Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-01-10

Lord 10 help YOU out OF a bad hole.
Baralts ten thousand men, moving
at Gods command, were superior to
all the force Of Canaan. BE careful
that YOU are obcying Gods COM
mands, and then you need not be
fearful OF the result no matter how
formidable the opposition,
Forgetting God.
II is matter Of history that when
people, either siugly or as nations,
have become contented and well sat
isfied, they were on the eve of de-
cadence or disaster. People may
grow rich, educated, cultured, power
full until they begin to think that
| they are wonderful beings and that
the world is at their feet, Rome
thought her cup OF accomplishment
/ was full and her people grew lazy,
ooutemptuous and self-indulgenti
/ then came the savage hordes from
the north and battered out all their
I conceit Before them, Alexander
/ thought he had conquered the world
| and there was nothing left but for
| him TO enjoy the fruits of his vic
/ tory: then began the decadeuce Of
/ learned and powerful Greece. And
when the papacy forgot its mission
/ of peace and good will and became
| political as well as ecclesiastical
/ tyrant, then the time was ripe for
: Luther and Calvin. When the great
nation of France, leading the world
/ in learning and culture, gave itself
/ over TO complacent corruption and
! debauchery, then followed the bloody
/ era of the commune. But why enum-
! crate Whenever nation forgets
/ God. neglocts to follow his commands,
! begin to think themselves self-suftl-
/ cient, gives itself over to complaCenCN
and indulgence then that nation is
On the brink Of some great uphcaVaL
/ Not always is there a Deborah or a
Gideon to arouse the people and
/ bring them back to the trust In AL
! mighty God; but when we pray for
| our beloved land. let us particularly
{ pray that as with Israel God will
( always provide us with a leader at
| the right time to save us from the
| ruin that has oVertakcn many "A
/ proud nation in the annals of the
( past.
Climbing or Sliding.
! BE assuted of one thing-there is
/ no standing still, either with men or
! nations. We are either progressive
! or dccadcnt There is no such tning
as holding our own Motion is the
| law of all nature and we cannot
evade it. When we are not going
| forward we are sure to be slipping
! backward. The old proverb says 'the
| descent into hell is easy We can
| slip downward without effort but it
! takes energy and determination to
! keep climbing. Those of our frields
who have Joined the church, OBJ
| served it's ordinances and helped iii
rts support, must not sit back com.
! placently and flatter themselves that
| their future is secure, that the Lord
! Hill take care Of them without fur
| thcr effort. The Jews had Abraham
to their father. but that did not keep
them from slipping back into idol
| atry. and they had to suffer oppres-
! sion and persecution before they
would recognize that all their Sc
ourty came from living in the light
| of Gods law. You church members
who are satisfied with yourselves,
beware. The devil is setting his
snares for YOU If you would be
! faithful to your God, be up and do
ing-the Christians life is daily
struggle with evil, both within and
without. There is work for you to
! do 1t is not enough to avoid the
appearance of evil-to live n moral
| life and observe the forms of re-
ligion-you must be a positive ser
want of the Lord, doing what is right
as cOnscientiously as you avoid what
is wrong.
Call on the Lord.
As with nations. so with individ-
uals. The man who is satisfied is
on the verge of being lost. Many Of
us are tempted to sit down and take
life easy. We are church members in
good standing, we are well thought
of in the community, we observe all
the outward forms of respectabllity,
Of morality, of religion. We have
privately congratulated ourselves on
these accomplishments until we be-
gin to think we have a mortgage on
a corner lot in the New Jerusalem.
! Wake up. Deceive yourself no longer.
The Lord requires a heart religion,
an earnest desire to do his Will I'm even
the smallest details Of life. Your only
safety lies in Christian activity which
is obedience, constant and conscien-
tious, of his commands. You may
consider yourself one of Gods elect,
but it will be necessary for the Lord
TO rouse up a Deborah or a Gideon to
divorce your soul from the idols you
have set up for your own worship. II
is time for you to make new re-
solve, to go to the Lord right now
and cry out for deliverance. Tho
righteous cried, and Jehovah heard,
! Il III Of