The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-11-20


wonderful curative powers lie has
made o long trly ana { have m.
honor 10 present 20 you the eplstly
from tho King
THE old prophet Of God opened
H. read a. ! can see him. seated
up there at the desk with his reed
pen writing ON papyrus.
You can toll him to- dip seven
times IN the Jordan. Beat it' Beat
~ Beat II"
"Out Comes the servant"
"Out comes the servant ola
Naanan seated up here on his
horse. flies swurmiug around him,
my friends. and the stencil rcpul.
hivo. NaaMaU said Well, iu he
homer
Peace, master. peace, he ig
/ home, but he iH a queer duck
- Huppos" Naaman thought that
Elisha would come out and say;
Why Nnaman. dear, yoa haven't
leprosy You know matter IS nom
/ existent, 1t IL an Illusion OF the NOR
tai mind. My dear. Why do you
make this long. expensive Journey .
/ why didn't you phone me and IA
have given you an absent treat
m"nt'
"Hc said Go dip seven times In
the Jordan
/ "Naamhn said You 60 tell him,
not on your tintype' You don {
get mo in the muddy turbid waters
of that stream Why we've got
better water ~ hero In Damascus
We have Tar better streams than
this Why people living ~ the far
parts ~ the country come up here
TO spend their vacations and bathe
in oYr waters. No.
to met when God reveals TO him
tho plan or salvation, inst ad Of get
ting ON his knees and thanking God
for giving him a chance to keep out
OF hell IN be darncd " he don't
turn around and damn God and then
/ damn the preach RS Tor preaching
Gods truth at him. when God
tells him what 10 DO 10 be saved.
instead OF being thankful, he begins
to curse.
"Nahuian was wrOth. OH God
could have saved him without tho
dips. but he wanted 10 take the poker
out Of ms backbone,
Here's man wants 10 be a
farmer. What viii he do? Oh, go
hire out to q slaughter house and
work him thereH Here's man that
wants to be "A jcwelcr. What will be
do? Go hire out to the railroad and
work on the section? Here's a man,
sir. wants to be q doctor What viii
he do2 oh, why let him go to work
for "a farmer? Is that the advice Civ
cn him? No. II a man wants to be a
doctor, we say;
60 10 a medical school and
study. come out. hang out your sign.
wait for some fellow 10 get up and
come In for medical attention.
Here's some fellow wants to be
a lawyer. What viii he do2 Go TO
u law school and study the construc-
tion of the law, codes and ordinances.
Here's a ieweler, what will he do?
Go down to Tiffany's. Here's man
wants to be IA farmer. Put him on a
farm. Here's a man, wants to be "a
Christian. what viii he do? Oh, so
ask some OF these God forsaken old
devils that are lying about Jesus
Christ. Go ask that God -fOrsaken,
dirty gang, SO dirty that the devil
would duck up an alley to avoid
meeting them. Don't ask the
preacher. he knows. lie has studied.
he viii tell you what to do.
Here's IA man falls down and
breaks his leg. what viii he do? Call
the doctor2 No. he can fix IT, Call In
the Blacksmith He doesn't know
anything about IL. So II you want It.
30 to somebody that knows.
The man that condemns what
ever he hasn't tried Is willfully un-
just.
Finally. he listened to the en-
treaties of the servant, and / can
see them getting him ready sor his
primitive bath in the Jordan upon
the banks OF the river. Pretty soon
"A big Florida mosquito hits him on
the nose and he says: An insect they
have In this section OF the country
"Naaman says: L thought a fellow
struck me with a bayonet.'
And 40 / can see them out there
getting him ready for the bath; he
wasn't used to that. | can imagine
In Damascus they didn't have any
porcelain bathtuhs, prepared soap
that won't sink and that crooked
thing that you use to scrub your
back.
so they get him ready. lie starts
into the water. lie steps on a stone
that is covered with slime and he
slips Off and cups his toe on a clam
shell and says. 'Oooh -oo-oo"
''He walks into the water and
stick floating down hits him and he
Jumps He gets deeper into the
water and goes; Cold! cold! Cold
Br-r! Br-r'
He gets up to his nrmpits and he
holds hts nose and ducks and shakes
tho water out OF his ears. Now, he
comes up and he begins TO examine
himself TO see how he feels.
Religion is not Bible under one
arm'a tombstone under the other
dragging a hearse--no,uo! Religion
Is joy; Joy,
oh, laugh and the world laughs
with you;
Weep and you weep alone.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox said
II is easy enough to look pleasant,
When life goes along like song,
But the man worth while is the man
who can smile
when everything goes dead
wrong
Seven times and that Is complete
ness out and out for God. Sanctifl-
cation, Whenever you begin TO talk
about somebody that Ia cleancut for
Jesus Christ as cameo, you think
OF some long heared piker with a
pair Of celluloid collar and cuffs.
that never shines his shoes or has his
clothes pressed, never went to a dem
tlst you don't think OF somebody
that caau get up and 60 for Jesus
Christ like a twin six. No that's
the great trouble, Completeness.