The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-12-17

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you are good. 1t is a gift and you
must earn IL.
Now then. suppose told you that
! | was at one OF your banks this
morning and they gave me $25 in
| gold. Supposing | would put so of
your reputable citizens on this plat
form and they would all substantiate
what say, and supposlng | would
he authorized by the bank to say
| that they would give every man or
woman that stands In lire In front
OF that bank at . o'clock in the
morning $25 In gold. bet my life
/ / could put hundreds of thousands
of people In front of that bank.
Now. II you will believe me about
money why don't you believe me
about Gods word. ! would like to
know why you are so slow about be-
licving about the Lord.
Manhattan Isle upon which New
York city stands was bought years
ago from the Indians for $25 worth
or beads and calico. But know
something that has that skinned.
( l have got salvation because of
! my faith In Jesus Christ and
wouldn't trade IL for a quitclaim
deed to the world.
So God offers 1t " a gift. He
] gives you bulNdllOf ana II nome.
Let not your heart be troubled.
In my Fathers house are many man
sions; II 1t were not so / would have
told you. go to prepare "a place
for YOU"
Oh! how sad 1t IL not to be able
to see the light that would steer
you into the harbor of peace simply
because you have lived without
Jesus Christ.
And God has provided us home.
You may differ from me In religion.
in politics, in various other things,
but | viii strike Il responsive chord
IN your hearts. when / say that God
offers us salvation and home in
which to spend II. And he has prom
ised all Of that for us.
Talk about eternal cities. Where
are you, old eternal city of Rome?
We know your seven hills upon which
you stood. We know all about your
grandeur. But they are all crum-
bled.
Here we have homes and factor
les. They are all due TO crumble.
Go around this city and look at the
palatial homes that are all due to
crumbie.
Enoch walked with God and was
not. for God took him. That Is a
complete biography OF Enoch.
Elijah was waited TO heaven by
a chariot of fire, and Elisha took
up the mantle of the prophet Elijah
land smote the Jordan and went
back to the seminary where Elijah
had taught and told tho people there
and they would not believe him, and
they looked for him, but they found
him not,
stephen Saw sesus.
Centuries later 1t was the priv
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the company of Jesus Christ, on the
Mount of TRANSPORTATION, to look
into the face OF that same Elijah
who centuries before had walked the
l,hilltops and slain 450 Of the proph-
Tets Of Raal
stephen. as they stoned him to
death, his face lighted up and he
saw Jesus standing on the right
hand OF God the Father, the place
where lie had designated before His
lcrucifiNion would be His abiding
place until the fulfillment OF the
time of the Gentiles in the world.
Among the last declarations of
Jesus IL. Tn My Fathers house are
many mansions"
What comfort to the bereaved
and afflicted Not only had God
provided salvation through faith In
Jesus Christ as q gift from God 3
outstretched hand. but He provided
a home In which you can spend eter-
nal life. lie has provided home
for you.
Surely we, from the beginning.
from the time John, on the island of
Patmos, saw let down by GOD out of
heaven the new Jerusalem. have
ample proof that heaven Is a real
place.
And although we cannot see It
with the natural eyes, 1T is a place,
a dwelling place OF God and His
angels and OF the redeemed through
faith in the Son of God.
And all heaven reloiced when
they heard that the Word OF God
and the Son OF Man was TO become
and Abraham had the promise OF
God that through His Sos all the ma
tons of the earth would be blessed
Thus from heaven came Gods
gift to tho earth. For God so
loved tho world that He gave HIS
only begotten Son. that whosoever
believeth In Him shall not perish
but have everlasting life"
People sometimes say to me, "Bu.
who do you think will die first. you
or Mrs. Sunday9"
expect | will. You never had a
man como to your city who worked
care who he is. IL did not believe
that you were going to be lost on
the road TO hell | would not wear
my life short by 20 years. I
consume more energy preaching to
you In an hour than any other man
burns In IL hours. And II Is 1, 2