The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-12-03

there les a heaven. true that there Is
a hell. Wait a minutel We enter
| into this world, we are born. ] had
nothing 10 say about coming into
this world. but have everything to
say about the Kind OF fellow that
I will be now that ! am in 81. ! have
everything 10 say about whore ! am
going out and how I will go out.
hear a lot OF people talking
about where we came from. ! am
not concerned about that. What I
am Interested In is where we are
| going. That " the thing we are up
against Never mind whcro you
came from You are here. That Is
settled. That Is done.
We develop into young men, young
women, men, women, old age. de-
creptitudc. We go on and finally
we all fall into the grave that opens
across our path. don't know how
| long II will take me TO reach mine,
but somewhere In this country, there
is one waiting, and some time
don't know how soon--it will take
me. In some things, | can take
circuitOus route. ] can ~ around
and around that chair, but J cant
get around the grave. / wish Il
could bc done.
Now. wait a minute, We have all
got to fail into the grave some time.
don't know how long II win take
you TO get to H. ! hope to God
some Of you don't reach It In the
condition you are in tonight. That
IL what | am preaching for and
working hard for.
Make own Decisions.
The power that brings US into life
pushes us on through life and rc-
voals TO us the after lifc. the judg
ment, and after the judgment, our
destiny.
The amazing thing to me Is that
God permits men and women to
choose whether they will be loyal
and true. or whether they will be
rebels. YOU can decide whether you
will be a true patriot in these days
n whether you will be a damnabie,
black hearted traitor. II you are
traitor, you will have the govern
ment OF tho United States against
you. II you are friendly all the
power OF Uncle Sam will back you
up. You can choose whether you
will be loyal 10 God or whether you
will be rebel-.-it is up TO you.
But wait minute--that isn't ali'
God holds you responsible for your
choice. That is fair. That Is
square deal. And God prepares an
eternal destiny. All right, II a fell
low chooses heaven. that's what he
gets For the fellow that chooses
he'll. ali right there it is.
God reveals in language that Is
plain the result OF your choice, 80
you know what is going to be the
end. II you choose this, you know
where you are going: II you choose
that you know. God Almighty has
made 1t all plain to you. and you will
all find out when you are through
that what God created and what God
revealed is true. II you don't be-
lleve there Is II neil nov. you VIII
later on. You will find later on
that what God told you was true, and
you will find out that you We're
fool not to believe 1t now. II Is just
as true, whether you believe 1t or
not.
Whatsoever things are true, think
on these thtngs!"
Walt a minute! Law is necessary
I wouldn't live In a country where
there was no law. where every man
and woman was n law unto them
selves Laws are necessary, so that
men and women may know what
they may and may not do. and the
law levels a penalty against you II
you disobey the law. All laws
amount to nothing without n pen
atty. II there was no penalty, you'd
leave the floodgates OF iniquity open
and pandemonium would break
loose. lf there was no penalty for
breaking the law. some fellow would
kick you out OF your home. He'd
yank your diamonds from your ears
He'd pick your pocket and so up
and shoot you.
Great God. whenever men and
women become "A law unto them
selves then tho white and blue OF
the old flag dissolve into red and
we have the red flag OF anarchy
waving over our land. Laws are
necessary. but the law would
amount to nothing IL there were
no penalties attached to the law.
And If God had no penalty for your
living In sin. you'd scoff and mock.
Men live I'm sin now and scoff and
mock at God when they know the
penalty that will come to them.
They do IL anyway. Great God, II
they are as bad as they are. know
ing they are going TO he'll, what
would they be il they didn't
know Il?
But" you say. "Bin. I don't
think could be comfortable in the
hell they tell me about in the
Bible"
God didn't make he'll for you to
be comfortable in. Penalties. my
friends. were not made to conform
to the comforts OF the criminal. No
no. that isn't II at all. You think
YOU might he happy ina hell where
they had carpet on the floor, cleo
trio light, electric fan. water and
lemonade. icy lemonade, that you
suck through a straw, have tho |
daily papers and periodicals. You
think that would be right. Wei. II |
isn't fitted up Ike a clubhouse. take |
II from me. You don't have any /
water there.
Penalties are not made for the |
comfort of the criminal. All unre- |
pentent sinners. big or little, rich |
or poor, will be lost. Are YOU fool |
ish enough TO run the risk. and /
wake up at last in perdition |
through your failure to think on |
these things? Whatsoever things !
are true, think on these things" |
That is what God wants YOU and mo |
to do, Now, we are all glad Vhrr |
some fellow mortal cuts bad out or |
his or her life and yields To God au1 |
saws. ~ am going to he a Christ ill." !
The Bible says, Though you sine |
be as scarlet. they shall be white
as snow
There is nothing known Il chem
istry that can change scarlet rag .
to white one, and when u rag
picker brings a scarlet rag TO "A pa
o.. a.