The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-10-10
God Calling Us,
Shall We AnSWer?
Lesson for October 10, Malt
l.I2-gS,

i.I2-25.
In view OF the persecution OF
John the Baptist ana tho unfri,ud-
iy attitude of Jerusalem toward h.s
misai0n. Jesus transferred the scene
Of his activities TO Capornauin.
Some NAV say that he should have
dared opposition and struck hrBt
and furoibly az the center Cf the
Jewish religion, against the force OF
which ne must FIRST make hcadpAE
IL he would establish the gospel.
That he was ablc to force himsoli
and his teachings upon tho people
of Jerusalem goc8 without question,
but the whole sugg, Htion is foreign
TO mia toachinR8 and his methods.
lie did not. and does not now, Hcck
10 forCO himself upon anyone. u
ia "whosocvcr will may come" Ills
service must be tho service Of Will
Ing and loving hearts. not the
grudging service OF impreHacd ru-
cruits. Mahomot spruad his belief
by the sword Rome spread hers
by iegisla i've edict But Christ
conquered the hearts Of men while
they were Mt liberty as free agents
10 do as they pleased
The Courage of Fcar.
In the Wow OF some, the with
drawal Of Jesus from Jerusalem
may seem like cowardico. But he
had told the devil m tho temptation
we hist read about last week that
his mission IN this world aid not
require that he should nocdloSsly
rush into danger. He refused To
jump from shc pinnacle OF tho tenn
pie because such an act would he
testing out the watch care of
hts Father. Gcd does many things
20 protect his loved ones from VIM
dictive enemies. but he promises no
protection whatever to those who
vaingloriouslY put themselves In tho
way OF disaster. The surroundings
and opportunities presented by the
1aiilean city were moro fitted for
the early part OF his ministry He
would be In land where the prof
udioes OF Judaism were tempered
by contact with Gentle peoples and
where scctarian feeling was less
bitter. Here was "A better place for
him to begin to get hold ON the
public attention and form Tho
nucleus OF the cvangclizing force
which later was TO cover not oniS
Judea but the whole world.
What appears sometimes to he
che most courageous course OF COZ
duct may not be- the wise course. II
h a brave thing to ignore danger
and brave the darts OF opposition.
Popular esteem may cheer you Tor
your h-avado Rut the object
which you wish to further may suf-
fer because of your pride In rcfus-
ing to acknowledge the danger and
avoid Y. Samc ..:TcS !: may hc
oowardicc, TO refuse TO take care OF
yourself. because you fear that
some one will call You n coward for
running away. II is not the act hat
tho motive which determines wheth-
er an act is cowardly or brave. IL is
very well TO have n proper respect
for what people say. but never TO
allow that respect to Influence you
to Raorifice a principle or neglect a
duty.
God Wants busy Men.
Jesus called busy men to do his
work. When anybody nowadaya
wants q good Job done they do not
go around to find who In loafing.
They pick n man who has job and
II doing his work well. for they know
that he IL more likely to do their
work well. too, The fishermen Of
Gnliiee were making business OF
fishing, not n recreation. II was
their livelihood. Jesus called them
to lay aside their labor and come
to him TO become fishers OF men.
They did not hesitate 20 answer the
call. and left others TO manage their
business while they devoted them
selves TO the Masters business. Tho
making of a living. which gets In the
way OF so many people when they
are called to take part In Gods
work, did not seem to them OF any
account In rOmpariHon with the
greater duty, The Lords work now