Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-05-02

sIalIEzfA Ny one Of his ad
llRASI0R RQSSElllj dresses, from st
raul's words
"Pcrils among false brethren" G. Cor
/ inthans II 2GD He said:
st. Paul WINS remarkable IN many re
epects, but chiefly for his loving dcyo.
ton to the Master and His Cause. His
faithfulncss brought also many trying
experiences IN our context he enum
Grated some Of these lie served the
| Cause Of Christ to such an extent that
many thought him unwisc and count
cd him n fool This service brought
him stripes, whippings, ns disurhcr
OF the pcUce-nOt that he did disturb
the peace, but that those who opposed
his teachings raised tumult ana
blamed him for it, in order to bring
him into disrcpute, hinder his service
ana forward their own interests This
at times brought him to prison, too
and even close to deaths door.
Nevertheless, he rcioiced in all such
/ privileges He declared that five times
he received whippings, stripes; once hc
was stoned, and three times he was
shipwrccked Nut none Of these things
moved him from fuithrllness TO his
/ Master, whose servants he had pcrsc
cuted before his eyes were opened
Then he recounts various perils ex.
] IL.
from the Jews, from the heather in
the city, in the wilderness, on the sea
He winds up the list Of perils in the
words of the text, "Peris amongst
false brethren"
One question which will arise in
many minds tx, "Wcrc these sufferings
stripes, pcrls, ctc.-deservedT II
asked the answer would surely be
that they were nat deserved; for st
Paul was noble character and bore
the Message Of Gods grace in Christ
good tidIngs Of great Joy which shall
be unto all people The next ques
tlon with some would be, "If his suf
ferings We're not punlshments, what
We're theyf'
We reply that they were the same as
were the Masters evidences of his
loyalty TO God and Of the darkness Of
the world, which led them to oppose
him The declaration, "WhosOevcr
will live godly Will suffer persecution, "
was fully eXcmplincd IN his own eN
periences and in the Masters The
amount Of suffering MS a reward fol
well-dolng marked the measure of 10y
atty and zeal. aud the measure Of
hatred and malice aroused by the Ad
versary The answer TO the question
as to why Jesus suffered is the answer
TO all such questions IN respect TO 81
Pau, and all other fcotstep followers
Darkness Hates tho Light.
The Master declared that He stood
for the principles Of light, righteous
ness, Truth. while Satan stands ful
the reverse darkness, superstition
blindness Aud SO IT Is with the fol
lowers OF Jesus They must all be
/ children Of the light. must walk in the
/ light. must be uncompromising in thcit
attitude toward sin and all that Is
wrong Therefore the world will hate
! them and say all manner Of cyi
/ against them falsely. Yen, men will
/ feel that they do God cervice when
they slay the righteous, whether lit
orally, as In Jesus ca"r pnd 81. Paul's.
or by shooting oUr arrows, even bit
ter words, as is tie more popuat
method OF the present nine.
But some one will say. "Ah, times
have changed, Today our bishops and
popes and preachers are all reverenced
No one thinks OF prosecuting them
Rather, all men speak well Of them
ANY one not spoken well OF today mus
be in some way unworthy" How
strange that we should forget, and ar
que nlong these lincsl Were there not
Doctors Of Divinity In Jesus day {:
We're there not priests and chief
priests aud I.evitcs thepf And we"c
there not rhnrlsees who made long
prayers In the Templef And were
they not highly spoken OF and rever
enced7 Did they not make broad thch
phylacteries Did any one think cf
traducing hcm' No
But the Master was there. and HIS
disciples: and they were not of TIE
popular clergy BY their own record
they were styled "the fllth and Of
securing Of the earth, and. as the
Master said. whoever persecuted them
thought that they did God service
How apt we all are 10 think Of on
own day as being different from othn'
periods SO II was In Jesus day A.
He told some " them. aye garnish ~
sepulchers those whom your faith
crs slew. y,' ~r a, their works s.