Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-12-23
Home and Cod
f'rom Pastor Ns~-y'- Srru,on in
utc tlr-t English Lutheran
thur'h.

Lord. Thou has, been our dwell
ing place In all generations
psalm SOD.
Moses was homeless man In
youth he fled from rharoahs tdnrt
lle nVcd Ia Mld.an IN. wandering
llic U the desert tribes. ~ leader
Of Israel he shared their wander
lngs IN. forty years, hnd the good
land IN prospect ho was not permit
ted 10 cutter. Dying IN tho wilder
unto this day Tradition aHys that
this lhalm WAS written 10y him. Tho
poem seems 10 connect Itself With
the experience of a people doomed
Ia wander. whose Abraham, Isaac
ANA Jacob had been strangers and
pilgrims on the earth TuId.in the
whiting here the homeless man and
the homeless nation behold by ftlth
"A homo In the Lord.
Here IL complaint OF the brcNiiy
OF earthly travelling tn" sadness
of these few wears ~ trpublr rheif
chanRcablcn.ns ana U"d = unchhng
INK lie. There are few who have
passed through timcs OF distract
INK woe that have not fallen into
pctuhnce. while many hay" SUI
frn,stcd, bhSphomqd. disputed
Gods luctlco and goodness. NJ
taint nf that ~ here. The cloud
IN the 0Oth i's,lm In darn -but falth
la Atiil srcing the bow ~ the cloud
And 80 for tho close of an old
year We are given tbs mhJcStic
thought In all generations. Lord.
Thou hast been our home
In one form OF another home IN
the great object of NE To be-
happy at home Is the cni ~ our
every ambition and enterprise Hnd
labor. \ man who IN thC strugglcs
of this existence hus teither In fact
ar In mrnurNI nu home tu Trtir" 90,
IN without lifcs h'.'i drfcncrr. They
have hurrUwcd they have butt IN
limbs of the forest everywhere al
waNH meA have sought To provide
some place Tor shelter dnd Tor rt~i
our retreat after tolls aud tugmuils
uf the busy day. u In home. lt"fugc
from the strife Of tongurr FROM the
leCornful rcbuke ~ the prnVd: II In
'honc All that In best in lifc There
ls cherished and enjoyed. the one
uHcrcd shrine where even thr out
east finds love. and the hardest
heart opportunity Ia give love ~ re-
turn Rude and imperfect often.
often splendid and convenient IN
either cnAe IN. same Nnd he ls
hnppics,. be he king or peasant. who
finds peace In His home. Consider
the song ~ the rustic.
TITS sweet tn hear the w1tchdogr
honest bark
Ray decpmuuthcd welcome ns W.
draw near home.
TfH sweet tu know there is mn eye
will mark
our coming and look brighter
when We come.
IA citizens We have No greater
duty to the nation than to kccp
honest our family IN tn" homes ~
America are born the children ~
America From them go out into
American life Americans with the
stump chiefly Of those homes upon
them Remember. Tor ono thing,
ilurkin's tcrtimunN 81 never heard
nay fathers or mothers voice once
raited IN any question ot dispute"
with each other \ home ~ peace
school for the battles ~ outer NE
The homc came from Heaven and ls
the nursery of the Infinite. lot ours
be kept facing toward the rather 4
house.
Truest t,pc. IL the home ~ Para
disc aud heaven Ana Yet even uur
hest here are made partial tran
sient tokens by Nv varied chances
~ mortal NE Not FUN enough they
can be 81 pure love, permanent
calm. peaceful Joy. Ia satisfy the
heart ~ man Immortal Defect, dis
turhnnre and decay make even th"
worthicSt homes incomplete ana iu
secure and our souls want security,
unh allowed unhrpkru. rNcrmHtiug
Nothing less than Cod Eternal can
hr perfect refuge. dwelling place aud
hurue Tor liis children, Th" little
rs,nNas tent In which our earthly
lives are spent. how trnnsi'nry com
phrrd with that ancient abode. fresh
all Compas assiug, incurruptihlr
through the lapse ~ ages fading not
heay Lord, Thou hast been our
home In nll generations, forever
and forever Thou viii the sam" re-
main,
In the morning. green mud grow
Ing up, IN the evening or earlier ,
cut down aud wtthered so with all
fNFiIlN liNNNllN III WV FH'h'NAT''
mcnts here. This World II All pil.
primagr u going home There is
travel here. there there ~ artiNhl.
| iiouc ana heaven, the same
/ Thought. Tor they are In the same
great house one IN on the ground
! floor and tho other upstairs Ana
! true tifr here is NJ pnCc'U making
! for land that II very far OF und at
| the sam. time II " ever a coming
| home We have no need tn wait
| Tor end nf earthly stay to warm our
selves IN the comforts 'of an ever
nuting dwelling place Ia all r'hi-
erutions through all years and IN
| der every circumstance IN" Heavenly
! Father II the hahitatiou ~ TITS pon
| pie and place of abiding FOR Ills
! children.
/ The purpose, design and destiny
| uf our existence n to .dWcil IN the
| Lord Nuriured hy Hts ,tr". frd hv
/ Hts houutN. nm / And wift'hcd hN
! Its mcrr, guarded hN Ills gtuto.
! Grurr gives mo home most trulS
~ al Gods hom" makers drought
M and kept IN TITS love ~ We are
! 90 love liim with heart aud snul
there ana then ~ the finding NJ al
rest Hni shelter and pearr rrut"c-
tiun against temptation light iu
midst ot darkness, walls against trial
amt refuge from calamity Release
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