The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-02-21

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recitation Detween
Cd ard 1aA.
- reasonableness OF the |
~ 81 it, seasonableness. ac-|
a Rev. s. H. Gibson, pas
n ~ second Baptist church. |
80 yesterday upon that
Hs termed It ''the IRE
80 not burn but cools, the
~ bite which heals and IN
SsI work which makes the full
Srad man" His taxi was from
. i1s8 g24:14. "And this gospel Of
Fnedom shall be preached In
~ world for . witness unto
~. "a then shall the end come"
n nj he said:
80 preaching Of tho gospel -
.,aterious as 1t il powerful. It
= explanation apart from q
~ II grace. Its benefits md
.,.ssinrs are divine in their nature
s.1 the operations. they are com.
-. n III who VIII embrace them
~ sre complex as the universal
.tness of all mankind. It as
49, that all men have need
ss,eh II offers, and its assumption
! ~. as reasonable. To deny the
s.ivmsal need of man, is to dead
: ia effect and it automatically.
s'.troys the remedy. Jesus is
.sssinr out OF the temple, never
& inter- there again, for with the
.srpose Of worshipping there, and
n departure is accompanied with
! ~ pathetic awe. The disciples
- about the Saviour's brow a
ieep and suggestive line OF sorrow
ssd anxiety. They seem by ap-
,,opriation DESTROYS Of breaking
n Of the force Of that line OF sor-
row.
.By calling the Savior's atten-
.ion TO the architecture Of the build
iug, and the grandeur Of the stones
The hour was too fraught with
aernal significance for the Savior
IA offer more than a warning, and
after calling the attention OF the
disciples to the doom which await
ID that great city. He passed on
The doom of Jerusalem was pre-
dicted to follow soon. serving only
As a greater doom, which reach
its elimination at the judgment
dsy. and at the end of the world
Il is safe to say that the Saviour
did not leave them uniformed
telling them to pray that theil
fight come not on the Sabbath day
nor In the winter.
The Gospel Of the Kingdom.
what is meant by the gospe
Of the kingdom? Jesus Christ wa
poor on definitions. He was ap
With illustrations, and painted mos
Of his great sayings with illustra
tons, going out Of the humal
knowledge Of things Of the day. Tn
gospel Of the kingdom differed fron
tho law. The gospel Of the king
dom lay wholly among men, Will
the teaching of the scriptures Ia,
away to the skies. The gospel 0
the kingdom includes both 1ustlc
and mercy, while the law include
the elements Of justice.
80 then, wherever we have tn
application of the gospel of tn
kingdom, we have justice sweeten
ed with mercy, and thus we desig
nate the gospel Of the kingdom d
q system of grace wrought GU
through Jesus Christ, approved b
the Father, and sanctioned by tn
Holy Spirit. This is that VIVA
Jesus wanted that the world shout
have and know. To this task ar
We committed and to this age
this work imposed. We can nc
escape it; We cannot delegate 1t
others. The gospel is a plant whic
is not affected by earthly change
II 10 the same in the temperate q
in the tOrrid zone, as in the frigit
II does not seem to be scorched b
heat, or benumbed by cold. Az
does not diminish the freshness {
its bloom. Soil does not affect II
nature. Climate does not modil
Its peculiar properties. Anon
the farthest bound latitude Of Mort
America, the burning sands
Africa, or the fertile plains Of II
dia, We find the plants still shoe
ing up. the same tree of life, rail-
ed up from the beginning Of tim
whose never whitening leaves. K
the healing of the nations. undo
which all kindred, and tribes, ar
tongues, and people, shall one da
rejoice, when privileged to tai
shelter beneath its all embracin
shade, and draw refreshing nou
ishment from its perennial fruits
Gospel is Eternal.
&C. H. Spurgeon sand Of the 60
pei thus: See, what vitality Il
gospel has! Plunge her under Il
wave. and she rises the purer, fro
ner washing. Thrust her into Il
nre, and she comes out the mo-
bright for her burning. Cut asu!
DER and each piece will make h
. new church. Behead her, al
Ike the hydra Of old, she will ha'
hundred heads for every one tn