The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1914-06-24

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sha city council declare II right 70 VlO-
late the laws Of the United Statesl
No Right to Insult God.
"No man has a right to insult God
without being held accountable toI
God!"
Mcconnell declared God gave man
the power, without the right, of choice
He distinguished very clearly between
power to do something and the right
to do it. He said he might have the
power to step outside the tabernacle
after the meeting. grasp lady by the
elbow and insist upon walking home
with her, but when he recovered con-
seiousness and asked who else was
hit by the cyclone" he would discover
he had insulted a sweet married wo-
man and although he had the power
to do it he had no right whatsoever to
offer his escort to her.
There are lots Of people in the
/ jails Of Oklahoma today because they
sxerted their power instead of observ-s
ed their rights TO do!D Mcconnell ex-
claimed and he went on to say men
in Chickasha thought they had tha
right to swear and violate Gods Bible
and although he. The evangelist had
ne personal authority to stop it, yet
4 he was here to warn against it in the
name OF God He referred to the lee
tures given by judges on the bench
\ to convicted men after a verdict had
! teen rendered. and TO the satisfied ht-
titude Of spectators and lawyers and
court attaches.
Yet il is likely that every preson
who heard the talk Of prisoner and
/ Judge was criminal; not a felon so
far as the states statutes adjudged
them TO be feiesAs, but they had broken
The laws Of Almighty God and were
\ pnffed np because they had not yet
been forced TO appear before the bar
Of divine justicel"
The preacher begged his congrega-
ltion to mot feel easy about it" insist
ing that no person a'd sin without
insulting God or wit. ut accusing God
o. being liar. He proved this latter
declaration by reciting excerpts from
the Bible. proving conelusively That
although man might think he was not
in particular danger in doing certain
\ sins he was Haunting the accusation
hat God lied, because He made known
the danger through the Bible
He said there We're many contros-
ersIes over the Garden Of Eden. and
that sidewalk theologians reveled in
their wisdom and in their ideas Of
what God should have done. He gave
striking burlesque Of such folk who,
ne said wouldn't have put the apple
tree in the garden at all or if they had
they would have placed the particular
apple 50 high that Adam and Eve
couldn't have bit it,1
I've heard people say. if they'd
been God, Mcconnell sarcastically
remarked. My I'm glad they We're
Int. Maybe ii they'd been God
wouldn't have had any liver Maybe
they wouldn't have known needed
one.
Devil in Different Form.
The Devil, not in snake form, sug
gests something nowadays, Mcconnell
said, and God protested against il
pleading that II be not done Blu
I you say, Oh, shucks, I'm a free maj
and don't care what God thinks; III
Z do as / please. and you do it. thu
y hurting God You are more afraid 0
\ your neighbor's displeasure, for IN
stance, than You are the displeasur
of Almighty God, Your Creator; 70
are more anxious to please men, nc
one in a million Of whom you eve
know. than Almighty God. who crea
ed you; and YET men and women al
acting like that every day Of the
N lives. And they say, J amt such
4 lad sort Of fellow; ! don't see VIII
\, God viii have it in for me- | don
le see why won't 50 TO heaven whe
oi die
N Mcconnell humanized this state
le affairs by demanding to know il, aft
ct man had been repeatedly insnlted
n person he helped and had suifere
A humiliation at the hands Of that pc
i son. he permitted the insulter 70 tai
III. residence with Him and partake
nh the comforts and Injuries AZ
pleasures OF his home life.
One Of the most dangerous signs
the times is that intelligent peop
nave come 10 believe sin iiti
thing, Mcconnell declared.
n just don't know how to talk
the love OF God. it's SO utterly, utter
utterly beyond my reach.H MeConn
cried. He has His arms oustretch
70 Chickasha as He says ] would
would, wouldli And pray g
you'll say, ] viii, VIII, Will, VIII
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