The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-10-15

manhood with fiery iusts and is a
wreck on the highway of life. Another
stumbles over the glaring inconsistent
cies of men who are members OF the
church. Another has a wife who is
nominal Christian but does not have
religion enough to save her soul from
hell at last. She drags him away from
the church to enjoy the pleasures Of
the world and drags MIN away from
Christ at the same time. Then there
is a cold, dead formal church, at ease
in Zion. having left its first love, and
preacher as cold and dead as the
church he pretends to serve in the
name OF God. Here are some of the
many difficulties TO be encountered on
the job of bringing men to Jesus
Christ
"Out standing out in bold relief is
the quality of the faith of these four
men. 1t was united, they moved to-
gether in perfect teamwork, each man
a-hold of one corner and doing his
part. Their faith was heroic. They
mastered every difficulty as it arose.
When they mounted the roof, three
men tore il up while the fourth hur-
ried away for some ropes with which
to let the poor fellow down through
the hole. They were as persevering
as a lot of beavers. The curious crowd
must have wondered wnat they were
doing in thus wrecking the roof Of
a mans house who was so kindly
sheltering the master. But they were
too busy to pay any attention to mere
ltrifles. They were on the job. Their
faith could be seen through the hole
they made in the top of the house.
What an expression there must have
been on the face of Jesus as he saw
that strange outfit descending before
him and disturbing his sermon. Oh,
men of today, are we not ashamed of
ourselves and will we not arouse and
do a mans work for our lost brothers.
Can the world see our faith through
the holes we have knocked in all the
oppositions we have met in the effort
to save men for whom Christ died
Are we heroic, are We resourceful
are we persevering?
These four men succeed on theiI
job. They got Jesus and the man
together, face to face, and they two
the sinner and the Savior did the rest
while the four good-hearted fellows
leaning over the broken roof, looked
on with delight. Jesus spoke the wore
of pardon to the penftent man who
had been helped and not hindered by
his fellow men. The critics raised thu
cry of scorn and criticism. Chris
silenced them by telling the man t
take up his bed and go home anC
show to all the carping critics tina
Christ had power to forgive the sin
of men on earth. The people wer,
amazed and gloriied God, saying tn
world had never before seen anything
like it. But where are our four mel
who we're on the job and working i
for all they were worth? They wer
the men that turned the tide in tina
revival in Capernaum. They inter
: rupted one sermon of Christ to cal
d forth from his lips some Of the mos
hopeful words the world has eve
heard, that the son of man has pow
er to forgive sins on earth," now an
here,-today where we live.
"Are there not many times fou
men here who will get on the job
Are we showing our faith by ou
works? Most certainly we are, an
we are showing that we have yer
little, almost none of the kind thes
men had. Is it not time for us to Sc
ourselves and ask Goa to revive IL
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