Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-23
WILL TO DO is
LIFE BASE LINE
OF CHARACTER
Mr.. Sunday in Sermon Last Even
ing Talks on the Worth of Gods
Way. Many Converts.
BY GOTTA BARTHOLOMEW.

soda mint to settle my stomach
when they talk about moral effect.
Where in the name Of God did you
learn about moral effect? 1t isn't
because you learn anything from
an infdeI It is because of the con-
straining influence of Christianity
that you are decent as you are, -
said Rev. Mr.. Sunday last evening
in his sermon on the subject, THE
Worth of Gods Way" from the
text, IF any man will do his will,
he shall know of the doctrine,
whether it be of God, or whether
speak of myself
Mr.. Sunday was in high good
humor last evening and cheeriness
just radiated from him as he gave
illustration after illustration and
as ne romped and climbed over his
puplit and mimicked and laughed
ever the fellow that tried to steal
second base when all the bases
were full and no one was out, as
he said a rummy tried to do once
when he was playing ball.
The will to do was the burden OF
his sermon, There are no actiVi-
ties in life" he said, apart from
your will. You are a doctor because
you will. you are lawyer because
you will. you are a banker because
you will, you are here tonight be
cause you will No activity in life
is apart from your will. You will
is the base line of your character.
your will is sovereign. your will is
supreme. If you will use what
light God has given you, He will
give you more.
There are two ways by which
we can and do learn. One IS
theoretical and the other is prac-
teal There are two ways to learn
about God and Christian salvation.
One is theoretical and the other is
practical You may know whether
two and two makes seven or nine
or one. You may not have enough
to buy q government bond, but all
you have to do is to surrender your
will to God. 1 might as well try
and speak with my feet, might as
well try and think with my fingers
and hands This pulpit might just
as well try to understand the
words I am talking over it as for
you to find God by any other
method, plan or principle than your
surrender to God"
Nothing on Trust.
Continuing he said, Some fell
lows assert that they will take
nothing on trust. Do the people
that don't believe IN Jesus Christ
use their reason while the people
that do are weak and sissified bone
heads? Do you mean to tell me
that the man that goes home drunk
uses his reason? No, it is the fell
low that goes home sober. Do you
mean to tell me that the man who
damns Jesus Christ uses his rea-
son? No, the man that gets down
on his knees and prays to God, he
uses his reason. He is the reaso1-
able man.
$50 they consider people Of
faith, weak-brained, over-credulous
souls, stupid and never use Their
reason. But to the reasonable,
faith, belief, the acceptance of the
truth on the authority of others is
the basis of our judgments in
court, our conclusions, and our rea-
soning in every department Of life. "
Mr. Sunday was bubbling over
with apt illustration last evening.
The crowd followed him closely
and it was fun to watch the audi
ence as his point reached them.
There are always one or two peo-
pie who get it first and then bye and
bye the whole crowd falls and there
are bursts of laughter.
Married One Couple.
He said last evening that he was
an ordained minister, but that in
all his life he had married but one
couple and that he hoped the Lord
would forgive him for that and that
he would never do it again. But
wait a minute" he said, perhaps l
had better qualify that" and he
proceeded to relate the circum-
stances and his own embarrass-
ment in going through the cere-
mony and his efforts to keep from
getting all bawled up. 'I don't want
to marry people and 1 said then
Lord, will never do it again But
supposing l would agree and you'd
come I'D and stand before me.
Fine fellow, what is your name?
Tom
What is you Nance
Dorothy
Tom, do you take Dorothy to
be your lawfully welded wife,
promise to love, honor. cherish and
obey until death do you part?
Bill, I am afraid I can't hid
out"
Do you know what girl wtaiid
do If a fellow said that? She would
say: You hike and I'll get fell
low that can hold out"
There will be lots of little diff
cuities and difference that will
come up and if you knew that old
vixen as we'll beforehand as you
did after two years; if she knew
you and said goodbye to her
mother and home, she said goodbye
to more blessings than you will
ever give her in ten or fifteen
years You will have little differ
ences and discouragements. All
right, you will in your new Chris |
tian life. If you confess your sins
and begin the Lord will take care
OF you.
He brought down the house as he |
mimicked and described the char |
acters that one time boarded a |
merry-go-round which he was
watching. The old rube who
rar1a aIOug milling hfz bird tail