Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-01-03

ed. Our spiritual Canaan is the soul
Of man, and each man Is the heav-
enly-appoInted scourge to eliminate
those things which make for goddess
ness and righteousness. The soul
Of the worldly man is In full posses
sion of the enemy of God, but when
the power OF conviction comes and
the man Is born anew into the king
dom of God, with new desires and
new aspirations, then comes the
mighty work of overcoming the old
man and bringing his whole nature
In subjoction to the will of the Lord.
And the Lord will give him power to
do so as long as he walks In the path
OF obedience. 1t may not be accom-
plished In the twinkling of an eye
It may take years OF struggle before
the evil In human nature Is overpow,
, cred by the good--but with the Lord g
| help the conquest Is sure. The fail
ure only comes when the man him
! self grows tired Of the struggle, when
he meelly yields to the seduCtiOns of
| pleasure and ease, or when his self
| ish desires are advanced by COmpro-
missing with the forces Of evil This
| means those to whom the love Of
case and worldly enjoyment brings
an Interference with what they know
! Is their duty to God as well as those
who find 1t profitable commercially,
socially or politically to live I'm a
manner that their conscience cannot
| lndorse. To such as these, who have
made brave start but fallen short OF
/ obedience to Gods express commands,
/ these uncOuquered forces Of evil re-
main as a snare and a thorn in their
| side, Only by the grace of a loving
| Father, ready to welcome the con-
/ trite when they appeal to him, can
these hope to be given strength to
overcome their besetting sin and
/ make u new start toward the goal Of
| fulness in Christ Jesus.
The New Generation.
The people of Israel continued to
serve the Lord during the life Of
Joshua, and as long as there re-
maincd among them many Of those
| who had witnessed the great things
tho Lord had done for his people.
! But then there arose another gem
| Grafton (which knew not the Lord,
nor yet the Rrks which he had
| done" They Sorsook the Lord and
followed after the gods OF their pagan
ncighbors, until the help OF the Lord
| was withdrawn from them and they
/ became tho easy prey OF the preda-
]
| they were held together 10y the bonds
| OF faith In the Almighty the people
| OF Israel were iuviuCiblc. but when
| their allegiance was divided and un-
certain II was easy for their enemies
| to prey upon them piecemeal II
/ does no violence to tho idea Of divine
/ iutcrposition to say that this is his
| torically true OF all nations, in all
ages. God has so made man that
| unity OF faith and purpose is ncces-
/ sary TO success. either as nations or
/ individuals. Great things have been
/ accomplished even by tho enemies OF
good when thus united. How much
more so Is success assured when God
Is on the side Of united people. And
with the Individual, faith In his work
and siugleness OF purpose are i'm
portant elements OF success IL that
man, so armed for life's battle, Is
working In harmony with Gods pur
poses, holding to divine faith as his
guiding star. what on earth Is there
can stand against him7 Yet we have
many who drift along through life
with a divided allegiance. They 40
knowledge the truth OF tho gospel
their own unworthiness and need OF
salvation. yet are too much attached
to the things OF this life TO make a
careless and Indifferent TO realize that
they cannot serve two masters and
must necessarily make cnulce for
all eternity. IL Is such as these that
are an easy prey to the depredations
Of sin and are helpless to avoid the
wiles OF the temptor. Most pltlable
OF all. there Is yet another class. You
have heard really plous people say
they hoped" they were saved. Just
as though they wero not sure OF Il.
There Is nothing uncertain about re-
generation. and for one OF Gods chill
dren 10 throw an implied doubt upon
II Is an exhibition OF weakness OF
which the tempter will not be slow
to take advantage.
A Long suffering God.
Notwithstanding their ingratltuie
and disobsdience tho Lord raised up
Judges to rescue them from their
troubles. even though they still largely
were promo to idolatry and wick
edness. As long as this Judge lived,
the Lord was with him and the con-
ditlon OF tho people improved. but
when he died they soon returned to
their previous decadenoe- Yet In