Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-17

, prayer of one as quickly as he will
another. God plays no fayorites.
God will hear the prayer of poor
man as quickly as he will million
aire in his mansion.
God viii Hear Prayer.
God will hear the prayer of that
poor, broken hearted girl in the red
light district as we'll as he will q
society belle in a mansion on Fifth
avenue God will hear the prayer
Of man in a coal nina as quick as
he will a king on his throne. God
will hear the prayer OF q man on a
section gang as quick as the presi-
dent of the railroad. God will hear
the prayer OF a man who sweeps
the streets as quick as the president
in the White House. Whoever you
may be, whether you are ignorant,
or whoever you are, the Lord will
hear you.
And you will have power with
God when God sees you reach an
extremity. If had my choice be-
tween having this tabernacle filled
with men and women, all of whom
were Christians, and all of whom
would rise and say, I'VE will do
anything and give up our time and
money to see people brought to
Jesus Christ" or have it filled with
men and women, none Of whom
were Christians, but all of whom
would say, Pray for u.s." would
choose the former every time.
never worry about the outside
if l can get the inside right for
Christ, There is not church, or g.
Y. NJ. G. A. or a Y. W; there is not
a mission; there is not a city on
earth that can't have a great moral
and righteous awakening if you
have a band of men anC women
who will pray to Jesus Christ and
do his will You have power with
God wien you reach an extremity
in the world.
l would rather have u men or
women who will give up everything
for God than to have hundreds of
people simply content with church
membership.
A bank likes to honor a check
for its full face value. II you'd give
me check on one of these banks
and I'd go down and they'd say,
Wen have to discount it 40 per
cent" I'd say the bank was insoI-
vent The value of a check doesn't
depend on the ink or paper but the
names that are on it. can give you
q check on one of these banks and
you couldn't get a postage stamp
with it or get shaved. Why? My
name isn't any good. l have no
money on deposit. There are men
in this city who can write their
checks on the banks for thousands
and the cashier wouldn't look at
the signature twice. He'd give you
the money. Why? Their names are
worth it. Mine isn't worth a copper
at any bank here.
And the promises are signed in
the blood of Jesus Christ, and when
| shove one of them into the bank
window of heaven, God will give L
back the benediction and the bless
ing that | have asked for. So shove
them in sinner. So throw your arms
around Jesus Christ I don't care
if you have been a thief. don't care
if you are an adulteTer. 1 don't care
if your hands are red with blood
Oh, that is the thing that will move
the arm that moves the world.
Jesus Christ, then, is the only name
up in heaven.
! can take this book-the Word
of God-with its thousands of
promises and lay them down and
take my stand by God, and bar riers
are burned away, obstacles flee,
and the blessings of God swells up
and floods my soul, and / cry out
with the sweet singer of old, MY
cup runneth over" through faith in
Jesus Christ, when l do His will.
Then you will have power when
God sees You are willing to over
come difficulties.
Oh, prayer, my friends, can
move God. And God can move
things. 1t won't be easy to come
out and put on badge and usher
people; it won't be easy to come
up and sing in a choir, it won't be
easy to go and pray; it won't be
easy to climb these ONCE build
iRgs and invite the girls; it won't
be easy to do that. / have heard of
stores that have made arrange
ments to hire buses to send the
girls free of charge up to the CEN
trail meeting. One department
store in town gives the girls half
an hour relay so they can attend
the meetings and get back.
Sinner Look for Dry Spot
| tell you a sinner will look for
a dry spot before this old city will
move for Christ. Do you know
what I think as l have gone I'D
and down the land for 30 years?
They look to me as though they
ate too much and sleep too well
over this old world going TO hell.
There is an absolute indifference
as TO what they should be. Man
should be an active force; not a
dead sea waiting TO receive a Jor-
dan.
Many people will repeat their
creeds and 80 articles of confess
sion; they will sing and say the
Lords prayer; go to church one
day in seven-theoTetieaIly they
are Christians; but practically
they are Atheists, and that's all re-
ligion consists of noW-Atheists
You don't need to break the law to
be a force.
Here is a slot machine, want
to get my weight / am a preach
eF so l exhort the machine and r
don't get my weight. l stand on
the platform but ! don't put al
penny in the slot, and | don't get
my weight. / put a penny in the
slot but / don't get on the platform.