The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-11-27

dorr u hsppen thst you are a Grip
plo7"
IIe said. ~ was In the war"
He walked up 10 q fellow one
day and asked him for some money.
lie said. whats thq trouble How
did YOU become crlpplc2"
lie said, IN the war"
The man said "Thats so7 what
regiment. What company ?"
DC said, II was In the forty-
ninth
"why" he said THAT was my
reglmont Whta company"
elght'
Hc said I was In No. l."
Wei. don't you see how the fci-
low would bo In "a could sweat Now
porhapH that sounds llkH n chap
tor out Of yOHr own llfr but you
can see whore he'd been gping
Like a fellow out in lowa--a
farmer living ih sidney yoded him
self up with steer he WIS trying
TO break II and tho steer started
down the road and the fellow had to
got down tu his mutton to DO his
best 90 keep fpm being choltId to
death lie couldn't hold back n he
had, the steer would have choked
him to death
So. when sin Rcts "a hold Of you,
you nro just about the same as II
you were In fire, you can't stand
stiil In fire any more than you can
In sin. And II Is important for us
10 remember that. And so. on they
10, all cmbez2lers and all nb8conc a..
crs. and all bank wreekera. they
began by taking little bit. and art /.
or they made start. they took n
| little moro "a try ana rotrioV" what
they had hdn. and thcn they took
"A littlo morN 10 try and retrieve that
and they Kept getting deeper and
deeper until nfter q while you we're
mortified to find tho bank was
looted and your savings had gone
up In smoke
so II ~ with the man who drinks:
he taHes little more and more and
until at last u holds him In banda
stronger than steel and more tor
riblc.
Now. we all know that's true.
Some people are aware Of that from
sad and blttor experience.
This poor man cried, and the
Lord hear him. and saved him out
Of all his toVbies"
The man of my text was prob
, ably trying 90 get out OF his trouble
, In his own way and there viii
always be trouble whore thcrc Ia
, SIN " ~ int uoNli buhlhN'N w
/, mako trouble. You don't need 20
, read the Bible TO know that's the
, truth. You don't need To- consume
, my energy or time listening TO me
to know II ls true. Wa all know II
/ IL true, ana most everybody from
, experience too
: The child soon learns II II dis.
, obeys the parents there will be
, trouble, and II YOU hide your sin'
you will have trouble. The Bible
anys "He that covercth his stint
4 shall not prosper. but who so con
! fcsaeth and forsaketh thom shall
! have mercy"
!. ''Th.= rcar nan cried" II you
= want 90 know what Christian ex'
periences IL. read tho Psalms. TheS
are full OF IL and they are nuthcn'
q tic. YOU cn'.t alwaya tell by hear
q ing fellow talk IN meeting Jus
!. what Christian experience In. Tn,
a reason Is that nobody has ever livet
Q 40 they could clearly eSprnss wha
they foel In their hearts, thhtfis, q
- be fully Understood Snjritua
n things mt best are mighty poorly cx
e pressed In words o.
y Words Inadequate.
q There are some things YOU Hnov
y. that you cant find words TO ex
A press love my wife and children
h but II you'd ask me TO frame It II
o the Words of the English language
q 10. 100000 moro words wouldnl
o contain the words that Ia like e
! express what mean in my irhards
p can't do Il, so there are some
: things you can't even tell In words
o llut words ara the vehiclei
T. through which We convey oui
1 Thoughts and feelings to oul
4 friends, and even yet they are
y mighty poor. some people. wheT
/. they talk. say too little, and soW'
? people wiudiam too much, but th'
{ Palms are Christian experience,
/ In Inspired language when Goo
c Inspires Il, they don't say too nucf
or too lltlc---iust what the Lore
y says or wants you to saw So y
you want 10 know what IL Is, yo'
10 go and read Il.
This poor man cried" rha
y shows he Was In great trouble, Whel
n n man cries he Is generally In sor
o row night unto death. He reache'
@ the place where he would stop ex
pccting help from others or from
& htmsuif, lie vas in o place wher
!, there were no prospects that n
h would ever get out of II. so he cris
"A unto the Lord, and despair was o
.c hts track, and he was hedgcd In lik
n tho children OF Israel on thsi
m march from Egypt 10 lhe Frohiso
Land They said, "Oh. were ther
10 no graves In Egypt TO bury usi Wh
lt did you bring us out here In IN
wilderneas7 Oh, our souls are dis
In gusted with this light bread.
I The Red sea rolled In front
-o them, and Pharaoh and his arm
~ were behind them. The perpendl'
n ular rocks were on one hand, "a
ig mountains we're on the othot an
." they were hedged In there. The
Of case seemed absolutely hopeless m
va. friends oh, there are no impo'
at sibilities with God!
ut God said to Moses. stretch OF
1c your ROD and Moses did H. an
ny beat back the waters OF the IRE
70 Sea. and they walked In safei
th across when they reached ~
to other side and he reached out h
he rod. the Red Sea rolled and Phi
ruoh and his hosts are waiting Il
Nd tho trumpet tn sound onaihe rosu
no rcctlon morn Then thoMwil con
a clamboring up the coral wreht
r. which were but tombAtoncs ereci'
he In the cemetery where they /
IN hurlpd