The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-12-19

,reached In Iulsa Dy rev. Bllly
gnnday last night on the subject,
and lie said, Tomorrow follows:
Wy tovt tonight is I'm the Book of
r,oius tho eighth chapter and the
,S,h verse. And He Said To-
morrow, yoors tho Jews had been
a., Eeyptian bondage. They had
brick without straw and
s"sed their back tC the last OF the
,sskmastcrs, and submitted TO all
,be cruelty that a powerful ana
se,rtless nation could inflict upon
,bose who we're their vassals ana
God had told Joseph that lie
rould lead them out. Generation
Nor generation had been born,
namred no manhood@nd woman.
hood ana then old ageg and still
iod had OF come, until ! can i'm
,gine the people begun to think
ibat God had forgotten. But God 8
.rbedulu may not harmonize with
,oprs. Ha may delay His visitation
arrording 20 your program, but God
wul always bo around in fullncss
Of time.
And Ho appeared under the lead
srship Of Moses, and old Pharaoh
:. goudnt let the people go, and God
,as c0mpelled to Send tho famous
ten plagucs as evidences that Moses
was The chosen vessel. And it was
during these plaques that the con-
0ict between Moses and Pharaoh
tooX place.
IL was the plague of frogs. They
covered tho land everywhere ana
the springs and wells and they were
In the homes. IL you'd walk down
-.
un IN the morning and get out or
bed, and you'd crush n frog. Walk
down tho stairway, and you would
be covered with frogs. Sit down at
the table and you'd sit on a frog.
Go 70 drink water. here'd be a frog
in Il. Go to jab your fork in ain
. pickle, and you'd stick It in a frog.
The Bible says frogs we're every
where. 80 | guess they were on the
table, too.
And so Pharaoh sent for Moses
and Moses said to him: "When
shall | cntreat the Lord that He
, take away the plague?"
And Pharaoh. the old fool. an
swered In the words OF the text:
And he said, Tomorrow"
never though that argued very
much for his common sense. lie
knew there stood before him the
only man in the kingdom that God
would hear. and he Knew that God
would hear him, and he knew the
distress OF the people because OF
the prevalence of this plague, and
yet he said: Tomorrow. II never
argued very much for his common
sense, and yet / don't think yoa
have right to condemn him.
Many say; II wouldn't have done
what he did," and yet you are DO
Ing the same thing i'm a different
way. God has been calling you to
leave your bondage. Instead of
obeying, tonight still finds you en-
slaved by the powers of the devil.
The jew of old so wonderfully
reverenced God that they wouldn't
dare TO stop on piece Of parch-
ment, lest the name of the Jehovah
would be written on II. and they'd
show distress for any one who
would And yet we trample 1t be-
meath our feet With eyes closed and
ears stopped and rush madly and
wildly on while God is doing His
utmost 70 keep US out of hell. De-
spite that, seemingly you are all
doing your best to get into hell
In an eastern state n number OF
years ago an insane asylum burned.
They took the inmates half n mile
away on the hillside. When the
flames were licking their former
home 10 ashes about twenty OF
them burst every attempted re-
Straight and they ran down the hill
toward the burning building. Be-
fore hands could be. raised to save
them, seven OF them had leaped
INTO the flames and were inciner-
~ I'M
that.
Then you have the audacity to
s!t there and call yourself sane
Then you are trying TO get In the
flames OF hell when God is trying
10 keep you out.
Today Is the Day.
And he said, Tomorrow"
where Is the man or the woman
VINO can honestly say that "tomor-
row has never interfered with him
Inc thlng that has no real exist
ence; the thing that will never
Oh, you should have begun some
new work; you say. II will tomor-
You should give up some foolish
,ustom; you say: Il will tomor-
'N SAoulu Slelu 10 Jesus CHRISTI
you say; II viii tomorrow"
There Is no need for me to con-
sume my strength and your time
una spin out words in analysis OF
.ue thief OF time. Take this for
your motto: II will not think of to-
morrow. My posscssions are today.
VIII not lull myself to sleep prom
MinS myself about a time that will
never come"
tomorrow is the soft lounge upon
anlch multltudes lie down TO their
ssIernal sleep. Tomorrow Ia the
SSevlrs opiate. Oh, II taxes an ef-
.ou OF the brain and OF the will 70
say Today"
You ought to choose Jesus Christ
hhow Tor a few brief reasons: first
veeduse by accepting Jesus Christ
NV you would be relieved of thF
oufueh OF the sin in this life as well
Ihe dread Of the future conse.
hceS and every man and woman
v,tS,IIhs that burden of guilty, By
yy'Y.ulhg TO Jesus Christ, would bf
,,"eyed OF his or her sin, for there
., 10y one who does not know thai
nave one unforgotten sin in your
Goayou ,y you stand in the awful peril oi
eCas Judgment.
Hot person here this minute bu'
v0o'Ws mat you could forsake :hC
Cs@ SINS II you would submit tC
ns, ny taith in Jesus Christ. You
~ had such opportunities. never