The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-11-16


" iH a call 90 trust GOD m Gur
fullest aud DO tho completes sense.
liFo lenhn lrtstcd his father Nbfn.
ham. ana n W. love God az wr
should. then we will trust gpd a- u.
should ana when fully roalll,
GDds fncroics on myscH / win not
simply git down and fsD myself and
sing. ~ will go whcrf g0u want un
70 20. dear Lord and then go TO-
no doWl or TO bed ur sUmos place
No, no, that won't DO.
ii"-ent your body.supi yuur wife
Present yourself. not .uua urlghbprs
Not the members of your lodge. Not
the people th0t work for Huu-uJ
proxy huHinOaa. nothing OF that aott
J can't pfoBcut mino for .ou nor you
present yours for mo- 10 lg per
sonni matter between ruu ana tho
Inrd.
Prcsrat your body. your .uiiylduu
flesh ana blood and bono. chat body
that can acts that BODY that can
blood. mat body thar can o., u,kcd
WIN pain. that can ho rst1u4tpl
with in90WnlI. Du you love Gud
enough tu Trust tIm to dg what Ils
l plraEoH with tuu Dog thr m.r.ios u
God7
Henry yatlpl aId to Moody whom
/ b. was iu ENGLAND. MOODY t,od a
/ waiting fu show this world what 10
cun 800 through SOM, man who 90
I WiUlnE that llc should do what lie
: pl"aHoH with mat man"
Moody Jumped 10 hts fcrt anc
said. 'Nur'oy by the grace pf GOD
I Will bc that man. and God took
him ana hurled him 3s a mighty
ihuudorbolt and shook the world FOR
Jesus Christ with Ins trnth.
And are you willing 10 let God my
FREUD have 4 chance a. show
through You 10 tho world what ro-
i'gion iH7 Tho college shows through
its graduates what they con do. tho
modicp. school the law school Int
God show Co the world through you
what Chrislianity is in tho world
rio iV rriuirss 70 10 u ana that iH
I an iIc - doing and tho only way IIo
can do %.
Now. arc you willing 90 lot God
Fnv whore YOU shall livo7 Arc you
willing tp let god say whether HC
wants yuu here. In China, ln Japan
or on the Malay pcniumla7 Arr you
willing 90 let God take your body
and do as lfe plcasos with lt7
lu This you have got the greatest
question oyer put to human being
'nud ] think the angels are leaning
over the battle ucnts Of glory ana
they are looking down 10 sec how
you viii answer tho question whom
10 is put up 20 you.
Glad "a Sacrifice Others.
ny the mprcics ~ God" A. the
beginning of the civil war, I heard
of y fellow who was wonderfully
stirred Ue Sad. "This union must
and shall be preserved, The rebel
lion must be nut down. no matter
what the cost Is ip blood and In
tryaBurcs'
lie was willing that every able.
bodied man of military ago should
20 on the firing line and become
bullet mcat Tor &i3 a month. and eat
SOW belly ana hard tack ana slcop
In tho trenches and the storm and
the sunshine, but ne never went a
step.
on. God has a warfare on hand.
II ia right against wrong. heaven
against hell, Christ against tho
devil virtue against Vice, sobriety
against drunkenness. God has a
warfare on hand the same MS our m
tion has a warfare on hand. and
God and the country are calling for
volunteers God doesn't want TO
draft you II you are not willing 20
como ~ bescech you by the mcrcies
/ OF God"
And n God could only get pos
session OF the flesh and blood that
hclongB TO Him, what com motion
He'd create on earth and In he'll And
In God had some of your feet He'd
point your toos In different dlrec.
lions from what thee have over gone
before, God would make some OF
you follows walk stratghter IN poll
tics and religion than you ever
have done IN the past, take IL from
mo.
"By the morcies Of God be-
scech you. therefore, brethren, by
the mercles of God" He would
make some OF you begin to wear out
shoes, making things right that have
been wrong. He would keep somo
OF you busy carrying back goods and
money that you have Hwindlod some
body out OF, that you have acquired
by crooked practices or cunning.
Some OF you haven't been to prayer
meeting Tor years, and you'd give
the preacher nervous prostratlon II
ne say your old map walk into The
church and give testimony, It's n
God's fact. IN bet my life some Of
YOU haven't been to- church Tor a
year, now on the square.
by the mcrcies or God, I he-
scCCh you II God had the feet
that belong 20 Him you wouldn't
let lnt utNll hHf lntilt NIhNAiNk
around, gossiping about your neigh-
bora No. II God had your faot,
You'd find II easier 60 walk toward
the church, harder TO go towards
the hauntA OF sin and YOU wouldn't
be so busy that you couldn't get
down on your knees and look up TO
heaven. and you'd make every step
I OF your life conform to the Golden
! Rule and the Sermon on the Mount.
Some people do all their work for
God with their mouth. God wants
| that part Of you that Is on the
ground as well as up In the air,
what would Uncic sam do with
an army II he did not have control
NJ thoir feet. What would ne do II
an they did was 90 sit around the
camp 0nd watch the bacon fry and
chew the r0Ey How many battles
would he win with a bunch Ike
that?
Some OF you havc never done any
more for God than that Then. /
know some preachers whose study
cushions need halfsoling more than
their shoes.
Not only Preachers
NeS-au ! have said about the
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