The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-11-21

Years ago lt8rary debate was
held iu London. az which Thomas
carlyle was present and the lady
h"HtrHs of The evening was bemcau-
ing tho fact that The Jews had
spurnrd and repudlntcd Jesus. She
ended her trad" aud Eiricturos by
'YnNInR this appeal 90 carlyle.
'lf Jesus had lived In our day.
no" gladly We would have sat al
IIH feet, listening tu the divine pre-
'cpiH aud With what pleasure and
9,lh'riiN We would haye performed
IilH slightest request would We
not2"
mo" snapped the ola Scotch
ryuir tie said Madam. n Jesus
christ had lived lu our days as Ho
did iu the days when lie Vas on
ihls earth had Hc come aprndIug
money Ike water, wearing clothes OF
tho latest faHhlOn preaching doc
tlurs paIsttb.e for the highest So
,ial orders. mo doubt flc would have
hocn privileged to receive from you
hn invitation which would have
been printed
To meet vlr Savior al my home.
IhurHuly EVENING" tea. six fifteen.
But n Jo8ua had lived boz our
day aE in the days when he was on
THIS earth, had lie hurled His
Hnathomaa into the ranks OF sinners
lItl". low. fI"h and poor no doubt
sou would have been one ~ the first
TO nave dashed upon HIM and cried
Away with tho long haired fauAt-
lc 20 Sowgatc and hang Hm""
Don't you lmaRnc for one minute
mat you have got 20 so back 1900
years to find men and women vile
and rotten and lowe down enough
TO cruelty Josus Christ ! wouldn't
have To leave this city 20 find gang
ot doRcuoratos that would hang
Him just aE quickly hs the Jews
did. You have got "a bunch Of thugg
bon this town that would spit ln Us
face as quickly as they did In the
'liy uf Jerusalem, and they would
throw rocks at Him just as quic~
now and nah Him to the Cross. for
thDy have no more use for Him to-
day than that other gang OF tnnEs.
What shall do then with
Josus2' Look az Him minute. the
waves OF Gods wrath sweeping over
Ills soul, bending beneath the weight
Of our sins. On. some OF you haven't
spent very much timH looking at
Jesus You have found time TO look
at pleasure YOU have found time to
look at politics you have found time
timc 10 look az literature. you have
found time to look at treasures, you
have found time TO look at your
stocks and bonds. you have found
time 10 look at your possessions, hut
you haven't found time TO look at
Jesus Christi"
Well look minute. I want 60
bring Him out ana ask you what you
Will do with Him, 10 is "a personal
question. There Is not one here to-
night but must stand before Him
In the Judgment and remember what
be- depending now upon your decision
and remember what 1t means To you
and what II will mean to your hup-
piness or misery righteousness or
sin, God or the dtvil, Heaven or hell
Now, hold on a Ihinute--W what
VIII you du' Not what have you
done. No! Not what viii y0u do
when YOU are going TO die. what will
you do now / don't care anything
about the other. Let's settle 1t right
hero now, There are several things
that you can do and there are sew
eral courses you may pursue You
can deny His Divinity N YOU want 10.
You can Hny lie was an impuster--
many did II In His day, many nre
doing IL now. Oh. some went so far
as to say 1lo was a dcytl, some said
/ lie had devil In Him. You sty
you wouldn't do that. Very well,
am not asking YOU 10 do IT, / um
simply suggesting several courses
/ you may pursue. You can deny
that you need a savior, you can say
you have no soul, you can say there
IL no hereafter. you can say that
death is eternal sleep, you can pre-
tend that you haven't sinned, you
can say there Is no Judgment to
come. Thousands did II In His day.
Thousands are doing It today.
don't say you may; am suggest
Ing course. DO you want TO take
that course
What shall I do7" Let me help
YOU TO decide. DO you want that?
You can openly reject Him IL you
choose. Many did It Ia ilis day,
many are doing Il today. Instead Of
taking Him to their hearts they sent
Him TO tho cross.
Look at that blood thirsty mob.
See them tear His hair from Hia
face and from His head, See them
spit, hear their oaths. oh, they pro
ferred Ilarrabas-do you2 DO you
prefer vice TO Jesus2 DO you prefer
lust To Jesus
You say. Hold on, Bill, hold on
Elilt nm NOT Nnhi NukNAH W NNt
but am not that low down. | don't
want to trim with that gang
don't say you DO, ! am suggest
ing II to you--thats an DO you
want to take that course? You can
pretend TO accept Him, you can call
yourself by His name, while your
heart is far from Him. Many did Il
many are doing II.
why call you me, Lord. Lord,
aud do not the things say ?
You say: "Hold on, Bill. J won't
he hypocrite or four-flusher. /
will be out FOR Him or against Him.
| won't pretend to be for Him and
then put It over on Him.
am not asking you to do Il, ]
am making u suggestion, that's all,
let me help you to decide ~, You
can treat the matter with inditicr-
onco II you wish. There was a class
In Jerusalem, my friends who on
the very day that He hung ON the
cross took no notice OF Him; they
opened their stores, they went on
with their business, they bought and
sold. married and gave In marriage.
They had feasts and went to their
games and amusements while Jesus
was hanging on the cross, They all
did that You say. NO, | wouldn't