The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-11-30

is~s ulNtlilfH vas III hti TOW. ltN 10
arycr tie knew their human limi.
cations 1h'r" was NO duubl As tu
Their fidelity. bot. they ana NOT under.
stand all that Jesus had toid h'm
OF his coming agony. and Dhrir con
sCiouSncE of his nocd of Fymphly
was not acute enough lu cause men
eyes to stay omen. HAD one of them
been questioned hp would have
kCorncd the idea tpll ho would d".
sert the Master under any v,ryuW
stances, but th"y only dtn'lI rcroE
niZed the terror that awaited him.
They meant well enough, hut tho
demands " nature asserted them
selves and sleep closed their cyrs
When the Ctlsis came they wcro yet
TOO drOWsy 10 know what lhry were
doing and panic seized them Thcy
who had ~ hravely Coutondrd mat
Jesus could not go anywhere hut
what they would he with him. were
caught unawhrcs and fled Jesus
must tread the wincprcss alone. lliH
friends were willing IN Fp,rit but
the flesh was weak
Every man who has tried 10 I'VE
an honest Christian NE kn0Wg Just
what this means when We would
do good. evil ia prcs"nl win uS.
I.iko the sleeping disciples, WU give
tho enemy the advantage ~ - slf
prise. A wide awake thr.Eii1u iS AL
ways moro than. "A match Tor lh'
temptcr, but The forces uf "t4l nave
great advantage over The df"NH
Christian No one Is NOR" ~ 10"
piiled than tho ~ cumplHr'nl
Christian who has come to "a" con
ciusion that he In proof against IA"
lures OF the dcvii His drirnsn l7
r.. d D..
conviction. study prufrfsi"n and
practice of righteousness may u"
evG 80 good, but whenever the
Christian fotgris that his strength rI
not OF his own but comes from
above, that moment the tclup'"r
catches him spiritually OF his guhrd
and gives him moral Jolt that b"ih
amaErs and humIliates him II II
vain for human 10 claim that u"
has such complete control over his
thoughts and actions that tho drNll
has no chance to trip him No such
man over lived. Deep conviction ana
stablished habits OF right thoughts
will 20 "A lorg way In protecting, hut
they will not stand all attacks Tho
devil In smart enough 10 always at
tack at your weakest spot and In the
manner you least expect. Iic catches
you asleep, not physlcolly hut spirit {
ually. lie plays upon your pet weak &
ness and evahcs the warnings OF
conscience until he gets you to com
promise yourself and give the lie 70 !
your moral professions Itcttcf' In /
the man who knows thn, he is weak T,
without Gods help. for he does not |
himself
The story Of Achilles and his
heel Ia n good ILLUSTRATION /
OF the spiritual condition OF the or
dinary Christian Every man who
walks the earth. he he ever so zen
ious TO walk uprightly before cod I
and man, has somewhere In his
moral nature a vulnerable spot, ana
only eternal watchfulncss and i'm
plicit dependence upon the grace OF
Dod can prevent the arrows OF tho
iempter at some unguarded moment
finding that vulnerable spot The
safety OF tho Christipn is thrcs sforo,
then, not confidence In his avn nbii-
ity, but humble acknowledgement
of his weakness and II dependence
upon the Lord for help, Peter had
plenty of sell. con fldrncc aud In
dignantly protested when doubt was
east upon his ability TO keep the
faith: yct this very confidence led
him In the hour OF trial to utter
failure, humiliation and rcmorse.
ono Of the sweetest things about
the lesson is Christs craving for
human companio~ehip and sympathy
In this supreme hour Of trial lie
iid not got II, because they did not
Then hc prayed the
lNthcr for tho cup to pass from him.
" hich shows US that Jesus was hu-
man enough TO rccoil In horror from
The fate that his divine nature i'm.
PEELED him to face. " is valuable 10
~ TO know that Jesus was 50 much
human As a divine being he could
never have found access TO the affoc-
Ions OF hts followers Humanity may
reverence and fear divinity. but II
iocs not know how to love God.
This human side Of Christ, then, Is
hc claim to our love and tho Ito
which makes him one OF us rather
han a distant and Jealous divinity
No rejoice that he was enough likc
~ that ho prayed for relief from
he awful test he had willingly un-
iertaken. He knew what II was for
his closest friends to bo unsympa-
hottie and sleepy In the hour OF noed;
,houid tho Father turn his face
again the Son, what greater hell
,ould betall him. Yet that was just
What he knew was going to take
place. and, while humanity re-
,oiled Mt the horror, divinity said
not my will. hut thine" This, too,
tivcs us the power TO joyfullv sub
nit 10 any fate that tho Lord has
n store for U.S. for We know that Ia
no end Il means triumph and glory,
We pray for many things as incousis-
ent as Christs petition. let us. like
him, bow to the viii of the Father.
sho knows what Is hest and over
-ules all things To the good of those
Who love him. Il
Too many men have failed IN their
forts for righteousncss because they !
lid not comprehend the religious
iio NJ morality. This may sound
nd, but there Is really a difference
between religion and morality Re
igion Is primarily a belief and fol-
owed to It's logical conclusion hears
ruit I'm conduct Righteousness has
ts foundation I'm religion, for there
never was yet discovered man
'ho chose TO he righteous without
no impulse of religious motive,
'et there have been thousands who
ave. IN way Of their own. lived
ighteously tu all Appearances f'r
many years We DO not need 20 SAY
hat such righteousness is not
lodiy righteousness. hut has 10 fOuu-
lAtion iu the belief that honesty is
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