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

sick, comforting the sorrowing amt
cleansing sln-weary souls. Probably
II We should set our ambitions on
the same mark, We would be on the
road TO learn the extent of the pow
or no Is willing to delegate To us.
lie IL just as anxious now 90 enable
his children Ia w about doing good
as he was TO crowd the thirty Ola
years OF his human experience with
benefioences. But our way now ~
to leave the care " the sick and diA-
trcssed 10 organizations 50 that We
may pursue our money making Hc-
/ tivitles without bothering our minds
as to fate Of the less fortunate, We
are absorbed Ia self, forgetting that
/ the foundation OF Christian lie ~
service and sacrifice, day ~ DAY
devotion to the putting OF the Wel-
I tare of others ahead In importance
10 our own interests. And. To put
the case on personal basis, We
forget that the short road 70 the
greatest human happiness comes
| from service to others aud not fran
| qualification OF our own desires.
| Whether there is any such thing
as men OF Tho present age having
the power 10 cure discusses is an open
question. That they may have such
power under certain circumstances
admits OF no question. There is q
degree Of faith, OF nearness to God
! that would entitle man to miraCu-
/ lous power Christ himself said 80,
land he demonstrated IL by confer
{ ring that power upon his evapgelists
But that gift was not a matter OF
lclrcumstantial c mummery, nor was IL
"a profession practiced for gain. hut
! II was a divine gift bestowed upon
them that they nigh the moro cf-
feotively scatter the seeds Of the gas-
pei among a people who were more
inclined to understand signs and
wonders than 10 comprehend spir-
iuaI truths Whenever wo reduce
spirituality to the terms OF the ma
tcrial. we destroy It's power. This is
n materialistic ago and. like Dives
lin the parable no one would believe
tn a miracle even II one rose from
the dead. We are so skeptical be-
cause OF our horror OF being vic
Itimized by frauds that We would not
recognize the~truth II It came TO VA
in an unfamiliar form,
But the greatest thing e all is the
/ contemplation of the sympathy uf
tho Lord for genuine distress and
his readiness to answer the call for
aid from those who believe in his
power. lie hastcned TO go TO the
relief 90 the rulerSs dying child
and set her on her feet again alive
and well after life had left the body.
but he was not too absorbed in that
one object 10 neglect TO recognize
ths faith OF the poor woman who
thought che could get a blessing ny
! touching the hem Of his garment
And as for us who read these words,
there Is hardly a one who cannot
rem ember whore the cry ot faith has
brought amelioration Of the dis
tresses to which flesh is hair Most
~ us In our personal experience can
recall incidents where We have
called for help and IL has come. per
hnps not In the form that we eN-
pscted, but often In more glorious
! form than we had contemplated
Many of us know where the hand OF
God has avertel the Just punish
Iment that should have fallen upon
us and has turned us aside from the
commission OF sins that we had In
our minds but which what We cali
circumstances but really The finger
Of God, interfered 20 save US FROM
= ourselves"