The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-11-16

show that Abcis did. bat Abcrs had
one little lamb, but 30 had blood. IL
was Gods appointed way. God acc
copiod Abel but hc passed cain up
like 1 hobo does q wpodplle.
Now some love proves ltF love
by the way DO gives The man that
gives his wife i0-cout pincushion
at Christmas % show hcr how much
ne lDves her he is the doviIs idea
Of what q husband ought 90 Dee.
How thankful you ought 90 be-, In
tclligont and rational beings. that
God gives sou change '1 show
heaven and earth and he'll what you
think OF 'hc lord. How thankful
vou ought 10 be that God gives you
chance Tor you 90 show your cOlors
for Truth
no. { don't believe the most R.or-
ilus singing angels IN Heaven have
any such chances as we have. NO
body up boo heaven can Huffcr.-thcy
are duu, Nnhoty uu Boa heaven can
make aa,rifir'-.-tii ia over Angels
may claim They love God but they
haven't the chance TO prove II BY
sacrifices that we can make.
81 UDaooch you by the mcrcica or
God. present prcsout--.'
what would you tunk OF "a sol
dior when the officer said, Present
arms" 10 hc said u VIII tom
Present arms'---"I will when I
get "a clean uniform"
"prc;gut arus'--"l viii when the
fellow next Go me does
Present arms '--"t will after pay
day"
i'rosrnt-do it now right of the
reel That is what God wants. Make
d present The most glorious pres
ont Be- not tho one that presents the
most. God wants US TO make Him O
present and God vans us TO show 70
by giving him our hearts.
When you give a gift. u has left
your hands. % ls gone forever.
/ a little girl was showing friend
/ Of mine some Christmas presents and
the friend said, How beautiful, but
how long can you keep thcm2'
They are presents. / don't have
ITO give them back"
Yet there are some people that
viii snatch themselves back from
| God whom their ardor coyls q little
/ bit
/ A man will rob God good deal
quicker than he will rob a fellow
man. Yet you can rob God OF your
money and rob him right and left
and think nothing Of II.
/ head AZ we'll as your hands. God
wants brains az well as muscles and
honC8. His business is the greatest
/ In the world and lie wants your help.
-, IL there any reasonable ration
/ al, Intelligent being that would re
I fuse 10 give God his help2 Would
/ you refuse 10 give youg country your
/ help? Then you don't deserve TO
have decent person spit on YOU.
repeat, Gods business Is the
T largest IN all the world. lie wants
our help and we ought to do our
/ best and the best things and the hest
+ planning IN the world for the Lord.
And God put 80 much emphasis
on loving God with the mind and
the heart by showing that God wants
Intelligence in prayer and In effort
az well as the lift and pull with all
your might for the Lord,
The farmer shuts his eyes and
throws away his common sense II
he still plows with "A fork and stick
Bishop Taylor Of Africa said. 'I
/ promifcd God that / would do as
much hard work and hard thinking
/ for him as one man will do for
another man for money"
That IS what Paul did. lie made
converts In the house OF Caesar,
] Peter did. Martin Luther did when
he was toiling on his knees and
Z that is what John Wesley did. when
/ he used TO ride five to seven thou
sand miles n year in his saddle. II
/ there Is "A better way of carrying the
work OF God on now than there was
one hundred years ago. let's do It,
oh, II there Is a. better way OF
carrying on Gods Cork than VIC
/ have now, let's do II.
We found out that electricity was
/ better to light with than a tallow
| dips We found out tnat battle
/ ship with men enough and powder
| enough to wreck a kingdom was bet
/ ter than the old wooden sailing
vessel We found out that trolley
cars were better than horse cars.
Now. II there is a better way OF
doing Gods work, let's do IT, This
Idea OF ringing the bell on Sunday
morning TO get people to come 10
church is past, It has gone on Ions
enough
Gods Time All the Time. 20
In business machines that will not
produce results-we get rid or And
| II YOU have a machine installed and
some fellow comes in with some
J thing that viii Increase the output
ana decrease the cost Of production
D
and throw 1t in the scrap heap. You
want up-to-date methods in bust
ness.
In religion we keep on shooting
with the same old flint-lock
! smooth bore muzzle loader. We
keep rolling our eyes up to the cell
ing like a dying calf and say
Surely Il is not the Lords set time
TO work "
God Alnightys time is any time
and all the time.
II was always Gods time 10 give
us machinery. Always Gods time
to give us steam. II was Gods time
Ito give us electricity long before
I benjamin Franklin flew his kite. II
has always been Gods time to give
us labor saving machinery.
Give God your brains and then oil
them up and he viii dig out a thou
sand things that you never knew
were there That In what he did
for multltudes and there IS no rea.
son why he can not do the same
thing for you.
Andrew, the humble, became the
first disciple. He waa world pow
er for no used his brain as well as
his heart. or what a praying power
Won will laVe n Ngu give vAur