Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-11-10


condemned to wander among stran
gers without home for 20 years :;
yet there was no one to blame for
ms condition except his own wicked
heart that prompted him to cheat
ms brother and deceive his father.
lie was getting his punishment in
no scant measure.
But here is where Gods care for
ms children comes in. In this dark
hour OF Jacobs life he began to
thlnk OF God. Home and mother had
heretofore stood between him and
the angry dart OF fortune, but here
ne was alone and an OutCast, daring
not 10 go near his own people. No
WonueF ne began to think Of God
IL look this jar to abolish his self
suttlclenCy and show him how help
less and how undesefyinE he was
when Il man begins to realize how
helpless he really is to combat the
onward march of fate, he Is ready to
pocket his pride and turn to a high
er power for help. Nothing keeps
us away from God so much as per-
sonal pride, or perhaps sometimes
the lack OF realization OF how thor
oughly we must depend on him. II
takes the withdrawing of all human
support to make a man find out how
much he needs God and how little he
Is able TO go 1t alone.
But God never deserts his chosen
ones, and the son of good father
even after years Of disregard OF his
fathers teachings, will find God
reaching out and drawing him back
10 his duty. Not that Jacob was yet
to be absolved from the results Of
his sin. The penalty OF mis- iniquity,
in some form or other, followed him
TO the day OF his death, and among
his most precious experiences OF
blessing, there kept occurring things
to remind him of the one great SIN
OF his youth. But be 1t said to the
credit of Jacob, he never grew hard
and reckless, but sought at all times
10 repair the wrong he had done and
to be careful to order his after life
OH "A higher plane. So. with US, we
can never recall the effects OF a
wrong once done. The consequences
of sin are inevitable. Yet If we are
so disposed. we may 50 live as to
secure Gods blessings and avert
some OF the sting Of remorse when
uia,s come. We may be assured that
God Is near and ready to help US to
walk in righteousness, to alleviate
the penalties. and TO save us from
the last penalty OF sin, the oblitera-
tion Of the soul.
While 1t is true that God can al
ways be found by him who seeks
Him. it is also true that God often
seeks out the erring one while he is
yet unconviCted and throws things
in hic way that wake up his slum-
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anCe. Jacob was only at the
beginning of his penance, yet the
torlorn misery of his condition was
amel!orated by the assurance OF God
that lie was with him and in fullness
OF time would bring all things to
work together for good. God never
makes any excuses for our wrong
doing, but lie does often turn even
our own errors into blessings by His
everything power. II each of us had
to fare in accordance with what we
deserve, we would be most utterly
hopeless, but there often comes into
our lives mountain top experience,
where we get assurance that the God
OF our fathers IL watching our fall
tering steps and will in due time
bring us around to the path OF right
eousness How blessed is the mes
sage OF the Lord that Il will not
leave thee-I am with thee and will
keep thee" This graciousness over
came the outcast, Jacob. and he
pledged his feAlty to Jehovah right
there.
1t is our most precious consola-
tion that, no matter how much we
must suffer here on earth for the
sins done in the body, there Is always
near and within call God who is
merciful and who does not will that
one OF His should perish. The lure
OF sin. especially the sin OF false
hood, Is that we think at first 10
make great gain, by deception.
This Is deceiving. For no matter
what temporary advantage may ac-
crue from lying, in the long run 1t
is a losing game-we not only lose
what the world holds dear, but we
lose peace OF mind and that self-re-
spect, without which no man can
expect to be respected of otherS-
Jacob left homo under guilty con-
science. and all sinners seek 10 dodge
Justice. Bitter memories made a
harder pillow for Jacobs mind than
the rock did for his head. We do
not know how far he repented at
this time, but we 90 hnO" LhSlt NdS
an awakening OF his soul lie saw
God in his dream, and no man ever
sees God unless he thinking OF
Him. God did not come to him al
together unlimited. although He was
ycarning and listening for the first
signs OF repentance, and the trend of
Jacobs thoughts had led up to the
condition tht made him ready to
dream Of the good he had forfeited
by his own acts.
God had a career laid out for him,
a career that was to be glorious and
fruitful. He was to be the father OF
a chosen people who would preserve
and carry the worship OF Jehovah
throughout all the earth. In spite
OF Jacobs fall, the Lord had found
in him the qualities to suit his pur-
pose, and for the sake OF Abraham
and Isaac. he would not leave Jacob
to his sins This Is the same merci-
ful God TO whom we now can take
our sorrows with the assurance OF a
hearing. He will over
rule all our misfortunes In order that
good may come. He will bless US not
because OF our faults. but in spite of
them. "He hath not dealt with us
altar our sins nor rewarded US after