The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-12-17

with all chat Is good and pure and
/ Mind and true. Ills name IL as good
/ ~ a government bond az any bank
| for "a reasonable amount Every
body respocts him. lie is generous,
| charitable and Kind.
! ! SO To- your high toned cultured
| respectable man and say TO him;
/ God hath included all under ain
/ that He might have mercy upon all.
All have Hinucd aud como short OF
| the glory of God. Whosoever com
/ eth unto Nc ! viii IN no wise cast
I out WIN you accept Jesus Christ
as your savior WIN you give me
| your hand ?"
lie says NO. slr don't want
/ your christ"
what's tho difference between
those two men2 Absolutely none
They are both lost They are both
going to hell.
( They are both sinners because they
( say no 10 Jesus Christ and reIec-
/ tion Of Jesus Christ is sin.
And 10 God raves you through
/ faith IN Joaus Christ Re has ono
l plan for all lie hasn't one plan Of
anlvatlon for the millionaire and an
| other for the hobo No. llc has one
/ plan for everybody
You cant help being good But
/ VI YOU are willing 10 be good why In
1 God's name do you refuse TO do
/ something that will mako you better
/ than you aro2 And II you nro not
an IDIOT you will answer It In the
right way
You cannot answer n dlshonoHtly
A whole lot OF people attend church
[ because II adds a little bit to their
| rcspectability. That Is proof posi-
/ tive 20 mo that the gospel II n good
thing. Tlels IN n dny when good
/ things are Counterfeited
You never snw any one counter
| feiting brown paper ~ iH not worth
| IL But they counterfeit money
| Certainly And Uncle Sam has
found out that Il is a good deal cas-
ler TO pay some cOunterfcitera big
salary than Il IL to run them down
You would be dumfoundod N /
would tell you how much he pays
somo counterfeiters.
They counterfeit religion. Rell-
glon must be good or they wouldn't
counterfeit it.
Nobody forgos n pauper's, name.
The worthlcss are not counterfeited.
When man makes n phoney check
IL because he cannot make good
and he tries TO. lilo has nothing I'm
tho bank to draw on.
The original article is always bet
ter than the duplicate. When YOU
go TO buy something in the store and
the clerk tells you he has something
'Just as good" don't you believe
him. lie is strlnging you. II IL
were AS good he would get n brass
band and advertise II. lie Ia trying
to put one over on you.
TheTo - one class or people that
haven't very much respect for. And
that IL the class that is 40 dnrncd
good that they are good for nothing.
a woman said to me. Mr.. Sunday,
| haven't sinned for 10 years"
] said, II think you are lying"
n fellow said, There must bo
something In morality. because 80
many people trust In t."
Shall vice become virtue because
80 many people follow II?
a friend OF mine went into n mans
home and took him into a place
where no had pulleys. shaftings and
bearings and contriyanccs OF all
kinds and my friend said, What are
you doing"
lie said, ~ am trying to discover
perpetual motion"
why" isaid my friend, ''how
long have YOU been at III"
| Eighteen years"
why have you fooled away Is
years OF your timer
| Don't you think II can he done ?"
Unless you can discover some
law whereby you can prevent the
laws or nature, you are Just wasting
and fsoling away your time"
Does IL ever existp"
oh, no, only In some mans lmag.
nation"
That's where selvation exists. A
lot OF people think because they did
thus and so. that's salvation. Your
money and respectability are not
salvation, That's not doing what
God tells you 10 do.
Ponce de Leon thought that there
was n fountain ef perpetual youth
In Florida, which II no could only
take "A header into would iron out
the wrinkles from his brow and gray
hair would turn black as Il ravens
wing, and his old rheumatic. pneu-
matte, dogmatic body would
straighten up like lightning.
SO II IL with lot of people. They
search for salvation by morality, re-
formation, or by paying their debts
II doesn't exist In being true to your
marriage vows IL is only by faith
In Ieafs Christ that you can find IL
outside OF Jesus Christ It. does not
exist any more than tho fountain of
perpetual youth.
suppose had a number OF Kernels
OF wheat In my hand. In the other
! hand l had number OF diamons
equal In number to tho kernels of
wheat.
would say; Take your c hoice."
Nine out OF ten would take the dla-
monds.
would say; Diamonds are worth
more than wheat"
80 they are, now, hut they win
never grow, never add. But | can
take hand fun of wheat, SOW IL,
and by the rays OF the sun and the
moisture, II viii grow and In n few
Years ] have what's worth all the
diamonds In the world For wheat
contains the power OF life; wheat
can reproduce and diamonds can't,
II IN not life.
A diamond Ia simply a piece OF
charcoal changed by tho mysterious
process OF nature, but II has no life
Wheat has life, Wheat can grow.
A moral man may shine like a
diamond and Outshine In his beauty
I the Christian man, But he viii new
er be anything else His morality
, ohn never grow. IL has no life, but
The man who Is a Christian has life.
, Tie has eternal lito. Your morality
| ~ "A fine thing npi1 daath ,n,n..,