The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-12-15


I ity as well az the dovil, and SO you
would dedicate your ability 10 the
/ Lord, use that talent, how many siu-
ncrs YOU could win TO Jesus Christ. ="
Tho evenings entertainment came
| 10 a close, they becamo--unite and
went TO their homos ord retired
[ This young lady rolled and tossed
with "A troubled Insomnia
couldn't sleep. she couldn't get away
/ from the face of the old preacher or
his words ringing In her ears, and at
two o'clock In the morning she
lcaped out OF bed. got a light. seized
pencil and paper, fell on her knees
and as the tears OF repentance cours.
ed down her cheeks, Charlotte Ell
liott wrote.---
Just M / am. without one plea,
But that Thy blood was shed for
me,
And that Thou bid'st me come 20
Thee
o Lamb OF Godl come, come
30. come as you are and God VIII
aatlsfy you and supply your need
Sometimes you get a feeling OF un-
worthisess. like tho publican. That's
very hopeful sign. hate to see n
man or woman who feels "a though
God owed them something and that
salvation was n sort OF reward -of
merit I like TO 500 a man or wo-
man who is like that get what is
coming to thcm--thcy get hell here
and when thcy are through herel
God doesn't owe you anything:
God doesn't owe you salvation. He
owes you the opportunity to accept
but he doesn't owe 10 TO you " you
don't want IL. But he offers IL to
you fun free, perfect and eternal,
II YOU will come Coda way---if you
won't do that, let IL alone. You
can't have II on any other grounds
at all.
don't care what your sin is. grace
won't keep you out OF hell. II you
don't repent. Some men don't 20
TO hell because they are sinners;
they go to hell because they reject
Jesus Christ, for God says, who
soevcr Will may come and whosoever
viii not. will be cast out" NO that's
the reason--not because they are
sinners. but because they won't
come and be saved.
There are some men and women
who 1.-Two good, honest lives There
are some people honest. upright.
moral. virtuous--who would stand
up and let "A regiment OF soldiers
fire Mt them. every man armed with
a machine gun. before they would
be untrue to their marriage vow
Some live life Just opposite to that,
but no matter what your condition.
| you come to Jesus Christ and saliva
tiOn is yours.
can imagine the blind men
whose eyes Jesus had opened hold
/ ing convention. They were dir
\ fering with themselves In giving
their testimony of experience. One
man got up and said. Now look
here. ~ you want TO have your eyes
opened, go sit on the wayside. Je-
sus came along and I said. What
wouldst thou do unto mo that
might receive my sight2'"
Another fellow jumped up and
said. Look here. that's n hum steer!
You don't get 1t all at once. You
get Il on the installment plan like
you buy furniture" lie said, II was
blind ana jesus came up to me and
lie said. What wouldst thou hnve?'
IN said. I want to scc.' He said,
What do you see now1 why. | see
trees as men walking. What do you
see now And at the third at.emp:
you can see, so you don't get Il all
at once. little by little after a while
you get IT,"
! Another fellow said. "See here,
I You're both wrong, | was blind and
| came To Jesus and lie said, What
do YOU wRnt7' ! said. 4 want to
see He turned around. spat on the
ground and He mixed clay and put
II on my eyes and He said. You go
to the pool Of SLOAN aud wash.
I got hold OF fellow to hello me and
went TO the pool and dipped my
head In and washed and my eye
/ sight came"
4 Another fellow said, II can sec
as well as you and I've never been
near the pool"
Faith Worked Miracle.
Jesus Christ never told but one
blind man to go to the pool. The
whole thing was faith In Christ,
II was fuith In Christ that opened
the eyes Of all Of them. It was faith
In Jesus tina. opened their eyes, and
theg all said, Whereas once We
/, were all blind now we can all seS."
, Jesus was the one that did Il. and
. II ~ faith in Christ that does II all
$ and brings you the blessings In dif-
ferent ways.
/, Sometimes II Is the consciousness
/ that you have sinned and that the
curse OF the broken law rests unon
YOU like prisoner In the death
= house waiting for the time when he
Y will walk through the little door
( from which no one has over ro'
. turned, that some people have q
deeper conviction OF sin than tho,
. had before,
Scmo people have deeper con
y viction OF sin before they were con
= vcrtcd than Hfter--that's true @
y some. | think most people have 4
before. Some people can tell yo,
the day, hour aud spot whore the!
d. were converted; others cannot.
I, can tell you whore and why | wa
~ saved 80 years ago one dark Rn'
% stormy night in Chicago. Mrs, sun
n day couldn't tell you 20 save her lifc
\ she was born under ChristlrN influ
y encc and never knew anything OH
.e er. She couldn't tell you TO save he
n life when or where.
y I preached In town ons tim" 4
I Illinois / saw a fellow come dow
I tho aisle he took mo by the land
II walked over and sat down. prctt
10 soon ho got on his knees. md the
ne fell down In the sawdust ant
rolled and groaned I satd 20 on
.e OF the Methodist preachers what
x the matter with that fellow2'
90 lie said TO me, "Bill. he's gettin
,t religion,