Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-04-30

in endorsing the lnbors at that city
by sending special fcprcscntatiNe TO
the scene Of action. Thi sman l}arna-
las, by name tfo "sCn Of consolation" ,
was cmincn;ly fitted tor the mission.
"Ior he was good man and run OF
,hc llCly Ghost and of faith and his
cNh0rtatlOn to ihc rev CONVERTS was
that with purpose of heart tlcN
would clonVo unto the Lcrd " This
pdV'oo they had ne'i rf. rot only to
divert their minds from the diStrac-
liens Of city lifo. hr; they we're living
in % city whore c'en the religion or
the people was highly immoral for It
was "a prominent goat Of the worship
.oI Apollo. rho sweet spirit, win
ring ways aud cOncliatorv methods
# this man were just what was need
I'd tn rtart this new Clurch off i'm the
iipht way ana oGyiitc the growth Of
Gisscnsions su,'h ~ to haV" always
locu more or less ia cVi lcncc when
ever church attained sufficient
strength T. attract l." its members the
Undermining activities of tli"Se peo-
Ile who a"o n'""r Happy rn'"ss they
can differ from the regular order and
set up reed for themselves. with
the coming Of Paul to his aid the
work received now impetus and a
oudciful year wns spont hv these
two men in that cl:y before the Lord
called them t. wider fields
Sending nut Missionaries.
The church 1T Antioch had the dis
t.nctiou of being the first to :, nd out
II issiouaries To the hcathCn. THIS
church contained a number oi aDlc
prophets ana teachers. gathered 10
this congregation from seVcra! differ
tnt parts IF the country. When 1t
came time Tor 4 separation. the Holy
-. IA
The chosen vessels t. carry the gospel
to thoso who were cropping in the
darkness of that refined but sensual
variety of paganism that had It's cen
tcrs in Athens and Corinth. From this
day we count the brilliant career OF
that greatest of apostles, the iniiuita-
bile Paul. the mar whose teachings
have had a wider Influence over the
lives of men than any other man IN
history. second only To his Lord ana
Master For Paul Antioch was long
u sort Of headquarters. q point OF de-
rarture and rctdrn for all of his mis-
sionary tours. ana this fact added 10
the importance of this city in the
early promotion of the gospel. Clothed
with a new name, entering upon
rev enterprise, and prcarhing the
gospel to new peoI les. the church AT
Antioch began ore Of the greatest
achievements of history We do not
know what method was used to fl
nance the new movement. but as for
Paul we know that he frequently
worked with his hands at his trade
Cf t-maiing to pay his own eX-
penses so that what money was con
trihuted by tn" various churches
which he established could b, devoted
to the relief of The needy | arnahas
had been q rich man. but he had
made n clean breast of depcsiting all
tis wealth in the common treasury AT
Jerusalem. But back of these two
men was a young and vigorous
church. and they found some way to
raise the money to start their mis-
sionarics out. We do not believe
they had any collection envelopes,
either. or that they resorted to any
box suppcrs or other devices to coax
money on: of the indifferent or un-
willing. Gods work requires the sup
port of our money at all times. but
he has told MS plainly that he eN-
poets troc-will contributions and
we cannot bell ,vc that he blcsses
those who have to be coaXed or
skamed into doing their duty in this
respect.
Purpose oi Heart.
The admorition gwen hy Barnatas
to "clCaVe unto the Lord and to do
SO with purpose of heart Is worthy
of serious consideration. These early
Christians. living in "A city where the
creed of error was both popular and
Il source of civic pride, were not
much worse besct than many of us
today. There are SO many things to
distract us from the cleaVing unto the
Lord and cause us even while we
think we are vet faithful. to lose in
terest in things spiritual and to grow
gradually cold and indifferent to the
work that God expects us To do. That
is what is the matter with the church
at large in this country today. There
are few cases where there has been
a lapse of belief in hat the bible
teaches: there are few cases in
which man is tempted to draw away
from his allegiance to the church.
not as many '0day probably as in
most any other era of the world.
That is not the chief difficulty now
Never was there a time when men
were so nearly unanimous in ac-
knowledging the truth of the gospel
and In subscribing. outWardlV at least