Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-17
History of jacob Epiton.e of Je,UiyEa Nation

I dertaker's coming to pump you fall
of embalming fluid, measure your
carcass to tell the grave digger
how long to dig your grave. then
you send ont the S. o. s. But when
! it is all past and you can get up
pick up your long scissors and cut
your coupons off on interest day,
crawl into a white shirt with 8
! diamond shirt pin as big as a
| hickory nut, get into q Tuxedo,
put on a silk lid, get into q taxi
! with some bird, and you come
home soused, oh, you put your
thumbs in the armholes of your
vest and say, Goodbye, I'll see you
I later, God" You wait and see
what he will dc. You can't put it
over on the Lord.
Few Pray for Humility.
How many people pray in real
sincerity? Then seem to dress up
) for the occasion Ike some grocer
who puts the large apples on the
top of the barrel and the worm
eaten Wind-faIis on the bottom.
How many people pray for hu-
mility, when it is pride that they
want? Multitudes of people go TO
church Sunday morning and they
will shut their eyes and duck, and
they will say, THY Kingdom come.
thy will be done" and / think that
with half the people that utter it
it is a lie. II you wanted God 5
kingdom to come, then you'd work
hard to remove from the earth
everything that is preventing God 5
kingdom from coming. No man can
pray Thy kingdom come" and
! then walk up and vote for the dirty
sinking saloon. He can't do it
You can't pray Thy kingdom
come" and keep booze on your
sideboard, Busch, Schlitz
and PabSt on tap in your icebox.
You can't pray Thy kingdom
come" and go down to a Dutch
lunch and hit it up. You can't pray
Thy kingdom come" and keep
somebody on the side and disgrace
your wife and children and your
family name. No! Mo- No!
What doth it profit q man il
he gain the whole world and lose
his own soHl?" God may have to
take some Of you women and shake
shroud over you. He may have
to back a hearse up in front of
your house before yOu will ever
pray. He will do it if He has to.
He will show you how weak you
are Then you turn to Him. He
said, Lord deliver me-" If you
will all offer an honest prayer you
will make that prayer God deliver
me"
Gods doing His best to keep you
out of hell. You'd better listen to
the Lord and give Him chance.
Gods your friend. He wants to do
you good. If God would have His
way this old world would be a
grand, glorious place in which to
live. We have reached the crisis
as a nation. The nations of the
world are in the midst of such a
crisis as has not been recorded On
the pages of history for centuries
and centuries; in the midst of q
crisis spiritually and morally.
God is Near.
God wont be here but will be
particularly near in these days He
reached a crisis. Is God wrestling
with you to give up some sin that
you roll like a sweet morsei under
your tongue; TO give up your COM
panien that is dragging you down
as a milestone about your neck?
You may have brought him here
tonight because it is a convenient
place to spend a little time, and
you have a suspicion that is within
your heaFt-the least thought about
sin-and the companion with whom
you are going to sin may rub ell
bows with you now. Take it from
me. BE sure your sin will find you
out"
Give up your companiOn-any-
body that will drag you down and
away from God and decency and
truth. Some of you may have to
pull out your bankbooks, write a
check on the bank, pay back come
man you skinned with some fake
estate down in Florida and you'd
have to have a submarine to find
it.
He confessed his sin. He said,
What is your name?"
He said, MY name is Jacob"
When God named the Children of
Israel in those days the name stood
for something. Now we name them
because it sounds pretty. What is
your name?" Jacob! That means
supplant and scheme. What is your
name? | dent mean the name on
your doorplate. What is your
name? l don't mean the one the
people call you by. I don't mean
that Net the one in Ehcih you got
an automobile license; not the one
with which you pay your income
tax; not the won on your marriage
certificate.
What is your name? Not the one
in the telephone directory. What is
your name? l mean the one that
God knows you by. Somebody said
Good Morning" God said, You
weasel-eyed, hafchet-faced, lantern
ed -jaWed, neighbol hood gossiPs.
You can start more factions and
fueds and stir up more trouble"
What is your name? Good Morn
ing" God says, You cid booze
holster, keeping somebody on the
side" What is your name?" He
said, at is Jacob. / an a schemer;
am a supplanter" God says, Il
won't call you Jacob any more I'll
give you new name. I'll call you
Israel. AS a prince thou hast pow
er with God and with men,"
Now, will tell you what l want
to do. l want to ask and answer
briefly two questions that / think
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