Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-12-28

should not murmur because His ways
are not our ways,
.. Jealousy Of those holding posi-.
tiong Of power ana influence is a seri-
ous mistake. especially when 1t applies
10 tae Lords chosen servants. Like
Miriam and her brother. Aaron, We
arc often unable to see why some one
else should be preferred for honor and
responsibility that we feel we are en-
titled to- i was not wrong that these
two should desire to stand nigh with
God and their Hation-ambition is not
a sin-but that ambition that seeks to
climb hy pulling down some one else
is sinful, and Miriam found to her
sorrow that her unworthy motives IN
yolycd her in penalty that humiliat-
ed her before a people that had loved
and respected her.
g. II always pays best to depend
on the Lords promises, even when
mere human judgment appears to
point in the opposite direction. The
spies did a good job Of Investigating.
but they were pessimists. The good
ness of tha land and the security OF
divine promise were lost sight OF In
their fear Of swcrd and spear and gi-
gantic men. They sinned in forget
ting that the Lord had given them the
land and commanded them to so in
and possess It. What fools they were
/ 70 think that Jehovah would ask i'm
poss b;litics. God IS God Of infinite
patience with the frailties Of men, but
/ lie has less patience with a pcssimist
than most any other sinner. With all
the goodness and mercy he has shown
us. il is sinful that we should always
/ look on the dark side Of every cloud
/ Of trouble, and not see the silver lin
! ing Of His Love and protection.
4 When God favored us so much.
/ let us beware of taking the credit and
| glory to ourselves, as Moses did at
I Kadcsh. If divine help has enabled us
to do great and noble things in this
4 world-if His protection has brought
us uuspottcd from many Of the pre-
vailiug sins Of humanlty-let us not
conclude that we are made Of any
better material than our fellows; for
! II left TO our own strengtr We would
have been just as weak. as insignifi-
cant. and as sinful as others. A good
man abs less reason for self-pride
/ than anyone else has, because he IL
what God made him. not what he
made himself.
s. Gods purposes cannot he
thwarted by the designs Of evil men.
! Palal did his utmost to have n curse
( pronounced upon Israel, but failed q.
And here Is a lesson for our preachers
and teachers palaam utterly refused
even when tempted with great reward
both I'm riches and honor. to speak
ANYTHING but the words Jehovah put
into his mouth Let not our preach
ers be Influenced by the size Of any
mans contribution to their salary. hut
always and everywhere preach the un-
diluted and UNQUALIFIED word Of God
without fear or favor
s. We are warned not TO Judge the
conduct Of others by our own stand
ards OF right and wrong. FOR each soul
must in the end answer alone to its
Maker. Our greatest anxiety should
be TO so conduct ourselves that we
may not, by word or act. influence
our brother to do violence to his own
conscience. 1t is better that we
should abstain from many things good
and proper rather than that our in
dulgence should cause another to sin
against his own convictions.
Z. Consequent upon his sin of
presumption at Kadesh. Moses was
denied the privilege of entering the
promised land, but he was especially
honored In being buried by the Lord
in Mount Nebo. after having a pano-
ramio view OF the land OF Canaan