The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-12-17
TULSA DAILY WORLD, SATURDAY, DECEMBER H. 1921

steps In and tells you that when you
transgress upon my rights. you pay
the penalty or II / transgress upon
yours, | pay the penalty. No man is
left to act upon his own viii about
everything in this world.
why do we have penitentiaries
First, to save us from the transgres-
sions OF the men that will not Keep
the law and to make good citizens
OF them, II possible; and then, to
punish them for the crimes they've
com mitted against the law.
"If there was no law. then every
man and woman could do as they
pleased. IL they become a law unto
themselves. then anarchy would pee
vail and the white and tho blue OF
the old flag would dissolve into reG,
and they would wave the red flag OF
anarchy instead OF the stars and
stripes; II every man and woman
was law unto themselves, have
no interest in a God that will not
smite an unrepentant sinner No.
sirl
"In these modern days, God has
gotten TO be nothing but a great big
hug and kiss with lot of people,
tience as an excuse for their cuss-
ednessl l wouldn't have any interest
In God that wouldn't smite a sim
ner II he wouldn't repent and he
sorryl | wouldn't have any interest
in government that wouldn't put a
criminal behind the bars II he didn't
keep the lawl so God has govern
ment and we've got 90 submit TO
Gods laws In this old world.
why does man need ain? Sin
surrounds you on all sides--you run
against II every time you move. Gin
hurls you, to tho ground; hatters,
bruises and mangles. II we say we
have no sin, we deceive ourselves
and the truth is not in ue
"And there are some who say that
wrong II simply right in disguise;
that error In truth viewed from the
opposite side OF the street that vice
Ia only another name for virtue.
"Sln Is like serpent salvation
like dove, sin, the devil--salyation
an angel. sin. darkness-snlvation,
Hight: sin, bltterness--selvat
sweetness; sin. like disoaso--sal-
walton. like health; sin. paln--salVa-
tlon. Joy,
when you can stand up and
prove to me that there Is no differ
ence between "a serpent and dove
| between the devil and an angel, be-
/ tween darkness and iiEht, between
bitterness and sweetness, between
sin and disease, between salvation
and health, Joy and pain, then you
can make me believe that there ts
no difference between sin and saliva =
tion heaven and hell. Christ and The
dewitt
God so loved tho world, that He
gave His only begotten Son, that
whosoever believcth In Him should
not perish. but have everlasting life.
you run against sin every time
you move. You have business rela-
tions with some man. lie makes a
| statement to you that you know Ia
be an Infamous, wiltul. malicious,
unmitigated, premeditated lie. IL
lying is not sin, then, sir, telling
the truth is not a virtue.
You ask me, What IL sin7' Sin is
any wilful violation of a known law
OF God. That Is what theologians
call sin, tho doing of the thing. Sin
is the wilful violation OF known
law of God. That is one definition
"Sin is that depraved state of the
human heart that causes actual sin
That il original ain. Now, what u
sin2 1t Is n viper; 1t Is serpen
that fastens It's fangs in yonr sou
and fills It with n deadly poison, o.
II coils around your soul and crushe
out every thought OF decency an'
virtue and of God. Sin II whirl
pool where the soul is drowned ou
of its course to heaven and plunSet
down into hell.
"Sln Is n loathsome disease. sir
turns all moral beauty OF character
and manhood and womanhood intt
a rotten mass. Sin Is "A chain whlcf