Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-24
GIRLS EAGERLY
TAKE STAND TO
BETTER LIVES
FOrty-Three Women in Industry
Hit the Trail, Publicly Decaar-
ing Faith in Jesus.

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plea of Mr. Sunday last evening,
came forward to grasp the hand
OF the evangelist and publicly ac-
knowledge their faith in Jesus
Christ as their personal Saviour
1t was a dramatic moment when
after having delivered himself of
. one of the most powerful and con-
vincing sermons of the series in
| the revival, he plead with the busi-
ness girls of the cities to take
their stand now, to pledge them
selves to lives Of righteousness.
He spoke upon the subject, 1.-THE
Hour Is Come" and this he ap-
piled as he asked the young women
/ to make their vows, and as they
I trooped up, at first timidly, hest
/ tatingly, then with certainty born
of the knowledge of a right de-
| cision. they took places with those
| seeking forgiveness, the choir the
! meantime singing, Just AS l Am -
! Mr.. Sunday said a word of en-
couragement to each of them as he
grasped their hands and instructed
! the workers to give to each one
a copy of a pamphlet that he had
prepared On this is printed his
picture, a word of greeting and
, two treaties one on What 1t
Means To Be a Christian" and
How To Make a Success of the
Christian Life"
Under the former heading Mr.
Sunday says:
"A Christian is any man. woman
or child who comes to God as a
lost sinner, accepts the Lord Jesus
| Christ as his personal Saviour, sur
renders to Him as his Lord and
| Master, confesses Him as such be-
/ fore the world, and Strives to
please Him in everything day by
day"
Have you come to God realizing
that you are a lost sinner? Have
you accepted the Lord Jesus Christ
as your personal Saviour; that is,
do you believe with all your heart
that God laid all your iniquity on
Him? lisa. $3.50 and that He
bore the penalty of your sins q
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are forgiven because Jesus died in
your stead?
Have you surrendered to Him as
your Lord and aMster? That is,
are you willing to do His will even
when it conflicts with your desire?
| Have you confessed Him as your
Saviour and Master before the
world?
| Is it your purpose to strive to
please Him in everything day by
day.
If you can sincerely answer
yes" TO the foregoing questions,
then you may know on the author
| ity of Gods Word that you are
now a child of God John 1:12),
that you have now eternal life
| John 1885,; that is to say, if you
have done your part ii. e., believe
! that Christ died in your place, and
receive Him as your Saviour and
MASTER God has done His part and
| impaired to you His own nature.
III Jeter 40.
! Under the caption How To
Make a Success of the Christian
Life" Mr.. Sunday gives the points
that he emphasizes time and again
I in his sermons and which in con-
! densed form are:
Now that you are a child of God
your growth depends on yourself.
! It is impossible for you to be-
come a useful Christian unless you
are willing to do the things which
are absolutely essential to your
| spiritual growth. To this end the
! following suggestions will be
found to be of vital importance:
1. Study the bible: Set aside at
least Is minutes a day for bible
study. Let God talk to you Is
minutes a day through His Word.
Talk to God Is minutes a day in
prayer. Talk for God Is minutes
day
las newborn babes, desire the
sincere milk of the Word, that ye
may grow thereby Peter 2:2.
The Word Of God is food for the
soul.
/ Commit to memory one verse of
Scripture each day. Join a bible
class.-Psa- 119:1L
2. Pray much: Praying is talk
| ing to God. Talk to Him about
{ everything - your perplexities,
joys, sorrows, sins, mistakes,
/ friends, enemies.
BE careful for nothing, but in
everything by prayer and suppl
cation with thanksgiving let your
requests be made known unto
God. Phil. as.
8. Win someone for Christ: For
spiritual growth you need not only
food (bible study but exercise
Work for Christ The only work
Chist ever set for Christians is to
win others.
GO ye into all the world and
preach the gospel to every crea-
| ture."-Mark 1915.
when 1 say unto the wicked,
thou shalt surely die; and thou
givest him not warning. nor speak
| eth to warn the wicked from his
wicked way, to save his life; the
same wicked man shall die in his
| iniquity; but his blood will / re-
quire at thine hand."-Ezek. 3:1S
4. Shun evil companions: Avoid
bad people, bad looks, bad
thoughts Read the First Psalm.
BE ye not unequally yoked to-
| gether with unbelievers: for what
fellowship hath righteousness with
unrighteousness, and what COM
munion hath light with darkness
what part hath he that believeth