The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-10-10

your old dad, and he was the best
friend boy ever had lie rskel
his lie to save mine and l loved
him dearly Now l am eoing to re.
store TO you all the confiscated prop
erty @. Your grandfather, King Saul,
about million dollars in value
/ don, want you to use that for
anythnG but pleasure. Just stay
here in my palace and eat at my
table
And SO Mephibosheth dwelt in Je-
rusalem and did eat continually at
the kings table. Isn't that a fine
story? 1t is lovely, my friend, and
it is true. 1t really happened, and
it is full of the gospel Now, Mep-
hibosheth was not to blame for his
crippled condition. His nurse let
him fall one day as she was caring
for him in the royal gardens and he
is a picture of the human family
stove up in both feet. If | were
an educated BAPTIST minister might
talk awhile on total depravity or
original sin, but since am a poor
tar-heel ] will just preach about
three hours and three quarters on
the crippled condition of the human
family. 1t is not our fault, for We
had a nurse by the name of Eve
who dropped us one day when she
stopped to fill her apron with ap-
pies, in a famous old garden. Yon
may not accet the story as real
truth, but deny as you may the fall
of man in the Gardenof Eden, but
may net like the picture and YOU
you must admit that man has had
a terrible tumble some place.
There are three words in the He
brew for sin, but only one in Eng
lish, for sin from the moral man to
the murderer and the term is mad
equatc. While | believe that Eng
lish is destined to become the uni
versal language, it is acknowledged
to be deficient in sounds to ex-
press things and in characters to eX-
press sounds. The Hebrew was
much more complete. The first
word in Hebrew for sin means to
smash or break the image. such
a word would be applied to an ou'-
broken sinner such as a murderer
or thief
The second word means to wrench
from the socket. The great heart
of God Is a socket into which every
child OF God is expected to fit his
own heart and if your heart is not
centered in God you are sinner.
This word in Hebrew would be ap-
piled to the moral man out of har-
mony with God.
The third Hebrew word for sin
means to miss the target. You may
be aiming at a target in life that
you have set up, but what kind
of a thing is it? God has set up
a target at Calvary marked with
the re1dest blood ever shed in this
world. 1t stands out as the brightest
target of time and if you are not !
aiming at it you are a sinner, You
are a rebel. This is sin, that Christ |
died for men and men reject Him. |
DC you recall the story of the king
who issued invitations to a wedding
super and one man came in citl- /
lens' clothes? When the king dis
covered the fact he said, Friend, |
how comest thou in not having on
the wedding garment The offending
guest was speechless. Then the
king ordered him cast out to the
There shall be weep
ng and wailing and snGships Of
eeth." Gentlemen said the Son
If God, 81 am that wedding gar
nent. If you meet God without that
you will be speech!ess.
Mephibosheth was afraid of the
ding, but he did the king an injus-
ice in his own mind. The devil
ellis you people that Gcd hates you
md wants to punish you for all your
sins. That is a lie. God does not
late anybody. He lOycs you nut
lie hates your sin. Lay that down
ma come to Him and let Him bless
,ou. Like poor Mephibosheth, you
my King. lie is
owing King, but you must get ac-
Iuainted with Him on this side of
leaths cold stream if yod ,Ceet Him
N the blessing hand. Mephibosheth
S a picture of the crippled human
oul saved for the sake of another.
t was not for anything that this
killed boy could do, It was not for
nythina he had or was that David
esired TO bring him ID the palace
f king No one knew better than /