The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-05-01
trucif,ing Jesus Anew.
By REV. T.. II. OWEN,
West Tulsa Baptist church.

West Tulsa Baptist church
lie suffered for Is lisa. %, 2-t.
il was not until after the Lord
had touched the lips of the old
prophet with the coal OF the alta.
that ne was permitted TO take ich
vivid look into the sltfcrings ot IA :
one mentioned. Though se,eral
centuries before the event tooN
place, yet the Lord portrayed the
picture so clear and plain and uu-
mistakahle that even u child can sHr
the reality uf fhc one who IT, meant.
He was indeed q tender plant
having sprung up from tn dry
ground" The Lord had tried claw
and 1t had failed, ne had tried
prophesics and thev had tai'cd aud
In this picture ne is making ano her
and final effort to save the world, so
while God Is working to save the
world, We should remember that his
plan is not so remote hut that 10
VIII include each and every iudivi-
dual who wills to come To him
The eclipse Of the glory of this plan
is brought out when ne enters into
the world pnd begins to ,onfumd
the mighty with his wonderful
words and teachings. Surrey we DO
not force a profoundcr meaning
OF the picture when we think ul the
carpenters son. OF the house and
lineage of David. of the Son OF God.
who was found in fashion as a man,
born Ia "a manager. and grew mp DO %
tiny village. while hidden away
among he hills Of Ga,lilce. who ~
tt were stole into tho world, not
with observation, and opened out as
hc grew the wonderful blossom OF q
perfect humanity such as never 1c-
fore has been evolved from any root
nor grown on the moSa scdulously
cultured plant.
There was no form nor comCli-
ness that We should desire him. We
are poor judges of true form and
comelincss,' and what Is lustrous
with perfect beauty in Gods cyos
may be, and generally is. plain and
dowdv in mems "Cockatoos charm
savagcs to whom the iridesccnt neck
OF a dove has no chargs." Surely
this part OF the description fits Jesus
as 1t does no other. The real de
sire of most men Is for something
much more pungcnt and dashing
than Jesus meek wisdomi and stain
less purity.
Jesus Is Rejected.
Not this man but Barabbas' was
| the approximate realization Of thO
Jewish ideal then. Pilots scornfui-
ly wondering question, "art thou
such II poor looking creature. The
| King of the Jews Many man
and woman has been offered Chris,
and they have said mo some be-
/ cause they could not carry him into
their business as they are running Il
now, and thov love the mammon OF
this present world more than him,
others say no." because they hlvd
| not yet their fill OF worldly pleas-rc
| 1t may be at some society dance
| where, IL a man should find his
| wife in such contact, or relation
| with other men anywhere else on
earth, he would be laying plans foI
divorce the next morning before IN
morning meal was over.
| Society is organized largely tor
| the mutual maintenance OF self
complacency, and yet that kind ol
society that is found at the avcrtg
! dance is not where the noble, manlN
I man goes In search for a wife
neither does the pure v.rtIrous gir
/ spread her net of love there for q
! husband: but on. the other hand
there many divorce seed are sowr