The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-11-08
BULGIN MEETINGS
DESPITE THE RAIN
Though The Attendance is Reduced
On Account of The Weather The
Interest Does Not Lag. The
Fifth Sermon Last Night
Was Up to The High
Standard.
From Fridays pally.


most interesting subject to the man o
woman trying to apply religion +
their daily lives. From the text
Then Drew Near to Him Publican
and Sinners For to Hear Him" DR.
Bulgin as usual went at the matter il
practical way, and soon the subiec
was divided and sub-divided and eacE
division and subdivision received :
li plain explanation and demonstration q
truth which could not be denied
Christ Came" he said, ''as redeem
er, and his mission was both theologi
cal and sociological. And our great
trouble with the church today is that
people are dying of Satanic respecta.
oility.' Like the story told of the mud
turtle who was dead but didn't know
It." Then came the story.
When asked by the rich and wise
who worshipped in the temple why he
did not cast his lot with them If he
really was king, Jesus answered, They
that be whole need not a physician.
but they that are sick" This was al
most his only sarcasm and for time
slienced questions among that class.
1t is the people who think they are
right that are harder for to reach, than
those who know and admit their sin
before the world. Therefore Christ
demonstrated his position when ac-
cused of associating with the Publi-
cans and sinners by relating three
parallels which must be taken as a
whole and understood With what has
gone before it, in order that the mean
ing may be clear.
DR.. Bulgin's reading of this gospel
was indeed beautiful one and ex-
pressive of that reverence for his work
which characterizes all he does. First,
the parable of the sheep which was
lost then the coin which the woman
lost, then that of the prodigal son. In
each case he proved conclusively that
the rejoicing on each occasion was
necessary ana right and that the |
gravity of each case demanded great |
rejoicing. But what of the other son |
who refused to call the prodigal his |
brother, upbraided his father for TAX
ing to his arms his son, and went away |
to remain alone while the feast in
honor of the return of the younger
was in progress in the fathers house.
This was the fourth of the lost ones,
but there was no return for him. He
had refused to own kinship with his ,
brother, he had witnessed falsely +,
against him, and had harbored feel
ings in his heart which made him
prodigal for eyermore; for he was be-
yond the reach of his father to help
him, beyond all the efforts of those !
who might desire to bring him back,
and the rejoicings over the other lost
ones that We're found could never be
for him. Shut out through his own
and that barrier which we
set up against ourselves when we de-
eide on a certain road to travel and
no one dares interfere with our pro-
,edure.
1t is easy to follow the younger son
through his history When first he
.hought of alienation from his father
md from his home; then he asked for
! division Of the property that he
night have his share and go away to
10 with it as he liked This the father
lid, "and divided unto them his liv-
ng, giving the elder brother his por-
ion also. We follow the younger one =
nrough deterioration. expatiration.
and degradation, until he il
ecides to return to his father and d
SIX to be as one of the slaves in his b
ome. His father meets him, and kiss hi
lg him. does away with the idea of 1T
lave and the son, coEfessing his fault bt
J forgiven. But who can follow hi
trough the life of the other, who, con- ui
idered honorable and upright, yet, m
eld the blaekness of Satan in his soul lii
rich, yet poorer far than the brother an
Tho had squandered his fortune in re
otous living. An outcast, because he
ad armed himself by that cold ex- ey
srior which his father was helpless to ag
Ope with ort understand. Misa- an
BILE, for he did not understand him ha
Elf. &C
DR.. Bulgin tells us the church is for
le poor and lowly. Unless the people is
ho term themselves the better AL
asses" can come down as Christ did tia
nd mingle with those of simpler lives Kt
nd less refinement and education, in
ley cannot know what it is to receive ia
,e joys of real christianity which
.eans to be as near like Him as we GU
IN. If people in the higher walks of sh
fe only knew what they could do for an
,.-o neonIe who afr1iepla m dav after nm