Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-10
ON PARENTSIS
BLAME FOR SIN
OF OFFSPRING
Evangelist Sunday Plays COndi-
lions That Permit Children to
Fall Into Ways Of DamnatiOn.
BY GOTTA BARTHOLOMEW.


Mr.. Sundays sermon OF last ev-
ening at the tabernacle had a d.
rect appeal to will to do right
against the will TO do wrong,
speaking on the subject, "Is 1t Well
with Thee2"
There are not devils in hell or
earth enough to drag a man to sin
If he will not do. and there are not
enough angels IN heaven or earth
to make man good II he will not
to-" said Mr. Sunday. There are
men in cell tonight who were in
fuenced by the gang they went
with; they did not have the will TO
DO. There are men in heaven to-
night because they were Influenced
by the crowd they went with and
the appeal to the higher and no.
bier instincts Of their life and
truth.
Il bring you this message: I be-
lieYe that God wants to teach us
opportunity IN prayer. determine
ton to accomplish the thing upon
which your heart is set. no matter
how many obstacles hell may pile
in the way or how hard the devil
may work to discourage you"
real life Of the dangers Of the evil
Will over the will to be a Chris
tan, and which are so persistent
and telling in their application, Mr..
Sunday continued. "Ts It we'll with
you2 No, not With Jesus Why arc
you not as pure as a sunbeam, as
sweet as a 1ewd~Gp2 Why are you
not as enchanting as a spring
morning, puIsi1g with the songs %
birds, when 'appled fawn play
upon the banks OF viOleis? Why
ere Won not 8 lovely as the sun
kissed mountains? God made these
things, and God can make you like
those things II you will Weld TO
Him and give yourself to Him and
do it.
God pity you If you go into eter-
nifty with the sin on your life that
IS there now as you sit and listen
to me.
Don't blame society for your
sin" continued Mr.. Sunday: you
are a part Of it. II society IS rot
ten, it is because the individuals
that make it. are rotten So Is the
individual that makes society rot
ten. II it isn't what it ought to
be, perhaps you are not what you
ought to he. so stop blaming So
ciety and trying to square yourself
that wav."
Pa-erts to Flame.
Mr. Sunday mas NO rEtance with
the ~ her and --atG-- Tho will f.
To- rra{- CHI -fu g. roar re
sf~eats ct ---a. ~ 'ro-t 'ra
KNOWLEDGE Of TIE cCuranfons o.
the places where the children seek
amusement. 81 have tried to i'm
aE're the fathers and mothers
seated in their homes Contcuted
and their children Eaddlng around
and thu average boy and girl cal
learn more deviltry between sun
down and 10 O'Clock than all the
Sunday school teachers can eradi-
cate in a year Would you have US
keep our children in from morning
to night?' asked q woman. No, |
keep them in from night to morn |
ing. And I will thank God AL !
mighty when the curfew viii ring /
in every city and hamlet in Amer |
lea; and If the parents don't keep /!
the children off the streets the law |
will grab them by the back or any /
place else It can get a hold Of them |
and pitch them into the dOoryard |
of the home.
"Why. the average little friZzle !
headed sissy that hasn't sprouted |
long skirts vet can tell her grand |
mother things that the grandmoth- |
er never knew existed in the world |
of sin"
Kind Word for Schools.
Mr.. Sunday has great sympathy |
with the teachers Of the land. with !
the handicaps that they must over |
come, and he always has words of |
highest communication for their |
work. He has high praise. too, for
the system Of public schools. and |
last evening said: I'VE have the
finest system OF public schools on
the face of the globe. and we tax
the people, and If a man has no
children and no has property, it is
Just and right to tax him to edu-
cate the other peoples kids.
81 believe every child ought to
be in school instead of in some
underground workshop. They ought
to be in the schools. in the parks.
I believe in a minimum scale of
wages. 1 believe in everything that
is going to uplift humanity, make
It easier and living conditions bet
ter
nPray for your child. Don't wait.
You are too late with your pray
ers, too late with your tabernacle.
too late with your song, too late
with your tears, too late with your
revival. You are too late, too late.
too late! Great God! get up and
wake up! You are too late!"
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