The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-12-16

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KS oneer and longer lean on Iii
breast,
Without Him am nothing, seems clear
As more and more swoetly In Jesus
rest.
My JOY in my Savior is growing an'
Az strorser and stronger trust In III
word.
My peace like river is flowing an'
As harder and harder I lean on th
Lord"
Peace Follows Surrender.
Thou preparest a table before me
In the presence OF mine enemies
Thou anointest my head with oil; my
cup runneth over.
As soon as you reach this appre-
citation, where you are dead to the
| sense OF sin and iniquity. then the
| scene is changed to one of feastinR
and blessing. If you want the bless
ings OF God TO come to you, after
you have done your part and given
yourself up the Lord. then the peace
of God will be yours.
The Roman emperors used to have
brutal custom. They would re-
turn from military expedition and
bring with them their captives. and
they'd have huge amphitheater
and they'd have bull rings In the
floor and pillars. and they used 10
chain these captives to the pillars
and star've them for days. giving
them neither food nor drink, and
on the appointed day they would
order this room to be fitted with
tables and then they would put on
the tables all the delicate viands
that they could produce, and they
oil tl.s L.. I'll ~ d
of the world.
These men. starving and dying
from hunger and thirst, would drink
in the aroma of the food and see the
sparkling water, and they would tug
at their chains and beg and plead
and implore and beseech and weep,
that they might have one morsel of
food. just one drop OF water to mois-
ten their lips.
Then at a signal the emperor
would enter, and with his lords and
ladies', they would sit down in the
presence OF the enemies of Rome
and feast and quaff their wine and
gormandize and satisfy their epicu-
rean appetites, while tho captfves
were pleading and moaning. As
soon as the repast was finished the
emperor would give the signal, Snd
through the doors would rush the
eagles of Rome with their spears and
battle axes and tutlas, and they
would cut and. saber and slash and
hack to nincemeat the bodies of the
captives. and they'd turn the ban
quet hall into slaughter house, and
blood would flow like water.
They did II to strike terror into
the heart OF any that dare lift their
voices against the imperial authority
of Rome. They prepared table In
the presence OF their enemies.
oh, in all thy ways acknowledge
Him. He will direct your paths. He
will bless you. lie will do great and
wonderful things II you will do His
will
Thou anointest my head with
oil: my cup runneth over
Surely goodness and mercy shall
follow me all the days OF my life,
and / will dwell in the house of the
Lord forever. and that Is my re-
ward.
Some people say heaven is state
and not a place. / don't believe II.
Heaven is a place. This tabernacle
is place; so is your home; so Is
your store. Heaven is a place!
"In my Fathers house are many
ulanslOnSs III II WNie iipt sV' 4 NN"'N
have told you. ! go to prepare a
place for you"
Heaven is not a state or condition
heaven is n place. and there must
be a place for the resurrected body.
Jesus Christ went with HIS apos7
ties out to Bethany, and the clouds
received him. Bodily. lie went into
the skies; bodily He viii come again,
/ am going To- preach on the
Second Coming of Christ" That Is
the next great event in Gods plan for
the world. When that takes place---l
don't know. have no cranky Ideas
10 air on the subject at all. / am
not a fanatic. But that Is the next
great event in Gods program.
And so He arose bodily. He will
return bodily. He will return!
When Lafayette returned 10 this
country as n guest of our nation In
1924, the shipswent out into the mar
Dor to receive him. and as he sailed
in, the guns Numbered his welcome
He never shed tear.
She came up TO her dock. He
walked the gangplank and the earth
trembIed with the shouts and the
applause of a grateful people whom
he had helped deliver. He never
shed a teari
He got down into a carriage and
was driven down the streets OF New
York. and the streets had been
paved with palms and flowers, me-
mentoes of affection. lie never shed
a tearl
The earth trembled with the roar
of musketry and artillery. The road
was lined with the populaoe that
stood about with barred heads.
shrleking and screaming. He never
shed a tear
He passed beneath the triumphal
arches which had been erected for
his honor. but he never shed a tear
They took him to Castle Garden,
then the largest auditorium in New
York, where the great men OF our
nation had assembled to do him
honor, and as he entered they
cheered until the building trembled,
and arose.
lie sat down in the neat OF honor,
assigned 10 him, and as ne ala,
they raised curtain. There on the
stage. they had reproduced In min