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

Of gov seems to be lest tho
once perceive that the
rtglnstendom ~hie contain,
Ing mucli ,llod, are cankered, wormy
and yItiated by those doctrines OF de
mons,~ Why should they fear to tell
the people theAtruthi Perhaps II Ia be.
cause the religion Of our day IL built
80 largely upon worship. sys'
ten worship, creed worship and not
upon the Bible, Perhaps they fear
that II the creeds were thus discredited
II would mean that the ministers OF
those creeds will be similarly discred'
tied. Perhaps they fear that the peo'
ple would never again have confidence
IN their teachings, and that thus all
the various party walls OF Christendom
which for 30 long time have divided
the sheep would fall. We cannot def
nitely know Of their reasons, because
they do not tell US, We can only sur
mise.
Others, very worldly wise. have be-
come Higher Critics, and do not believe
In the Bible at all. They are really
agnostics. But they do not desire to
advertise their lack Of faith. lest II
should detract from their esteem
among men. They prefer to pose as
believers, and to hope that the time
will come when all the wealthy and
intelligent will become unbelieyers
also. Then they will declare, I'VE have
not been believers for many years, but
We kept the matter secret fearing to
be misunderstood as opponents OF the
best interests Of society"
All the while, this latter class con
Bttutes the greatest menace In the
world 70 law and order and are the
best agents Satan has in making void
the Word Of God and destroying faith
therein. Robert Ingersolrs methods
OF antsgonizing the Bible were far less
successful than the methods OF modern
Higher Critics and Evoutionists.
Fear TO Tell tho Truth.
All who oppose the telling to the
public OF the plain truth respecting
hell seem to have one common ground
Of objection. They say, with all the
fear OF hell that has been preached
for centuries, see how wicked tho
world IL and how little human life Is
worth See how every law OF God
and man for the protection OF life and
purity and property is endangered!
Note that II II were not for our tele-
graphs, telephones and immense police
forces OF today. nobody would be
safe, SO much more wicked does the
world appear to have become within
the last fifty years! II the fear OF
eternal torment and OF purgatory were
lifted from the minds Of mankind,
would II not make the dangers ten
fold greater than they are now2 Would
II not speedily be necessary to double
our police force, II the masses lost their
belief In a place Of eternal tortureT'
This is lame reasoning, It seems to
us. II confesses in one breath. In
spite of all the false teachings of cen
turtles, wlckedness has been growing.
Would it not be wise to inquire to
what extent the fnlse doctrines, the
neutrality-suspicious. and mlstranslations
Of the Bible. have been responsi.
BILE for the increase in wickedness2
Are men wiser than God2 Is II pos
sibe for man to invent some mon
gtr fply Inlp xrhI
will have greater power with men,
than the plain, simple Message of
Gods Love?
But II we were sure that by bias
pheming Gods holy name and by
playing upon the ignorance and super
stition of the masses we could make
the wicked preserve peace. would 1t
be wise to do SOP Could Gods bless
ing be expected upon such n course?
Would 1t not be wiser for us, as the
people Of God, to have faith in Him
and to trust that, willie we faithfully
present the Truth, Divine Providence
will oversee and Overrule its effect,
and will influence for good7
Experience proves that theirs Is not
the proper thought. When we 90 to
the records Of the various prisons, pen
etc, We find that nearly all
the worst criminals have been taught
the doctrine Of eternal torment Many
of them confess full faith in IT, On
the other hand. many in6dels-onco
violent 0pposers Of God and Of the Bi.
bic and Christianity-after hearing Of
the Love of God. have thoroughly melt
ed. and with tears In their eyes have
become loyal soldiers of the cross.
We heard Of an interesting case re.
Gently. A colored man in prison for
crime, somehow came in touch there
with my sermons, and then with my
books on Bible study. He became a
thorough Bible student, and master
at handling the Word Of God His
fellow-prisoners came gladly to hear
this colored man preach the Divine
Plan Of the Ages from Gods Word,
while they cared not at all to attend
the chapel services addressed by the
ordinary chaplain.
In tho "woudorful vyorda NJ lifa"