The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-11-30
CHRISTIANITY OF
TODAY TOO COLD
Conventionality Sunday
Says Is Suffocating
the Churches
ENTHUSIASM IS URGED
Thursday Evangelist Will
Preach on the Subject
of Martha and Mary

Folks rlu yoll ufc Comanohe In
disus when their Ndo o. winning on
tho baseball diamond OF % their
team b.rrs' 'homr tho pcunnut. but
if sou, is saved they always any
Keep quicil Don't rrt oNciied
So Rcv william sunday told the
crowd az the tabernacle tuesday
afternoon 600 making the asR"rtio.
that our Christianity ~ today ia
too cold -HrryDu'InunN'y iE Huffo-
eating a. Don't urged tho speaker.
b. afraid of religious enthusiasm.
Thursday. declared auudav ho "
going Co preach on Martha and
Mary
oCone out ho sold. "nnd rn
tell YOU vhiDh one of those girls ]
like, and why rll tell you which
one or en- 10 have married II I'd
lived thcn."
Mise kinntvs bible study classes
following the regular afternoon
services are proving "A big drawing
card This week Hho " taking up
personal work. and IS conducting,
ono might say, an analytical study
OF the technique Of that phase Of
revival campaigns. Men and women
both attend these classes. with tho
women forming the major part OF
Tho crowd.
sunday said Tuesday afternoon.
in hts sermon on Theory and
Practice" In part.
you can't take anything TO
heaven with you but your aoul--not
your property your automobile,
your beautiful home or your clothca
nothing hut your soul. my friends.
"Tf YOU want 10 do anyone a per-
eonal favor, win them 20 jesus
t.Nf
can do for her husband. or hus-
band for a wife, It's the greateat
thing parent can do for a child,
en- a child for n parent. lts the
greatest thing you can do for your
nclFhbor, or members OF your lodge
or your club. and II you want to
please Christ do that and IL you
want 70 dlsplease the devil do Il.
Say, you ought TO break your neck
20 please God and you ought 10 take
supreme delight In making Jesus
Christ smile and the devf groan,
] he awake nights gtudying up
something the dovil doesn't want
done and then go and DO H.
'it requires effort 10 save people.
worked on farm when ! was only
10 years old. milkcd 10 COWS night
before Mccormick invented the self
binder, and was only IL years
old. fired for a railroad; rye
played baseball, fve bern an ath-
lete. my friends. You'd naturally
think rs the easiest thing on earth
60 get people to do riFht--well. it's
tho hardest thing and yet us nc
compliment 10 any man ur wun;at
to know they are not a Christian !
would be ashamed 60 look decent
man or woman In the face and SAY
/ was not Christiau, my friends
" 70 be . Christian meant to bt
something disroputable, | would un.
uerstand why anyone would refuse
Il but when u means to be the high.
est ana nUblost man or woman on
Gods dirt, tell me why you refuse
and expect people TO respect you
And you need courage. oh, there
- nothing harder. seemingly than
60 get out and talk talk TO some
body about bcingsa Christian. You
can talk about business. about poll
ties. about society--that doeant hurt
the devils cause hut when you begin
your assault on hts kingdom, all tho
devils In he'll will be on your back.
Don't be afraid; don't 20 around
with your head hanging down like a
hulrush, az though you are going
TO fail. Many fan from lack OF cour-
age.
II suppose read the story OF
Noah and the flood 20 tinies before
] got this lesson out OF u lGod told
Noah to build that ark, and hs
built A. and lac was lCO years IN
building II. Ana when ne got n
complete he couldn't convince any,
body hut his wife. his three SOM
and their wives. that God was goln,
20 destroy the world In otho
words. after l20 years. he coul,
only convince seven people, an,
only eight went into tho ark (witl
hlnsolD
So, Jcsus Christ lived on thi
earth 80 wears ana AT Pentccost II
could muster i2O--after 80 year
Of work and of preaching. Some q
them followed him as long as he
focd them, but when he cut the com
miUsnry department OF. tho
stopped. They Just followed hii
for the loaves and fishes.
| got that lessou out of Il, an
yet le=.= chs!7. 5S!a. "!lr TIA; .,
hoveth on me, the works that
do shall no do also, and create
works tnnu thpgo rhan no an h.