The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-11-01
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ton. Yet they had great revival
why, the Christians OF Guthrie have
a hundred fold easier task in working
up q great revival than did those early
Christians Yet they converted 1900
in one day, 5000 another day and later
they converted great multitudes. "
Oh, il these Guthrie workers could be
lust once filled with the Holy Ghost
there would be no need Of any evan
gelist here" But so many arc mere
ciphers with the rim knocked off, so
far as doing the work of extending and
building up the kingdom of God in
this city
The Value CT Man.
The Sunday evening sermon was on
'The Value of Man" The text was
Matt. 1912, "How much is a man,
then, better than a sheep?~ The
world had waited 1000 years to hear
hat sentence. 1t is an essential part
)f the philosophy Of Jesus, who was
preaching that man was more than
body, more than meat, that man was
really beyond value. The incident at
land was that man with a palsied
land seeks Jesus on the Sabbath and
SKIS the Great Physician to cure his
lilment. The pharisees, whose hypoc-
'acy deadened all their charity, inter-
cred in this benevolent work because
t was being done on the Sabbath day.
esus demolished their pharisaical
ogic by asking if one of their sheep
hould fall into the pit would they not
hasten to its rescue on the Sabbath
lay? And then follows the question,
low much then is the salvation of a
nan worth more than a sheep? There
IS something in the man of more value
han anything found in the sheep.
Drifting From Jesus.
The evangelist then elucidated the
endency of the times to drift away
from the teachings of Jesus. Our
;reat industrial and financial under
akings have so changed the relations
Of men; employer and employee no
onger work together at the same
qrge; eat together; sleep under the
anne roof Now a workman, or fac
Dry hand" may die and his employer
OF hear of the funeral. Employers no
,nger pay for the help of man
cad and hands-but merely hire the
hand" The employer no longer
nows or cares whether his "hand'
eceives enough wage to keep his
amily from hunger; ambitious leaders
he world over are trying to lower the
stimate of the value of a man; they
lre trying to lead us to look upon the
ife Of a slain soldier as of little value.
Iany men in judicial positions are
rying to lower the value of human
ife when such questions are before
hem for judicial determination.
low to Reach the Masses.
But to turn aside from these secular
uggestions we find the same psyche
ogical facts facing us in the religious
'orld. How are we to reach the great
masses in the congested centers where
50 MANY ,oopla ora moi roao obad nv tIo
hurches? Christian people realize
heir responsibility, and all the con
discussing this problem, of how to |
each the masses. We must reach the |
bodies are being protected, yet they |
re but the container Of something far /
more valuable, far better than our
bodies. God has provided for the
ipiritual needs just as He has for all
'ur temporal needs. q am the bread
If life, if any man hunter" etc.
what inestimable value God must
lave placed on man to have sent His
son to this earth that we might not
perish, but have life" Then followed
earnest suggestion to every man,
Where will you be when your funeral
) dehl? When the minister says over
our mortal remains, Earth to earth;
shes to ashes; dust to dust" Will
ou then declare, Il have lived like a
heep, just to eat, sleep and die, like
heep? You thoughtful, careful busi-
ess men, who have provided a life
Insurance policy; who have carefully
ranged your business affairs, you