The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-11-18

of this state then YOU arc Grim
iual. No matter whether you feel
Ike n criminal or not. II you act
contrary 10 the law. you are a Grim
inai. Sce2 All flght And n you
act contrary to God 3 law you arc a
sinner.
II Isn't a question whether sou
foel Ike sinner or not. That doesn't
enter into Il. You arc. but when
a man becomes criminal he be
comes criminal by his actions but
II he mover puts his thoughts into
action and hlA actions are not con-
trary. well. then he Is never "a Grim
inai But a man becomes "A sinner
by his thoughts Hc doesn't need 90
put his thoughts into action 20 be d
sinner when he thinks or acts ho
iH a sinner SO hc plays both ends
against the middle. lie whipsaws.
Now, TO give YOU an Illustration.
Mosra Faid Thou shalt not commit
adultery" referring TO the act Of Fin.
Jesus said, II say unto you, who
ever lookcth upon a woman To lust
after her. has committed adultery
with her already IN his heart, ana hs
q man thinks In his heart go he is"
Chastity requires purity OF thought
az well as outward act,
Dr. ]. 6. Holland in his llttlo
book entitled "Gold Foil" TELLS Of
lovely island washed By waters that
were pncific whore Flora and Fauna
Wed with each other to wear n
crown. There we're fruits In abun-
dance and flowers ~ every hue,
trees md fruit from every paradise.
And maiden gently Hteors her
wave X isHed keel and vonder che is
lost IN n labyrinth Of bewitching
beauty as she leaps from her canoe
and crecpa beneath tho foliage drip
ping with dew and kissed with the
sunlight and every drop sparkling
liko Jewel And farther down tho
beach a young man comoa I'm his
canuo and ne bends and croeps be-
meath the foliage and disappears.
Farther down husband, farther
still wife. An hour passes and
thcv return 70 their canoes and tho
land from whence they had come.
What In that Island ?" asks Or.
Holland, and then he answers his
own inquiry BY saving. ut IL the
island Of your thoughts and your
| lOnginEs and your imaglnations
whore all unseen you ply your tiny
craft"
where have YOU been today In
our thoughts7 Tho secret OF whose
porRon did you approach In your
| longing what did YOU desire 10 do,
my friendA7 Therefore. M you think
| In your thoughts go YOU are.
How did God treat David. who
anld 10 Nathan, ~ have slnncd
/ agolnu tho Lord" Did lie uncork
tho viaB OF Hia wrath and pour them
/ out upon him. No lie sent
Nathan. the prophet, TO have a talk
| God never put n elmer In hell that
| lie didn't flrst send "A preacher TO
col a a fIhnFn
not man In the penltenilary that
didn't 30 contrary 20 aomebody's ad-
| vice or he wouldn't have been there.
| There isn't girl selling her virtue
tonight that abe didn't go contrary
to the pleading OF her mother. or
some good friend. Don't you go with
that gang. If you do you Will lose
out"
David Condemns Himself.
God sent Nathan. the prophet. to
talk with David. Ho gives man OF
woman a chance TO repent before ne
goes to hell. Halleluiahl
And so can see Nathan, th'
prophet, as ne walked In and tolC
David that beautiful little parabl,
OF the eve lamb. Here was n poo
man. with many children and on,
little lamb. and the children, playe,
with II and II was pot. II was al
one OF tho children. And thero wa
q man with many flocks and herd
and one night there came TO hi
house a way-faring man. as W,
would say. n hobo, or weary. willie
and they pan-handled him for {
handout and this rich man spared
his own flocks. he wouldn't kill {
lamb so as TO cook Il and give hin
something 10 eat but he sent one o
his servants and took the one lamb
tho only ono that fellow had ant
ordered II slain and gave it to him.
Now David had little sense o.
Justice, equity and square deal.
can hear his teeth grind and SO,
him clench his fists, and / hear hi
foot come down when Nathan tolC
him that parable. And he said q
Nathan. "As the Lord God liveth, I
fellow that did n thing like tina
shall surely die. wouldn't stanC
for anything like that in my king
dom. Tell me the fellow that diC
it,"
Nathan shot his fingers out a
him and said, Thou art the man
You are the lobster"
And then David cried out in tn
words OF my text. "Oh, hav
sinnad against the Lord
IL was a great SIN tof David Wny
lie sinned against his light II
know better so do you. Their
isn't man that goes out and elm
that he doesn't know from wha
others tell him and what he sees
There isn't a man that starts out {
drink that doesn't know that tha'
the way n fellow becomes a drunk
ard. There isn't a girl that start
, to go down the line with a gang an
doesn't wear clothes enough to wa
shotgun. that doesn't know. Sh
has the example OF others, no dill
, ference whore you go.
, The boy that shoots craps an
, Hips pennies begins TO gamble, II
! knew better. There isn't man &
! woman on earth that doesn't kno
, my friends, that 10 have one unfor
, given ain In thsir life places theI
/ in tho awful peril OF Gods judgmen
! that they can forsake tho vilest sir
. that control the lives or men an
, women II they surrender TO God an
) Jesus Christ. challenge you.
/ There isn't soul on earth, l don
care where they are, bound han
y and foot by ayarice and greed an
4 sensuallty. but that man or woma
0 can rise In all their liberty and fret
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