Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-04


Christ, l have staked my salvation
on dead Jew sleeping in the tomb
of Joseph of Armathea. But in
Jesus Christ, have my way, my
truth. my life made clear.
He says. Behold, I stand at the
door and knock, and if you will let
me come in, will change the foun-
tains of your life. Where it is bit
ter, l will make it sweet. Where
its is dark. l will make it light.
And through you, l will reveal to
the world what real true religion
is"
The service that God wants. my
friends, is service to humanity in
the name of Jesus Christ That's
what God wants. Oh, but a fellow
says, 81 serve God" What do you
do? Il go to church." so does the
devil and he beats you there every
day, too. They never opened the
door nor rang the bell that the devil
wasn't Johnny-On-the-spot.
Christ Taught Humanity.
The word humanity" was IN
known until Jesus Christ came and
taught it to US, my friends. There
fore, you are a wolf in Sleeps
clothing. You are taking the ben
efits of religion which inspires you
to be as decent and philanthropic
as you are. Instead of giving the
credit to Jesus Christ for being as
decent as you are, you act as
though it was something within
you.
When you had developed to that
stage of personality, you'd say,
Goodbye, God, l can get along
without you" Forget. And that
is why today, people that sheer a.
God-it is due to the restraining
influences of religion that they are
decent.
You are wolf in sleeps cloth
ing. But what you do in the name
of Jesus Christ will live forever.
All others will fail with the mem
DRY. The world that God is form
ing about the Cross of Jesus Christ
is in the name that builds homes,
that builds character, that knocks
the shackles from a drunkard,
sends the girl home weeping, tears
of repentance streaming down her
cheeks as she bids goodbye to her
life of shame and sin.
If to accept Him would make you
a leper. libertine, adulteress, thief.
booze fighter. everything low down.
l would admire you from the
depths of my heart for refusing
Him. But when to be a Christian
means to be what God wants you
to be, 1 haven't any respect if you
do refuse. 1 do not care to know
you! Beat it, Get out quick
oh, what an ungrateful wretch
you are to keep Jesus Christ out
of your heart and life. Behold.
stand at the door and knock"
This is a wonderful book from
which we preachers take our texts
in our endeavors to preach to you
men and women, to lead you to
Gods ideals.
This book touches on the various
of man to love. Whatever
else he may be deaf to, he will not
be deaf to love. That is the cord
that has been thrummed through
this world for 1900 years, since the
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in the gift of his only begotten
Son. Jesus Christ.
1t is the love of God that enables
you to sit here tonight instead of
being in your coffin. God isn't
dealing with you according to what
we reserve or rewarding us accord
ing to our iniquities.
Where the Son of God hung
bleeding on the Cross, that was the
last manifestation of eternal love
Of God to this world. 1t was the
very last, and man repudiated it in
and blood when they
spat upon him and nailed him to
the cross and drove the spear into
his side.
God said, well, if men will not
reverence my love manifest in the
flesh and blood through my only
begotten Son, what can l do to save
them, if they haven't respect for
my love, as have shown it through
Jesus"
You can show your love in a gift
Of a coat, money, or food. God
showed His love by the gift of his
only begotten Son. He said, IF
men refuse that, what can l do to
keep them out of eternal damna-
.ion?"
But they did. and they spurned
Him. All have been. or are, or will
be husbands, sons or fathers, and
n the relationship of Father and
Son, God knew he'd strike the cord
hat would find more responses
han any other relationship, and
appeals to us on the basis of that
My friends, God
ried TO block mans may to hell. |
God did everything he could and he
S doing it now.
Walk on Same Road.
We all walk on the same road |
Until we reach the age of account |
ability. The law says a child of 10 |
-ears is old enough to know right |
rom wrong. They take a child OF !
% years of age out of your home /
md put it in a reformatory.
Then there stands the cross. Il /
points to the right and to the left, |
md God placed right there where /
he road defects, my friends, the 1
ross and the emblem of hope and |
'eace and joy and gladness, min
lied with sorrow, just as the smile |
hines through the tears, and the /
ainbow through the spray.
AS Joseph Parker said, the cross /
vas the stumbling block over which /
he waves of eternal love of God !
'roke into spray. When John said, |
For God so loved the world, that
lie gave His only begotten Son,
hat whosoever believeth in Him /
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