Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1914-11-29


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Lords exclamation My COD. Why
Wst thou forsaheu mc2' TO the m-
thoughtful 70 seems slruuru that hu
Who said, the Father and ] are uu,
could possibly Dee deserted iu this
fashion Yet when one cuutrmplates
the price Jesus undertook to pay for
our redemption, 10 b, uWcs plain that
lh!s iursakng was am essential part
~ the sacrifice Many men have sut-
ttrrd torture Of body and mind and
nave yielded mp their lives az the mar
Nrs stake, yet no one claims that
such horoism would be effective az
"a redempuve force The man who
Is utterly and irretueNably lost must
suffer not only all the misercs known
10 human experience, but ultimately
must know that God has fursdkeU
him and he must suffer the torture
Of condemned soul the awful inton-
sity OF which there are no words In
human language 10 express, Christ
then, 10 ransom our souls from this
inoNpressible penalty, must suffer the
full extent OF the condemnation, not
only for one soul, but for the souls
Of all humanity How then can We
propose TO put limit on the extent
OF the price Christ paid for our re
demption. II must have been that
the face OF God Was turned away
from his beloved son, that he might
drain the cup 10 the last bitter dress
thus leaving no room for doubt that
redemption was fully and effectively
completed. We commonly say Of
Jesus that he died for our sins That
IL n very mild way OF stating the
case. After he had endured all the
suffering that earth could intlict, yet
further he tasted OF the torments Of
hell for us, that we might escape the
penalty When he had done this and
realized that his mission was fulfilled,
he said, at is finished" and gave
up the ghost. He bare our sins in
his body on the tree" He stood where
we should have stood. He bore what
we deserved.
God and Men.
with all the possible explanation,
or theorizing, or speculation, II IL be-
yond the power Of human thought to
comprehend, or language TO express,
the fun meaning OF the SaVior's suf-
ferings We do not know what II is
to bo fOrsaken Of God We some
times speak OF men as God-forsaken,
but 1t Is doubtful II any man in this
world ever knew in his own eXpe-
rience what this means God Is pa
tent and long g-suffering and in his
providence cares for the wicked as
well as the righteous. We make our
little divisions sometimes and imag-
inc that our particular clique has a
monopoly on divine favor and that
all outside our pale are unfortunate
and short sighted But Gods love
and care are as broad as humanity
itself He makes his sun TO shine on
the good and the bad, and his rain
falls on the Just and the unjust No
man can properly speak Of himself or
any fellowman as God -forsaken We
have often turned away from God,
but he has never turned away from
us He yearns for us, he follows aft
er MS, and draws us back TO him
self But that can be done only be
cause one who did not deserve II bore
the penalty that belonged To us, Jesus
Christ put himself in our place and
accepted the deserts Of our sins as
belonging to himself We We're In
debt and he assumed the obligation
and paid II to the uttermost farthing
We were condemned, and he pitied
us and tasted death in our stead, and
through his death we live. How the
mighty work was done is beyond our
power to understand. Eternity itself
will not be long enough TO disclose
all the wonders that are hidden IN
this great mystery Why should we
poor mortals attempt to explain the
divine mysteries of redemption? IL
is enough for us TO know that We are
redeemed by the blood Of the Lamb.
Vain Speculation
We are too fond of relying on our
powers as guide and
counsellor forgetting that where we
deal with spiritual things we have
gone above and beyond the powers
of our brain cells. Logic and reason
are great things, powerful and ma
tOstic servants of the human soul,
hut they never yet brought one soul
TO the foot Of the cross or opened the
door Of the heart for the entrance OF
the Holy Spirit. Edward Box, speak
ing of the predominance Of women
i'm the churches says it is because
they are not afraid to act upon the
intuition Of their own hearts. Man
reasons things out, giving the matter
hat he calls careful thought and
and then, after days,
or weeks, or, years arrives at con-
cluson only to find that woman's in
tuitive faculty has long ago antcipat-
ed him. and with a promptness and
correctness that puts his boasted rea-
soning powers to shame. In a sim
Ilar manner if we but listen to the
wooings Of the Holy Spirit ,
ting all the pride and circumstances
Of our mental ability-we will open
our hearts to the truths of higher
and nobler consciousness that mortal
senses have conceived. Jesus died on
.he cross for specific purpose to |
save souls-yours and mine. Shall |
We allow this tremendous sacrifice TO
20 for naught with us. Let not earth
v pleasure, intellectual pride, or the |
anticements Of delusiye pleasures him |
Ter US from drinking in to the full /
he water Of life that flows from the
hrone Of God, through the interposi- !
ion OF Christ. surely he hath borne |
.,,, and aart,iad pnp SORROWS