Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-11
Bible Only Book That Tells of God to
Love, Heaven to Win, and Hell to Shun

as the word of God and its power
to save. Excerpts from his ser
mon follow:
In Philippians, 4:s. Whatsoever
things are true. think on these
things"
II pays in a thousand ways to
( he in harmony with things that
are forever and eternalIy true. It
is a fact that there is a certain
needle that always points in a GER
tain direction, that is. always
north, and shaping its course ac-
cordingly has been the salvation
of every ship that has ever made a
safe journey from port to port.
1t is a fact that there is a great
giant in steam that waited for
ages and begged for the privilege
of coming and turning our ma
chinery and doing hard work.
1t Is a fact that there is another
giant in coal that had a long sleep
in the mountains, waiting to be
awakened to come and generate
our steam.
1t is a feet that there has always
been enormous power and blessing
in electricity and it waited for
ages to come and illuminate our
homes, drive our machinery, and
make its application in mechani-
cal pursuits.
It is a fact that there is a for
tune in almost every weed that
grows by the road, and l do not
believe that there is a disease that
flesh is heir to that there grows
not a weed or an herb that will
cure it. 1t is there and when we
have wisdom and intelligence
enough to find it out. we will dis
cover that God Almighty made it
TO cure some disease.
And the sum Of all human ex-
perieuCe goes 10 show that Il has
been profitable TO think on these
things" for without thought and
investigation having been expended
upon them. they wouldn't do us the
slightest good. All the good that
we enjoy today has come to us be-
cause somebody took time to think,
and We receive the benefit of their
thought and investigation.
What is true of material things
Is tQudllE Il ut VI CPLl llhdA JhAAAE
and there are eternal verities that
have to do with your soul and mine
that are just as true as the facts
that have to do with your own
bodies. The truths that affect my
soul are of vitality more import
ance to me than those that simply
affect my body, just as your health
is more important to you than the
color OF the dress that yOU wear,
or your house than the paint that
you have On-you know, l said
house.
I want you TO think on a few
things that are true. They have to
do with your eternal salvation. just
as certainly as the points Of the
compass have TO do with the steer
ing of the ship. The bible, the
Word OF God, is true. Whatsoever
things are true. think on these
and nothing is more firmly
established than that truth, and
God has blessed every people and
every nation that has honOTed and
Obeyed it as His Word. It has
stood the test of time as no other
book ever has or ever Will stand.
No other book has ever had such
severe critics as the bible. Every
man whose life was wrong or who
TO live a wrong life has
been against the bible. He thought
because he said he didn't believe
it that made him immune from any
Why, the man who
thinks that is as big an idiot as
one who imagines that by shut
ting his eyes he can turn the
course OF a bullet.
Bible Stood Test
Everything that philosophy and
that Silence and that reason and
cunning and brutality could do has
been done, but it has stood, be
cause il is the Word of God. 1t
has been destroyed and burned in
untold numbers. and yet it HIS the
greatest circulation of any book ,
the world has ever known or ever /
will
1t falls from the presses like the |
leaves in an autumnal forest. 1t /
is being read by men and women
In every country and language and
tongue today. 1t is read i'll 500 /
and dialects throughout /
the world.
Men have been burned at the /
stake, they have been thrown TO /!
the wild beasts in the coliseum. /
they have been suffered to rot in /
prison, for no crime other than be !
ieving what the bible taught, and !
living what it taught and having I
had copy of it In their posses
sion.
Wars have been fought because !
If the bible. Cities have been de-
itroyed because of it. But 1t is |
here, and it's power and influence
we're never greater in all the his !
-ory of the world than right to-
light, my friends, as you and 1 are .
lere.
Oh, every brewer, every saloon
keeper, every bawdy-house keep .
ar, every gambler and every brig
and, every liar and every anar-
hist, and all the good-fOr-nOthing,
-forsaken, rag, tag and bobtail
of society have been
against the Word of God. But tits
he Word Of God, and millions of
people know it is just as well as
hey know that they are alive or
hat they know their name.
1t is the only book in the world
hat tells US of a God that it is
possible to love. of heaven to
vim and hell to sl:un and a Savior
hat e able to eryr.
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