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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-31

every man that propagates them is
a liar! There is only one way to
be saved and that is to give up
your sin.
Need of a Mediator.
Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ.
That's His resurrection name. To-
night He is at the right hand OF
God the Father. When the mis-
takes OF our life overtake us. He Is
there to make an inteTcession ana
an explanation. "A mediator Is one
that goes between.
/ am standing here tonight. I lam
a mediator. / am mediating be-
tween God and His message and
this vast AUDIENCE Of men and wo-
goes between. | am standing here
between the offended, God. and the
offender. mankind.
Mediator! A retail grocer is a
mediator between the wholesaler
and the consumer. When l go to
feed the horse I mediate between
the feedbox and the grahary. Your
wife mediates between the cook
stove and the dining room. A me-
diator is anybody that goes be-
tween. Now, who is better quail
fed to be mediator? Jesus, be-
cause OF His divinity. He under
stands Gods side OF this case.
Jesus. because OF His humanity.
He sympathizes with us. Tell me
who is better qualified TO plead our
case at the court of heaven than
Jesus Christ.
Believe on the Lord. He is king.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-31

What Must 1 Do To Be Saved 90
was the theme of Mr. Sundays
sermon last evening at the taber-
nacle. He said in part:
What does it mean to be saved ?
The New Testament speaks of sal
walton from sickness. GO thy
way. the faith hath made thee
whole" and it speaks of the prodi-
gal son and his return from his
prodigality. 1t speaks about the
apostles drowning and rescued
from the watery grave It speaks
about the cruci1ed Christ hanging
on the cross. Thus we see that
salvation means to take a man or
woman out of a condition that is
not favorable for their welfare and
put them into a condition that is
The salvation of the sick would
be their health. The salvation of
the apostles about to drown would
have been their rescue from a wa
terry grave. The salvation of the
crucified Christ would have meant
for him to come down from the
cross. Thus, il means to take a
man or woman out of q condition
that is not favorable to their well
fare or happiness and put them
into a condition that is favorable
to their welfare or happiness.
But the salvation that my text
speaks of is salvation from sin.
Well, what is sin? Sin is the trans
gression of the law and every sin
ner is liable in accordance with
the law which he transgresses, to
punishment. But punishment
brings / ain. Men shrink from the
electric chair, from the jail, from
the death house, from the stone
walls. Why? 1t isn't favorable
there to their welfare
Now to be rescued means to be
saved from punishment you've
brought on yourself by violating the
law, and while you escape the pun
ishment that doesn't abrogate the
law. The law stands, and when a
sinner pleads to God for salvation,
he is pleading that God Almighty
will set aside the. penalty which
that sinner has brought on him
self, or herself, because they vio-
lated Gods law.
Therefore, when I say, What
must I do to be saved from the
punishment from helI?" That's
what salvation means. The party
who has the right and power to
inf1ict the punishment has the
right and power to. state the con-
dition upon which you can escape.
The sovereign power of the state
has the right and the power to cleo
trocute, to put you behind the bays
if you violate a law. She has the
right and power to state the con-
dition upon which ycu can escape.
She is the only power that can The
same power that can infict the
is the same power that
can let you escape that punish
ment, my friends.
God Can Punish.
Therefore, when we violate Gods
law, He has the power and right to
infict the punishment, to state the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-31

waiting for the fellow that takes
that route.
You say, ITS a mystery
I'll admit that. Til admit it but
there are lots of things that I do
that are mysterious that / can't eX-
plain but I keep on doing. AS
told you the other night, you can I
explain how the food you eat keeps
corpuscles, sinews, arteries, joints.
marrow. cuticle and hair growing
alive. Your knowledge OF il has
nothing to do with it,
Confession Better Than Cowardice.
Confession! Oh, that's better
than cowardice, Yes, sir! Sub
mission! That's better than stub
borness, Some shallow. painted
souls-oh, they blow as IL they
could make a submarine because
they happcAed to make an arc
light! They will build up a pile
OF brick and to hear them talk
you'd imagine they could create a
mountain.
An infidel stood on top OF a noun
tain and said, II don't believe in
God, l don't believe in Jesus Christ.
If there is a God, let him strike
ME dead now with a fash of light
ming from the clear sky.
And a gnat few down his throat
and choked him 10 death.
Oh, God won't use a I3-inch she'll
to kill a canary bird. Not on your
life! To hear some fellows talk
you would imagine they could build
a ladder and climb up and blow
out the sun. There is little hope
tor the fool that hasn't sense
enough to beat it for cyclone
cellar when he sees the storm COM
ing-little hope for the man that
doesn't take the safe side in every
proposition in the world for God
and for his truth.
So many of you have kept your
church membership secret.
You've come to this city and
haven't identified yourselves with
the church. You are drifting away
from God and His truth. Confess
sion helps you; it helps the cause
Of God, too, sir, and many a time
you have smiled a sickly grin when
you have been in the midst of a
lot of knockers and you have never
peeped or chirped when you have
stood with a lot of scoffers.
And another thing. when you
have been asked to stand up, when
you have been asked to identify
yourself with God, to renew your
vow and covenant. some of you
have sneaked out with the rabble
like a renegade. You are afraid.
The truth is, we've got a little yell
low in US. You cannot be saved if
you are not willing to give up your
sin and make up your mind to
serve Christ. You can't do it,
Let the wicked forsake his way
and the unrighteous man his
thoughts" and if you are unvill-
ing to forsake your evil, you can
not be saved. II you will not give
up your sins, you cannot be saved.
You've got to choose between sin
and salvation, There are more vile
schemes proposed to humanity
whereby they will be allowed to
live in sin and still go to heaven
and every one Of them is lie and
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-31

