Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-12-01

Guided that GOD had turned. away
hi4 face ana that mere W. no hope
Ilu the future lIi even the Jail
failed 20 crush uls spirit g a good
/ turn TO prisoner WAS carried by a
/ chain Of circumstances 20 Pharaoh
/ a. a critical time. and the dcsplsed
. Hebrew undcring became the high.
"si power In the land next 10 the
/ king and the king vas guided by his
advice II ls easy enough 10 bc
4 fHI'hfIi when everything II going
.mOO'hiy with us bur the man
/ whose fIuh s worth 'ylng 10 Is he
I who stands Nradfast In adversely.
/ rctaining both his faith In GODS
goodness and the importance Of per.
s0naI rgh'rousn" This Is a mat
ter that has been largely overlooked.
( for people wor" inclined 10 expect
every youth 10 sow his wild oats
( aui fcw denied that after such eX-
psri"uco ne was IA" herter fitted -
h"Como q man Nowadays since the
drafi has emphasized the question.
w." hhv" com" ~ see that Il ls the
man who has llsCd D,cin and up.
right llfe who rs going 10 b" called
on when gigantic responsibilities are
10 be assigned There are moral
sins. and there are physical sins To
be one of natures nubiemen, to be
one of God's elect, II hchpoves US to
steer clear Of both Kinds, for both
OF them leave Il damnng mark upon
fOuI and body
And when honor and responsible
! lty came suddenly upon Joseph. he
gave the credit 10 God This was a
different Joseph from the one who
aggravated his brethren by the as
sumption OF superiority In his boy
hood days bAck In Palestine. He
had indeed learned his lesson. II
seems 10 us thai this one thing Is
more 90 Joscph's credit than any
other phase ~ the event There was
no cgOiIsm now lie was confident
~ his ability TO discharge the duties
put upon him by the king, for he
knew that God was with him. He
even hnlf persuaded the king that
jehovah had much to do with the
warning that was given In his dream.
for the King approved Joscph's state
meut by saving, "fOrlSmuch as God
hath 'showSd, thee all this" and "a
man IN whom m" spirit Of God Is :"
So Joseph not only stayed faithful
himself, but hc gave God all the
glory and testified Of Jehovah hes
fore the powerful heather monarch
This IN not the only time when
the world has been blessed by good
man being Imprisoned There was
Daniel, who demonstrated the high
est test Of faith that could he imaR-
ined, there was Luther. who thun-
dered At the Rntes VI Il dccadcnt the
OlORy from his hiding place. there
was John Bunyan. who electrified
the religious world by his wonderful
books TO the writing OF which he had
been impelled to break the solitude
and cnnui OF Jail. Yet all Of these
Ike Joseph, trusted God for the out
come. and while they did not see
tho important results OF their con-
duct either to Themselves or to hu-
manity. had the faith to believe that
God would do what was best toward
his children and that out OF much
adversely and suffering the greater
good should come. Joseph was
ready for great things for many rea-
sons he was mannerly. he was mod
est. he was competent, he was re-
sourceful he was deserving but
best Of all he was faithful. and.
whatever may seem TO go wrong In
this world of ours, we may rest &C.
rene in the confidence that God has
his guiding hand over all to bring
good even out OF evil, and that H.
deity never fails OF its reward What
seems to be failure--sometimes re-
peated disasters--is only his way OF
leading us on the path OF success.
"He that Ia faithful in very little
Is faithful also in much"