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

counter. They keep II locked up In
inc sHfc whcro no thief can get Al
~. Then, why do you 20 around
with your immortal soul which liz
worth more TO you than anything
else In the world, exposed TO every
infidel and thief ana libertine that
comes around and wants to rob you
Of that precious thing? II you came
down the aisle now and asked mo TO
giVo up my hope lr Jesus Christ or
take uuitclaim deed for this world.
IA give you my lif,. for I'd rather
have standing room In heaven don't
you forget Nathan all the world,
and go to hell.
ROW, | meet a good many folks,
old ana young. who think n Is an
evidence OF intellectual freedom ana
superiority 90 question the Bible and
the existence Of God and tho divin
ity Of Jesus Christ I dispute tho
iiEht OF no man or no woman TO
their opinions. but why be fool and
bclIcve that YOU have no prc-emi-
ncncc or prominence over "A beast
You say you can't believe In tho
miracles. You say you can't believe
in the resurrection. J.ct me tell you
the story of "a greater miracle, the
story or poor peasant. "A member
u "a deHptscd and OF subject race,
of his birth dcspis"d, who with
few ignorant followers went forth
10 teach There was nothing attraC-
i've about the gospel that ho taught
10 the carnal mind az far az this
world was concerned. All he offered
his followers was poverty, self f-saCri-
flee. scorn, strife. persecution, and
death. He said that was their re-
ward for believing and obeying his
teachings. and that was alt the re-.
muncratlun attached And further
more, he went on to try and show
them.
lie never wrote line. except n
fcw forgotten words which he traced
with his fingers In tho pand lie
scattered his preccpts abroad and
lie left them to the memories Of
men. After "A little while. they
nailed Him on the cross, and he
died a fclon's death. The world all
around forgot that lie ever lived,
ana cared less, and yet His words
have ltv d on Philosophy with all
It's wisdom, nriestcraft with all It's
terrors, kings welding tho iron
powers OF the world. have all united
to try and resist and overthrow the
strange power left behind by this
poor Gallllean peasant, Jesus Christ
who didn't have two coats to his
back. and have got four--morc
than that nowl
Aud yet. over armies. over en-
plres, over dying dynasties. over
persecution, over Crumbling thrones
over kings. over queens. over pres
idents, over republics. through
rivers Of fire, through seas OF blood,
that power has swept on until It
has conquered the world
Think cs These TbInps
Every king ON every throne admits
his power. His cross has become
the slmbol OF salvation to all man
kind. DO you believe IL? q, younl
people, walt a minute. Don't you
be among those who scoff and sneer
at God and Christ and tho Bible
Don't you pick company among the
blasphemers and the sucerers!
When ranting round in pleasure s
ring,
Religion may be blinded
or n she give a random sting,
She may be little min ed.
Yield to Jesus Christ and you will
never cry out. as my friend. Strick-
land Gililand did;
I'm an alien TO the faith my mother
taught me.
I'm an alien To tho God that heard
my father when lie cried,
I'm a stranger to tho comfort that
Now ! lay me" brought me.
To the everlasting arms that held
my father when he died.
I've spent lifetime seeking things
Two spurned when have
found them,
I haH. thnnuht aud hnnu rda M
In many "A winning cause
But I'd take them all. fame. hon
or. fortune, and the pleasures
that surround them.
And exchange them for tho faith
that made my mother what
she was
"Whatsoever things are true. think
on these things" 1t is true that the
Bible IL the Word of God.
IL is true that man is sinner by
nature. Leave the Bible out of The
question, cross It right out, aud ev-
erybody who thinks or knows this Is
true anyway. All nations know II IL
and they have all tried 10 make
some kind OF religion for them
know 4. In India. They know II in
the islands of the sea where the
black skinned mother rocks her
baby to sleep by the lullaby of the
oceans waves. as we'll as they know
1t In the cathedral No matter
where, man In a sinner by nature.
Sin destroys good. All have the
same wicked nature. What one has
done, perhaps all would do under
similar circumstances. Man can
not save himself by philosophy, sell
ence, art, resolution, morality, yir
tue. You can as easily lift yourself
to the moon an 10 save yourself by
these means. | am doubtful IL there
was ever a man or woman who
gave themselves up 10 a life OF Sin
with a struggle. They have groaned
against Il. cried against it and bat
tied against sin, but they have been
overwhelmed, DO you mean to tell
me that that man, loafing around
stale beer joints, "A staggering drunk
ard. reached that depth Of iniquity
without struggle? No, he didn't !
lie tried hard TO beat II back. DO
you mean to tell me that that girl
that IS selling her wumanhood in the
dark, fostering spots OF the city, |
reached that depth without a bat
tle2 Not on your life! She had 10
fight against her Ideals of woman
hood, of morality and OF virtue.
Why, IN India, they have stood