Come unto Me'-not to bap-
tism.
Come unto Me'-not TO the
catechisnn.
Come unto Me'--not to the
preacher. not the evangelist, not
the presiding elder.
Come unto Mech, not to the
president, not to the pope.
Come unto Me, said Jesus, |
will give you rest!'
Salvation is Personal.
$50. it is a personal. intimate re-
lationship with God through faith
in Jesus Christ if we are going to
be saved. Now, here you are over
here in the DEVILS kingdom. You
want to get out. How are you
going to do It? There is the Lord
over there and here you are-how
are you going to get out OF there ?
The bible says, If thou wilt confess
with thy mouth the Lord Jesus
Christ'-that's one step-'an be-
lieve in thy heart that God raised
Him from the dead, oh. there are
multitudes OF men, my friends,
standing astrsddle of the PROPOSE
ton. But they won't take that last
step-If thou wilt believe in thy
heart Jesus Christ, -multitudes OF
them believe but that's as far as
they will go SO one foot is the
devils and the other is the Lords.
" If thou wilt believe in the Lord
Jesus Christ that's only half Of
it-'and confess with thy mouth
that God raised Him from the dead,
thou shalt be saved
THAT takes you out Of the dew
lis territory and transforms YOU
into the warm, fresh soil of Gods
territory by faith in Christ. So,
those are the things. not your
money.
ooh. we've had plenty Of guess
ers, yes sir; We want somebody
that knows. We've had plenty of
resolutions, yes, sir, enough to pave
hell, We want somebody that
knows. Give me a Savior that has
a sympathetic eye that can see
what I am up against. Give me a
Savior. sir, with a listening ear
that can hear my slightest sigh to
be decent and do right. Give me
one sir Will eli arm dS 6"lLL a )
lightning that can grab me ere /
fall. Give me a Savior, not an es-
say. Give me a Savior, not an opin-
ion. Give me a Savior. not
theory. Give me Savior, not
speculation of anybody.
What must 1 do to be saved 2
Believe on the Lord. He is king.
Believe on the Lord. He is divine
Believe on the Lord Jesus You
shall call his name Jesus, said the
angel in announcing to Mary that
she would conceive and bring forth
by the Holy Ghost. you will call
his name Jesus 'Emmanuel-God
with US, God manifest in the flesh
to help poor, weak, struggling hu-
The opening prayer was given
last evening by Rev. P. c. Ladd Of
the First Congregational church.
Moline, and the prayer Of conse-
Grafton was made by Rev. Mr.. Bah
cock Of Moline.
A large number of reconsecra-
tons were made last evening,
whole delegations filing down the
trail to avow the purpose
of starting on new path.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-31

