The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-11-11
PLEADS CAUSE OF
THE OLD REVIVAL
But Rev. Sunday Says He
Is Not Familiar With
the Modern Type
is NORMAL CONDITION
Revivals Old as Cross of
Jesus, Preacher Holds
in Sermon

As the chamber OF commerce ia
70 the community as the automobile
show is 60 the automobile business,
rs the horse show is the develop
mcBt Of horse flesh. SO reyivals arc
to "A city.
What commencement ls 10 col
lcgcs, revival ia 90 religion what
health TO an individual, revival IS
10 religion. whnt education ia to
culture, revival is TO religion.
: Crumbling the promise az woll as
the conclusion Of thc autl-rcyivalifts'
arguments the Reverend BILLY sun
day Thursday afternoon came TO the
defense ot the revival meeting. lie
didn't plead for the mod'rn revival
The modern revival hp doesn't know
anything about Ills be said, is as
fuld as the cross OF Jesus Hs old as
tho nails that were driven through
His hands
81 plead" he said. "for an old
pentccostal revival that win make
drunkards sober. that viii make
thieves TO steal no more that win
.iuakc blaFphemcrs 10 pray that will
make mon that are Keeping some
body on the side and dlsgracing their
fwives and children Ro home and be
decent, that VIII make dead beats
fpay their debts and transform this
1oh God forsaken. whiskey- soaked,
aChrist-baitlng, Sabbath breaking.
Lord -dammiuEt hariot- ridden. old
world into paradise OF peace and
.bencdictiou and blessing
ltR not Objectionable. Some pcople
say. n revival Is an abnormal condi-
itiou.
And / say. you le'"
] my to you that n revival is a
normal condition and this low. dead
< lifeless roposition--thRfs an abb
normal proposition. DO you mean
TO insult God by saying that any
thing that makes q man pray. kiss
his wife instead of beating her up.
pay his dcbts--do you mean to tell
me that that's an abnormal condi
7 tion? DO you mean TO say that
when a man goes homo drunk that
that's normal? or that when hc Is
sober and decent that that's abnor-
NAL? Forget It!
IL the city Says morally, oh, the
trouble is not with God hut with
sthe citizenship of that city. Not
with God It's UP to you. No, sir,
Is And ~ the church is losing her
power, dcgenorating into a third
rate amusement bureau and reduc-
Ing religion 10 form and ceremony,
ritual and an ethical code. the
trouble is not with God. II tho
preachers preach to wood and var
nish instead OF folks. the trouble
isn't with God, II the deWl can
scare up more OF his members at
a leg show than at prayer meeting.
the trouble isn't with God its with
ithe members OF that church. 30 you
fcant blame the Lord for these
things Mo-
you've got to Judge by past his
tory and America IL up against &C.
good and strong | don't know why
81 should be. ] don't know why peo-
pie are sick | don't know why
God wants us 10 plant seed IN March
or April don't know anything
about that. l don't know why God
Almighty had a blood sacrifice To
save the world. hat tho histnry Of
tho world reveals the fact that you
can find the lowest state OF morals
In individuals aud communities and
uatioEs at the greatest height Of
prosperity and that the highest stan
dard OF morals have walked hand
in hand with periods OF great affAc.
zion. uy friends, ur OF war or Of
H0m,thlur that has rhaStisCd the ma
1lon, ami t,od AlmiEhtv will start the
suft0rlur YOU uuu't work she'll
SAM, ON God al your utc, You
'1nt hand him tho hot end OF the
poker AN your days
't lord, revive thy work Aud
against this revival you VIII find
'F'ry )a.D.!"Eggd gambler, you will
fiui every brewer OF tho state, you
win 'lud every saloon keeper, Nau
VIII tUl Cg,rv madame ot tbe rod
light you wil tul every Wuumnn.
sou will ll0d thc good for nothing.
s.