The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-11-25


criticism OF the Biblc that Is offered
ny many sncaking hud blatant as
though the Rihle was tho worst on
emy of the human rather than the
best friend.
There Is rcvercnt criticism OF
tho Bible | admire. That denls with
authorship, ana with dates. and
with places and all that | admire
tho man who is willing To use his
sklll and judgment In order TO help
me more clearly understand. I'm or
der that | In turn might impart that
Information to others. to mako YOU
better / admire such "A one.
tlnd as ! 80 up and down the
/ ihnd three classes ~ critics First
there is the critic who'd like TO gee
the Bible go. Tho Bihlo rcbukcs his
aims. Poor fool he imagines that if
nc shuts his eyes and stops his cars.
and says he doesn't believe Il, that
mat maNcs him Immune 20 any pun
lshment Welt he will go TO he'll
whether he believes Il or not. That
docSn change him ono iutu. You
may Kit here and fold your arms and
say ] don't believe In hell We'll.
that don't shut the doors and put
the fires out because you arc a fool.
Hell is he'll. whether you have sense
enough To believe or not.
''u may say uon DNlleNN
there "a n heaven" Wei, there is n
heaven whether you believe II or
not.
You may say. "I don't believe tho
Bible ia the Word of God" II IS,
whether you believe Il or not.~
You may say, q" don't believe
salvation Is by faith in the shed
blood OF Jesus Christ" II is, whether
you believe IL or not. And please
remember that n fact remains n
fact whether you believe It or not.
and your unbelicf doesn't change
II one iota, and You won't be IN holl
five minutes until you will bo sorry
that you were ~ little. .
A woman said. why, nobody be-
licvcs In he'll IS that so? God be-
l!eves in holl Jesus Christ believes
In hell The devil believes in helll
Here's one preacher that does! Don't
come around here with that stuff!
! am not the author OF tho plan OF
salvation, am responsible FOR my
preaching OF II. and IL what I
preach ,is tho truth II is up to you.
and IL what I preach Is not the
truth, IL Is up 10 mo, and | defy and
challenge anybody 10 prove by tho
Word of God that what 7 preach is
not revealed I'm the Bibla. / defy
youl challenge you!
When you reject it, II isn't your
quarrel with mo personally. not at
all. / am simply Gods ambassador.
am simply Gods mouthpieCo !
am simply Gods servant telling you
Gods truth, and ~ you don't be-
lieve It, you settle with God, not
with me at all.
Then there ia tho critic who npcs
scholarship. If there is any one this
side OF perditlon that I despiae, II IL
a fellow like that, on, he socks TO
curry tho favor OF some big man
and high-brow by quoting him and
making his opinions and theories
paramount to the Word OF God And
therefore, because this man says IL,
he quotes this man. that God was
wrong and that fellow was right. I
despise the fellow who apes scholar
ship and seeks to curry their favor
by quoting them as authority. and
keeping his mouth shut upon what
the God OF Jacob has to say on the
subject. SO we have got n lot OF
fools Like that up and down Abe
land!
Now. then, there is the devout.
reverent critic who studies tho Bible
in order that he might clarity my
vision, and help me to see as told
you TO see, and understand the
truths more clearly. that I in turn
might preach It TO you so that you'd
understand It more clearly. I love
such n man as that, that's trying to
help make the world better and
mako Il easier for us to understand.
But you needn't worry, don't lose
any sleep, Gods word stands i'm
mutable, Interchangeable, and irrevo-
cable, and you might as well blow
your breath against the vestibule OF
n street car and try to run II that
wav az to think that you can put
Gods Word aside.
Years ago the storm swept the
Atlantic coast. Ohi IL was terrified
And up in Boston they showed
where the waves rolled up. a quar-
ter OF a mile on the shore, that
they have never been Hnown to
reach that point again. Houses
we're wrecked and torn into sea by
the undertow. II was terrific. And
in the height Of the storm, reports
went down the streets OF Boston
that tho lighthouse had gone down
In the fury of the blast, And while
the storm was still raging and the
clouds were lowering and you
couldn't see the lighthouse, one man
met the lighthouse Keeper. opposite
the commons and he said, well, I
am glad to see you. How I'm the
world did you escape with your life?
We heard that tho men on the light
house went down In the fury OF the
blast"
Gods Work Rock.
The old, grizzled lighthouse keep
er who had kept her blinking at tho
harbor entrance threw back his
shoulders and said, THE men on the
lighthouse went down in the storm
Ha ha-she never shook!
n N "a
tho blatent blasphemy and all the
sneering criticism. all the vile epi
thets that may be hurled against
Gods word. She stands immovahle
as Gibralter. You needn't worry.
Gods truth towers over ALI
Now, think the church Is at
fault. read n little book--it is
today published across the sen--lts
church called the grammcr OF the
church and II sa Il among other
things that the church has lost its
Interrogation point. You know Al
Pentecost men maryeled ma when
they saw. they said, What can
these things bc?"
Why don't they ask Il today And
yet, n wo would all believe and give
ourselves to God, God would mani
fest his power until people would
stagger and become overaWed at the
evidences Of tho Lords power. So
why not? IL is because We arc
mingling and mixing and amalga-
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