The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-05-04
Sunday School

~ BEN NEWsOME
Lc-spn May ~, Geu 3.I-13. ual
q Us
The rrst nn In 'he world 4ame
| lhrouEh that unjust yohruinE Tor the
| FORBIDDEN TINT has characterized the
race down 10 the present diy Our
| first parents had svsfyihihg that whs
! nrCc7HHD fOr their Wclfate ana un.
/ hloYed Happiness, yct because one
! thlng was within their reach that
! they htd been warmed not ~ touch.
! the suEEthtion uf ihn serpon' that
/ b"d was uniustly Withholding from
/ thcW an added blessing woke up the
| dormant solfishneSs that is ut the
/ bottom oi an sin and provoked "a
| trhu7RrowtUn Most nf our temptn
| ilous upuc 10 uy through our desire
| f0r cNtruu rather than because of'
! our actual needs Everyone has seen
m" rhiIu that wants whatever rnIQr
| ono els has even thoHgh its hands
| ara already loaded with playthings
chouEh 10 satisfy his normal in
Htucts llo will throw down what
| he has because he yovots what he has
| not Most OF Va have never gotten
beyond lhe childish viewpoint In thla
matter We hate tu zee someone else
ENJOYING what We are denied and We
conceive that what someone else
poHsfssot lu much better than what
We already have Yet IN the gain
inR nf what We Covct< <ee often find
that our previous state was the bet
ter one Sclfshness hates llmltn-
tipnS ana adhoru the idea of self
control
They hogan IN feel hggrloved that
! there was one thinF IN the garden
| that they had been forbidden II
| mnttcrrd not that tho, had every.
| thing else ana wcrc not abort ~ any.
| thing needed for their welfare or
| their happiness The father md In
ptigntor of discomfort hah poisoned
| Ing loumcd up In their eyes ~
grenter and more desirable than all
! their blessings. and In striving after
/ the one forbidden thing they lost all
| Sin II always deceptive II never
gives ~ the happiness II promises
In reaching out Tor forbidden thinrs
We barter away tho good We already
| have at our command IN thus
! yielding to the selfish suggestion
that threw away heir happy uud
-lnlrss state unl rnterri upon a
! NE uf sorrow and hardship And
the knowledge they rRlncd by sin
lnp. Toy their own CONSCIOUSNESS VI
wrong doing dohtrrcd ihcm forever
from their innocent harpIncss They
were NO longer snlcss, and no hene
~ that they hoped tn accrue from
the truusErcnsion could ever restore
to 'hcW that essential " hll happI
ness rlcar conscience. without
wlNIh an hrninmg after happiness
II folTV Ana our experience today
- different only In circumstances
from the cNpcricnc" ~ Adam and
Eve fnr when Innocence IL on@
gone, ihore n mo- power on earth
that can restore it
\ great many people look anon
the salvation ~ christ hH an eNpe
dieu, for avoiding tho penalties ~
their trnnsRrosslouH THAT la 'uuh
inE At tho matter from a relfIshv.cw
point We Hl want to Inherit
heaven and steer clear ~ hell but .
n that Ia the only motive that
prompts - man To- repent We doubt .
very wsrh u his repentance rs more .
dawCuhlN d, freedom from sim %. .
solf There is 70 church ,hri cache .
thbl there .a no sim tnut Wc are .
Rhu'Iur under q -uUcra'r'Hn when .
We .nvlny There lt That church .
docs W,iI Geo teach us ma We have .
~ IN uuI power GO a large extent .
30 control the continuance " sin
uul disease. and INST there ts Goi /.
vh. Ia willing and anxious iu hvlp /
H- make 'hus" things of mo- avail
ur..n-' o., spirit within us Nut ltI
teaches .N-n"i'r ana un'N.uhNn|y of.
rur when u would hVNr u- believe /
'Nl' ..n ard ffs consequent ailments
are q fh.r except tn 'ho rupu"st'.