am living up to all the light that /
have now on the proposition.
What must I do to be sayed?"
Believe in the Lord Jesus
Christ" said Paul, and thou shalt
be saved" And l read here that he
fell down before them. Oh. you
cannot come to God without first OF
all a broken and contrite heart. God
is willing to forgive but God can
not forgive if you are not willing II
be forgiven. He will not do it as
long as you are in a state of rebel
lion and glory in your sin. God
Almighty has nothing for you then.
II tell you. God will stop making
worlds to help you II you are re-
pentant and know you are a sinner
and are willing to go square and
are willing to ask God to forgive
you through faith in Jesus Christ.
There must be this spirit of sorrow
for sin before there can ever be
forgiveness but the moment YOU
manifest this spirit, it is yours as a
gift from Jesus Christ
Surroundings Don't Matter.
Some people think that what they
need is new surroundings. Oh. no,
no. It isn't that at ALL Here is
my watch--it won't run. will put
it in my pocket here You say ii
needs new surroundings. All right.
I will put it over here in this other
pocket But that doesn't work.
WHAT'S the matter with 1t? 1t
doesn't need new surroundings, 1t
needs a new handspring.
So, what you need isn't a new
suit or a new haircut. You need
a new heart If you've got the
devil in you now you will turn peo-
pie to the devil no matter where
you go. What you need is a new
heart and a new nature, not new
environment
There must be conversion. my
friends, If you are ever saved. l
am not speaking of new birth,
listeni That's Gods part of saliva
tion-that transaction I'm telling
you what to do. God has done His
part. what are you going to do?
God has made the sunshine and
the rain and the earth and the seas.
what is your part? Pillow the
ground and plant the seed. If you
don't do your part you will starve
to death.
What must 1 do? God has done
his part in salvation. He has given
Jesus Christ, he has made revel-
alton of himself through the word.
God will do no more, sir, so l am
telling you what TO do
You say, bill, the church is full
of hypocrites"-so is hell. If you
don't want to spend your eternity
with a bunch you don't care for,
you'd better come into the church
where there are few of them, for
there won't be a hypocrite in hsaven
they will al be in hell. What are
you going to make by refusing to
believe here when you've got to
live with a gang like that all your
life. You're a chump!
You say, 81 can be Christian
and not be a member of a church. -
Yes, sir, you can go to Europe
without taking ship but the
sharks and the submarines are
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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-31

B4lieve on the Lord Jesus and
come. my friend. Believe on the
Lofd Jesus Christ and thou shalt
be isaved." After He had taken all
of{these steps / read that He re-
jqiced with Joy unspeakable."
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-31

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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-31
Extra Value Suits
and OVerCOatS
For Men at S35, $40, S45

Due to our foresight in buying we feature at $35,
$40 S45 excellent values in suits and overcoas-far
better values than you would expect under todays
ke conditions Suits of worsteds cheviots cassmeres
and serges overcoats of plain and fancy overcoatng
mems and young mems styles, we'll tailored Great
values at $35, $40, $45.
The Washington times., 1919-02-23
Mrs. Proctor Living Proof
of Growth of City.

When l caught a glimpse OF Louise
Bayne. Mrs. John Francis Proctor,
the other day. it gave me pleasant
start, for | didn't know she was in
town. 1t developed, however. that
she had been here almost all winter
and this to my mind, is fresh proof or
how Washington has Outgrown itself
[ can't imagine not running INFO Mrs.
rector every little while in the Wash
ngtOn of two or three years ago.
Her husband, Lieutenant Proctor. who
served with the Canadian Expedition
ary Forces III the early days of the
war. is now on duty here. and they
are staying with Mrs. Proctor's sis
ter, M!s. Guy w. S. Castle. at her
home, in S street.
Lieutenant Proctor was one OF n
group of wounded Canadian officers
who were entertained during their
Convalcscence by Mr.. and Mrs. Her
bert Carter at their place in Virginia.
Miss Bayne and several Otlsr Wash
ington girls used to go over frequent
ly to help Mrs. Carter keep her pa1
tients amused, and-weli. Dan CUPID
The Washington times., 1919-02-23

the formal program; for instance, the
sudden irruption of the Bolsheviki
demanding admittance to the confer
ence, and a protest from the Senator
from Missouri" that the Senate was
being ignored in this tremendous
matter of making over the fashions
of the world and had not been per-
mitted access to a single confidential
fashion book. This matter was
smoothed over by the moderator, who
promised to supply that august body
with copies of THE Discrimination"
the "Homely Woman's Journal" ami
the "Woman's Lone Companion"
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she undertakes For instance, she
played with a will the first two years
she was "out," and then went to work
just as hard teaching in a school for
mountain whites somewhere in the
wilds OF Kentucky. She kept this up
for two years or 50. was deeply in
terested in the work. particularly in
my boys and girls" and really ac-
complished wonders.
Miss Deeble's elder sister, Eliza
beth Deeble. is also overseas. She
has been away for over a year, cork
ing with the Red Cross in Paris. and
Is so deeply enthusiastic over what
her unit is accomplishing that her
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Mrs. John NJ. Shafroth introduced a
serious note when she responded for
the United States, using as her text
Decatur's immortal toast, "Our coun-
try. may she be always right, but
right or wrong our country" Between
whiIes the lesser members of the
League OF Nations were heard from.
China being represented by a song
and Belgium, Serbia, Roumania and
the others by folk dances. The pro-
gram closed with Carrie Jacobs Bonds
we Are All Americans" sung by
Leah Miller, and then the guests
joined in singing "The Star-Spangled
Banner"
Quite the most amusing events OF
the afternoon, however, were not on
The Washington times., 1919-02-23

