The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-09-14
BULGTN IN LECTURE
TO BIG CROWD
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Pastor Russell says the church has
gone 10 sleep and win go to sleep
advocating Il sugar-coated doctrine
of a chance to repent after death
All ten of the virgins, wise and fool
ish slept. There is no sin in sleeping
the wise must take their rest the
same as the foolish while the bride
groom tarries. Had the parable re
presented any not sleeping, it would
have picked the whole thing, max
ing good girls do things they ought
not to do, But if you go to sleep un
prepared unready to meet the bride
! groom, that is the blacklist sin you
can commit You damn your soul,
"Universalists and Unitarians all
point with pride to the chance Of
fered the five foolish virgins 70 puI.
chase oil at midnight when the
Death Angel comes.
Grandpappy Russell says that the
! five unpreapred virgins had chance
after the last hour to get prepared
which sweetens the thing up easily.
But what does he say to the fact
they were not allowed to come in to
the marriage feast when they re-
turned? DO not prostitute the Bible
to suit your own convenience.
The human selfishness has been
pointed out by the skeptics in criti-
cising the parable. Bob lngersoll
! has spent a volume in shots trying
to prove that the church is selfish
The wise virgins did not sell a part
OF their oil because they could not
Oil in the story stands for character
and character is not divisible or
transferable The foolish virgins
kne" they had no oil yet they sham
med on just the same. You fool you,
cont you know your heart is open -
God to look down into?
Nineteen volumes of theology
have been spent on trying to prove
The meaning of the oil in the story.
Gavin. Luther, Wesley and Moody
all had their ideas yet l say they
were all wrong The oil in the case
represents the thing that fits you
anc me to meet our Lord-that is
character aud piety.
"All of the ten virgins looked alike.
One division was no more infidel
than the other. The foolish virgins
do not represent harlots, bootleggers,
gamblers and horse thieves. The only
difference was in their eparedness.
1t is not enough for a man to dress
in church membership If strict
roll were taken about half Of the
church members of Chickasha would
be thrown out. They can't live in
protracted infancy long.
Character is revealed in crisis
When the cry that the bridegroom
is coming goes up every man and wo-
man will face the crisis. You can't
build character in an emergency
and | have no patience with dying
grace or death bed repentance. A
grace that is good enough to die BY
is good enough to live by and you old
devils can't tell when you will kick
the bucket
In his conclusion the revivalist
showed the difference in reliion with
a change of years and lost opportun
tiles. The hauds Of the Pope,
Bishop or an evangelist cannot divide
patience and piety in the dying hour
The opportunity Of joining the
the ranks of God may some day
closed just at the wedding feast, and
the wretch who has squandered his
life cannot pass over the same way
again. The stream of his life has
flowed over the dam Of eternity and
will never come back" (
No services will be conducted at
the tabernacle tonight, but on Sun
day morning, DR. Bulgins subject
will be "The Seven Great Doctrines
of the Bible" Sunday afternoon his
topic will be "Wit Thou Be Made
Whole?" and Sunday night his SER
mon will be Conditions Demanding
a He'll"