The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-10-02
The World;S Sunday Sermon

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among folk by whom he will be well
received and kindly treated" sir
! George not only prayed for his collie.
but he used every effort TO lind him.
So. ] am led TO make the statement
that not even prayer can take the
/ place OF obedience.
! | think OF Moses down there at the
/ Red sea when confronted by the
water and In the rear was tho
! Egyptian armE coming on. Moses
fell on his face and ,Cricd TO God.
! and the Lord said unto Moses.
! "Wheretor criest thou to me2 Speak
unto tho children OF Israel that they
/ go forward"
1t was no time for prayer. The
! Egyptians were az their heels and
! the sea was in front OF them God
| rebukcd Moses for praying and said
! Wherefore criest thou to mo- Go
! forward" II was no time to tarry
and pray. II was a time for prog
/ reas; not time for meditation, but
a time for movement.
Mr.. Boreham tells about Dr.. Adam
| Clarke, the great commentator. who
/ was asked by young preacher who
/ was anxious to initiate this great
| man, How do YOU manage your
| work? Do you pray about it'"
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was an early riser.
! Moody said to group OF church
/ officers who had gathered TO pray
| about the lifting OF debt, Il don't
/ think II | were you that / would
| trouble the Lord In this matter until
| | had first given myself"
l think OF Balaam, who saw his
| duty with perfect cloarness, but In
spite OF that he found Il hard to fol-
| low 1t. God had said to Balaam.
| Thou shalt go with the men. thou
! shalt not curse the people" Yet tn
/ defiance to that clear command he
had prayed for guidance. You rc-
| member what happened. lie prayed
/ himself into the conviction that he
/ might do the very thing that he
| had been specially commanded not
| to do. II my duty Is once made
| plain TO me, my duty Is to do my
duty and not pray for guidance that
has already been clearly manifested
Our Business to Obey.
! So with these commands Of Jesus
why should we pray for guidance IN
reference to keeping them? It Is
/ our business TO obey I think Of
| General Booths story Of tho little
/ girl who worried about the birds
/ that we're being caught in her
| brothers traps.
One evening at her mothers knee
/ she prayed about It. "Oh, Lord
/ don't let the little birds get int"
| RObbie's traps. Please don't let
/ them" Then 90 her mothers
astonishment she added, Il know
/ they won't. They can't. Amen"
The mother demonstrated with her
and said, Dolly, what makes you
so sure God will answer your prayer
/ for the hirds2" She replied, conf
| IDENTIFY. because before I prayed |
went out into the garden and
smashed the traps"
SO. | repeat, not even prayer can
| take the place OF obedience
Happiness comes only through
obedience to Jesus Christ Jes~~
said, III ye know these things to be
so. why do ye not do them2" Hap
| piness comes not ny what we hear
or see or feel; it comes by what
we do"
It will be easy for us to keep the
| commands OF Christ II we have
/ proper love for him. Jesus said. 1T
/ ye love me, keep my command
Inents."
The story is told Of a traveller IN
Chile who had lost his way. After
wandering for hours he was cap
turcd by the Indians and was taken
for n spy. His life was In danger
when suddenly his captors fell down
upon their knees and worshiped him
as a god. They not only gave him
shelter. but loaded him down with
gifts when he started to go away
He was curious 20 know what had
brought about the change In their
( attitude toward him. This Is the
explanation: At the moment whom
his l!fe was being sought the natives
heard n bird cry Their supersti-
tious belief told them that this was
Che cry OF night bird which no
one had ever seen Their belief was
that this birds cry was the voice
OF Christ and that when the bird
has called II turns into traveller,
and that traveller IS Christ, The
traveller IS then shOwerod with gifts
and every Gift being a blessing
from heaven TO the giyer
II the superstitiOus Indians Of
Chile are willing TO do this for
Christ whom they do not know. how
much more ought we he willing TO
obey the commands of "A Christ whom
we do know II yc love me. keep
nay commandments"
The slave obeys not because ne
wishes to, but because he must. Tho
/ soldier obcys because it his duty,
/ but the Christian Is to obey because