Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-03-03

that he rs made OF superior clay or
that h9 rs diyincly appointed to dwell
lu higher Bphero than hs fellows
~ bound 10 s"o the ume sooner or
later when his pride viii be huWhlcd
and hH win be forced to acknowl-
edH0 before men that hs is as other
men. We have seen that class In
the churches, who imagined the
Lord would hrlpg than salvation on
u silver platter and beg OF them
20 take It, who maintain their APP
IpuauuCc OF rc"titude wtth a great
s.Wuhuuu OF moral aristocracy and
a contempt for those of their ac-
guautancr who fan and get caught
In their sins, such are destined to
miss heaven hv "a wide margin, and,
more than that,/ the time canes
sometime tu tuIa lie when all their
prcteustous ar0~ stripped truu,- them
and the world scts them for what
they really are. 1t w hardly lust TO
call such men hpyocrites, for we are
persuaded mat IN great many
cases they are simpN suffering from
Z distorted idea ~ what righteous
ness consists ut. They really think
they are ltVing uuspotted lives, but
they are being deceived by the en-
tmy OF souls Not until they have
thRl hNlNt Nllia lhAH0 HNAAVlA " AA'sA
own importance, not until they real.
liz4 that the only reason thay can
rejoice over any better advantages In
J ife than other men IL because the
Lord may have been gracious, not
Iuutil they acknowledge that without
| GOD & grace they might Just as likely
/ hc a vile criminal instead OF a re
spcutcd citixen--not until they de-
+ aert their false notions OF dignity
.nd superiority and get down IN the
| dust before tho Master can they
hope to gain his favor.
The question OF Faith is always
/ in the forefront of any matter re-
IlltluR 10 religion. While faith, hope
/ land love are sex apart AS the trinity
upon which maAa relation To God a.
/ founded. and the greatest OF these Is
love: while love ia the great motive
power OF a Christian life, and hope
I the oull,roWth uf love and faith yet
/ there is 40 aspect Of religion that
I Is worth consideration unless faith
PLAYS tho leading part We are told
that it ig possible for child Of
God to have faith strong enough
10 perform miracles We have no
reason to doubt Gods word on this
,mnttcr Hut We are compelled to
Acknowledge that the exercise of
such lhlth ~ rare, so lhie lnuceu
las TO practically amount to an un-
developed resource in Christian life
Tho chief obstacle to the virlity OF
faith Ia the fact that we are more
Iapt than otherwise to attempt TO In
woke this divine Eift for sOTdid, or
lat least purely selfish, purposes, We
are thinking OF self and personal
plans first uf all, and to imagine
that we can exercise u robust faith
with no higher object In view is not
|simpiy folly. We might call II tempt
Ing God Vet VIC have known people
who realized their own limitations
Ito put such an implicit faith In di-
vine power that they have been
blessed beyond comprehension. And
iagain. often the object for which we
seek divine aid would. n successful.
be- really damage instead Of u
hl essinH
, ChrIsts supreme motive was not
his RWn good nor the carrying out
|uf any personal plans His whole
. lie on earth was bound up In the
ono cndehyoT To- be 81 benefit TO 9TH
|cys Personality was sunk in the
zeal for doing good. for healing the