Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-12-22
Sunday School

lrsson Dec, 80. Gen. ~. liz
while this In the time for "A review
or the quarters lessons. We could
hhrdly have given US IA more hp-
propriate quotation than the verscs
act for our study as above. We
have studied about Abraham, the
sturdy impersOnation of the finoyt
hdelity; about Isaac, the negatively
good. whose latest years were
clouded by the quarrel between his
soma OF Jacob, whose early life
was characterized by the outcrop-
ping OF the worst traits ~ his char
scter, deception and greed, but who
IN later days chose the better way
ana hbored stcadfastly for the
cause of Jehovah, and OF Joseph. the
noble and talented son whose re-
moVhl from a life of ease tu one ~
hardship hammered the steel OF his
character into fidelity, kindness and
governmental talent An these are
INKS IN the great chain ~ events hy
which the Lard gradually made him
sclf known To his creatures n
seems like y long time for attaining
AN ohlect, hut year In the divine
program n but as day looks 10 us
Unite .mortaH, and his purposes
haAA VI NhNFI 1lNNl wv llllf
that leads Ia contamination Heaven
ana earth may pas. away. but not
one Item shall be left out Of the
word OF God
Now Joseph, who was sold hy his
brethren into slavery. repayu good
Tor evil lle takes his brethren In To
The presence of the great Pharaoh
ana fiom him receives the grant fur
possession of the richest portion ~
rgypt. Ana he was not ashamed of
MIS- ngrd rather. lie felt honoTed IN
me presentation " his father 20
MS royal master, All ~ us are NOT
'hat way When We think We n.,t
made ourselves "A name among dig.
hHI"d and cultured people. We ure
not fond ~ having our back mum.
her' relatives made known to our
new acquaintances, much less to be
proud ~ them We read of a
poorly dressed old woman causing
much suppressed metfiment at "A
graduation eNetcise hy her presence.
but one OF thu graduates war her
huy ana he was Joseph. too for
he came down before thtf
audience and pinned his medal ou
his mothers faded shawl II s ony
shallow peopln who deny their rrll.
ilohrhip to these who reared them
because the old folks have not Kept
up with the times
Jacob told Pharaoh that his dnys
had been rev ana cvil' This Wa4s
not altogether the modcsiv when
IN oriental habit leads "A man 10 de-.
cry himself There was a deep con.
Nl''lon III tn" old mans mind that a
great part of his early lie had been
IA Tta a IL. IA Ia. A..
mad failed To live up to his pus.hiU
ties, hui that. with ali the hless.ngs
that Jehovah had vet for his lni
there had been mixture of the men.
alties which his own wtongdolurs
had brought upon him IIr rrmofY.
hered when he had deceived MS,
hfoth"r ana MS father. hnd cheated
unmerciful'y. and had IN turn be-, 90
u"oeiNed hy MS fathcr.in- n-law H.
hhd greatly proapered I'm husIncss.
bui In III" midst Of his prosperity
dhSeusion and deception had htukrn
OUT IN his own family. His believed
wife Rachcl hld died, famine had
consumed MS substance ana nov
NJ the we ~ no he had hcrou'o
through the influence ut Joseph
practically pensioner Ht tho
hands ~ "A foreign monarch uo
snw through (, al. both good and
had the guiding hand Of Jehovah.
leAdins 10 an ultimate glorious des
Tiny
but II such web aud woof ~ life
woven our lie can not be- all Tor
tune nor all misfortune Into cnch
life som" rain mus, fail" And II ~
no eSaggerntion To say that any ~
US after We have put the years of
life behind US will Hcknow ledge
that most OF the evils that have
overtHken us have been VA great
measure the traceablo results ~ our
own lnlquity. There H. no escaping
results. for In nDturc. ~ well ns IN
the dlspensations Of providence. We