The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-11-25

] ana tnfN uuu Know anything ABOUT
/ God from an experimental stand
point.
You know that food il good. you
have eaten 10. You know that water
will help your thirst. You have
drunk H. You know that sleep vii
rest your body You have gore to
need 20 stand here and waste my
strength telling you that. We all
l know that That's what we ca: eN.
pericnCc, but have to waste my
strength telling you about God he.
cause multitudUs W people don { livt
80 that God can manifest his power
through their life So that they know
OF tho personal contact with God.
believe in experimental religion, and
II IS tho only KIND that I do believe
IN. So therefore. we htyo lost an
that We have iOst' our posscasiN'
case and We have lost the impera
two mood.
u Is truc today that whom tho
church lifts her hands ard takes her
stand against any Cyil, that evil WI
be driven rom tho land. |. Will he
stopped. and n the churches would
an unite against the wrong, there
ian't a one that couldn't be driven
back
II every man with his name on a
I church record would vote arains,
the saloon. the saloon would go to
he'll that very day.
II the church OF God would with
draw her patronage from thc the.
atcrs unless they cleaned up their
stages and took n lot of these Of
| fCnsiyc things of. the stage would
be changed and 70 would be purified
10 Tho ghnrrh gygnlI VYfuaU ffa nat .
ronago until they did. Then you d
change something.
That's true of tho whole business
today But II you sleep with the
dogs you must cKpcct.to get up with
lice on you.
l used to say. 1--WE are going to
have revival next year" ] change
my prophecies have learned
within The last few years that the
promises OF God arc in the present
tense. We have II now, but you will
have 10 pay the p-icc.
A lady went up to n friend OF
mine and said "Td give tho world II
I only had your experience" HC
said, Lady that's what gave "a
have Il. ThaNs what II cost me
That's what 10 will cost you. Give
up the things that YOU arc doing
Then you have Gods power in your
lifc."
A man said 20 mo. "Is modern
evangelism a success2"'
1 know nothing about modern
evangelism, Mine Is not modern
Mine. is az old as the cross OF Jesus
Christ Mine Is az old az tho nails
driven through his hands and feet
Ny evangelism is az old as tn,
crown of thorus that they put upor
hia brow. and any evangelism tnal
doesn't hang on tho cross Of Jesus
Christ Is no evangelism for me.
Must Preach Truth.
I know nothing about your TWEEN
tlcth century stuff. l know nothing
about II. And so, / am not posted
on that proposition at all! Not al
all!
where thcro is no vision. the
people perish"
Sometimes the ministers are
wrong. | don't want TO criticize ms
brethren. ! don't criticiJ9 tho minis
try as an organization or an institu-
tion, but ! do criticize when they
don't preach the truth with all tho
power they have. And as I told
Them, It Is my humble cNpcrlenc'
That there II more religion In the
pews today than in the average pull
pit. That's one reason why the peo
pie are denied their vision.
Now another thing, and many 8
minister today has lost mis- vision. H'
is standing up in the pulpit preach
ing tommyrot to the people. stalking
a claim out on Jupiter, talking about
the concerns OF Adam, and that we
came from Protnplasm, instead OF
being born Of God Almighty. and
instead OF being created of the Lord
I don't believe tho old bastard
theory OF evolution. | want you 10
understand Il. / don't believe in It.
I believe ! am just as God Almighty
made mo right here. and ! believe
you are, and everything In TINS
world.
Many n church Is denied It's rcvs
latiou because the minister has lost
his vision Of the cross OF Jesus Christ
and therefore he is stlll standing IN
tho pulpit, but the church doesn'i
catch 4 glimpse OF Jesus Christ, be-
cause he is lost and there is the at
utudc.
live I'm WinOna Lake. Indiana,
whore we have the great interde-
nominational associations, and a
great Bible conference there, and
we get mon from all quarters OF tho
globe ~ come and talk. But nobody
Mas ever been more welcome and
given us moro holp-thau my friend
Dr JOWCtt, pastor Of the titth Avo-
uuc Presbyterian church in New
York. / remember bearing him one
time tell about brilliant woman IN
. England named Susan FGrrier, and
some one asked her 10 write her
deepest wish and shc wrote:
my deepest wish ia that my life
may never lose It's halo. That u.s.
that nothing may ever appear com
mon or commonplace. That Is, that
I nothing that I look upon or touch
may be bereft of the divine. That Is,
| that everywhere they may Cpen
mystic doors that will lrad mo into
the presence of Jesus Christ and 10
a higher plane OF usefulness in the
/ world"
My deepest wish" saId Susan
/ Ferricr rs that my life may never
. lose its halo, that nothing may ever
/ appear common or common place
/ that whatever touch may be divine
/ that wherever I go, IL Will give me a
vision Of Jesus Christ. that mystic
| doors may constantly open which
would lead mo straight into the arms
and the heart OF Jesus Christ, the
/ Son OF God" What 4 blessing Il
/ would be!
l road little story tho other day
] by Mrs. Helen Gould Vinlny Shep-
ard, She was down thero 10 some
homes OF want and squalor and mis-