Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-11
LONDON divine
TAKES BILLYS
PLACE FOB DAY
DR.. G. c. Morgan breaches Sermon
Yesterday Afternoon at Taber-
nacIe on Mission Of Church.

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naeIe on Mission Of Church.
THE church exists to show the
world God" said Rev. George
Campbell Morgan yesterday after
noon at the Sunday tabernacle
taking the place of Rev. Mr.. Sun
day at the services at the request
of the evangelist DR. Morgan was
for many years the pastor of the
| Westminster chapel at London
England, leaving the parish TO
come to America to make his home
and where he will conduct bible
conferences. He is a close friend
of Mr. Sunday and journeyed here
that he might hear and see the
evangelist in his campaign.
DR.. Morgan based his sermon on
the text from Peter 80. "Ye are
an elect race, a royal priesthood a
holy nation and people for God 5
possession" He got to the heart
of his theme by robbing the verse
of its verbitage as the bontanist
does to aaalyZe the flower and
get all the beauty of the plant,
leaving his theme the five words,
I've are that We may" "On this, -
he said, sis founded the fundamen-
tai principles OF the church. The
church exists not for selfish pur-
poses, it exists for those things
that are larger and broader; for
those things that convince the
world that God is. To my mind
there is nothing more damnable
than spiritual seIfishness-
The real reason that the Jew
ish nation failed as a nation was
that the people had come to think
of themselves as the elect OF God
and to forget that God made them
that they might reach out to the
world and find men. The church's
failure has been analogous to that
of the Jewish race, il has failed to
reach out. it has come in meas
ure to think that it is the special
favorite of God and that its mis-
sion is not TO those outside, for
those of the world.
Lost Vision.
THE church is created to eX-
hibit the excellency of him who
hath called you out of darkness
into his marvellous light The func-
ton of the church is to reveal, to
exhibit God to the siH-cursed
world The world is suffering
from loss of vision of God, or
because 1t never knew God. So
the problem of man is lacking q
vision of God. Where there is no
vision the people perish An
archy is the result of the loss of
the vision Of God, conflict results
in man trying to govern man, in
the world not knowing God.
Il always feel like thanking God
for Jacob because he was one too
many for Lamar. I believe Jacob
could drive a keen bargain with
many a bright business man OF
America today" DR.. Morgan con-
tinued and said but the statement
that God crippled him in order to
crown him" is applicable to the
present day world. If the world
could only see God. it would be
healed. and often it is necessary
to cripple a man that he may be
healed through the light OF God.
Don't neglect your responsible
ity in the church" continued DR..
Morgan. "Show God to the chill
dren of the land. There is no life
that is so much a blasphemy as the
life that is not lived as it is rep
Going further into the analysis
of the text he had chosen DR.. Nor
gan expounded the meaning Of the
elect race as the member that is
born again in the Christian faith,
that has new life. christianity
has neither cult nor ethics. Life
creates power, it possesses, II
changes. it transfgures me and
gives me the secret of power.
THE royal priesthood is the in
tercessory between God and man.
Prayer intercedes for man in the
presence of God, provides access
of man to God And by royal is
meant not by right of office con-
ferred but by right Of blood, the
children of God who have access
to Him through prayer.
Realization OF Ideal.
DR.. Morgan Is a convincing
speaker. full of the power of his
message, and sincere in his, man
ner of presenting the thoughts of
his text. At the close of the SER
vice he conducted the bible class
on teh platform, taking the place
Of MSS Sake as teacher.
Before the sermon yesterday aft
ernoou two young boys had the OPP
portunity to show the rest of the
audience how To sing IF Your
Heart Keeps Right" These young
sters have been taking pointers
from Rodey and Bob Matthews and
possessing voices Of unusual
sweetness and strength, Mr.. Rode
HEAVIER called them to the plat
form and asked them to sing a
verse that the rest of the audience
would know just how to do it, and
hey surely could show them. 1t
IS just a foretaste of what is to be
expected this evening when the
choir will occupy seats
IN the platform and provide the /
music.
GEORGIA WARS ON STUMPS. /