Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-22

! that a blasphemer has the scorn
and contempt of God.
When a man swears, he has
tagged himself There is no street
car, no factory, no shop. no camp,
no college, no place that seems to
be free from the plague. The
motorman swears at the motor.
i The engineer damns the engine
The fireman cusses the fires. Boys
swear at their lessons. Ball play
/ ers cuss the umpire. Merchants
cuss the clerks. Employees swear
at the boss. The boss swears at
them. The fisherman cusses his
hooks. The travelling man damns
because the train is late, or his
meals are late or no water in the
! pitcher. Sailors swear at the
ropes, swear at the wind. Farmers
damn the battle and cuss the hogs.
Editors swear at reporters and re-
porters damn editors. Policemen
swear at the crossing. Oh, my,
what a foolish habit it Isl
/ will tell you-can you show me
where profanity ever helps any
body? Did the stone you stumbled
over get out of your way, when
you cussed? Did the wind stop
blowing because you cussed it for
blowing your hat of? Does your
wife love you more after you have
given her a GUESSING? Does your
employee work harder for you, after
you have damned him for a hall
hour? No!
Keep Sabbath Holy.
Oh, how much Sabbath breaking
there is done in this country! The
Sabbath was made for man and
man ought to have the Sabbath
day. Your suit of clothes was
made for you, or your shoes, your
house. The Sabbath was made foT
man. Man ought to have it, and if
society doesn't allow him to have it
and the man who is obliged to
work all the time as a slave, and
for any class to be compelled to
work seven days in a week is an
outrage!
We have always been in danger
of losing the Sabbath. We have a
lot of goddess, good-for-nothing ty-
rants in this country that have no
use for God, nor Gods law, and
they would rub the statutes from
our books. Oh, If the hands OF
noblemen and women were not
banded together to fight to main
tain the Sabbath, sir, nothing in
the universe would save it from be-
ing eliminated from, our statute
books and torn TO shreds!
We have got a class coming to
this country that are injurious.
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heresies; they bring their damn
able continental customs with
them, sir, they don't come to Amer
lea to become Americans. They
haven't got an American hair in
their head, nor an American
thought in their old brains. Every
drop of blood in their rotten veins,
sir, beats to the music of Sabbath
Dissertation. Many of them come
TO our shores with tags on them,
telling of their destination. They
don't come to build American
homes, they don't come to learn
our language. They come and set
tie in our cities and they become
carbuncles on the neck of our
body polite. They come here to
undermine honest labor, they come
to flaunt their damnable, hellish.
red flag of anarchy. l say, rip the
tags off and send the dirty skunks
back where they came from.
And out of that dirty gang came
the Personal Liberty League which
is nothing under heaven, but a
form of anarchy. They say, This
republic is our hunting ground,
fa
day we are after" Whoever would
destroy our Sabbath UNDERTAKINGS
this republic.
II they don't like our laws, there |
are ships sailing to Europe. Let
them climb on, and we will climb |
up on the Statue OF Liberty and |
we will wave the flag while they |
sail out of the land. We will sing,
Praise God, from whom all bless
ings flow"
/ tell you another thing. With
our theatres turned loose on the |
saloons open, amusement
sir, you put a red flag
on a track and the engineer will
hatten every wheel before he will |
run by it, although there may be
but a ten-penny nail on
the rail- 1t means danger to him.
Flash a red light in front of him,
and he will stop that train, all
right
And God Almighty stands, he
waves the danger signals and we
shut our eyes. We have stopped
our ears and we are rushing like
cattle on down towards
hell. There has been a fearful let
ting down in this country in the
past 25 years. God Almighty never
repealed the law. When you give
up the Sabbath, then the church.
then the home or nation. That land
Or nation or individual is undermin-
ing Gods favor when they sneer or
blaspheme at the Sabbath day.
Honor thy father and thy moth
sr: that thy days may be long upon
the land which the Lord thy God
giveth thee"
The young man or woman who is
ashamed of his father or mother be
cause they do not look beautiful, is
A fool. If your mother thought
more of herself and less of you, she
might be fairer and fresher than
she is today, for she was once as
good looking as you imagine your
self today. And you might be
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