The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1920-06-12

would be To study the plan care
fully and then proeedc, working in
harmony as they understand il. But
the facts are that most of the min
iStcrS have been SO very busy try
ing to carry out their own selfish
plans that they know little or moth
ing as TO what God planned to do
before he said LET there be light
God knew man would sin before
he made him and he could have Gre
aied man without the ability to
commit sin, but he, God, had no
idea of creating man, a mere intel
ligcnt machine. God then. and long
before man was created, had count
less numbers Of creatures and
agents that could not do other than
his will But God had long design
ed that man should be of such ma
ture that he would love and obey
HIM, (God) from an intelligent APP
probation of the fact that to do so
(Cbey God) brings to him, man, the
greatest degree of happiness and 10
do otherwise brings disappointment,
pain and death. Therefore, we can
readily see The necessity and phelo-
sophN of his creating man with a
will Of his own and permitting him
to learn valuable lessons from the
exercise OF same.
God knowing in advance, that man
would become a victim of sin, his
q cat love and wisdom arranged in
advance that he (Man) be rescured
down the stream of time after hav-
ing a long trip Of more than six
thousand years upon the angry bill
lows of wars, blood sheds, sickness,
sorrow, pain and death. In due
time God sent his only son to ar
range (through DEATH for a new
trial for Adam and his poSteritv.
When Christ said upon the cross,
81, is finished" he meant that a
new trial for life everlasting was
secured for the human race, now
after this new trial was secured, a
day was set in which Adam and his
whole race would be brought be-
, fore the Judgment bar of God and
, given a most favorable trial for life
f everlasting on the human plane
| the same kind of life Adam had be.
p fore he Sinned. All those in thai
, day. after having had such eXper'
Z ience with sin and death and after
d seeing the love and power of Goo
] manifested in the resurrection D
! the Dead and who will not hear
( and obey that priest and king vii
de he second death--a death fron
"a t,I, Hhara xnrilI hn rnCnrFpr rlInI
| for the reason that Christ will dl'
e ne more for sinners. The most bless
. ed thing about this Judgment DAY
g is that the one who loved us wei
] enough to lay down his life for u
G will be the Judge. This Judgmer
S Day is also spoken of as the Millel
:. ium. Let no one for moment thlnl
Il this a twenty-fOur-day; il is thou
o sand year day. The period betweel
J. the time when Jesus by his death
o scared new trial for man an
S the lime for that new trial is call
# cd, the Gospel age or the period o
Gods selection. During this tim
Il God has been selecting a little foe
S from every nation, denomination
n kindred and tongue to be with hi
/, son as close TO him as bride L
d assist in judging the world in right
q eouSneSS.
= Just now this country is deepl
concerned about an election. Tn
II theory of an election is that goo
& men of character will be electe
IT from among the people 10 represen
= help. and bless all the people vii
l. a wise, just and equitable admins
IT traton. An election has neve
meant that all who are not electe
II to office will have to spend the res
: of their days in the penitenttiary.
'e SERMON GALLEY TWO
le From. Penticost to the secon
$ coming of Christine end of tn
At Gospel age is the period in whic
II God has been selecting> the officer
y to rule in his kingdom soon to b
o established in all the earth and