from generation 10
generation. Old VoItaire pro-
pounded 50 scientific principles,
every one Of which he said proved
the bible false and full OF sophls-
tries. contradictions, errors and
faisehoods and today the French
institute, which is inhdel. has dis