Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-29
objectionable Sin IS Final
Rejection of Jesus Christ

best men morally in Jerusalem, and
there is not a man in this city that
can measure up to a higher stand
ard of morality and truth than the
Pharisees in the days of Jesus.
They were Jealous to stone the Of
tenders against the moral law. yet
that was the crowd of which Jesus
said, you are in danger of hell fire
and damnation."
All Are Amenable.
The best man who can commit
II, the best man or woman morally
in this. audience that says mo" to
Jesus Christ-your name may be
synonymous with virtue, honor, in
tegrity and philanthropy, your
name may be as good as a govern
ment bond for any reasonable
amount at any bank. you may be
true to your wife, you would die
before you'd sidestep your marriage
vows and break the pledge you took
amidst the perfume of the orange
blossoms. l honor you for it.
You may even defend the meet
ings or the bible, but you let Jesus
Christ try and get into your hearts
and try to get you on your feet u
walk down these aisles, and your
hearts are sealed like bank vault
and God can make no impression
upon you in the world.
What is the work of the Holy
Spirit? 1t hasn't a drop of blood
but here! You listen to a man
preach or sing or pray and soma
thing says, Il ought to be Chris
tian"
That's the Holy Spirit convicting
you that you need the salvation that
Jesus has provided.
The Holy Ghost can't save you,
but the Office work of the Holy
| Ghost is to make you feel your
need of the salvation that Jesus
Christ provided for you when he
died on the cross, and the Holy
Spirit is the only representative OF
the Trinity in the world today.
We are living in the dispensatioa
of the Holy Ghost. Therefore, il
takes the Holy Spirit to convince
you that you are a sinner; it took
the sacrificial death of Jesus Christ
to open up the plan of salvation; ;
it takes the pardon of God for you
to be saved; it takes the Trinity to
keep a soul out OF hell.
Sin is no trifle, but 1t takes the
Holy Spirit to convict you that you
are a sinner; it takes your faith in
the shed blood Of Jesus Christ to
forgive your sins; it takes the par
don through your faith In Christ,
convicted by the Holy Ghost that
you need.
Oh, God! Sin is no trifie. God
says sin Is no trif1e when it takes
the Trinity to keep you out Of hell.
Hath never forgiveness neither
In this world neither in the world
to come"
How does 1t show itself?" asks
man or woman. Oh, l don't
know There are dozens of ways.
but they are all subdivisions of
two principles. First. by its mag
ignity Take a man or woman who
has sinned away their day of grace.
Nothing stirs that old reprobate
like seeing the great throngs of
people back OF this building, going
through all the inconvenience, my
friends, that you have to, walking.
as thousands or you do, coming
long distances to the tabernacle.
Nothing stirs him SO with hatred
as TO see the people come and want
to be decent.
That gang can't bear to be de-
cent themselves and they don't
want anybody else to be decent
and so the dirty bunch wants to
make you believe it's the way
preach instead of the way the dirty
reprobates live, and they are trying
to divert the attention from their
own contemplate living. After you
fight that dirty gang for 30 years
as l have, you will learn some
things that I have learned.
BY its malignity! I'll venture
there are men and women here to-
night who haven't had a conviction
of sin, felt they needed Jesus
Christ, steeIed. their hearts and