Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-07
)CIAL SERVICE AND OTHER STUFF
Is NEVER SUBSTITUTE FOR GOSPEL

7 around in life; you cant do with
out it. We put fire escapes on
| buildings; that is preparing the
the people a way to get out. You
don't wait until you fall down and
/ break your leg and then run over
| to the college to find out how to
set 1t. We have got men who know
that now. You have to prepare
everything in lifei We prepare the
ground before we put in the seed;
( We prepare the food before we eat
it. So, all through life, every
where you turn, you are up against
the same proposition.
They took time TO be religious.
They took time to pray. They took
time to praise God. II is as i'm
possible to pray earnestly when
you are on the run as it is to run
an automobile with dishwater or
pink tea. They took time to- con-
slider who God was. They took
time to consider what God was de-
ing for them. And the disciples
gave time and thought for God.
Then, another thing! The breth-
rem were there, too. think If
more men turned out we'd have
better meetings; not that men have
a monopoly on religion. God
knows they haven't. Judging from
church attendance, heaven won't
be over-crowded with men. If they
have enough to scare up a male
chorus they Will do well
I hare 40 doubt that the discl-
pics had just as pressing business
as your husbards-just exactly
but they found time to lay it aside
and give God a chance every once
in while. They we're there and
they stayed through the meeting.
7 hey didn't get up and hike out.
Some people feel uneasy; some
people have the capacity Of thin
BILE; Others a hogshead. If you can
get filed up quick, why III let you
go.
Then I find another thing They
had warm, feryent meetings, no
shaking hands with two fingers;
none of this doggy kind Of shak-
ing When I see a woman shak-
ing hands I wondered if she has a
boil under her arm. 1 like the good
old poke-handle fashion. 1t haS
some heart in It, This bunk oys-
tiers and sawdust business! Oh.
gentleman! Warm meeting - no
danger of catching cold by sitting
down in some seat that had Just
been vacated by some member OF
the official board. No ice water in
that meeting, no marble heart, no
Klondike. Nothing Of that sort. A
warm, fervent meeting.
"And they were all with one ac-
cord" They all wanted something.
They all wanted it intently They
all wanted the same thing. And
they all took hold of God in earn
est, and all together, and they
would not let go. and they all pray
ed in the same way, they all pray
ed for the same thing, they al
prayed with one accord. No mat
ter who prayed, they all said
Amen"
With One Accord.
Nobody said, Now, I wonder if
he will pray all night? lie will
never get through. If I couldn't
pray better than that I wouldn't
start" None of that spirit in it
No, none at all NObo1y criticised
nobody found fault: nobody knock
ed: nobody listened through thei
prejudice; nobody grumbled. J
wonder, in Gods name, if Wei
ever have another like it? Evt-
IDENTIFY we never have, for We have
never seen the results, and it is a
that you have to walk
back two Thousand years in MS
tory to get an illustration OF Gods
power to save. because the churCn
of God from that day to this has
not fulfilled the commissions they
then.
with one accord and in one
place" l bet my life even if your
own churches are lined up back OF
this meeting. I'll bet your own