The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-09-25
LOOK AT OUR CITIES.
By CHARLES ". NTwCOMB
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Text Luke 19:41.
The word city. we are told is
found In the Bible about ESQ times.
I, must bc considered therefore of
great Importance by the Holy Spirit.
and IS worthy them OF our prayer
fgi and thoughtful consideration
Every city is n great heart,
y ,broubing with human life and send
tnr nut good blood and bad blood
through its thousand veins. For our
nf the heart proceed evil thoughts,
murders. adultcries foruications.
th,fs. false witnesses, hlasphemics
r -urh Ike thirgs. To save the
cities. therefore, IS TO save the world.
n w., study carefully the gospel
narratives. We will find that cities
serw tu have been the great centcrs
OF missionary effort and activity as
pu, f,rth by Christ and his apostles.
study the life of Paul, the great
missionary to the Gentiles and whore
do you lind him concentrating his
greatest efforts? II you will follow
,bI. ,aalous worker for God he will
lead you into the great cities Of Cor
inth. Ephcsus, Philippi, Colossc,
Athens Thcssalonica and Rome. In
ta these centers OF population ne
Zoos Tor here he will find men. II
by any means he might save some.
study likewise the life OF the Lord
Jesus. while lie was upon this earth,
i"And it came to pass, that when
Jesus had made an end Of com
manding His twelve disciples, he de-
partcd thence to teach and preach
In their cities" Sometimes. We find
Him preaching and healing and
working on the mountain top, or in
the wilderness, or along the seashorc.
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among the thruuging multltudes Of
Jerusalem and ChoraZin and Beth
saida and Capernaum. Here we are
plalnlv told that most or His mighty
works were done Although there
are hundreds Of Christian pulpits
and thousands Of Christians In our
churches, yet doubtless the same
conditions exist in our great cities
today that led Christ and His apos-
ties to make these great cities tho
objective points of their missionary
endeavors.
The text tells us that Jesus drew
near to the city Of Jerusalem. II
was a great city and inhabited by
people from almost every nation un-
der heaven, as we learn from tho
games Of those present at Pcntccost.
qPanthians and Medcs and Elamitcs
2 and dwellcrs I'm Mesopotamia and in
YJudaea, and Cappadocia, IN Pontus.
and Asia Phrygia and Pahphylia, in
Egypt and In the parts of Libya
about Cyrcne. and strangers Of
Rome, Jews and proselytes, Crctes
and Arabians." were all found in
jerusalem, and so, when Jesus drew
near to the city. he came in touch
with all classes and conditions Of
men.
Getting In Touch with People.
Fellow Christians we too should
draw near TO the city and come in
touch with the great crying needs OF
humanity But il is quite possible,
in a sense, for us 10 live in the city
without being very near to It. The
merchant may know the way from
his home to the street car, and from
the street car TO his store. hut he
may be as far removed from the
great surging life of, the city, with
It's vice and sin and struggle. ds II
he lived miles distant Men Of
wealth should come near to the men
Of poverty in our cities and learn
how the other half lives. Men of toll
should draw near to the men OF
wealth and learn that riches have
their burdens and cares. If all clas-
ses would only draw nearer togeth-
would be more of the spirit Of sym
pathy and brotherly kindness mani
Tested on every hand and there
would be less OF III will, hard speech
and cruel criticism.
When Jesus drew near He saw
the city We may thing Of Him ~
seeing the great buildings and mag
nifcent domes. and II we have been
with Him this is about all that Yc
might have seen. But Jesus saw the
whole city. Their was not a thing
on It's streets or in it's houses or in
the heart Of the people that was hid
den from His omniscient vision. lie
saw its sin, its sufferings its sor-
row, It's joy, its wealth and its pow
.wty--in tact all things were naked
md open TO the eyes of Him who
oehcld the city and wept
Good Things In Cities.
AS Jesus draws near and hoholds
the cities Of today, what does lie
eeef First Of all He sees the best
institutions that have ever been os-
tablishcd upon earth. Here are many
institutions that have ever been es-
banded together to uplift, TO en-
hghtcn and to cnnohle the human
race There are hundreds Of church
WIN their spires pointing to heaven,
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eth way the sin of the world; and
with a membership Of thousands Of
souls tried and true. There are great
schools, colleges and universities,
winch cultivate, refine and develop
the better faculties Of the mind and
htaft. There are hospitals for the
SICK and homes for the poor, and
rescue missions for those who have
IaIlen In the very depths Of sin and
[ shame. oh that the multitudcs in
our cities would see and appreciate
ana patronize these blessed. God
gwen institutions as they might and
as 'hey ought to do. How much
napier, better and plcasanter this
whoIc world would be in which to
i've But sad to think that there are
SO many that are blind to their
soul best interest and gracious
privileges, and go on their evil ways
20 eternal ruin. This leads me to say,
~ Inc second place that Jesus would
we tonAy the greatest opportunities
lot doing good that were ever off
ISa 10 man. Our cities present
soIden opportunities such as were
never known before FOR the man or
"oinau whose heart burns with a
passion for lost souls.
someone has said that the whole
world is moving to town. go that