The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-03-06
Worlds Sunday Sermon

been, no have come tp such con
cluHions IN middle llfr amounts TO
nothing short Of tragedy There b.
nothing like that boo rHurs heard
hc had passed the crisis and instead
of letting up ON hH luborS h" 40
piled himself the moro diligently
The past is rich iu ltF memories
and experience. and d ls not thcse
tho apostle would have us forget ...
but when past HIccruos become
arguments against pushing Ju' fD
win prcFent battles thou the cry Uf
tho Holy Spirit les forget There
are plenty uf people Who once gave
AN oyNCr supper. or who ran an ald
society au,ccHHuly Tor 70 torn ~
weeks. and the dear souls are aiilI
talking ~ that, though decade nv
paH they are noglcctlug the uf
plrallcl"d opportunities which are
this moment literally haticring down
their doors There are churches
ihnt mrugKicd for yours TO get a
comfortable house iu which 20
worship, but since they have OBJ.
tanned n thry have Thought ot uOth .
ing olsr. Tho Master ala not say.
"Go go and build churoh"a." Iio
said eco 80 and preach II might
ho a blessing " many ~ tho
churchou would burn 10 the ground
'UNlNW' " F'hiN IiN' - lNlh ~ i'NN'
bcr of men and women tp work IL
u church has sutcoNsful utrdulzu.
tion thank cod n Il had "A sue
ccssful organization .- God have
mercy "Bc thou faithful uuill
death and | Will give thcc "A crown
81 llfe"
Itc,tlnV on Your Record.
Perhaps you have como To that
critical point in your llfo aud are
looking back on what you have u,.
complished and think that ~ sur
flCicnt. liko those splendid words
Of browning; "Thc best is vet 10
be-" We need 10 gather up once
moro the HlaCkcucd rcius, get a now
grip on lIfo and push on YOU ala
not stop when you were put hhlt
way up Pikcs peak. though there
wns n splendid vicw from that point.
but you iournoycd on until at last
you stood Ou tho summit and from
thence you obtained the vision that
was worth the long and toilsomo
climb. Tho Wow OF the past from
tho point YOU have already reached
may he alluring, ana with u you are
almost content 1T may he Ike a
Wide spreading valley, with greon
fields and acres of yellow grain, with
shimmcring rivers and green pas
tarry when only half way up-Ro on
10 the summit and get the view for
which earthly life was made. For
got" and toll upward
Every man is law unto himself
The sins ana associations OF tho past
may have built high. hedging walls
about him a ne may be so bound 10y
thcm that the outlook OF tho future
Ia not at all flattcring. with his
mental vision he hchOlds freedom
~ an ideal condition, but SO far as
dwelling In that enchanting land,
that is quite another question. Sin
may be laughed At--cvcn it's very
existence denied. but every man
who has n moments serious thought
whether OF himself or of society ns
a. MACS, knows that aomcthinB IL
wrong with humanity. who has not
seen the fresh face of the youth
grow into tho cynical picture OF lust
and her kindred progeny--his clear
! eyes grow red and blcared--And his
| body bear tho marks of his folly
| by modern association sin may hay,
loN it's force as an ecclesiasticn
term, but Il still retains It's venom
and soul bllghting power, call IL by
whatever name you choose
Service browns IUcmorsc.
Ihe tHllhtlhn linus " pI'N'nl "
his life and ho will need To PRAY
God most earnestly to help him for
get. Those terrible memories --
those follics and lndiscrctions o
other days.--thcy rise like grin
spcctrcs out of the shadows OF tn
| past, and we would to God the,
were dead In hell,--hut not so, the,
live. Even this great man OF God
! Paul--Could not forget but M
crowded out the memory OF the pas
by intense service. The conscious
ness of his early mistakes burned II
his heart but he qucuChcd the stiuI
with consuming zeal Tor the King
dom OF God. You may drive IA
demons forth--swccp ana g0rnisl