is Mr.. Gregory's appointment, a close
friend of the GregOry's, moreover. and
Mrs, Gregory is anxious TO have her
meet their friends in Washington.
The program following the Con-
gressional Club breakfast was tre-
mendously clever and amusing, the
guests resolving themselves into an
amateur peace conference and taking
I'D some points OF especial interest to
women which have apparently been
overlooked by the delegates who are
celebrating in Paris. The fun start
ed when Mrs. Edmund Platt, Of New
York. in the role of moderator at the
peace table, began her brief address
of welcome with the familiar words
MAY 1 not" and from then on it was
fast Iand furious. AS France, Mrs.
William 2. Borland made an impas-
sioned-and highly entertaining-plea
for the reconstruction Of fashion,
demanding the conservation of mate
rial from the ground up" in the
morning, from the neck down" when
il comes to evening frocks, and glory
ing in the fact that, having for
months kept a brave front to the
enemy, we can now show our backs.
Poor little lady, she found sad news
waiting on her return home, the news
of the sudden death of her husband
France, Her little daughter, Jes-
samine Borland, also took part in the
entertainment, her Serbian dance
meeting with great applause.
Mrs. Wallace White spoke for Great
Britain. demanding "the restoration Of
plum pudding" Italy pleading for "the
rehabilitation Of the tourist trade"
was represented by Mrs. Edward i.
Brown, and Mrs w. G. Brown (Izetta
JewelD, as Japan, demanded that
Nippon be allowed to supply the world
with tea, that the tea garden replace
the beer garden and that the kimono
be adopted as the universal garb. She
made a clever little talk. charmingly
delivered. and was quite the hit OF the
afternoon.
The Washington times., 1919-02-23
New Officers to Be Installed
Next Wednesday.

Mrs. William A Rodenberg, first
vico president. represented Mrs. HOr-
ace Mann Towner, president of the
club, who is in mourning. Mrs. Tow
ner's term expires next Wednesday,
February 26. and on that day her
successor. Mrs. Charles B. Ward, ana
the other newly elected officers of
the club will be installed. They VIII
be introduced to the club at the BIZ
ennial business meeting. when a r.
port of the standing committees ~
read and the business of the year dis
cussed. The meeting is always held
the first Wednesday in March unless
that day comes after March 4. as II
does this year, in which case it is pu,
forward a week
forward a week. The new officers
were hostesses at the luncheon yes
terday, and among the honor guests
were Mrs. Marshall. Mrs. ChamT
Clark, Mrs. Glass and Mrs. Daniels.
The Washington times., 1919-02-23
JEAN ELIOTS CHRONICLES OF CAPITAL SOCIETY

mother of Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, who
is much interested in this charity.
Major William Eric Fowler will
make the presentations to the receiv-
ing party on the night Of the ball.
Those receiving will bo Mrs. David
Meade Lea, president of the Board nf
The Washington times., 1919-02-23

Mrs. Proctor gave me news Of her
particular chum, Dorothy Deeble, who
is now doing canteen work in Tours,
France, and tells me that Miss Decide
is keenly interested and says nothing
OF coming home. She is a person with
a fine fund Of enthusiasm and always
goes in heart and soul for anything
The Washington times., 1919-02-23

In addition we've the usual grist of
dinner parties and luncheons to look
forward to and two interesting we'd
dings, the marriage OF Lillian Birney
and Capt. Edward Finkenstaedt on
Wednesday and on Thursday the mar
ri3Ee of Dorothy whitridge. daughter
of DR.. Roland Barker Whitridge. and
Lieut.. Morris T. Raymond, u. s. N.
r. L. The latter wedding will be
very quiet as Miss Whitridge lost her
mother only a few months ago.
The Washington times., 1919-02-23

