The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-12-03

! The text or tho sermon on 'Inlnh
On These Things" preached Friday
night by Rev. w. \. Sunday. FOL
| ows
In Philippians, as "whatsocvcr
things are true think on these
I things"
1t pays tn a thousand ways 10 be
] In harmony with things mat are
I forever and otcrually true. II is n
I fact that there is certain needle
4 that always points In a certain III
I rection, that is, always NORTH, ana
shaping It's course accordingly has
| been tho salvation Of every snip
J that has ever made safe journey
from port 20 port
II is a fact that there is great
7 giant in steam that waited for ages
and begged for the privilege of
coming and turning our machinery
and doing hard work
II iH a fact that thcrc is another
{ giant in coal that had long sleep
In tho mountaina. waiting to be-
awakened TO come and generate our
steam.
II IL a fact that there has always
been enormous power and blessing
IN electricity. and ~ waited FOR ages
20 come and illuminc our homes.
drive our machinery, and mako its
application in mechanical pursuits.
II liz a fact that there Is FOR
tune In almost every weed that
grows by the road, and DO not be
licvc that thcrc " a disease that
flesh Is heir to that there grows not
weed or an herb that Will cure u.
~ Is there and when we have wis
dom and intelligence enough 20 lind
II out. we will discover that God
Almighty made II to cure some
disease,
Tho dag will come when the whiio
plague, consumption. viii be con-
quercd. or all the people that die.
one out OF / die from consumption
OF all the women. one out ~ eight
dies OF cancer. but the physicians,
with their marvellous skin and their
tireloas labors Tor the benefit OF
humanity, will some day discover
something that viii make us laugh
In the face Of consumption, as we
do now with small poH and diph-
theria
And the sum OF all human expert
onct goes to show that It has been
profitable TO think on these
thlngs" for without thought and in
vostigation having been expended
upon them. they wouldn't do us the
slightest good All the good that
we enjoy today has come to us be-
cause somebody took time to think.
and we receive the benefit OF their
thought and investigation.
10 Is because Watts took time 10
think OF the steam engine he saw
poking It's finger at him out Of the
spout of hts tea-kcttle. as he sat
there and watched II boil. that we
have the locomotive which came
putting out of his brain.
Benjamin Franklin took time to
think OF the giant OF electricity that
he saw cracking its whip In the sky,
and II was Franklin's hand that
caught the horse that was har-
messed by Morse. That is why we
have the telegraph. tho telephone
and all these wonderful Inventions
that benefit us. We must think on
things that are forever true or we
Will have to suffer the losA and in
convenience OF doing without them.
Truth Important.
What IL true OF material things In
equally true OF spiritual things. and
there are eternal veritics that have
TO do with your soul and mine that
are just an true as the facts that
have TO do with our bodies. The
truths that affect my soul are Of
vitaiiy more Importance to me than
those that simply affect my body.
just as your health is more impor-
tant 10 YOU than the color of the
dress that you wear. or your house
than the paint that you have on
you know. said house. 1 don't
mean your face.
There In nothing harder seem
ingiy than TO get people TO stop and |
think OF things that are OF great im-
portance. That In why they are |
wretched today. In poverty. That is
why n lot OF people are In sdualor |
and want; they didn't do the think |
ing. and the planning that they |
should have done yesterday. That is
why people are, going to tho devil |
Tn multitudes, That Is why men are |
becoming drunkards That Is why (
they are becoming thieves II IL
because they are careless OF their |
companions, and they don't stop to
think OF the ultimate end.
They won't stop To consider the
warning that God has placed before
them. That Is why we have rail-
road wrecks. steamship wrecks
somebody was careless, somebody
sent the wrong order, somebody
didn't read the order right, some
body left the switch omen, some
body was careless and negligent.
Someone didn't guard small fire
that they had kindled. A bucket OF
water would have put n out, but
the wind famed Il and caught the
pinecones and dry shrubbery and
destroyed standing timber worth
S3.00O.0oO In ldaho and Montana,
and burned 900 people to death.
Somebody started a small fire up
In northern Minnesota years ago
and didn't throw little water on IL.
The wind famed II and II ran and
burned the town OF Hinckley, MINI,
and six other towns; destruyed
property worth t35,O0O.OOO. left
thousands OF people homeless and
burned 500 TO death. Somebody
didnt think, somebody was careless.
Last year, 10000 letters went to
the dead letter office I'm Washing
ton every week because somebody
didn't think to lick postage stamp
or put the right address on the en-
velope.
Oh, you needn't laugh. II cost
Uncle Sam hundreds OF Thousands
or dollars for clerk hire. and he had
20 tax somebody To get the money
TO pay It. Somebody had to pay for
your carelessness; you didn't. Some
body had to do Il.
whatsoever things are true, think
on these things" Now. a wealthy
out in Indiana went on
a long trip on train. To while
away the time, he bought a book
and started to read II. He was struck
with a passage in this book, which
said: "If man were falling from
q tall building ne would be as much