The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-06-20
GOD SETS BACK THE sun DIAL OF
LIFE THAT WE MAY UNDERSTAND HIM

Dr. Ashley Chappell Of the Broad
way Methodist Church spoke at the
morning hour on The First Time
piece" He said in part:
"Ahaz invented the first timepiece
recorded in the world. Whether 1t
was a tower on which the sun shone
and climbed, or what later became the
sun dial, We do not know. But II was
some means invented by Ahaz by
which he could tell the time. Now he
was sick with boils. He was sick un-
TO death There was q fig not quite
ripe placed on his sore with which ne
was trying TO draw it 10 a head. Just
before the crisis approached the fig
did the work, and the boil was reliev-
cd. II was an answer to prayer In
the testimony Of Gods dealing with
him, he turned the sun back ten de-
grees.
Into The Shadows
In recent years human history
seems TO have been turned back into
the shadows. God takes q part in the
making OF human history. A states
man is one who finds the direction
God is going and interprets his move
ments TO humanity. God is the au-
thor OF all law. He can set aside
one law for another as It pleases Him
We have become disillusioned. We
felt ourselves secure and that il was
impossible for US to be dragged into
var. We are now facing the grim fact
at conflagration may break forth
any time We are living In a new
'n There is no need that We shall
'sh for the good old days before 1914
nese days can never come 70 US
usain. We have lived thousand
wears since 1914 We cannot be able
20 live IN tina, good easy way again.
We cannot III present conditions 10
the former times. We must bring a
new mind 70 this new age. The prob.
lem Of economics is not simply
question Of trade and OF money. Il IS
both ethical and religious Prosper
Gus times cannc. come 70 nation
when every fundamental law Of God IS
shattered. Governments cannot func-
tion where the laws Of God are ig.
nored and all the principles ot the
brotherhood ot man are walked over
rough shod.
Living on In Seliishness
Recently X. q. Wells speaking for
war said. I came TO you this time
and took away your luxuries and bat
tered and butcherei up hundreds OF
thousands OF your brave young men
II this does not satisfy you then 20
on oontending for your rights. max
ing no concession. living In your se'-
l flshness. quihbling and demanding alt
| your rights. Then presently / will
4 como again. not taking away your
uNuries. but your bare necessities. I
ail' take all the flower OF your young
iic and squeeze Il into a damnable
'um between my iron hands and mix
u with the nre and mud of the
trenches II We are 70 avert the
things that wreck us and the things
that bring hard times 70 our com.
monwealth. we must come back and
make our Individual and national life
agree with the fundamental laws Of
bod
Into the Shadows
"Gcd has turned the sun dial into
he shadows. Every fellow knows
ust what has happened. But want
Q tell you. brother. that there is a
sod Of nations in the world. We can
,ot account for these things on any
'ther basis History has repeated it.
'elf. am frank TO confess to ycu
hat every setback in my life was
blessing 70 me. 1t nelped me 70
ONE closer to Cod Wien the shad.