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

/ Tar Ra my experience goes
! The Bible wasn't written to give
] me history of science any moro
! than n crowbnr was made 10 take
/ the place Of a toothpick not a. par
ticie. SO use II for tho purpose It
was Intended
These things arc written that ye
| might believe" That ~ why God
| told men 10 write the Bible. In order
| that ! might believe that Jesus was
I the Christ and I'd he saved And II
was written that dead men might
/ live, and II is truo that for all prac-
teal purposes those that are with
out God are dead in trcspasses and
! I'm this world, or any Othor world.
When people arc alive. they know Il.
and when they are dead, other peo.
pie know a. Therefore, man ia
dead 10 a thing that Is nothing 20
him
n education is nothing 10 you.
then YOU are dead to ID. II aclencc
iS nothing tu you, you are dead :u
H. n God is nothing TO you, ~ you
nrc not living for God, then you arc
dead to God and living for the devil
Any man IL dead to God. II God isn't
In his llfe he is as dead 10 God as
an Egyptian mummy is cad to TIA,
car
when the dead are gathered from
th" hattleficlds. some are maBgicd
beyond possibility OF recognition.
others have scarcely any marks of
violence upon them. but they are
all dead, they are no longer iu tho
realm ~ the living There are lots
OF people that live physically. but
they arc dead spiritually. because
they are not Christians. ard, being
dead spiritually they arc lost be-
cause they are out of jesus Christ
II IN ms necessary 60 believe IN Jc-
sus to have spiritual life as It Is 10
have eyes TO SEQ or lungs 90 breathe
or ears TO hear.
There are men who honestly and
candidly say. II can't believe in Je-
sus. have tried to-"
We'll, / think | can sympathIzc
with you, for I was In that fix my
self one time. couldn't believe.
and the harder ! tried, II seemed 10.
mo the worse OF | got. But tho
trouble with mo was the same ~ It
was with you didn't take the
right course. And then, 30 years
ago, ono dirk, stormy night in chi
cHgo. | came and got down on my
knees aud said. God, I am a sinner,
I accept Jesus Christ as my savior"
The trouble with me was I would
not take the right course when |
took the right course and told God
! was an old sinner bound Tor he'll
that was really the right course, and
! haven't had any trouble since.
Now. you take the snfc side aud
sec how you will come out And
there is only one way TO have your
doubts destroyed, Go 10 the Bible
read the Bible and obey H. suppose
a man knew nothing about Greek or
Latin how is he going TO find out ?
Why, he has TO begin with the sim
plest things. tho "a h c's." There ls
an "a h c. In knowledge; that's why
we have a kindergarten. There's an
"a h g" In religion. and we have got
to start here. n you begin with the
a c" OF religion. YOU VIII have no
more trouble than you do when you
begin with the "a h g" In knowledge
Tho trouble with n lot OF people ~
that they want TO start in the senior
department when they ought to start
In the primary
You have got TO begin at the be-
ginning of anything. whether II Is
a trade knowledge or religion. and
sec how you viii come out Tho Ri
BILE is written. IL says, that men
might believe. You can put that 10
the test, but God isn't something to
try-wo know what lie is,
You can put strychnine to tho
test. and IL you don't believe Il viii
kin you. try " and see. You sav,
I don't believe that fire will burn.
but II YOU put II TO the test, you will
see that II will. You say, don't
believe that Jesus Christ Is the Son
OF God. All right | challenge you
TO put that to test
My friends, South Africa " rich
In diamonds. the richest diamond
mines In tho world. The Klmber-
ley mines are there. II has heon
published to the world, but II Is only
those that go there and dig tnat
ever find any diamonds or the gold.
90 to the Bible and dig, and you
will find out, my friends that II Is
Of God and you will get the gold
and the diamonds The Lord has hid
there for you.
Macauicy Converted.
jerry Macauley was convict up
in Sing Sing An old side-kick. a
pal OF his, Gardner, went up there
and talked to the prisoners, and In
tho course OF his talk, he quoted
verse OF Scripture. when Jerry
went back to his cell, he wanted TO
find the verse lie took out his
Bible and started in Genesis to find
h. The verse was in Hebrews, but
he found Jesus Christ before no ever
found that verse. and he mad his
name ring throughout New York,
and New York couldn't hold II there,
and II spilled over into New Jersey,
You couldn't hold 1t there, and IL
reached away out into the corn rows
OF Iowa. And they couldn't keep It
there, and so the truth kept on
spreading
suppose a man told that the title
| to your property was no good
would YOU damn him and cuss him
and laugh Mt him? No. sir! You'd
90 hire the best title lawyer. and
you'd have him trace that title back
20 the government grant. You'd see
who had ever ownod Il, and ~ there
was any back taxes unpaid II there
was the slightest flaw, you wouldn't
rest II you knew tho title to your
/ property was no good. We have
! lawyer in Chicago who does nothing
/ but examine titles TO pieces or prop
crty There has never been real
estate contract Of any Importance In
| Chicago that Wilson hasn't given
| his opinion on
John Wilson makes a million dol
lars a year, Just giving his opinion
] IA the value of titles 10 property