The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1914-06-12

OF Jesus2"
Lazarus relatives said to Jesus,
Come and see. and Christ is waiting
to hear that from the people OF Chick
asha, Tetiey said. They went to the
tomb, and Christ said Take We away
the stone" There was no discussion
as there might have been. They might
have urged Jesus to do 1t himself, be-
cause he could exercise divine
Strength. He wouldn't have to sweat
ard toll, but they didn't discuss it..
They just took Jesus at His word and
removed the stone from the mouth of
the tomb.
God Almighty even in performing
the miracle of resurrecting dead
man is going to let man have share
in il, 1etley asserted. He's going
to let humanity work hand in hand
with God. And that's the way it's
going to be here III this meeting!"
Tetley compared the raising of Laz-
arus and the loosiug of his grave
clothes with resurrection from the
grave of sin and the shedding OF
doubt and evil Yet he hammered
throughout the rest of bis sermon on
removal of the various stones which
hamper the Christian and happy pro.
gress OF mankind.
Removing the Stone.
He made a powerful appeal for re
moval of the stone of prejudice, in
sisting that those prejudiced against
reviyals or the present movement
would be of little avail in the cam
paign until they removed their unkind-
ly sentiment. He said he didn't like
the diDg-dong. singso sort off Chris.
tianity and that the devil didn't like
revivals The devil, he said, didn't
want the veneer taken off anything
because he didn't want people to see
what was beneath.
The stone Of dignity he hit hard.
referring to one OF his own pastorates.
during which a very blue-blooded doc
tor took him to task b a-ce he ven
tured on the street in L., shirt sleeves
after preaching to empty benches IN
an arIstocratic church. I'd rather
take a gospel shot at man on the run
like would a rabbit. than preach to
empty benches or quarter-sawed oak
ones. either" was Tetleys reply He
showed wherein the Bible remarked
upon the folly Of being clothed in dig
nifty, and he pleaded for Christians
to set down to real business and elm
mate so-called dignity.
Tetley pleaded with backsliGers to
get into the harness and do their duty
again He told OF the old church
tramps who never do anything for God
In their present residence but give ous
the impression that they were VERT
able marvels of Christian energy back
in their old homes. He related story
OF a man who had made good catch
OF speckled trout, some Of which he
started to carry to the pastors home.
He stopped in grocery, and some
one substituted dried Goldfish for the
trout He went on and made the
presentation, and was aghast when the
pastors wife became insulted and
showed him he had delivered Goldfish.
dried.
Much puzzled the man apologized
and started home. stopping again il
the grocery where the same joker Sc
cretly removed the Goldfish from the
basket and restored the speckled
trout. The fisherman berated his wife
soundly for playing a mean prank up
on him. which she denied. She raised
the basket lid. and there lay the beau-
tiful fresh fish. Her husband was
dumbfounded
y can't understand it," the man
said, in a daze Here at home they're
the prettiest speckled trout ! ever
saw, but up at the preachers house
they are only dried Goldfish
Tetley said he had seen many per-
sons who were speckled trout away
back yonder somewhere but when in
Chickasha were the driest Goldfish he
ever saw.
Cold churches were iolted by the
evangelist, who took up also the stones
Of indifference, stinginess, malice and
the like. you cant do much in this
campaign with hatred in your heart.
Tetley said, and he went on to tell Of
q Methodist minister's two daughter
in Rolla, Mo. married women, who
lad not spoken each other for five
years. He spoke to one at his meet
ing, and the next day saw the two to-
gether eating ice cream as though
they had never had a difference. The
one whose unforgiving spirit had caus-
ed much unhappiness had rolled away
the stone.
Judge G. G. Bland, former Judge Of
the court of appeals. and brother of
Tho Lotto "Cilver', nick pland wac cor-