The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-04-17

mother foraako roe then the iord
NIll take mo up.'
When / waa iu the Auburn Thoo.
logical school There was 20 boy there
% a'sJ studying for the ministry who
was very close friend ~ mine. one
| day hr told nae this story. ho Anid
" entered the seminary against the
| protest ~ both my father and
mother, my father Us an unbrllcvcr
Hud while W. mother H believer
che was lWmuvabio boo hcr protest
"EhiuHt nay being minister SO
whom ! wrote hOm, from college
mat I had decided to be- minister
q letter 'aWr 300 rotuIn stating that
until I changed my mind. the door
oi the house was closed 10 mo.
have not boon home. nor hoard
from th'm directly since That tfmc. r
continuing. hc said. "lt is only when
'ou hnvo Huch bitter experience in
NO That yuu can comprehend The
meaning Of those words, when my
f1thcr uud mother foraakc me then
che iord VIII take nae mp"
JFu7 is the best fricnd that q
man can have ne la tho best friend
ihni you can have iu 'lmo ~ For.
'ow When The angel ~ dclth has
como INTO your home 10 is then that
Jesus toudcrly takes your beloved
lowell in his arms and carries that
Jewel {" heaven. You apprcciat,
ihc words OF sympathy from your
'tfthIy friends, you appreciate the
flower tokens " love and rrgrri
but an these things pale beside that
"uaihiuiuE powor that cnmos to Won
through the friendship and Tho fcI.
l"wahip of Jesus n was he who
id I'm my fathers house are many
mnusions' ana n is he who has
given g" ~ the assurance that death
be- bat tho passing over unto Il larger
life. What friend We have I'm
Jesus"
Jesus ls n friend 10 the lonely. II
was the friendship of jesus that us-
tnincd Livingston during those lonely
hours he spent among the uncivlilcd
natives 81 Africa, II was the friend
ship Of jesus that sustained Dan
Crawford who sp"ut 20 years among
The snmc people. For 20 years no did
not see white man. nor hear from
the outside world.
1t was tho friendship of Jcsua that
sustained tho courage of stephen
when he was led out 10 bc stoned
Ia death. II was the friendship Of
Jesus that sustained Paul as he sat
hound I'm chairs in the prison ut
Rome. II was the frlcndship of
Jesus that sustained Bunynn during
the lonely hours he spent In prison
ana 1t was this friendship that in
spircd him to wrltc "Pilgrim's Prog
rcas"
Some years ago y friend of mine
In seminary spent his summer doing
missionary work out on tho had
1 upIu Of tp.gf,rp N.t.tu4Lu H., had
two or three small preaching points,
He wrote me II letter and Iu this
letter was a sentence that 80
impressed mo that 1t has stayed
in my memory. Here It is;
This would hc n very lonesome
experience were 1t not for tn" friend
| ship OF Jesus. As so over these
desert lands | am conscious OF the
fact that I nm not alone, but that I
have a friend who IN by my side ard
I walk with him and | talk with
him. Ho is my friend " what n
friend we have In Jesus"
Jesus is friend to the discour-
aged I suppose there aren't any ~
us who don't get discouraged and
blue at times. "Thy fate * the COM
mon fate of all, into ench lie some
rain must fall, some days must be
dark and dreary." when these :it1
| Of tho blues come, when these days
| OF disCouragcment como. when DAYS
Of doubt come, whom dIVa of quos-
| tioning come, when u socms like the
struggle isn't worth whilo after ALI
atcal away into the secret ~ your
room and tell Jesus ABOUT II md he
will take you in his arms aud love
you. Hen cureSs you, hnh brush the
clouds away. lie knows all about ~.
he knows the hoartaches and the
pains, he knows how sacrifice ana
service are unappreciated, he knows
the troubles he knows the burdens
he knows because he bore them him
self for three years in way you
aud know not Of he knows and
hen help you. what n friend we
have In Jesus"
Jesus Is the friend OF the sinner