Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-30

come around to the tabernacle to
hear because they will be convert
ed and be decent and that dirty
sinking, black-hearted gang will
have to go out Of business. That is
what is the matter with them.
Come down from your curiosity
Zacchaeus climbed that trse with
no other ambition than to get a
( glimpse Of Jesus Christ. Every
body was talking about Jesus and
they were discussing Jesus, and so
he wanted to see Jesus.
All right, I don't care what IN
/ spiTed or moved you to come here,
if you will only realize that you
are here to get a glimpse Of Jesus
/ Christ
/ Come Down From Pride.
Come down from your pride.
Why, multitudes of men and wom-
en- are not saved. because they are
too proud to get up and walk down
the aisles and by that act admit
that there is something they can
do that will make them better and
/ bring them nearer to Jesus Christ.
They are too proud to admit that
they ought to live a different life
from what they are living, and
they are willing to go on, imagin-
ing that it would be humiliating.
Jesus didn't give . rap about
what the people of Jerusalem
would say about Zacchaeus climb
ing a tree to see him. ] believe
multitudes are more concerned
about what other people may say
or think than they are about God
Almighty.
Ask them, If their names were
called in the judgment, will they
pay the penalty? Ask them if they
want you to steal tonight, if you
are arrested if they will pay the
penalty. No, sir, they will never do
that I suppose there are men and
women here tonight who would
like to take their stand but are
afraid of the laugh that some mem
bers of your lodge, club, literary
society, or your social circles,
would give you, or what they would
say if they knew you had taken
your stand for Jesus Christ.
Any man or woman that tries to
tian; any man or woman that will
sheer at you to make you regret
that you did it; any man or wom-
an who would laugh at you and the
fear of whose criticism would keep
you from Jesus Christ, he is so
damnable and low down. that 1
would not insult a polecat by
comparing it with him. And if he
is as low in stature as he is in
principle, he could kiss a rat with
out bending his knees. Why, he
hasn't brains enough to make a
desert for a map.
Results Of Sin.
Zacchaeus knew he was an old
sinner when he climbed that tree,
but before he struck the ground he
was converted and his sins were
all blotted away.
Sin-you roll it like a sweet NOR
sci under your tongue, 1t may be
remunerative to you, but don't for
get that the way Of the transgres-
sor is hard, but the end Of the road
is a good deal harder than the road.
Sin-with that one word, S n, I I
can spell all the murders, all the
thefts, all the outrage, all the Sc
duction, the lust. the drunkenness, |
broken hearts, all that |
blights like a pestilence and causes
the misery of this world; all With |
that one word, S 1 n. Come down |
from your sin and turn from it to !
the name OF Jesus Christ and do |
His will.
Come down from your morality. !
I am not conveying the idea that |
you should be immoral, no, but I |
wanS to convey with all my power. |
stop trusting in your morality for |
You have got TO have |
something more than that If you !
are ever saved. Morality is includ- |
ed in Christianity, but Christianity !
is not included in morality.
There are lots of good moral men !
and women who are not Christians,
but there are not Christians who |
are not moral.
The Son Of Man is come" Jesus
said TO Zacchaeus, 1.-THE Son Of |
Man is come to save the lost"
There are many reasons why he |
did not say 'the Son Of God"
W ny Will LeII you.
There is a fear in the heart Of
every unsaved man or woman
when they think of God. And why
shouldn't you? God could speak
and the oceans would break their
appointed bounds. God could
speak and the tide would not stop
1t Z or s feet. she would sweep
,ver the Rocky Mountains. Couldn't
God speak and this continent
would sink into the sea
God All Powerful.
Couldn't God speak, blow his
breath and twist your skyscrapers
Until they would lie in ruins at
'our feet? Couldn't God speak and
,very one OF US drop dead? Why
shouldn't a man fear when he
kinks about God?
Don't God hold in His hands the
ieas as they wash to and fro?
Doesn't He hold in His hands the
Winds as they blow? Certainly He
Ioes, but the Son OF Man: tempted
is we are tempted. tried as we are
ried, oh He stoops by the wayside
o help every tempest tossed and
discouraged soul on earth. The
'on Of God in power, the Son OF
nan in sympathy. He comes to help
Is, IL We viii only let Him.
wish l could picture He'll with
IS horror and heaven with it,
eauty until you would fee to Jesus
'hrist and so many people would
ave their names on the Lambs