The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-12-18
Thou Art Not Far From the
Kingdom
Copyright, 1917, by william Ashley Sunday.

/ will not be applied until you accept
Jesus Christ.
The ony difference between tho
clock and you Is that II was an auto
| in4tOn wn.Ie you have "A mind. You
have the power OF choice. You can
obel. You can defy God. You have
an Intelligent medium OF commune
cation. God can communicate what
His Will is. / could not communicate
to clock or piece OF wood my
will That Is piiablc, plastic. There is
a medium OF Communication, and
that medium is your intelligence.
II Is sad to see men and women
that are perfect hut for one thing.
That lock needed the secret touch
and that is the one thing that you
want. You need the touch OF God
all your life, and then you will be-
come all that God had for you in
His plans.
II Is sad 10 see n thing that would
be perfect IL IL did not lacK one
thing. There is the lectric light
that has no current There Is "A To-
conceive that has not steam. There
is a human being but II has no life
In II. Things that would be per-
feet but for the lack OF one thing
You can take the finest main
spring made In tho United States
or In Switzerland and you can put
! IL into the mainspcing barrel of "A
watch and then you can jewel the
top and bottom with rubies and
! diamonds and then you 20 through
the rest Of the assembly and mise
one thing and II your watch Is all
ready and lacks that one thing, II
renders all the others of no use.
You had left out the hairsprlng.
That Is all, just hairsprlng.
And so a great many people lack
one thing, There are many things
desirous, Education Is desirous. All
honor to the man or woman that
oeprives himself or herself Of the
comforts OF life that their boy or
girl may have an education. But
an education is not necessary 10 get
into heaven. God does not require
that. Many things are desirable,
but not necessary.
Wealth is desirable and money is
the medium whereby we buy and
exchange commodities OF life but
God does not compel or require that
you have a rating in Bradstreet or
X. G.. Dun's before the gates OF
heaven will let you across the thres-
hold. Wealth Is desirable, but God
does not require you to have a ccr-
tain amount Of wealth before you
| can get into heaven.
Salvation is necessary. You have
| made education and wealth the
| main points, leaving salvation out.
So II Is sad to see things that would
be perfect but for the lack of one
thing.
Wife's Prayer u Lightning Rod.
Most OF us here tonight came
| from Christian homes. You have
the memory of a godly father OF
mother, You have boen surround
ed by Christian influences on our
| coins we stamp In God We Trust. d
Under the influences of It, you
| have turned as naturally toward
| this tabernacle as n flower will turn
| toward the sun. when II lifts It's lips
| to be kissed by the sunshine and
| the the dew,
And then companions. Many are
| IN heaven because of the influence
| Of companions. Others are in hel
because they have gone with tn,
/ wrong crowd.
Many q man has good, godly
wife, or he had godly mother, ant
| believe the prayers OF many
mans wife "A lightning rod abov,
| his head 10 keep God from knock
| ing him down in his cussedness anC
sin. SO, therefore, for the sake O
| companions, you can thank th'
| Lord.
/ was preaching out In Illinois, ir
| the midst of a fabulously rich val
! ley. There was a man there whC
owned over $500 acres Of this land