family can't persuade her to come
rome. Margaret Deehle Is the only
me OF Mrs William Riley Deeble's
daughters who is home this winter.
he Isn't officially a debutante, be-
ieve. but she has been included in
most or the debutante festivities and.
being a particularly taking" young
person. is having q royal good tIna.
Fondly yours.
JEAN ELIOT.
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Continued from Page Fourteen.)
frank Hume. Miss Bessie J. Kibbey,
Mrs. Frank c. Let's, Mrs. John n.
Speel. Mrs. John Lowe Newbold, Mrs.
John Crayke Simpson, Mrs. T. o. Sell
fridge, and Mrs. William Boiling,
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must have been included in the party
on several occasions, for 1t wasn't
long before Miss. Bayne became Mrs.
Proctor. She was one OF the first
Of a long list of prominent Washing
ton girls who have since married for
eign officers.
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lady managers; Mrs. Henry w. Onutt.
the recording secretary: Miss Leila +
Draper. treasurer, and Mrs. William
X Petty, assistant treasurer.
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To Take His Bride
Back to Cleveland.

Back TO Cleveland.
Captain Finkenstaedt as you know,
is out OF the service and bacl.
at his home in Cleveland. where he
viii take his bride. He doesn't
reach town until today. so the joIli-
fications preceding the wedding will
be crowded into the days between
now and Wednesday. Elaine EnE
lish, OF Philadelphia. who is to be
maid of honor. will give a dinner for
the bridal party tomorrow evening
At the moment of writing the place
hasn't been selected. but the party
de Vingt, so that II can wind up with
dancing. Captain Finkenstaedt's 5
brother, Lieut., John Finkenstae edit,
who Will be one of the Ushers, will
arrive with him today.
Another brother, Lieut.. Harold
Finkenstaedt, Of the flying corps,
just back from France, will be best
man. and there are three more ush-
crs, Capt. Donald. Alexander, Capt.
George Fuller, and Austin Haux-
hurst, OF Cleveland Mrs. Harold
Walker will be matron of honor for
her sister. as you know, and little
Evelyn Walker will be flower girl.
Miss Birney is greatly disappointed
that Mrs. Sidney cIon1an's niece, Ma
talie Campbell. who was also to have
been in the wedding party. will not be
able TO be present. She is a member Of
q house party i'm Florida, house
party practically Organized in her
honor. and can't possibly get away.
The Washington times., 1919-02-23
ImprOmptu Tea for
Miss ChestOn.

One Of the pleasantest parties of l
week was the impromptu tea whic
Miss Adams gave on Monday after
noon for pretty Miss Dorothy Chos
ton, who was playing here +.
Remnant" She's an English e.
and a very charming person. o,
tea was quite informal. and the
were really only a handful Of guest
but everybody came early and stay
until they were ashamed to stay lor
er.
At the last there was an especial trea
for Mr.. Constantinidi, of the Greek
cation, was persuaded to sing. ~
one OF the young attaches Cf
Swiss legation playing his acCo.
compartments. l had not heard J.
before. and had no idea he had 81.
a lovely voice. Miss Cheston playc.
piano selections and proved to be 4;
musician as well as an artist in he.
profession. Mrs. Buchanan Mer-
ryman. who makes her home with
Miss Adams. and Mrs. John Remey
niece of the hostess. were assisting
and Mrs. Waters and Miss Ethel
Hickey presided at the tea table.
MIS-. Newton ID. Baker, Mrs. Gilbert
GrosvenOr. Mrs. Walter Tuckermar.
Mrs. Duncan L. Fletcher, Mrs. T. r
Moran. Mrs. Charles Bell, Mrs. How
ard Sutherland, and Mrs. William
Corby are the patronesses for the dra-
matte entertainment to be given on
March Z at o'clock under the aus
pices of the Women's Club Of Bethesda
for the benefit of the Social Service
League at War Camp Community
Service Club No. S. 0lS Tenth street
There will be an interesting pro-
gram arranged by Mrs Maud Howell
Smith, who is director of the COM
munity drama. She has selected two
One-aCt plays. In the first play,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles J. Bell,
and Miss Ives will take the leading
parts. The second play, My Noble
Lord" by Percival Wilde, will be put
on by Miss Maud Howell. of Califor-
MIA, and Dennis COnnell.
Mrs. Newton Baker will sing sew
eral selections. There will be two
rhythmic pantomimes. "The Peasant
Boys Dream" and "Children's Dance
Play" section Of the Community
Orchestra will play.
Men in uniform will be admitted
free. The Bethesda Club Is anxious
to have large audience in order to
raise a goodIy sum for the Social
Service League, which does much
needed civic relief work. Tickets can
be bought at the door, and all attend
ing are insured their moneys worth.