Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-04-30

serve them In any way that ! can us
an undershepherd.
Through the columns OF Tor WATcii
TOWER ! visit these casses -rsp"sSr'
ly twice a month, doing pastorS
work to the best OF my ability -
them 10 the Tountaih of~Ss&
Truth and breaking for them the L..
INK Bread. the Word OF 0od. Add
tionally. they have my weekly sermon
and weekly treatise on the lnterna
tional Sunday School Lessons,
Tho True. Hearted Should Rejoice.
Ono would suppose that all OF the
one hundred thousand ministers and
all their hocks would rejoice 10 know
that the unchurched, straylng sheep are
being reached with Message OF Gods
Love and Mercy which is appealing to
their hearts and working d transformn
tlon in their lives. Many do rejoice,
but ansl few are Jealous. as were
some OF the scribes and Pharisees OF
Jesus day. or these We read. They
were grieyed that He taught the pe0
ple"-the people whom they could not
reach, the sheep that were straying
and famishing
As those jealous scnbes and Phari
sees antagonlzed Jesus and the Apos
ties, because their hearts were out OF
harmony with the Good TidiDgs, 30 II
IN today with some Unable 10 uphold
the doctrines which have driven away
so mnny OF the Intelligent Of their
1ocks, furnished for Truth, few min
listers are angry with us. True to the
Masters prophecy, these seek to say all
manner OF evil falsely against us, for
His sake, for the Truths sake. Yet.
In spite OF their unchristian course, the
poor straying sheep are hearing and
recognizing tho Voice Divine. are com
ing back 10 the Word OF God are being
sanctifed by the Word OF Truth.
! Proceed With My Text.
II this were the only text mistrans.
lated and misunderstood, the ordinary
reader would doubtless pass 1t by, say
Ing Il do not understand II. Probably
Il Is figure OF speech" But this text
is merely comblna ton OF mistransla
lions. all Of which are connected with
an eternal torment system Of doctrines
invented during the Dark Ages. II is
this combined system which has such
power over mems minds. This power
OF error, this power OF fear. is turning
intelligent minds away from the Bible
Hence it is our duty to break down the
false doctrines, and to clear away the
obstacles which hinder the flow OF
Truth to the minds and hearts OF the
people of God-the straying sheep
Nor are these straying sheep all, OF
chiefly the ignorant. They include
many of the ablest minds and truest
hearts in the world-minds and hearts
too true and too logical TO believe pal
pablo falsehoods. or to profess what
they do not believe
The Psalmist is merely telling OF his
severe illness, from which by the grace
of God he recovered. He would have
us understand that II was not merely
slight ailment He described his emo
tions in the language Of our text, say
ing. "the sorrows Of death compassed
me about; that is to say. the sadness
associated with the thought that he
was about TO die, about to leave his
friends. In the poetic form OF the he
brew language, he repeated this
thought; namely. "The pains of hell
gat hold upon me-" In our modern
language this would mean the pains of
death. or the pains Of the tomb. They
were pains that indicated the approach
of dissolution Nothing In this text
has the slightest reference to anything
In the future life.
Our Baptist friends, In their revised
translation of the Bible. have chosen
for such passages as this the express
sion. "ths underworld" instead OF the
word "hell" Yet even here there is
danger Of the average reader not catch
ing the true thought. Far simpler and
far less liable to be misunderstood,
would 1t have been. had the translators
said. "rhe pains Of the tomb" The
Revised Version OF the English Bible
reads, 1.-The pains OF Sheol"
Why Not tho Whole TRUTH
Every learned minister knows that
the Hebrew word Sheol really means
the grave, the pit. the state of death
Why do they hesitate to tell the people
the whole truth on this subject? Why
do they translate II part OF the time
"the grave" and at other times ''the
underworld"f Why do they use the
translation. the grave" in one place.
and THE pitt In another, and then re
fuse to translate the word at all In the
third instance. but give the word
Sheol? Was II their intention to con
fuse the people? What is the motivef |
We wish that some OF these great men
would explain.
The Reason For All This.
We would like TO have our minis.
terlal brethren state their reasons for
pursuing a course Of hiding the truth
on the subject Of bell. Only because
they neglect to give the reasons do we