The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1914-06-10


the real work Of the church She
had been walking about town all day
selling tickets for an opera She had
been substituting that which her spir-
itual sleep dictated for the actual ac-
tIvity and work Of Jesus Christ he
said
Saints Rummage Sale"
Tetley said he stopped once In front
Of a vacant store in certain city A
streamer announced the "All Saints
Rummage Sale" II was church af-
fair, and regarding 1t Tetley became
caustically sarcastic and bitter.
He told Of the crop failure and how
the family hoped to cut expenses. Eas-
ter season come The wife determined
to reconstruct her last years hal,
! which lay III the garret. Inspection
showed that the style was obsolete
that it could not be modernized Hut
she decided she could at least save
the nlume and ribbon, which she stor-
| ed away. Then she told her daughter
tc take the old shape back to the gar
ret because, you know, in June the
church is going to have rummage
sale and we'lI take that old form down
there and give it to Jesus"
The same woman looked over her
husbands raiment and found much
ventilated pair Of trousers. She de-
4 cided her husband never again could
! wear that garment, therefore patched
| IL and said, Wen take this TO ths
1 rummage sale and give it to Jesus
do you really think Jesus Christ
4 Is on charity and needs such things as
these?' demanded Tetley. Instead Of
giving to the poor, as Christ demand
ed, this woman intended to present
her castoff things to tho bride Of
| Christ, the church. Wen impose on
the poor Of the land and give to Christ
the old, rotten trash we won't have
ourselves. Tetley exclaimed.
"We are Internally stinIgyl The
Jew, under the law, gives his one
tenth, but we are just too stfngy Il
Il YOU don't help the church and the
poor and give your share you are ROB
hing God, Yes, sir, you are robber
OF God Almighty! didn't say SO;
God said it. Am | getting money for
preaching? Yessirree, And If youth
talk right to God with II chink He'll
lead YOU to where the think is! He'll
come right hack az you. I'VE never
heard oi God lying yet. You Just put
him to the test,"
Harvest Time Here.
Tetley said harvest time was here
The fields were ready for reaping. And
the spiritual fields of great beauty
have been shown by Jesus Christ, he
said. and these we're white for the
harvest in Chickasha, but the laborerf
we're few. He impersonated the lazy
hobo and the indolent farmer, who lei
! crops rot SO far as their activities arc
concerned, they sleeping and lolling
D about while others garner the grain
! and the products Of Gods bounty
4 These fences Of mortality have
been let down in Cnickasha,' he cried
, .and the beasts OF Satan are workins
! ruin and devastation. The hoofs Q
. infidelity aud sin are trampling th'
life out OF the church here and iron
: the hearts of the people-while yol
. sleepl You are a disgrace to th'
) name of Christian # you do nc
! awake. The devil has found you !
the arms OF slumber If II is treasoi
| III the army to sleep. it is treason 7
/ God to sleep when His work is to b.
n donel Awake, get active, beg Q
q youl"
}. He told Of an incident in Napoleon
Il life. Tn great leader gave instruc
4 tions that nothing was to be permit
! ted to cross the picket line. SO whei
d monster dog approached a sentry
/ he tried 10 halt the beast, but as
Ii continued to advance he shot It deac
/. The report Of the weapon alarmed u
4. army and quick investigation wa
ell made, The dog proved to be Nap'
j Icons own pet, which had been absen
a several weeks. But keen-cyed ind
il yidual noted something strange abou
III It. "Off with that hide he cries
J. and 10, when the hide was remove
there lay in it the dead body Of n
IS enemy's spy.
y And SO the devil appears in variot
le ways. 1etley said, trying TO 81
IS through the lines Of the church, 90
cealed beneath the attractive cloa
s. Of something people do not fear
h. He told Of the disciples sleepir
ii while the rabble seized Jesus, and no
n the,, tried fo excuse themselves on I'll