The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-05-19
Many Turned Away from the
Methodist Church Which Is
Crowded TO Capacity;
Graduates Honored.
THE LARGER LIFE"
is THEME or TALK
Services Are Impressive; Glee
Club Leads Professional;
Glass Files to Seats;
Ministers Help.

Before a congregation that oaelod
the Methodist church to the capacity
neoessitating the turning away Of
many Rev Clifford b. James, Of the
First Christian church here. deliy.
cred powerful sermonlocture. The
Larger Life" to the graduates Of the
chickasha high school last night.
AT the appointed hour, the high
school giee club, singing Lift Up
Your Heads entered and led the
professional with the graduating
class following and the faculty Of
the highschool next in order. .ns,.
were all seated in the reserved sec
tion.
Rev. VIM. Denham Of he Presby /
terian church offered tho Invocation
ana the scripture reading aa prayer
were given by Rev j, D. salter. OF
the Epworth Methodist church. Rev
James. sermon followed
The lesson was taken from the
18th Psalm. Rev. James said IN
part In the 10Th verse you viii
find the words, lie brought me
forth into a large place. There are
three singular facts about this psalm
The verse occurs twice in the holy
scriptures, once in second Samuel
and once in the Psalter 1t contains
two verses quoted in the now testa-
ment, one in Romans and tho other
in Hebrews These verses are ap-
piled to Jesus as they appear in the
new testament, so we may believe
that it was more than a psalm of Da-
vid, that King David's Lord speaks
through it, but here at the 18th verse
is human soul speaking.
David was born in a small place
and moved in a small circle until
the Lord led him out. Not al once
was he led into large place. He
mounted to the throne by way Of
many a hardship and many a battle
It was so with Joseph but he came
to the large place in time as did
Abraham before him. Even SO was {
Moses led.
''This has been the song of all Of
Gods servants in every age. lie +
me forth into a large place. /
obedience to Goa never contracts +
)ur powers. Christ does not lead
nen backward, but onward outward,
md upward. Matthew and Peter
yeie LED into large places when
hey followed the master Paul at
lis best was only a theological hair
'plitter a heresy hunter until Christ
to him and filled his heart
With a passion for preaching tho gos-
vel and the glory of the cross. Nev-
" say No to God. If he calls thee,
Co He will lead thee into large
,lace. G
mo experience is more common to il
most Of us than a certain contempt h
or the littleness Of the things by
which we are compelled to live. We
IRE crowded and hemmed in by our f
circumstances. We are painfully linn S
ted. Thomas Marshall expressed
lis desire 10 be buried in an open
ieid and not in a crowded cemetery. a
have been crowded all my life he
aid Give me room for my grave.
! young lawyer was heard to say, :
When I was in college I had great
| planned to make my
elf an authority on International 3
aw, but now that am out I am
compelled to try mean little cases ?
lefcre mean little juries' He had C
lot found the large place he sought. a
"Longfellow tells us of one whom
lature had made a poet but VINO des- a
my made a school teacher We a
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