Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-06
MORNING SESSION

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people came forward at the morn
ing meeting yesterday at the sec
ond invitation to the church peo-
pie to make the promise to put
evil out of their lives and to be-
come more powerful for the work
of the church.
Mr.. Sundays sermon yesterday
was Mighty Man Who Cannot
Save" and he brought out four
things that must be done before
one can become powerful get
right with God, keep right with
God, get right with each other and
get right in the home. Each of
these four things was aptly illus
trated, making plain to the morn
ing audience what changes have to
be made in the lives of many of
the protested Christians before
they can change the prophecy of
jeremiah on which the text of the
morning sermon was based, why
shouldst thou be a mighty man that
cannot save? Yet Thou, o Je-
hovah, art in the midst of US, and
we are called by Thy name"
THE increase OF HoTldliness
produces a corresponding decrease
in interest in the things of God, 3"
said Rev Mr.. Sunday God wants
you to have a good time. God
made this world for our enjoyment.
God made the mountains and riv-
ers, lakes, the social machinery,
trees to produce-God did all of
tbiC Thor, in haauar'g nav,a dOpJt
be low down enough to walk up
and take all God has done for you
and when God asks you to pray
for him. refuse to do it. l think
that it is damnable TO be so con-
temptible and low down that you
are not decent enough to do it. It
is a good thing for some folks that
1 was not made God for even 10
minutes. tell you, I just marvel
at the patience and the life of God.
Just review your own life and
think how little you have prayed
and how little you have done for
God and all that God has done for
you. II you have g spark of man
noOd or womaUhcCd in you, you
viii say. lie IS right 1 am mean
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not with God 1 read in Isiah So:
Behold, the Lords hand is not
shortened, that it cannot save;
neither His ear heavy, that it can
not hear; but your inqiuities have
separated between you and your
God, and your sins have hid His
face from you, that He will not
hear What would you think if
put my book up between your face
and my face, and then. complained
that l couldn't see?"
Speaking on the subject of Civ
ing the tenth, Sunday brought out
the fact that all the promises
were made primarily to the Jews, I
but when they refused to heed /
them, then God turned to the Cen /
tiles, and offered them salvation. /
I'VE accepted" he said, and the /
same blessing that was promised /
to the Jew awaits the Gentle, if /
you do what he wants you to do. |
And the same curse will fall on
you, if you refuse to heed his
words, commands and promises.
God has never given the Jewish
nation, as a nation, a chance to
repent since their refusal, and He
never will. They can come as in
iiViduals and repent, but not as a
nation. But the veil is still over
he eyes of the Jews"
Again Sunday emphasized the
act that what God has done he
an and will do again il He has
he chance. with God here, and
he Holy Spirit here, and Jesus
christ here, and the union of Gods
people, nothing ought to be i'm
possible. We can go forward with
he name of Jesus, with the sword
Il the Spirit, and drive the forces
# hell into the pit of damnation."
Rev. Mr.. Sunday does not believe
d the union of churches. He said
o yesterday morning. And he
Doesn't believe in the union of the /
hurch and state. Speaking on
his subject he said lin part: "The
ess religion the church has got !
be more finely drawn are-the de-
lominational lines. l don't be-
ieve in church unity. And I don't
elieve in the union Of church and !
tate. There are too many NUTS
rying to inject too much of this {
European stuff into this country.
We're not going to stand for this :
bunk. Oh, 1 have a