The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-12-09

,"hl kl't" isle win grandeur that
mas never been cqgalcd or sur
paFs'd by any rnco uf people on
earth.
Where ls Greece today2 Kcnop.
/ hen VIII toil You about her IN his
! IicllcnclA Whore is Rome to
/ night' A. great in war as she was
/ IN art Gibbons will toll you In hls
/ history of her decline and fan.
where Us Jerusalem tonlght2 Jc
Hus Christ stood one day and sad
TO the people that howlcd and spai
upon Him and hurled stones a.
F.. Him, "For'y years from now the
walls ~ Jerusalem shall fan. ana
not on" stone will remain on top Of
another"
Forty years after that the Roman
army under Titus entered tho city
Iof Jerusalem. Thoy razed her fu
! the level ~ the ground ana they
ldidnt leave one stone on top ~ an
other
what about tho cross ~ Jesus
christi oh, tho Cross Of Jesus
Christ iH the greatest power iu all
tho world The Cross NJ Jcwsi
Why are you here touiEhie BE.
cause / announced that would
preach aa much aa know about tho
Cross.
Missionaries have gone 20 the cor.
ncra ~ tho Garth ana they have hold
up tho bleeding form Of Jcsut
Christ Tho bible has been trans
lated Into 500 language aud dia.
. leDts. over 200 10000 copies ~ 10
have bcou distributed throughout
7 th" world ana n runs through and
! literature like tho scarlet thread
b Through thc British Cordago.
: Great wars have been wage,
, against H. greater than against an,
- other hook In the universe. bat in
! Influence has not been weakened.
For centuries II was crime {,
- ~ tho stake. they wcrc iuciucrnte,
/ into ashes. for no other crime thai
n that they had a copy OF il In thei
r possession
< Kept It's Power
I But they couldn't stop It's circuln
r ton II mas made converts whore
b. ever 1t has gone. Men ana wnmei
+ have given their lives 10 back thei
- faith. and they will back their farI
- with their lives and meet doat'
r with a smile They have given NJ
= their homes and friends and health
o. left their bones to bleach on IN
sandhills and rot I'm the swamps, an
II brcathed their miasmatic germs {
;, tell the people of the dark, bonigh'
. Cd regions about Jesus Christ
g oh, II takes power ~ do that
For the preaching OF the cross
n to them that perish. foolishncss, bu
60 ne which are saved. 70 is IN
II power of God"
B.. The religion of Jesus Christ prove
~ that Il Is the power Of God by wha
@ II does now. II saves from tho Eul
i, pf sin now. II Is the only power /
q tho world that can or does or eye
n will.
" The heaviest burdens In rho worl
r are the burdens of guilt. Nothln
Il crushes Ike the consciousness
n wrong. one look at the Cross 4
n faith In Jesus Christ. and 1t dil
- solves like ice In n summer sea, an
- your sorrows turn into Joy
- FOR the preaching OF the Gro
20 is to them that perish, foolisues
~ hut 10 us which are saved It Is q
~ power OF God"
Ga II says. believe on the Lord J
-, aus Christ and thou shalt he saved
-, What does II mean to believe In j
,s sus2 IL is not tho same thing
,S believing in Charlemagne or Nap
,n leon like they used 10 or as Caes
M believed In Cleopatra, the his
,o priestess Of sensuality and lust. O
'' nol--forget IT,
She came down the Nile in tn
A.. magnificent hoat. covered with pu
70 Pile SILK, clothed I'm sunshine and @
~, mate, and sho put Caesar and Ma
W Anthony out Of business: almC
ee wrecked the destlnies OF the worI
~. Fools! Fools!
Us Now. what does II mean to belle
~ In a surgeon IN order to get {
ne benefit OF his skin? You believe
OF him because YOU have heard that
IL q good surgeon. or you have se
o. his advertisement or YOU know hi
ct II means to have confidence or tru
Is When he says that an operation
is needed. you believe him and you
so on the operating table and so u
ne der his power.
o. what does II mean 10 believe IN
ed bank? II means 10 believe in II n
TO trust It and go down and make va
w. deposit IL Il.
Int What was the mission of Jcs
res Christ In this world? God did J
send His son into the world TO CO
an denim. The world was condemn
| before Jesus was born. l did
to come here to condemn, This c
he was condemned before | ever
'"d my foot n her corporate limits,
is have come to tell you the way
see escape.
Jesus came not TO condemn
list world; lie came to save 1t. ht
W. come to tell you the way out
he your sins.
ivtl Condemnation-you don't need
md go up to prison TO preach conde
est nation. Every fellow there kno
ivil he is condemned. what he wa
re- is ray OF hope, how he can
Ait out.
rist That Is the way with every sin
on on earth, You are already @
demned. What you need is 10 h
oss how YOU can get out, escape,
er- "For the preaching Of the Cross
ose 20 them that perish, foolishness,
ing to us which are saved, II Is
aad power OF God"
He'd A surgeon can do me no good
out | am unwilling 10 trust myself
cen his skill a banker can do me
good n am unwilling to trust
,mc with my money. jesus Christ
yior do me no good II ! am unwilling
and let him save me,
n AZ Sin put you out OF harmony v
hev God, You are lost, and you n
and let Jesus Christ save you. lie j
tbs our sins In His own body on
, TO Cross, God picked up my iniQ'
il and put It over on Jesus; the
r,ot have TO accept the one that beet
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