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

dom of man was tie Society of
Jesuits formed by Loyola in 1879
and so powerful was it that it was
suppressed by the order of the
pope, and then again by the order
of the Parliament of Paris. And
its power did not lie in the right
eousness of its cause nor the num-
Der of its adherents, but the prin-
ciples that governed it-and the
principles were just two. First.
no member of that society OF
Jesuits had any mind or will of his
own! his mind in turn was the
will of his superior, and his will
was the will of his superior, while
Loyola was the center of it. What
Loyola said, what Loyola COM
manded they all would do.
And second, they were never al
lowed to be alone-always went
two and two. You let the church
put those principles into practice
and her power for God will be in
calculable. When you live and
move, it is the divine life within
you that does it, and you must
realize you are not alone-'Lo,
am with you always, even unto
the end of the world"
Song Banished.
For 16 years there had been no
song in Israel. For 16 years this
reprobate Ahaz-dont forget it
had the people at the hot end of
the poker. Sixteen years that dirty
repTObate had sat on the throne
and ruled! Sixteen years. And
during that time there was no song
in the temple. That must have
been a great loss, for the people
were accustomed to sing from the
time of the creation when the
stars sang together and
the sons and daughters of God
shouted for joy.
Then. my friends, on the march
to the Red sea, where Miriam. the
sister of Moses, and Aaron led the
hosts of God in the songs of tri-
umph, Then at the birth of Jesus
when the angels sang and aroused
the sleeping shepherds on the
hills of Judea. Oh
There is born this day in the city
of David a Saviour who is Christ
the Lord"
And then at the last supper,
after they had hung a hymn, Jesus
took his disciples across the line
into the garden of Gethsemane and
then we are told of the new heaven
and earth-we are told Of the song
of Moses and the Lamb which all
the redeemed shall be privileged
to sing in the days that are to
come.
Song has always played an i'm
portant part in the advancement
Of Cod s cause. Martin Luther,
crawling on his knees up the steps
of ST. Peter at Rome and that
verse of scripture flashed into his
mind. not only preached but sang
the truth; and Wesley and Whit
field sang, and Moody and Sankey,
and Torrey, and Alexander, aud
Dr. Chapman and Gypsy Smith, my
all sang! You will
always find, my friends, that song
has been inseparably connected
with the advancement of Gods
cause.
/ always look for two things
necessary for a rising tide in spir-
tuaI hings-the amount of money
you throw into the collection plate
and how many of you sing. Those
are two invariable indexes to the
of the people-how much
YOU give, how much you are will
ing to sing.
Power of Song.
So many of you go to church and
look upon the choir as a sort of a
paid institution to entertain you
IN Sunday morning. A lot of you
never open your lips. You are
never heard in song Many of the
psalms were written& and sung as
songs in the temple. The 23d
OsaIm-I have tried to imagine
hat David used to sing that to
charm old King Saul in his melan-
,holy moods, and I have tried to
bend my ears back over the cen
.uries to catch a faint sound of
he sweet singer of Israel, as he
stood before the crotchety, grum-
bling King Saul and sang, THE
Lord Is My Shepherd" l imagine
lin placing the emphasis upon the
personal pronoun, The Lord Is
Wy Shepherd, l shall not want for
lie maketh me to lie down in green
pastures"
That has ben forged on the an
ii of experience. David was CIV
ng his experience in song. Some
people now will get up and stroke
heir birdtail whiskers and say:
Forty years ago l started on the
Dad to God"
Now there is many a life today
hat has no song like t used to
lave. Why? There's a reason
ike Postum. What is it? Listen, |
will tell you what it is. First, |
he outward actions. the things !
-ou do or have done and have not !
epented of or risen up to con- |
emn. I say that faith claims in !
tant deliverance from the power !
f the devil. 1t doesn't make any !
Inference what your sin is. wheth- |
T it is drunkenness or what. Faith !
laims deliverance from the power |
f the devil and from the power !
f sin.
If you are not being saved from |
our temper; if you are not being |
ayed from your pride; if you are |
ot being saved from your grouchy, |
crochety. knocking, |
disposition; if you
re not being saved from those
ualities which develop the mean, |
ordid characteristics, then there
5 something wrong with you, not
7ith the Lord.
Then another thing. The desires.