The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-11-09
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against his wife were aired through
the mdlum OF the newspapers until
he got out OF 1t Is good indication
OF the times
individual Reformation
America leads the world In di-
yorces with 10 every ~ weddings
and every fifth home wrecked by di-
vorce. The crime IN the United
states Is appalling. What's the
remedy It must be the Individual
first, then the churcn. Storming
across the platform, lcaping upon
tnt pulpit kuceuug ana striking 1t
as he talked, sunday pounded it INTO
uIs hearers thai reformation must
come first by way OF the individual
ana that by way of Jesus Christ.
Then the church.
The church OF God looks TO me-
ne said. as though 1t had eaten too
much and slept too well while the
Wurld'r going To he'll 80 last that TO
exceeding the speed limit. n the
churches of GOD will get together
ana do their best to sciVc God, IN
never worry about tulsa. Ii the in
eide is all right | never worry about
the outside. Let the churches OF Tulsa
h't u'Nll on AltlI hNtth anu lllC utNll
viii be In the hospital on CIutcnca
IN As hours. II | had my choice bee
tween the men and women of the
church and The men aud women uut
of IL for my audiences Ia take the
men and women In 1t every time
get them Right aud everything will
De right. Live your Christianity.
Lave your Christianity I've preached
Chriat Tor ( years and II don nvc
what preach IN leave this plat
form and pay your Carfare to any
state in the union
Although sunday has promised
hot shot at all things guI,ty OF the
least reflection from the red rag OF
anarchy in his sermon Fridty night,
he driits Inadvertently into a Discus
sion Of those things. Last night II
was the NOnpartisan league.
Not IA Socialist.
4 tell you, m't1end,' he said.
the Nonpartisan league Is nothing
under heaven but socialism camOu-
tagged under a different name.
thank God it's showed under! I'm
not a socialist. IN lricnd-get that!
! IN not "a socialist, and thank God
for that"
Bunk and junk ne characterized
the political economists diagnosis of
he prevalent crime wave. The pay
envelope Is no basis tor 1t. Its no
cure Tor H. There. q just one remedy
for Cussedness. and that's the gospel
Of Jesus Christ The Reverend sun
day harked back TO the cussednoSs
embodied in the story of Esau and
jacob. He took the Atory and pep
pcred II and toDascucd IL with sun
dayesquc sauce and served IL, pi-
quaint tasting and different to Il
vastly entertained crowd.
Jacobs Father Was Hep.
Cutting the details of tho story,
which It. is assumed a Bible reading
community has stored I'm u scrip
tural filled memory for reference, he
said in part:
When Isaac. the father OF the
boys heard Jacobs voice but felt
Esau's hands, he said to himself,
There Niger In the woodpile
somewhere! SO he asked who sent
him and Jacob changed his voice
and the Lord sent him. And the
Lord was up in Alaska Then la
cobs mother said Take the neXt
freight train out of town. Beat it,!
SO Jacob left on q sidedoor Pullman.
Then he beat old man L.athem out of
a cattle deal. He had that ola fish
hanging on to the ropes beating the
air Tor breath. He beat him blind.
Pretty soon he said: III go homo
and take Eslu a present, But when
ne tried 10 pull that stuff Eaau
said. Jacob appcase me with a pres
ent! Kause init em.' "
The wives Of northeastern Okla
homa have "a champion in Billy
Sunday Their tight fistod spouses
Will either have to run TO cover TO
reform by the time the hard hitting
preacher gets through with them.
Love Beats Beauty Parlor.
/ lie began with that root OF all evil,
money Let your wife have some
money 10 spend and run the house
on without asking for ar accounting
m'fricnd, said Sunday, and when
you're on the hog sheNl loan YOU
some at per cent. Love will do
more for her than any beauty Spe-
ciaiist can do, Happiness is the best
preventative for wrinkles. 1t beats
any powder rag or rouge. Ana he
strongly advised husbands TO be
kind to their wives for a change,
then see what difference 1t made
in them--if they survived the first
shock.
This afternoon Sundays subject is
going to be The Pharisoe ana Pub
llcan." Tonight he will preach on
the subject of "Backsiding.
The tabernacle is heated and kept
at comfortable temperature. Mcr-
cury's change Of front yesterday at-
fected the attendance but little. The
building was more than half filled
in the afternoon and at night every
seat was taken and there were q
number who had TO stand. The
meetings begin, unfalingly on time,
After his rest Monday. sunday was
In good trim yesterday, although his
cold bothers him and there are
times when n troublesome cough in
tcrferes slightly with his speaking
Loren Jones got in yesterday from
Springfield where he has just fin
isned a meeting and took charge OF
the music at both services. This LEFT
Matthews free 70 go back to the pi-
ano--playing it Is one Of the scores
OF things he does as Sundays scCFv-
tary and right hand man. After the
services this afternoon Miss Kinney
viii confer with prayer meeting cap
tains.
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