The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-11-14

be right TO have a funeral without
few appropriate remarks, 80 he
stepped to the edge of tho coffin
and he said;
Friends. this corpse has been a
member OF this church for 40
gears"
Arouse and do something, do
something for the Lord.
Cruelty himl" belChed from the
relentless rabble, and the yocifera-
tions OF tho infuriated mon shook
the old town from her foundation
stones TO her turret tops.
often In civil commotion has been
witnessed some such animosity OF
the multitudes, but nothing that
com pared with the fury OF the mob
that day. All tho phantoms OF hell
seemed to have assembled In Jorus-
alem, and out through the funeral
gate Jerusalem vomited her howl
ms clamoring, bloodthirsty mob.
Yonder comes the gang, led by Ju-
das. one Of the twelve, and he said
to them The one that 1 kiss, that
IL this man Jesus" and Judas
/ rushed up. threw his arms around
Him and kissed Him and said.
Hail Master"
And Jesus whirled around and
said: Judas, bctrayest thou the son
OF man with kiss" and they thai
, followed staggered 10 thsty fact and
/ seized Him, and they put the cross
! on his shoulders, ana the disciples
| fOrsook Him and fled, dud He stag
/ gered with the cross. Thros times
/ no fcll under the burden and then
/ they took the cross and pat IL on the
/ shoulders OF colOred utan simon
Of Cyrona. Oh! the cliovpd race has
borne many burdens IN he advance
ment OF civilization, but there never
was laid upon the shoulders Ol
white or black nohler burden than
the honor OF helping Jesus Christ
bear his cross.
And they forsook Him and hC
fled. my friends. the late Bishop Nc.
Intyre pictures In ornate language
the scene as he imagines IL tool
place. II we could have been there
we'd have seen the heavens fillet
with angels, housetOps covered will
angels. tree-tops filled, and the!
nailed Christ to the cross and lifteC
Him between the two thieves ano
then Jesus Christ cried: Il thirst,
And n jew ran and dipped
sponge In wormwood and gall an,
put It on the end of reed ant
showed it to His lips and he turnet
thou fOrsaken me2"
And he pictures Michael leanlnI
over the battlement of heaven am
cryings 20 Master, 10 you want m
TO come and sweep that howlin
bloodthirsty mob into hell. lift u
your head and look up and | will
take that as signal and l wi
come"
But Jesus Christ was paying tn
penalty for your sins and mine, an
lie struggled on and on until l ca
imagine Michael leaning over tn
battlements OF glory and shoutin
down: 20 Master, II you want m
TO come, tear your right hand loos
from the cross and wave 1t and
will be there with twelve legious G
angels to fight for YOU"
But Jesus Christ gritted His teet
and clenched His fingers over tn
nails, struggled on. what for? 4
open up plan OF salvation for III
old sin-cursed world. What is tn
matter with the world? | shoul
! think you'd be on your feet sweeI
I ing forth with thanksgiving TO Go
. that He ever gave q chance 20 ma
to go to heaven instead of hell
And then he cried. ut is fir
! ished!" And the Holy Spirit plucke
the olive branch of Peace from III
cross winged his flight bac
! through the heavens, burst throug
the gate and cried: Peace! Pea,
has been made through the deaf
j on the cross between sinful ma
I the offender and God, the o
! Tended
! And Jesus Christ seized the han,
! Of God the Father. He seized II
{ hands OF sinful world and beneat
the cross OF Christ, the world ca
G meet and God will give you Il
kiss OF reconciliation, there is I
l. other way thereby we can he save
from our transgressions other tina
g that. How many will so with Jesl
! Christ to the last ditch?
y on! there are thousands tn
! would die today. l believe we've g
= just as good Christian men ar
u women that would die Cor jest
c Christ as quick as they did in u
Coliseum OF Rome. How many W
h go 10 the last ditch for Jesus?
u we've got a multitude that wi
y " eve got numberless mob ~
Il won't, The disciples followed HI
TO death and then forsook Him
u the cross. Jesus Christ fought wi
e the sword and when that broke.
II fought with the sea bbard for l
Is never dipped His colors to q
devil
y The sword lying in sin. the churl
u asleep. people at cage in sin, lyii
: infidelity preached fom the pulp
o unbelief spouted into~the hearts
1t men and women. How many W
o say: Not my Will but Thine
~ done?"
p The Fatal Bat.
Oh! multitudes say; Not y
J. will-but they don't finish It wi
thoir lives
10 mot my will but'--that pu
them down and out.
" ''Not my will but"-that is q
" reason one man Is down in the pc
% itentiary That Is the reason he di
a In the electric chair.
~ Not my will hut"-that Is /
ID reason he goes 30 the saloon. IL hi
IN say thine be done" he would \
I'd go.
Not my win but'-that is {
r reason he goes TO the house OF
ID whose door swings into hell. that
AZ the reason he lies.
N mot my will but''--that Is I
a reason he is breaking the heart
10 his wife.
"Not my will. but'--oh. that
NJ the reason people are in hell--th
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