The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-11-14
HE ABIDETH FOREVER

Without seeking to minimize in any way
or manner any of the good things to which
you may listen today the words of good
cheer spoken to Christian hearts, falling
from the lips of the several pastors of Ard
more we beg to call your thoughtful atten-
ton to the lines which appear at the head
of this column, today, Under the caption "a
thought for the day
If we believe in the truth of the Scrip
lures, if we believe that the Holy Bible is
an inspired writing, if we believe that the
just and upright shall, in time, inherit the
Kingdom of Heaven, if we believe that God
Almighty is just, kind and owing father,
then with the Holy st. John, may we be-
lieve that, even though all things earthly
and ustful shall pass away, ''he that doeth
the will of God abideth forever"
We are told that almost simultaneously
with the creation of man, came the birth of
sin and the cravings of sinful lusts. We are
told that almost simultaneously with the Gre
alton of man, f.,e sinful desires and mur-
derous impulses.
And the history of the world shows to u.s.,
proves to u.s. demonstrates beyond the cues
ton of cavil OF doubt that the sinful ones,
the unrighteous ones, the unholy ones, the
ones who respected not the name or the
power of God, persisted, while those who
remained true ard steadfast in their obedl-
ence to the laws of Deity, passed only from
the fitful scenes of this worlds trials and
tribulatons to Join that band which, the
Bible tells us, lives forever and all time,
gathered about the throne of the Father and
the Son, where they "abideth forever
Through some inexplicable contortion of
the human mind we find the men and women
of all ages, of all nations, of all beliefs (pro-
fessed or sincere, prone to forget the
laws which the God of Hosts has laid down
for them to follow, while they set up idols
of their own carving, idols of gold and am
bition, before which they bow their heads,
before which they bend the knee, to which
they offer their devotions and sacrifics-sac-
rifices which drain, too often, the hearts
blood of their fellow men, sacrifices whick
are cruel, inhuman, barbarous, in that the
worshipers of the false gods care not for the
walls, the means, the death-cries of the vic
Tins whom they crush and offer up upon the
altar of their unholy worship of both Man,
mon and Ambition.
But through all the countless centuries
which have come and gone since the founda-
toH vi tiic Noiiu anu tHe Creation OF SpeCleS,
history both sacred and profane, chronicles
the ultimate downfall of the wicked while
the ones who "doeth the will of God abdeth
forever
Millions upon millions, the numbers as
countless as are the myriad sands of the sea-
shore, have been slain in battle, victims of
the lustful ongngs of some ambitious ruler
for power.
Why this has been, we know not, Why
the Supreme and All Wise Father of the Uni
verse has ordained that the innocent be made
to suffer, that the innocent be killed. we
know not. We are told that He is 'too wise
to err, too just to be unkind," and the chron-
icles of the worlds events, from the DAYS
when the cohorts Of the Assyrians overrun
the lands over which, in later days, the Sa-
vior travelled down to the day upon which
the armies of the anti-Christ, the German
kaiser, were routed and scattered in flight.
we know show to us that, without a failing
instance, in the end the cause of righteous
ness has prevailed, the forces of evil have
been routed the minons of sinful unbelief
have been destroyed, while the ones who
"dooth the will of God abideth forever"
No matter to what church you may be-
long, no matter If you are Protestant or wor-
ship beneath the dome of the Church of
Rome: no matter if you believe in immersion
or baptism through sprinking or pouring; no
matter If your belief is founded upon that
creed which tells us Christ was the Son of