The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1900-12-28

heaven, TIL ] have finished the work
and come back" God was never con-
quered but once. and that was when he
was conquered BY his own love "God
is love"
Christ the Comforter.
II one paragraph Of the creed seems
to take you. like a child. out Of the
arms Of a father. let the next para
graph put you in the arms Of a moth
er "As one whom his mother COM
forteth, 50 viii 7 comfort you" Oh,
what mother we have in Cod And
my text is the lullaby sung to as when
we are IN. or when we are maltreated.
or when we are weary. or when we are
trying to do better, or when we are be-
reft, or when we ourselves lie down to
the last sleep. We feel the warm cheek
OF the mother against our cheek. and
there sounds in It the hush Of many
mothers: God is love"
This was the reason the Bible was
written. The world needs no inspired
page 10 tell it that God win chastise
sin, Tor that Is proved in the life Of
many an offender. You can lock
through the wicket Of any prison and
see the fact which the world under
stood thousands Of years before Solo
mon wrote 1.-THE way Of the trans
gressor is hard" The world needed
no Bible to tell It that God Is omnipo-
tent. for any one who has seen Mont
Blanc OF Niagara or the Atlantic ocean
10 a cyclone knows that. The world
needed no Bible to tell it Of Gods wis
dom. for everything, from a spiders
web to the upholstery Of summers
sunset. from the globe Of dewdrop to
the rounding OF a world, declares that.
But there was one secret about God
that was wrapped up in scroll Of
I parchment, and it staid there until
apostolic hand unrolled that scroll,
and let out upon the world the start
ling fact which it could never have
surmised, never guessed. never expect
ed. that he loved our human race so
ardently that he wiz pardon sin and
subdue the offender with a divine kiss
and turn foaming malefactors into
worshipers before the throne. Oh.
am so glad that the secret is ont and
that It can never again be veiled Tell
It to all the SHINING, suffering, lying
race; tell it in song and sermon, on
canvas, and in marble. on arch and
pillar; tell It all around the earth
God is love"
The Domination or Fear
Notice that the wisest men OF the ma
tons for thousands Of years did not,
amid their ldolatries. make something
They had a Jove. representing might;
Neptune, the god Of the sea: Minerva,
the goddess Of wisdom; Venus the
goddess OF base appetite; Ceres, the
goddess Of corn. and an Odin, an an
Osiris, and a Titan. and a Juggernaut
and whole pantheons Of gods and god
desses. but no shrine. no carved image,
no sculptured form has suggested a
god Of pure love That was beyond
human brain. It took God TO think
that. a God to project that, a God let
down from heaven to achieve that.
Fear is the dominant thought in all
false religions. For that the devotees
cut themselves with lances and swing
on iron hooks and fall under wheels
and hold up the right arm so long that
they cannot take it down. Fear, brut-
ish fear! But love is the queen in our
religion. For that we build temples.
For that we kneel at our altars. For
that we contribute our aims. For that
martyrs suffered at Brussels market
place and at Lucknow and Cawnpur
and PekIn. That viii yet bejewel the
round earth and put it an emerald on
the great, warm, throbbing heart OF
God.
Proof That God Il love.
DO you want more proof that God
is lover Yea, disinterested love. Nc
compensation for its hestowaL No re.
ward for its sacrifices. But / cali that
back. The world did pay him. It paid
him on Calvary, paid him with BRAN.
bles on the brow and four spikes. two
for the hands and two for the feet, ant
one spear for the side near the heart;
paid him in execrations paid him viii
straw pillow in a barn and a cross on
hill; paid him with a third Of a cen
tury Of maltreatment and hardship
save one year-yeaa is paying him ye
IN rejection Of his mission Of mercy
Having dethr0ned other kings, th'
world would like to dethrone the Kin.
Of Kings. But be knew what he wa
coming to when he left the portals o
pearl and the land where the SUI
never goes down. Yes. be knew thl
world, how cold It is. and knew pain
how sharp It IS. and the night. hov
dark It Is, and explation. how excru
clating Il IS. Ont Of vast eternity b.
: looked forward end saw Pilates Grim
, inal courtroom. and the rocky blul
! with three crosses. and the lacerateN
( body in mortuary surroundings, an
J heard the thunders toll at the funera
/ OF heavens favorite. and understood
! that the palaces Of eternity would hea
the sorrow Of a bereft God.
. What do the Bible and the churc
/ liturgies mean when they say. HE de